Nuts and Bolts: Color Variation Considerations.
August 30, 2019
Nuts & Bolts – Color Variation Considerations
So many color options! Sometimes it is hard to choose which color combination to use in a card design. Shoppers feel the same way when shopping for a card and it’s nice to give them choices. This is why GCU allows (and encourages) artists the luxury to offer a card in up to three different colors. This is especially true for holiday photo cards, graduation, and wedding oriented cards where colors may be key to the occasion/event.
Here is an example of a Christmas card design by GCU artist Ness Nordberg of The XMAS Store:
Additional color combinations that you feel are important to offer beyond the permitted three can be submitted to your Private Gallery.
NOTE: consider adding in your product description (Artist’s Notes) something like this “this design is also offered in red/green pid#XXXXX, black/gold pid#XXXXX combinations in my store. You can also find additional color combinations in my Private Gallery.”
Keep an eye on GCU’s Rainbow Connection features each week for inspiration.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Retirement Archbishop.
August 29, 2019
Wanted Cards – Retirement Archbishop
The following new occupational specific category is in need of cards:
We’d like you to create at least one card for these categories using the Stock Cards function or your own graphic designs. Remember, when you’re submitting your new card, add a little note about the intended category in your Notes to Reviewers. Be specific, be inventive, be clever, be creative. Go for it!
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Freebie Wednesday: Cute Unicorn.
August 28, 2019
Freebie Wednesday:
The Hungry JPEG has a lovely free set of Unicorns (patterns, posters, stickers) on offer. Cute Unicorn by owl.asya is available for 6 days only, so don’t miss out!
This product comes with a complete commercial license.
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Nuts and Bolts: Update Winter Holiday YEAR specific cards.
August 23, 2019
Nuts & Bolts – Update Winter Holiday YEAR specific cards
Believe it or not, Winter holiday card sales have already begun. Do you offer Year Specific designs? Be sure not to miss out on sales or worse, have your card taken offline because you’ve neglected to update it for the new year.
Not only should images be updated but also card titles, keywords and artist notes. This even applies to custom front designs to make them more marketable and avoid shopper errors.
Please take the time now to update your designs before 9/23. After 9/23/19, GCU will take any outdated cards offline.
Christmas cards should reflect the current year (2019) and New Year cards should reflect the coming or new year (2020).
TIP: A quick way to pinpoint the bulk of your related cards is to search your storefront entering in the search box “<holiday name year>” ie: “christmas 2018”, “new year 2019”.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Adult First Communion.
August 22, 2019
Wanted Cards – Adult First Communion
Please consider creating cards for adults who receive their first holy communion.
The following sub-category is in need of cards:
Similarly, cards for adults are needed for these sub-categories:
>> Confirmation >> Adult
>> Confirmation & First Communion >> Adult
Consider general designs as well as for males and females.
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Freebie Wednesday: Papercut Animals Clipart.
August 21, 2019
Freebie Wednesday:
Creative Fabrica has a free collection of cute Papercut Animals Clipart. It’s only avalable for another 2 days so you better make sure you don’t miss out!
This product comes with a complete commercial license.
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Rainbow Connection: Seeds Classics II
August 20, 2019
Nuts and Bolts: Artist Interview Shoaff-Ballanger Studios.
August 16, 2019
Nuts and Bolts: Artist Interview Shoaff-Ballanger Studios
One of the many perks of being a GCU Design Challenge winner is an interview. These mini-interviews are fun reads and a peek into the makings of the winning card.
Here is June 2019 Design Challenge winner’s, Shoaff-Ballanger Studios, interview.
Congratulations to Jay and Susan on their winning card.
Note: Read about the other rewards and the two new rewards for 2019, in addition to bragging rights, of being a Design Challenge winner. And be sure to enter August’s Stock Image Only Design Challenge.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Encouragement Wedding Planning
August 15, 2019
Wanted Cards – Encouragement Wedding Planning
Weddings are wonderful! Full of love, celebration, beautiful flowers, treasured photos, and family and friends surrounding the newly betrothed couple and of course the dream dress. Rewind to the planning of the grand event and it is often filled with over budgeted stress, tears, mishaps and compromises.
Please consider creating encouragement cards to send individuals involved in the wedding planning who are likely in need of some reassuring, supportive, and even comedic words to lighten the mood and put all the planning into perspective.
The following category and sub-categories are in need of cards:
>> General Wedding Planning
>> For Bride to be
>> For Father of the Bride
>> For Father of the Groom
>> For Groom
>> For Groom and Bride to be
>> For Mother of the Bride
>> For Mother of the Groom
>> For Parents of the Groom
>> For Parents of the Bride
>> Other Wedding Planning
Take a little time to reflect on or research the stressful elements of planning a wedding. Here is a good one for starters, Why Wedding Planning is So Stressful
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Freebie Wednesday: Free Leaves and Wildflowers
August 14, 2019
Freebie Wednesday:
The Hungry JPEG has a beautiful freebie on offer. Free Leaves and Wildflowers are seamless patterns by Juliasuena is only available for 1 Week, so don’t miss out!
This product comes with a complete commercial license.
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