Wanted New Cards: Thank you Bartender / Mobile Bar and Photo Booth
Wanted Cards – Thank you Bartender / Mobile Bar and Photo Booth
All the details that come together to make a wedding special are often the hard working and creative vendors contracted for the special day.
Please consider creating designs for these new sub-category:
Occasions >> Thank You >> Wedding Attendants / Bridal Party >> Service Providers >> Photo Booth
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: Free Australian Birds & Flowers
FREE Australian Birds & Flowers!
This strikingly colorful Australian Birds & Flowers clip art collection comes as high-resolution PNG and JPEG files (300 DPI.) This set includes 27 beautifully detailed elements, created digitally, all large-high-quality illustrations.
This great freebie is brought to you by JenDigitalArt! Only available on the Hungry Jpeg site for a week.
This product comes with a commercial license.
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Dash of Inspiration: 2021 Founders’ Choice Awards.
1. Best New Artist: Inga Razuvaeva of in Pictures
Honorable Mentions Best New Artist:
Farida Greenfield of Farida Gallery
and Deborah Roy of Red Birds Cardstone
Honorable Mentions Best Overall New Card:
Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings – PID 1676492
and Sharon Dominick of Sharon Dominick Photography – PID 1670560
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3. Hottest Seller – CHRISTMAS:
Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings – PID 1699566
Honorable Mentions CHRISTMAS Hottest Seller:
Mindy Pierce – PID 1698480
and Lisa M. Griffin of La Belle Paperie – PID 1699138
3a. Hottest Seller – CHINESE NEW YEAR:
Teri Nelson Kuster of Che Bella Nota – PID 1692864
Honorable Mentions CHINESE NEW YEAR Hottest Seller:
Colleen Kong of Savage of Kona Line – PID 1715144
and Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings – PID 1708834
3b. Hottest Seller – BIRTHDAY:
Laurie Schneider – PID 1681064
Honorable Mentions BIRTHDAY Hottest Seller:
Natalie Kinnear of Natalie Kinnear Cards – PID 1685672
and Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design – PID 1681338
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4. Best Custom Front (Text):
Annie Lang of Annie Thing’s Possible – PID 1671536
Honorable Mention Best Custom Front (Text):
Christie Black of Creations from the Heart – PID 1687092
and Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings – PID 1665980
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5. Best Custom Front (Image):
Mindy Pierce – PID 1702396
Honorable Mention Best Custom Front (Image):
Angela Sullivan of Custom Greeting Cards – PID 1672714
Honorable Mention Best Custom Front (Image):
Nancy Mink of Nancy Mink Studios – PID 1692000
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6. Best Business Logo/Name:
Cathie Richardson of Country Garden Cards PID 1704948
Honorable Mention Best Business Logo/Name:
Pamela Jorgensen of PamJArts – PID 1668752
and Mindy Pierce PID 1685690
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7. Funniest Card: Mike Baldwin of Cornered Greetings – PID 1707432
Honorable Mentions Funniest Card:
Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings – PID 1684730
and Doug Hill of Laughing Hippo Studio – PID 1671164
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8. Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock):
Doreen Erhardt of Exclusive Creations – PID 1699694
Honorable Mention Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock):
Ginger Irwin of Cards by Ginger – PID 1682336
and Joy Ellaga of Creating with Joy – PID 1678162
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9. Rising Star:
Inga Razuvaeva of In Pictures – PID 1677436
Honorable Mention Rising Star:
M.M. Anderson Art – PID 1667838
and Judith Gorgone of Judith Gorgone Designs – PID 1675568
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10. Custom Request – Nailed it:
Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings – PID 1681200
Honorable Mentions Custom Request – Nailed it:
Julia Bryant of JJBDesigns – PID 1677528
and Cisillia Tay – PID 1666932
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11. Best Uncommon Card:
Kate Taylor – PID 1665168
Honorable Mention best Uncommon Card:
Cinda Wood of Cinda Wood Designs – PID 1675338
and Gail Pepin – PID 1671112
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12. Best Design Challenge Submission:
Michelle Lanoue of Illustrations by Michelle – PID 1698674
Honorable Mention Best Design Challenge Submission:
Stephanie Laird – PID 1701088
and Stephanie Laird – PID 1678094
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13. Simply Clever:
Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ – PID 1680622
Honorable Mention Simply Clever:
Greetings from Anne – PID 1689430
and Mike Shiell of Wandering Melon – PID 1693310
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14. Reviewers’ Choice:
