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Freebie Wednesday: Timeless Handwritten Script Font

January 23, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday:

Timeless is a free handwritten script font (by KA Designs) and freebie of the week at The Hungry Jpeg. Don’t wait too long, the offer expires in 5 days!

 

 

 

This product comes with a complete commercial license.

 

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Rainbow Connection: Colortrend 2019 Terra Roza

January 22, 2019
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Dash of Inspiration: 2018 Founders’ Choice Awards.

January 21, 2019
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Dash of Inspiration – 2018 Founders’ Choice Awards
 
Well, here they are!  The Founders’ Choice Awards for 2018 in all their shining, funny, witty, creative, and top selling glory!  New this year we have added two honorable mentions to the
Hottest Seller to reflect the top three selling new cards of the year.

 

1. Best New Artist: Sharon Dominick of Sharon Dominick Photography

 

Honorable Mentions Best New Artist: Anne Johnson of Greetings from Anne

and Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design

 

2. Best Overall New Card: Melinda Pretzel of Yowzers – #1507950

 

Honorable Mention Best Overall New Card: Mindy Pierce – #1549658

3. Hottest Seller: Mindy Pierce –  #1508240

Honorable Mentions Hottest Seller: Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ – #1523736

and Doreen Erhardt of Salon of Art – #1539808

4. Best Custom Front (Text): Robin Chaffin of Simply Put by Robin – #1516744

Honorable Mention Best Custom Front (Text): Pamela Jorgensen of PamJArts – #1519542

5. Best Custom Front (Image): Doreen Erhardt of Salon of Art – #1545192

6. Best Business Logo: Valerie Waters of Valerie’s Gallery – #1542680

7. Funniest Card: Nobleworks – #1544470

Honorable Mentions Funniest Card: Sharon Dominick Photography – #1519434

and Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings – #1529412

8. Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock): Anne Johnson of Greetings from Anne – #1532966

Honorable Mention Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock): Doreen Erhardt of Salon of Art Exclusive Creations – #1508022

9. Rising Star: Barbara Schreiber – #1519078 

Honorable Mention Rising Star: Ness Nordberg of The XMAS Store – #1551084

10. Custom Request – Nailed it: Carol Kearns of WilBi Designs – #1548864

Honorable Mentions Custom Request – Nailed it: Cisillia Tay – #1524228

 

and Kate Taylor –  #1528192

11. Best Uncommon Card: Natalie Kinnear – #1523206

 

Honorable Mention best Uncommon Card:  Shoaff-Ballanger Studios – #1553536

12. Best Design Challenge Submission: Julia Bryant of JJBDesigns – #1513650

Honorable Mention Best Design Challenge Submission: Melinda Pritzel of Yowzers – #1518096

13. Simply Clever: Anne Johnson of Greetings from Anne – #1509634

Honorable Mention Simply Clever: Lisa Crisafi of Nest to Nest Greetings – #1513886

14. Reviewers’ Choice: Fiona, Reviewer #825 – Natalie Kinnear – #1539044

Ella, Reviewer #758 – Amy Hadden – #1533108

Mackenzie, Reviewer #528 – Stephie McCarthy – #1538578 

Desiree, Reviewer #121 – Sandra Rose Designs – #1519626

Phoebe, Reviewer #443 – Makiko Kimura – #1509282

John, Reviewer #233 – Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ – #1532386

Catherine, Reviewer #871 – Sharon Dominick Photography – #1544938

Victor, Reviewer #992 – Dale Simpson Design – #1548692

Sue, Reviewer #120 – Lyska Kitties Zone – #1517050

What an amazing line up and such a very difficult job for our judging team. So many great new cards to consider and simply not enough awards. It was a trip down memory lane reflecting all the new additions, artists and cards, that made 2018 another awe inspiring year at Greeting Card Universe. Thank you to our amazing community of artists for your endless creativity and support!

