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Freebie Wednesday: Terrazzo Seamless Patterns

July 24, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday:

The Hungry JPEG has free Terrazzo Seamless Patterns on offer for the next 6 days. Don’t miss out!

 

 

 

This product comes with a complete commercial license.

 

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Rainbow Connection: Mixing Patterns

July 23, 2019
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With just one week left on the July Design Challenge Pattern Play we thought you might want some last minute inspiration:

 

The Casa Collective shows you the secret of successfully mixing patterns.

So does Panache.

Pattern Mixing 101 by Making Home Base

The Spruce shows you 22 Ways to Mix Patterns and Prints

Check out the GCU Pinterest board on Patterns and Prints

 

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Wanted New Cards: Step Up / Stepping Up.

July 18, 2019
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Wanted Cards – Step Up / Stepping Up

A graduation moving from elementary school to middle school (5th to 6th grade) or to junior high (6th to 7th grade) can be referred to as a step up or stepping up vs “graduation”.

Please consider creating cards for this new subcategory:
Occasions << Congratulations >> Graduation >> Grade Level Specific >> Elementary School >> Step Up / Stepping Up

Consider creating general, gender specific and relation specific designs all which will reside in this same catchall category.

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Freebie Wednesday: Prettyholic Font

July 17, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday:

 

Prettyholic is a clean, classic, feminine handcrafted font with a varying baseline. It’s free at Creative Fabrica for another 5 days so you better make sure you don’t miss out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rainbow Connection: Powder Blue / Dusty Blue

July 16, 2019
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One of the new color trends for Autumn/Winter 2020 is Powder Blue. Here is some inspiration:

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Nuts and Bolts: Beveled / Shadow Text.

July 12, 2019
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Nuts & Bolts – Beveled / Shadow Text

 

You may see the following comment / request from the review team:

Please remove or significantly reduce the shadow and/or beveled effects on the text and/or elements, which are excessive and do not balance with the style of this design.

Beveling and deep shadow effects on text rarely works on a professional greeting card image. These styles are out-dated and lack the professional polish we look for in new submissions and those cards we keep in the public marketplace.See here on the blog for examples:
https://gcucommunity.com/2013/06/10/dash-of-inspiration-typography-effects/

Please review and reflect on not only new designs but possibly older cards approved in your storefront that could use a font facelift like these done by Doreen Erhardt of Salon of Art.

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy

GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Off to College for Friend.

July 11, 2019
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Wanted Cards – Off to College for Friend
 
Heading off to college, especially for the first year is exciting and scary.  So many things and people to say farewell to like your house, car, parents, siblings, the family pet and your BFFs.
Rarely do friends go off to the same college.  Please consider creating new cards for a college bound friend from another college bound friend who will not be attending the same college, or consider one of the friends staying home to attend college or other plans.

 

These cards will go here:

 

 

 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: Monstah Typeface

July 10, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday: Monstah Typeface

 

Monstah Typeface (by Drizy Studio) is the freebie of this week at The Hungry Jpeg. You have 6 days left to get over there, don’t miss out!

 

This product comes with a complete commercial license.

 

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Nuts and Bolts: Dedicate Yourself to the Details

July 5, 2019
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Nuts & Bolts – Dedicate Yourself to the Details
 
It is often the little details that escape the artist’s eye. It is always a good idea to step away from a design that you have been meticulously working on or ask a brutally honest companion to give it a once over.  The review team is certainly a fresh set of eyes and often catches tiny fixes or areas of improvement.  GCU is grateful for artists who are open to collaborating with the reviewers on minor adjustments that make a big difference.

 

Knowing that dark designs often print even darker the review team asked artist Cisillia Tay the following:

 

Reviewer’s Request for Edits:
The silhouette of the trees and horizon will not show after printing as cards tend to print darker than you see online. Are you able to add a subtle glow behind the tress and horizon so they will stand out a little?
We feel a very slight increase in the glow would be beneficial and it looks like the trees are retaining some green color, they need to be fully in silhouette black along with the balance of the foreground.
Thank you for working on this with us. We want to attain the best possible printing for the shopper to avoid a return.   
If you would like to make further edits we are advised that the stars need to be brighter/whiter and the glow brighter so the silhouette will be visible after printing.
It was also pointed out that the comma on the card front should be replaced with a semi-colon. Call it fate or destiny; 
 
Original Image:

Resulting Image:

Thank you to GCU artist, Cisillia Tay, for her attention to detail and collaborating with our review team to create a star of a submission that delighted the requesting shopper. 

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy

GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: New Pet Foster Failure.

July 4, 2019
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Wanted Cards – New Pet Foster Failure

 

With so many animals in need of homes filling animal shelters and rescue centers, particularly cats and dogs, there is a high demand for foster homes. Until a permanent home can be found, fosters temporarily care for the animal – house, care, feed, socialize, and sometimes address special healthy and / or socialization needs.

 

It is very common that the foster family cannot part with the foster pet and ends up adopting them and becoming their forever home. This is fondly referred to as a Foster Failure. It’s really a Foster Win!

 

Please consider created cards for this new subcategory as congratulations cards for adopting a pet via shelter / rescue after fostering them.

 

These cards will go here:
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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