Font Frenzy: Hand Drawn Thanksgiving Vector Pack
November 23, 2016
The Hungry Jpeg has a very nice deal in their $1 dollar section .
Here’s what’s included:
- 15 Hand Drawn Objects (Ai CS3, EPS 10, transparency PNG)
- 4 Greeting Cards (Ai CS3, EPS 10, PSD, transparency PNG)
Details:
- Organized in Layers
- Vectors: 100% HAND DRAWN
- Colors: RGB
- Resolution: 300dpi
- Size: 5000×5000
Please Note:
- Text is not editable.
The hand drawn Thanksgiving Vector Pack by Cosmic Store comes with a full Commercial License.
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Nuts and Bolts: Show Us Your Studio
November 18, 2016
Nuts & Bolts – Show Us Your Studio!
Where do you work? Is it a formal studio with a tidy desk and color sequenced tools or uncontrolled colorful chaos? Perhaps a cozy couch with a four footed muse nearby. Maybe it’s a rogue studio – moving based on your mood or seasonal window view.
Wherever you settle your creative self … let’s see your spot!
Post a photo of your studio or the inspiring view from your studio on one or both of the following social media outlets.
Instagram, in your post tag @GreetingCardUniverse and use the hashtag #mystudio
Pinterest, in your pin description tag @GCUniverse
It will be fun to see the variety and perhaps many common elements among our GCU artists.
Be sure to read our prior post on Getting Social on Instagram and Be a Pinner.
Tip: be sure to follow GCU on Instagram and Pinterest. See what GCU is posting and pinning – it just might be one of YOUR cards!
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Retirement – Bus Driver / School Bus Driver
November 17, 2016
Wanted Cards – Bus Driver Retirement
There are currently 2 cards in this category:
Please consider leveraging similar designs for this related category:
If you intend on doing so, please Fast Track your original submission and include in the Notes to Reviewer that you intend on creating a like image series and are requesting a Concept Review.
Read more here about the Concept Review process and the benefits of pre-approval.
We’d like you to create at least one card for these categories using the Stock Cards function (Bigstock) 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 inventive, be clever, be creative. Go for it!
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Rainbow Connection: Vintage Colors
November 16, 2016
Here are some Vintage color inspirations I found on Pinterest this week:
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Nuts and Bolts: Dedicate Yourself to the Details
November 11, 2016
Nuts & Bolts – Dedicate Yourself to the Details
Sometimes you’re so close to your work that you can’t see an alternative or different perspective. In come the GCU reviewers with fresh eyes. They may suggest something that you haven’t thought of yet.
Here is a wonderful example of a re-worked card by GCU artist Shoaff Ballanger Studios. Dedicated to improvement and open to the reviewer’s suggestion of
“please consider adjusting the image so that the figure is facing to the right where the card opens. Thanks!”, Shoaff Ballanger Studios great trumpet blowing design got even better
and is sure to be a solid seller this holiday season!
A tiny change can make a big difference. Kudos to Shoaff Ballanger Studios and to Reviewer #619!
Tip: Read the reviewers’ notes in your card review emails. They are not just full of rules and change requests but also compliments and valuable suggestions!
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Military Retirement
November 10, 2016
Wanted Cards – Military Retirement
We have created new relationship specific subcategories for General Military Retirement Congratulations (not branch specific). Please consider creating relationship specific designs. Custom front designs of course encouraged!
If the relationship you have designed for is not listed please submit it to >> Other.
Additionally, new branch specific subcategories have been added to the Military Retirement category:
>> Air Force Retirement
>> Army Retirement
>> Coast Guard Retirement
>> Marines Retirement
>> Navy Retirement
>> Other
For now, these subcategories will serve as catch-alls for both relationship and non-relationship specific cards for each of the specific services accordingly.
If the branch you have designed for is not listed please submit it to >> Other.
Consider leveraging these designs for this related category:
Invitations >> Retirement Party >> Occupation Specific >> Armed Forces / Military Services If you intend on doing so, please Fast Track your original submission and include in the Notes to Reviewer that you intend on creating a like image series and are requesting a Concept Review.
Read more here about the Concept Review process and the benefits of pre-approval.
We’d like you to create at least one card for these categories using the Stock Cards function (Bigstock) 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 inventive, be clever, be creative. Go for it!
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Font Frenzy: Free Yolanda Font
November 9, 2016
The Hungry Jpeg has a fantastic freebee for you this week.
Free Yolanda Font – a lovely modern Caligraphy font by Alqaworns – comes with a free comercial license. It’s only up for grabs for 6 more days so be sure to get it today!
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Rainbow Connection: Autumnal Color Inspiration
November 8, 2016
Here are some Autumnal color inspirations I found on Pinterest this week:
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Nuts and Bolts: Re-purpose for Quick Designs
November 4, 2016
Nuts & Bolts – Re-purpose for Quick Designs
Wanted Cards get posted on both GCU’s Community Blog and on the forum. Shopper’s expectations are set at seeing new cards for their requests within 2 business days. Whoa, that’s quick! Too quick for you to pull something together? Perhaps not. Consider re-purposing a concept or elements of a design from one of your already approved cards vs starting from scratch.
There are two ways to go about this for the request:
1. A general design used as a template that you can customize per request:
Example, Teri Nelson Kuster of Che Bella Nota’s Graduation Scroll can be customized for just about any degree or discipline:
General:
Pharmacist:
Police Officer:
2. A specific element in a design that can used in a new design
Example, Gail Pepin’s “elephant” which she’s used for several custom requested cards:
Christmas:
Circus Camp:
Thanksgiving:
and another example of Gail’s great re-purposing of “books” from her Librarian Birthday card for the Study Abroad custom request:
TIP: You can use the power of search to help you pinpoint possibilities. Search your own cards in Manage Cards via Find Specific Cards by Keywords to find occasions or specific elements you’re looking for.
Important to note: Be sure when you submit a new card that is based on an existing approved card to include in your Notes to Reviewer the pid# for the reviewers’ quick and easy reference. This moves the review along for you and all other artists! For example: “this card is based on prior approved card pid#123456”.
So, don’t feel like you have to create a new design from the ground up in 48 hours for a Wanted Cards request. Look to your own trove of existing designs and elements to come up with something new to meet the shopper’s needs.
See the Wanted Cards forum board.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Employee Holiday Bonus
November 3, 2016
Wanted Cards – Employee Holiday Bonus
Year-end, holiday bonuses by employers is certainly something most employees look forward to. Bonuses are considered an important perk for employees during the holiday shopping season, or simply a way to help workers make ends meet or even just a gesture of gratitude to their workers during the holiday season, if only for the sake of employee morale and increased job loyalty.
This category has 1 card at the moment.
We’d like you to create at least one card for these categories using the Stock Cards function (Bigstock) 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 inventive, be clever, be creative. Go for it!
GCU Community 