Mindy
GCU Community Manager

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Nuts and Bolts: Graduation 2018 to 2019

January 18, 2019
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Nuts & Bolts – Graduation 2018 to 2019
 
Graduation card sales will begin before we know it. Let’s be ready for all those proud grads with updated cards! Many college graduations are in May and high schools right after that in late May and June. There are hundreds of graduation cards on the site dated 2018. This includes Congratulations, Announcements, and Invitations. Not only should card images be updated but also card titles, keywords, and artist’s notes accordingly. This even applies to custom front design to make them more marketable and avoid shopper errors.

 

Search results for “Graduation 2018“.

Tip: A quick way to pinpoint the bulk of your related cards is within your Manage Store >> Manage Cards and locate cards searching with keywords “graduation 2018”.

 

While graduation is on your mind, consider adding new designs to the collection to offer fresh choices to shoppers. See here about adding fresh designs to a saturated category.

 

Please take the time now to update your designs before 3/1/19. After 3/1/19, GCU will take any outdated cards offline. 

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy
GCU Community Manager

 

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Wanted New Cards: Valentine’s >> Coupons IOU & Secret Crush Reveal

January 17, 2019
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Wanted Cards – Valentine’s >> Coupons IOU & Secret Crush Reveal
 
Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to give your loved ones a special little gift.  Have some fun with a card that is a gift by including an IOU or coupon.  This
could be something cute like a movie night out with popcorn, 20 hugs and kisses, baking cookies together, or something a little more romantic and adult oriented.
Include an IOU / Coupon idea or let the shopper create their own.

These cards will go here Holidays >> Valentine’s Day >> Coupons IOU with subs for:
>> General
>> For Him
>> For Her
>> For Kids
>> From Kids
>> Sexy / Naughty
>> Other

 

We’ve also created a new category for a Secret Valentine Crush Reveal.  Perhaps a secret admirer who has finally gotten the nerve to reveal their identity and see where things go.
These should be flattering and sweet, avoiding sounding like a stalker.
These cards will go here:

 

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Freebie Wednesday: Ullarf Font

January 16, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday:

 

Ullarf Font is a lovely script font and it’s free at Creative Fabrica for another 5 days so you better hurry. Don’t miss out!

 

This product comes with a complete commercial license.

 

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Rainbow Connection: Pattern Curator.

January 15, 2019
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Pattern Curator is always a fun source for color, print & pattern inspiration, trend forecast and trend insights. Get inspired!

 

 

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Nuts and Bolts: Custom Request Design Change

January 11, 2019
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Nuts & Bolts – Custom Request Design Change

 

We usually see the most discriminating card shoppers at Christmas and in preparation for a bride’s wedding.  GCU’s offering of custom design change requests are very popular for these shoppers to result in the perfect card. We’d like to share a shining example of a custom design change Christmas card that resulted in an impressive order for GCU artist Maria Dryfhout of Click-a-pic.

 

Shopper’s request:  I was wondering if the dog tags could read “For God” “and Country”. I’m looking to order these for our annual Christmas card, as “For God and country”.

 

Maria hopped on the request right away communicating with the shopper and completed their request in TWO DAYS! Now I call that a Christmas miracle! Congratulations on the sale, Maria, and a big thanks for taking such good care o the shopper and making all of us at GCU look like holiday heroes!

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Taco Twosday Birthday

January 10, 2019
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Wanted Cards – Taco Twosday Birthday

 

So many interesting twists on words and themes in today’s social media and hashtag world.  Two of these wonders, Taco Tuesday (because we now eat foods that start with the same letter as the day of the week) and Twosday (quite simply the 2nd day of the week) have joined forces becoming a growing trend.  Introducing Taco Twosday!

 

It should go without saying, but I will say it.  The theme is typically Mexican.

 

Please consider leveraging this theme in birthday cards and invitations for someone turning 2.

 

Birthday >> Age Specific >> 2nd Birthday
Invitations >> Birthday Party >> Age Specific >> 2nd Birthday 

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Freebie Wednesday: Katulamp Font

January 9, 2019
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Freebie Wednesday:

 

Katulamp is a free brush script font (by Resume Land) and freebie of the week at The Hungry Jpeg. Don’t wait too long, the offer expires in 6 days!

 

 

This product comes with a complete commercial license.

 

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