Freebie Wednesday: Celestial Starry Night
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Dash of Inspiration: March 2023 STOCK Design Challenge
Sorry to be so late, I was without power for 133-hours and buried in a blizzard. Let’s roll …
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Theme: Nurses
Requirements:
- Nurse specific image that works along with a message that blends the image and the nurse theme.
- ONLY Big Stock cards will be accepted in this challenge.
- Write your own verse, be creative with this will be extremely important in this challenge.
- The judges will be looking for professional quality text layout, typography placement and font combinations in addition to a unique and captivating message that tells the story of the stock image you choose. Your added value needs to wow the judges!
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Entry Deadline: Friday, March 31st
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How to Enter: Post the PID (card number) and the URL (public storefront link – please WAIT for the card to be available in the public marketplace, please DO NOT post a link to your Manage Cards area) as a post in the challenge blog. We’ll forward your entry to the jury.
NOTE: Submissions will appear immediately in your Private gallery as they await review. If approved, the reviewer will move them to the public gallery – they will then become ‘live’ in the marketplace within 24-hours or so just like regular submissions. Be patient and wait.
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Category:
Any category that is for a nurse. See links in tips.
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Rules:
- Submission must meet GCU’s Submission Guidelines and be Approved through the usual Review Cycle. Big Stock creations are automatically identified as Fast Track – please add in the Notes to Reviewer: March Design Challenge Submission here is the link to the blog post: (include THIS blog post URL)
- Only ONE card per artist per challenge.
- Submissions must be NEW, no existing designs.
- Your entry must meet the Challenge Requirements and Theme or it will not be included in the challenge.
- Big Stock Card Creations ONLY will be accepted.
- Your designs should differ from those already offered in the categories above to offer shoppers a variety of choices, not more of the same.
- No BLANK cards will be accepted.
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BLIND Judging: We hope each of you enters every month. Entries are submitted anonymously for judging by the GCU Challenge Jury which means that before and during the challenge, judges do not have any way of knowing what artist is behind each entry. This eliminates any and all concerns with ‘favoritism’. Results will post on the Community Blog. The jury will judge the entries on the following criteria:
- How well the card meets the Challenge Requirements and Theme.
- How well the card speaks to the Category the artist chooses for the card submission.
- Creativity, Execution and Marketability. Your overall ‘added value’ determines this.
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Winners: 1st Place:
- The winning designer’s card and store will be featured on the GCU Public Blog – the blog which customers view and follow.
- As well as featured on the GCU Public Facebook Page – nearly 58,000 followers, now THAT’S exposure!
- The winning card will be Design of the Day following the announcement of the winners (within 48-hours).
EXCEPTION: Horizontal (landscape) cards may not be featured as DOD due to GCU Home Page space restrictions. In these cases, GCU will choose a different vertically oriented card from your store to feature as DOD. Thank you for your understanding and apologies for this limitation.
- The winning card will be added to the Greeting Card Universe Design Challenge Winners Pinterest Board – currently GCU’s Pinterest Page followers: 5.36K!
- The winning card, should the artist choose, may be referenced in a new series by the winning artist and he/she may Fast Track all cards in the new series (being sure to give the Challenge URL and winning card PID in your Notes to Reviewer for each card in this series).
- Winning card will be included in a marketing email to over 100,000 customers!
- GCU will create a Meet the Team board for the winning artist under the Pinterest GCU account where the winning artist will be able to pin and promote her own storefront and all that makes them a unique card designer and one of GCU’s artistic community team member.
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Winning card will be posted on GCU’s Instagram with 2,000 followers and counting!
- GCU will create a Meet the Team board for the winning artist under the Pinterest GCU account where the winning artist will be able to pin and promote her own storefront and all that makes them a unique card designer and one of GCU’s artistic community team member.
- 10 free greeting card credits added to your GCU account. Apply them at checkout and they never expire.
- A Design Challenge GCU digital award for 2023!
2nd Place:
- Your submission will be Design of the Day the following week of announcing the Challenge winners (within 7-days).
