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Wanted New Cards: National Brownie Day on December 8

October 20, 2016

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Wanted Cards – National Brownie Day on December 8
Cook up some mouth watering cards for this yummy national day in need of cards.
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Calorie free, yum!

 

We only have 1 card in this category:

 

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!

Font Frenzy: The Aruna Font

October 19, 2016
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The Hungry Jpeg has a lovely free font for you (only!) this week.
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The Aruna Font by Yandi Designs comes with a full Commercial License.

 

Nuts and Bolts: How to Become a Star Submitter

October 14, 2016

Nuts & Bolts – How to Become a Star Submitter

Artists who have earned the coveted Star Submitter status enjoy the benefits of expedited review – automatically Fast Tracked for all submissions.

How to become a Star Submitter?

1, Pay attention to detail
2. Learn and stay up to date on the rules & procedures
3. Be patient
4. Be Consistent
5. Work WITH the Reviewers

Read more about Star Submitter status here.

TIP: Know and keep these references at the ready:  Card Submission 101 and Submission Guidelines.  Additionally, keep up to date on the forum and Community blog for new news and changes.

The difference is made in the details!

Mindy
GCU Community Manager

Wanted New Cards: Christmas – Animals / Pets – Wildlife

October 13, 2016

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Wanted new Cards: Christmas – Animals / Pets – Wildlife

 

We have a sub category that needs new cards:

 

Christmas cards featuring family photos are currently the most popular holiday cards. If you don’t have children the family pet is just as good.  What if you don’t have a dog or a cat?  Something more exotic perhaps.
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How about the family otter?!  Ok, maybe not the family pet but there are otter fans out there and one of them has come to GCU for help.

 

“GCU, I need a North American river otter (also known as the common otter) Christmas card for the staff that care for the otters at an aquarium. Help please!”

 

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!

Font Frenzy: Ladybug Font

October 13, 2016
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The Hungry Jpeg has a lovely free font for you (only!) this week.
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Ladybug Font by Microcreative comes with a full Commercial License.

 

Rainbow Connection: Bees

October 11, 2016

Here are some Bee color inspirations I found on Pinterest this week:

 

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Nuts and Bolts: Design for Business Logos

October 7, 2016

 

Nuts & Bolts – Design for Business Logos

 

Businesses love to personalize cards with their logos.  It is a great way to strengthen their brand and show employees, clients and customers that they have taken the extra time and attention to send a personalized card.

 

GCU offers businesses the ability to include their logo on the inside of any card, just like a shopper would include a photo on the inside.  This is very popular and is a no-charge feature on GCU.  It really adds a personal touch.

 

How do you create a design for a logo?
It’s just like creating a photo card.  Your design should allow a space and transparent area where the logo would be placed.  This can be tricky since all logos are not created equal and may be of different shapes, sizes and orientations.

 

When you submit your photo to GCU, in the create a card step, after defining the transparent photo area, you will be able to select a “your logo here” placeholder image (vs a placeholder photo).

 

See this example by Penny Cork:
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TIP: add a note to the shopper in your Artist Notes that if their logo is not a perfect fit in the space you’ve allowed in your design you are happy to make a custom card and place the logo in the design for them.  To do so they should use the Request a Design Change option at which time they can include their logo file.  

 

If you get a Design Change request to include the logo in the cover design, this card of course would be uploaded to your Private gallery.

 

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy
GCU Community Manager

Wanted New Cards: Apology / I’m Sorry – For Friend

October 6, 2016

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We have a new category that needs a special touch:

We seem to hurt the ones we love the most including our friends.  Hurtful gossip, an unreturned text message, a simple misunderstanding or worse, a sincere apology can go a long way in mending a broken friendship.

 

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This new category has 0 cards and could really use a friend right now 😉

 

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!

Font Frenzy: Free Emerald Font

October 5, 2016

The Hungry Jpeg has a fantastic freebee for you this week.
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Free Emerald Script Font bt Favete Art comes with a free comercial license. It’s only up for grabs for 6 more days so be sure to get it today!

 

Rainbow Connection: October Color Inspiration

October 4, 2016

Here are some October color inspirations I found on the internet this week:

 

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