{"id":19816,"date":"2013-11-26T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=19816"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:44:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:44:56","slug":"christmas-cards-with-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/christmas-cards-with-a-difference","title":{"rendered":"Christmas cards with a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cube-Christmas-card.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19994\" alt=\"The 3D Christmas cards are infused with cinnamon and orange clove oil, and each unfold to reveal a message to their recipient. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cube-Christmas-card.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 3D Christmas cards are infused with cinnamon and orange clove oil, and each unfold to reveal a message to their recipient.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Cardiff University <a title=\"Cardiff University - Architecture\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/archi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Architecture <\/a>student is designing his own bespoke Christmas cards for friends and family this festive season.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo McCloud, the son of <a title=\"Grand Designs - Channel4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.channel4.com\/programmes\/grand-designs\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Grand Designs<\/em><\/a> presenter <a title=\"Kevin McCloud's Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kevin_McCloud\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin McCloud<\/a>, crafts a series of cube-shaped cards that unfold to slowly reveal a message to each recipient.<\/p>\n<p>The wooden 3D cards are imprinted with messages using laser-engraving technology, and are then infused with cinnamon and orange clove oil from <a title=\"Cardiff Christmas Market\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffchristmasmarket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiff\u2019s Christmas market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo has been making his own Christmas presents since an early age, partly due to financial reasons, but he cites his main motivation as being able to create something authentic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old explains, \u201cLast year I created a folding card that sprung forth a Christmas tree and message upon opening.&#8221; However this year he wanted to go one step further and create something truly magical.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZRrfHwTwEU4[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festive wooden gifts crafted in favour of traditional Christmas cards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,52],"tags":[3320,133,404,3290,203,3311],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - 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