November 2009
2 posts
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New Christmas Cards
As a continuation of my last post, here are some very timely Christmas cards that caught my eye. The illustrated Santa card at the end especially looks impressive. Most of these are funny designs that have the classic cartoon theme. Sweet Christmas pup by xmasstore View other Christmas cards. xmas snowdancers by cherylc1 Browse other greeting card templates on zazzle. Gingerbread...
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Some Professional Looking Christmas Photo Cards
It’s been way too long since my last update so I’m making it up today with a whole slew of Christmas photo cards. These are designs that you insert a photo into and add a message to the back of. They’re more a “template” than anything because your photo is what really makes the card worth giving. These are a few that I found across the Zazzle websites today. More...
May 2009
3 posts
Humorous Dadism Father's Day card
I think this is a great idea for Father’s Day. I can think of countless lines my dad has said over and over that annoyed the living crap out of me. This card is pretty darn close to one of the ones that bugged me the most. I can think of countless times where the cheapest product was bought because “price doesn’t matter”, but only having it end up breaking soon after...
DILF - Funny Father's Day Card
This is one of those cards that I refuse to give a description for. If you need to know what this means, go to urban dictionary and enlighten yourself. A great card for the boy toy of your life. Much more could be said about this but really, it speaks for itself. Found this card over on page 2 of funny Father’s Day cards.
Hip Father's Day Cards
This is one of my favorite Father’s Day card designs I’ve come across. It’s very simple, clean, and has an overall retro look to it. For me atleast, anything using retro styled faces and colors is a big win. I found this design on the Father’s Day Cards page. It’s a shame the designer didn’t make a whole series with this.
February 2009
9 posts
Cute First Kiss Romantic Card
First Kiss I was almost done today looking around for great or horrible card designs when I came across this beauty. I was looking for all kinds of valentine cards and ended up looking at the romantic cards page where I found this. Except for the ancient 2006 copyright notice on the back, I don’t think there is a more romantic card in existence. Cute kids are almost a guaranteed win when...
Gun I Hate Valentines Day Card
Shoot Down Love Bravo Designer! He says quite openly “Do you hate Valentine’s Day and everything about it? Shoot Down Love” with this card. I’m sure many single people won’t be buying this, but many will be sharing the feelings of this very heavily. I never understood the whole concept of anti-valentine’s day cards. Who does someone buy them for if...
Lion Will You Be My Valentine Card
Love Lions greeting card I thought this was a pretty good idea for a card initially, but after I looked at it closer, I realized it deserved to be mentioned. The idea is cute and Valentine’s day worthy which isn’t all that hard to accomplish, but it gets extra points because of how it looks like it was made with. Simply put, designers who use illustrator to make their greeting cards...
Be my Valentine - Emo Valentine Card
Be My Valentine I don’t particularly enjoy the dark sadness of emo styled things. That goes for music, clothes, myspace-y glitter graphics, and really anything associated with the way of life. Being in tune with your feelings doesn’t mean it has to be dark and twisted. This card I unfortunatelty have to say is one of the best I’ve found. I’m a real sucker for hand-drawn...
Old Masters Christian Valentine Card
“St. Valentine” Fine Art Just like the Obama card, there’s probably a small niche for just about any style and form of Valentine Cards. This one shows another end of the spectrum with a very popular category. This shows an old masters painting created into a Valentine’s day card. This one in particular is being marketed by the designer as a christian valentine’s day...
Depression Era - Funny Valentine Card
Depressing Times Valentine’s Day #1 This designer has come up with a really unique stlyle of cards that I really like. They’re high quality, well designed themes that can be used for just about any occasion. Months ago, I saw he/she had a set of similar cards that were for Christmas. These are funny depression era valentine cards. They use old black and white images that show the hard...
Obama Has Sexy Valentines Cards?
The last valentine card I showed used poor imagery in its favor. It had very good excecution with lower quality artwork. This one is the complete opposite. The designer that made this card has a good sense of color, style, layout, and just about everything else it takes to make a high quality design. The one thing that’s missing though is the idea. I might be wrong, but I doubt anyone will...
Lots of Hearts - Valentine's Day Card
48 Hearts on a Greeting Card I normally don’t like this cheesiness on anything but it has so much of it that it actually makes sense visually. There’s enough of the poorly designed hearts that it ends up looking good when they’re scaled down and put into this collage. I found this one a few pages back on the main Valentine’s Day Cards page.
