Dash of Inspiration – August 8, 2011
A Dash of Inspiration…A Cup of Creativity by Doreen
New Photo Card Software at GCU!
GCU’s new Photo Card creation software is slick and I for one, LOVE IT! I have sold many of these types of cards on Zazzle because of the customer ease of use, though I have sold some on GCU in the past through customization, I also didn’t have many to offer due to the difficulties of the past when dealing with the customer. Now with GCU’s terrific new software this whole idea is sweet & easy for the artist…design once, sell tons!
I seek inspiration for this type of challenge by visiting the competitors, and I mean GCU competitors not my own fellow artists. Visit photo cards across the internet to get ideas for what you can do; especially places that seek submission and/or pay artists to create designs.
Today I offer a couple of links for inspiration from our competitors who include beautiful examples of photo cards – Photo Card offerings from Kodak– plus I’ve included a link to 30 Beautiful Photo Frames and Borders, Photoshop Tutorials, Brushes and Actions for you to peruse and download.
Enjoy!
Artist Doreen Erhardt, Salon of Art
GCU Community 
Doreen, Where does one find this new software from GCU?
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1312497338
Mindy’s forum post on the new feature.
Corrie
Hi Doreen,
Great article! I really like reading all of your “dashes” of inspiration, although I somehow up till now haven’t managed to leave a reply. Well researched, lucid, clear and informative.
Thanks for all the information!
barbara
love the simplicity of this border…perfect for a b&w photo!
Tiny Prints was bought out by Shutterfly last spring (for an insane amount). You can also visit their sister store weddingpaperdivas.com for wedding theme inspiration.
Thanks Corrie, I’ve been so busy I couldn’t understand what people were talking about on the forums with this. (go to the back of the class Michele please)…Thanks Doreen too. As soon as I finish this big job I’m working on, I will participate. This sounds wonderful.
Doreen,Thanks for inspiring me to get into the photo card arena. I have been at it all day! I have quite a few to upload but my fingers are killing me! Time to take a break. Here are the 2 I put on today. Hope its OK I used the baby pic too. It is so adorable.
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/shopping/viewdetails.asp?pid=850182&aid=145102
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/shopping/viewdetails.asp?pid=850154&aid=145102
Doreen,
You have been a great help to me many times. But I am unaware of the GCU software you mention in this post. I’ve searched GCU Wiki, etc but can’t find any reference to this. What am I missing?
Thanks,
Lloyd Cain
The thread started by Mindy on the Forum about the new Custom Photo feature:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/forum/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1312497338
Corrie