Fiona, Reviewer #825 – Pamela Jorgensen of PamJArts – PID 1718930
Ella, Reviewer #758 – Bruce Bollinger of Lucid Moment – PID 1677416
Mackenzie, Reviewer #528 –Stephie McCarthy – PID 1677344
Desiree, Reviewer #121 – Colleen Kong-Savage of Kong Line – PID 1703016
Phoebe, Reviewer #443 – M. M. Anderson Art – PID 1669166
John, Reviewer #233 – Mike Coyle – PID 1711872
Catherine, Reviewer #871 – Betsy Bush of Dragonfire Graphics – PID 1690162
Victor, Reviewer #992 – Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ – PID 1703620
Rebecca, Reviewer #619 – Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design – PID 1708186
Anne, Reviewer #127 – Annalisa Jones of Annalisa Caroline Greetings – PID 1704620
Jessica Renee, Reviewer #937 – Joyce Geleynse of Joyful Art – PID 1705204
Shelley, Reviewer #937 – Ramelle Richardson of Eloquence by Ramelle – PID 1703646
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A year in review is usually very telling and 2021 is no different. What also is not different is our artists’ commitment to creativity and serving out of the box occasions. Your creative works continue to delight shoppers’ and truly chronicle the landscape of their lives. Thank you for your resiliency, for your unflappable creativity and fortitude during another wonky year. We at GCU are immeasurably proud of and grateful for your contributions in keeping Greeting Card Universe the go to site for Any Card Imaginable.
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Nuts and Bolts: Graduation 2021 to 2022
Nuts & Bolts – Graduation 2021 to 2022
Graduation card sales will soon begin. Let’s be ready for all those proud grads with cards for 2022! Many college and high school graduations are in May. There are hundreds of graduation cards on the site dated 2020. 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.
Thank you to those artists who have already updated their designs for 2022 – we appreciate your initiative!
Search results for “Graduation 2021
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 2021”.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: Elopement Announcement
Wanted Cards – Elopement Announcements
Elopements are becoming more common particularly as wedding planning has become somewhat problematic and the issues and concerns of large gatherings are making couples think differently.
Please consider adding more designs to this category:
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: Free Nonchalant Script
FREE Nonchalant Script!
This bouncy thick calligraphy font & is in a calligraphy style with a super smooth edges, perfect for vinyl cutting or crafting! Font comes in OTF, TTF, EOT, and WOFF.
This nice freebie is brought to you by Beck McCormick! Only available for a week on the Hungry Jpeg site.
This product comes with a commercial license.
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Dash of Inspiration: FEBRUARY 2022 STOCK Design Challenge
Let’s squeeze out a little fun this month on a new Stock Card Challenge!
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Theme: Lemons
Requirements:
- Find an image with a lemon or lemons and pair it with a unique ‘lemon themed’ message.
- 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: Monday, February 28th
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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 of the category that fits your message.
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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: February 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 2022!
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 2022!
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Tips:
- Visit all the available tips, tricks and guidelines offered on the Big Stock Creation blog page!
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Be inspired to create and learn something new!
by Doreen Erhardt
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Nuts and Bolts: Reminder January 2022 Design Challenge
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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Wanted New Cards: 1st Easter as Parents/Family
Wanted Cards – 1st Easter as Parents / Family
Please consider creating cards for first time parents on Easter:
Holidays >> Easter >> 1st / First Easter >> As a Family / Parents
We’d like you to create at least one card for these categories using the Stock Cards function (Bigstock) or your own graphic designs.
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: Free Unicorn Express Font
Unicorn Express is playful and chic display font. It would be suitable for birthday cards, party banners, social media content, celebration quotes and many more. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!
Available for free for the next 5 days on the Creative Fabrica site. Don’t miss out!
This product comes with a commercial license.
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