EXCEPTION: Horizontal (landscape) cards may not be featured as DOD due to GCU Home Page space restrictions. In these cases, GCU will choose a different vertically oriented card from your store to feature as DOD. Thank you for your understanding and apologies for this limitation.
- Your card will be added to the Greeting Card Universe Design Challenge Winners Pinterest Board.
- Winning card will be included in a marketing email to over 100,000 customers!
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Winning card will be posted on GCU’s Instagram with 2,000 followers and counting!
- 5 free greeting card credits added to your GCU account. Apply them at checkout and they never expire.
- A Design Challenge GCU digital award for 2023!
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Tips:
- Visit all the available tips, tricks and guidelines offered on the Big Stock Creation blog page!
- Search for Nurses categories.
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Be inspired to create and learn something new!
by Doreen Erhardt – Exclusive Creations
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Nuts & Bolts: Delayed Feb Design Voting
Due to severe weather conditions impacting internet service and power the voting for February’s Design Challenge will be delayed for a few days.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Get Well Explant Surgery / BII
Wanted Cards – Get Well Explant Surgery / BII
Breast Implant Illness (BII) is a growing area of health concerns. Many patients who received implants and have experienced the onset of a collection of health issues (auto-immune and inflammatory responses) are removing their implants – explant surgery.
Please consider creating new cards for this new sub-category:
Occasions >> Get Well / Feel Better >> Plastic / Cosmetic Surgery >> Breast Explant / BII Implant Illness cid#37434
Related, consider creating new cards for this new sub-category:
Holidays >> National / International Days >> National Breast Implant Awareness Month / March cid#37436
Note: cid# is the speed entry method of adding a category to your card via category id number (cid#) vs using search terms or click and hunt. See here on the blog:
https://gcucommunity.com/2022/06/10/nuts-and-bolts-new-artist-enhancements/
Please take some time to familiarize yourself with both of these topics before creating cards.
Consider using Stock Card Creations to create new cards quickly. These cards are automatically set for expedited review so no need to Fast Track. Remember, when you’re submitting your new stock 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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Freebie Wednesday: French Pastry Collection
Only available on the Hungry Jpeg site for another 6 days, so don’t miss out.
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Nuts & Bolts: Reminder February 2023 Design Challenge
Nuts & Bolts – Reminder February 2023 Design Challenge
It’s a short month and Tuesday is the final day to submit your entry for February’s Design Challenge!
Find some inspiration on GCU’s Pantone 2023 Color of the Year pinboard:
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Easter for Dog
Wanted Cards – Easter for Dog
Easter is not just for the Easter Bunny, but for pets too! Please consider creating Easter cards for the family pet, especially this request for the dog.
These cards will go here:
Holidays >> Easter >> For Pet cid#37430
Note: cid# is the speed entry method of adding a category to your card via category id number (cid#) vs using search terms or click and hunt. See here on the blog:
https://gcucommunity.com/2022/06/10/nuts-and-bolts-new-artist-enhancements
Be sure to fortify your meta-data for breed with tips here.
To expedite the review of these cards, please check Fast Track Review on the card image details page when you create your card and add a Note for Reviewers like “for BLOG– Wanted Cards”. (stock cards are automatically fast tracked).
Consider using Stock Card Creations to create new cards quickly. These cards are automatically set for expedited review so no need to Fast Track. Remember, when you’re submitting your new stock 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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Freebie Wednesday: Mystical Boho Watercolors
Freebie of the week is the Mystical Boho Watercolor collection.
Only available on the Hungry Jpeg site for another 6 days, so don’t miss out.
Comes with complete License.
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Nuts & Bolts: Las Vegas Market 2023
I’d like to share my trip report from the Las Vegas Market show on 1/28-1/29.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Persian New Year
Wanted Cards – Persian New Year
The protests and human rights issues in Iran currently, Persian New Year cards this year may carry a different message then usual years. Consider creating new cards that have a message of support, solidarity and hope for the first day of Spring celebration, Persian New Year.
Please consider creating new cards for the appropriate sub-category under:
Consider using Stock Card Creations to create new cards quickly. These cards are automatically set for expedited review so no need to Fast Track. Remember, when you’re submitting your new stock 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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