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Rainbow Connection: Harvest Color Palette

August 23, 2016
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Here are some lovely Harvest color inspirations I found on the internet this week:

 

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Wanted New Cards: Invitations Pub Golf / Bar Golf Party

August 19, 2016
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We have new categories that needs your attention:

Pub Golf / Bar Golf Party 

 

Invitations >> Party by Theme >> Pub Golf / Bar Golf Party
Invitations >> Bachelor Party >> Pub Golf / Bar Golf Party
Invitations >> Bachelorette Party >> Pub Golf / Bar Golf Party

 

Essentially a pub crawl turned into a game.  Apparently there is no ball or fairway involved but a “course” of 9 or 18 pubs.

Bachelorette party Invitation, lady in pink. card (1327584) 2016-08-19 12-14-05

We only have 0 cards in these categories:

 

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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Nuts and Bolts: Update Winter Holiday YEAR specific cards

August 18, 2016
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Nuts & Bolts – Update Winter Holiday YEAR specific cards 
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.
 New Years Odometer 2016-2017 Party Hats card (1313126) 2016-08-18 16-28-44

 

See this reminder and tips posted in July

 

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 9/1.  After 9/1/16, GCU will take any outdated cards offline.

 

TIP: A quick way to pinpoint the bulk of your related cards is to search your storefront entering in the search box “<holiday name> 2015” ie: “christmas 2015”.

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Font Frenzy: Brigent Script

August 17, 2016
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The Hungry Jpeg has a lovely free font for you (only!) this week.
Brigent Script by TheHungryJPEG - TheHungryJPEG.com 2016-08-17 19-25-46

 

 Brigent Script comes with a full Commercial License.

 

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Rainbow Connection: Poppy Color Inspiration

August 16, 2016
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Here are some Poppy color inspirations I found on the internet this week:

 

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Dash of Inspiration: Inspirational Freebies

August 15, 2016
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Fun exploration today from InspirationHut.net!

Check out this list they’ve put together of 25 Must Have Fonts. Though they suggest these are all Free and acceptable for Commercial Use – PLEASE CHECK THE LICENSE for each as you visit the sites offering these fonts. There may be special limitations.

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Visit great post from InspirationHut.net!

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Until next time … Learn … Create … Inspire!

Don’t forget, this is the last week for entries in our August Dash of Inspiration Design Challenge

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Wanted New Cards: Congratulations Semi-Retirement

August 11, 2016
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We have a new category that needs your attention.
We'll Miss You card (148718) 2016-08-11 16-29-32

At the moment there are 0 cards 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!

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Rainbow Connection: Blue Hues

August 9, 2016
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Look at the gorgious Blue color inspirations I found on the internet this week:

 

 

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Nuts and Bolts: Be Choosy & Creative with Stock Cards Creation Images

August 5, 2016
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Nuts & Bolts – Be Choosy & Creative with Stock Card Creation Images
 
GCU’s Stock Card Creations gives artists access to millions of high-quality, stock images (for free, yipee!).  Although the quality of the images is top notch, it does not necessarily mean that all images are well suited to create greeting cards.  This is up to you, the artist.  Choose and work with an image that you feel a) fits with your vision and b) will meet GCU’s Submission Guidelines and c) is as good as or better than what’s being offered in the category of submission.

 

Here are just a few examples that may not work:

 

1. does not offer uncluttered area to place text
2. proportion does not work in 5×7 layout
3. text on image is placeholder text which cannot be edited
4. background cast, shadow or cropping

 

In many cases you can use a little ingenuity and make it work – expand the image beyond the 5×7 space, make it smaller and add borders, change the font size, style or color to make it stand out more.  OR simply choose a different image, there are MILLIONS to choose from!
Nuts & Bolts - this Fri & Next Fri - cfkaatje@gmail.com - Gmail 2016-08-05 11-10-51
Cropped shadows leave these dogs floating mid image and background cast shows odd remnants making this image not acceptable for use in this manner
 
TIPS:

 

* Research the category you intend to submit to before creating your card to make sure what you have in mind is different that what is currently being offered and is as good as if not better than current cards in the category
* Research other Stock Card Creation cards on the site to make sure the image you intend to use has not been used in the same category or similar fashion as you have in mind.  You can easily do this by doing a search within the Collections >> Off the Cuff category.  Example: a search within category for “jack russell” produces these results showing you images used with Jack Russells.
* Use different search terms and explore beyond the first page to uncover images that are hidden gems
* Include your intended category in the Notes to Reviewer

 

Have fun and make cards literally in just a few minutes!   Read here for more info on Stock Card Creations.

 

The difference is made in the details!

 

Mindy
GCU Community Manager

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Wanted New Cards: Encouragement Health Lupus

August 4, 2016
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We have a new category that needs your attention:

Occasions >> Encouragement >> Health >> Lupus 

 

Note: World Lupus Day is a registered trademark so please do not create cards that say “World Lupus Day” and focus instead on general words of encouragement.
Pain and Healing Encouragement card (1441912) 2016-08-04 12-00-27
At the moment there are 0 cards 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!

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