Dinosaur Valentine Cards
T-Rex Valentine I think I had a toy like this when I was a kid. I remember everone having dinosaurs of some kind in their toy chest, so what better for the big valentine’s day other than bringing back memories of childhood. It’ll either get you some action, or will bring up painful childhood memories that will be brought up when seeing you from this day forward. It’s a big...
January 2009
1 post
Amazing Vintage Valentine Card
Happy Valentine’s Day Heart I’m getting ready to design some Valentine’s day cards now so I’ll have a good stock of them by the time it comes around, so I’m looking around at the other designs out there. This is probably my most favorite design I’ve found. I’ll post some more of the designs as I find them. I found this over on the vintage valentine cards...
December 2008
11 posts
Stone Age Funny Get Well Card
Funny Get Well Card! “and this is Ralph, your anesthesiologist.” Lol. This is one of the better non-cheesey get well cards I’ve come across. The layout and simple cartoon style reminds me of the “far side” cartoons that I used to love so much. This was on one of the pages in the get well cards section.
Puppy Is Here For You Card
I like this sympathy card for a few reasons. There’s no reason to send someone a card that makes someone feel even worse than they already do which I feel that alot of cards do nowadays. I would rather recieve a cute picture of a puppy than a picture of a bunch of flowers. There’s something calming about having a dog near you that I think even this photograph captures very well. Just...
Remember To Get Birthday Card
Happy Belated Birthday! I have a feeling I’ve given something very similar to this as a birthday card at some point in my life. It might not have had the cork board backing though. It seems that some of the best cards are inspired by the most basic items and ideas. I’ll try to look for it later and possibly post it but I remember also seeing a card that looked like it was made out of...
He Sees You When He's Sleeping Christmas Card
“He Sees You When You’re Sleeping” Christmas Card I never believed in Santa when I was a kid. My parents killed of that idea really early with me. Regardless, when you look at this card I totally know how the cartoon kid feels. The thought of some strange man in a red bath robe watching me sleep would creep me out even now that I’m grown myself. There’s a message on...
How Big is Your Love Card
Grtz.net: How big is your love? I think this is my all time favorite card in any category. This is the card that gets you some guaranteed action at the end of the night. Get it for your girlfriend and this card will end up in her box of saved notes she’s been keeping since she was in highschool. The design is superb, the idea is perfect, and as long as you write her name correctly inside,...
Lily of the valley thank you card.
Lily of the Valley Thank You I’m more of a funny or vintage card type if there was one but for the occasion of giving a thank you card, there’s not really much room for that type of thing. This is probably my favorite thank you card I’ve come across sofar. It’s got a timeless look to it. It doesn’t show some awfully typical flowers that you’d expect to see....
Love You T-Rex Card
T-Rex Valentine I thought this was a very well designed card. It’s not very typical to see a dinosaur on a valentine card. I’m not sure what this was made with but it seems that it’s possibly watercolor and a bit of photoshop. There’s LOTS of detail in this and I would like to see some paintings from this artist. This was one of the featured cards on the love cards page.
Vintage Turkey Greeting Card
Vintage Design Thanksgiving Greetings With thanksgiving recently passed I think this is a great card to look back on the holiday with. This card has a couple things going for it that I find interesting. First of all, you’ll immediately recognize that it’s an antique card that’s been scanned in to a computer and repurposed for many more years of use. I’m sure the designer...
Good luck Graduates! Graduation Card
Good Luck, Graduates! - Card I can’t express how true this card is. You graduate high school or college and then you’re expected to be ready for what’s next. Of course people don’t expect you to be ready, but at the time it sure feels like it. Sure enough, I found this on the graduation greeting cards page along with a few other gems.
Cake On Fire Birthday Card
Funny Birthday Card! I hope I end up living long enought to recieve a cake like this. I have a feeling if I did, cake would probably be about one of the only solid foods I’d be able to eat at that point anyways. This is a pretty funny card for someone who can take an age joke. I found it on the birthday cards page among a few other cartoon style’d cards, but this one caught my eye the...
Welcome Greeting Card Lovers!
Welcome to the daily greeting card blog. This is where I’ll be showing off 1 greeting card design per day that I think deserves all the attention it can get. I spend most of my time designing cards online at zazzle, but I’ll mention and show any other ones that catch my eye. Feel free to shoot over a link if you’ve got something you think I should mention.