A DESIGNER from Bude, Georgia Frost, has put her stamp on a unique Christmas card for the children’s charity, Action Medical Research.

Georgia, who creates paper collage greeting cards and has published them as Georgia Breeze Designs, made a fun Christmas pudding card to help raise funds to save and change children’s lives.

Georgia said: “I wanted my design to be fun, quirky and light-hearted. I think the main inspiration for my card design is my love for colour, pattern, texture and stitch. I have a real passion for hand-crafted design and I hope that comes across in my art work.”

Artists from around the country have teamed up to produce the range of Christmas cards with designers, printers and envelope makers, donating their services for free to ensure the charity receives every penny from every card sold.

The scheme is the brainchild of Lynn Tait, a gallery owner in Leigh-on-Sea, who has owned a greeting card business for more than 20 years.

A long-standing supporter of Action Medical Research, Lynn invited a number of greeting card publishers to design and donate a piece of artwork. To date, the Real Deal Christmas cards have raised around £40,000.

For 2016, Action Medical Research will be selling nine unique designs for £3.50 for a pack of five at www.action.org.uk/christmas-cards and postage is free if six packs or more are ordered.

For over 60 years, Action Medical Research has helped pioneer treatments and ways to prevent disease that have benefitted millions of people in the UK and across the world.

Research they’ve funded has helped beat polio in the UK, develop ultrasound in pregnancy, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths.

Action Medical Research is currently funding research into meningitis, down syndrome, epilepsy and premature birth, as well as some rare and distressing conditions that severely affect children, of which the funds for this will be contributed to by the Christmas card scheme.