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  • To A New Beginning!

    To A New Beginning!

    Here we are with the last blog of the year!

    This last year seemed to have flown by with all you amazing studio artists creating such fabulous cards for each and every event, giving our users many more expressions to celebrate with!

    Mentioned below is a list of all events which you can choose to design for. Try and put up cards under varied subcategories and as many as possible. Each event is unique and tests your capability as an artist. Think quick, think fun, go out of the box and let’s bring the New Year in with style!

    1st Of January: New Year

    A New Year brings new hope, new excitement, new nervousness, new feelings, new confidence, new things to look forward to, new goals and the list can go on. The New Year helps us retrospect over the last year, cherish all those good memories, gives us hope for the future and helps us let go of unwanted things. This year create some touching yet exciting, warm yet fun, celebratory yet lovable, inspirational yet joyous and humorous cards for our users. Push yourselves to create some awe-worthy cards for your users this New Year and welcome 2017 with a bang!

    6th Of January: Cuddle Up Day

    Cuddle up Day calls for giving your loved ones tight squeezes and wrapping them up in your arms. Whether it’s a family member longing for our warm touch or our better halves waiting to snuggle up with us after a long day, create some cards filled with lots of love wrapped in warm cuddles which users could send to their near and dear ones. Help users make their special people feel loved this day.

    7th Of January: Orthodox Christmas

    Orthodox Christmas is the day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and the spirit of the holy festival with the traditional customs and the ‘Feast of Nativity’. Users would like to bless their loved ones with peace, hope, and faith this day, messages should be centered around these emotions. Use festive colors and elements of Christmas but don’t forget to have an element of Lord Jesus in your card. Christmas carols and hymns are the kind of music you should use in these cards.

    19th Of January: Whisper I Love You Day

    A lot of people are shy to express their heartfelt feelings explicitly. Whisper ‘I Love You’ Day is the perfect day for those people to whisper these three magical words and propose their love for their sweetheart. It also gives couples a chance to get romantic and whisper sweet nothings to their partners and rekindle the romance in their relationship. Design such warm, cute and romantic cards for the users, make sure your me to your messages are special and one of a kind.

    21st Of January: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    This day is dedicated to civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr. Help users celebrate and honor the life and legacy of this great leader through your ecards. He inspired people through his words and made a difference in the lives of many.

    Create cards using elements that speak about pride, justice, and righteousness. You can use themes such as ‘Honoring the Great Hero’, ‘Born to make a difference’, ‘a note of thank you’ and the likes. Use colors of the flag, symbols of freedom and text that bring out the respect and appreciation we feel for this great man. Use animation and music to accentuate the emotions of pride and respect for him. Inspirational and admiration messages work best for the event, which users can send to the person who has motivated and inspired them to achieve their dreams!

    21st Of January: Send a Hug Day

    With sub-categories such as ‘Love Hugs’, ‘Warm Hugs’, ‘Cute Hugs’, ‘Friendly Hugs’ and ‘Thank You’, there is plenty of room to experiment. We would love to see how you create different and innovative cards which fit each sub-category. Be it your sweetheart, a family member or a friend, everyone loves a warm, big and cozy hug which makes them feel loved! Create some adorable cards which make the receiver of the card feel the tight squeeze from the sender of the card. Don’t forget to design some Thank you cards for users to send to the ones who have made their lives special with their love, warmth and timely hugs.

    24th Of January: Compliment Day

    Compliments are not only big confidence boosters but also makes one feel really good about themselves. You have a chance to personalize your cards for your users and make them unique. For example, create cards which one can send to his/her friend for being a wonderful and supportive friend, a husband can send to his wife and compliment her beauty or a child can send to their mother for the delicious meals she whips up. Help users unlock their hearts and send sweet and special compliments to their dear ones with your ecards.

    With more than 10 sub-categories under the event, you have plenty of room to experiment and play with your elements to create some fantastic and bright cards for your users and make their Chinese New Year a memorable one.

    We hope this was an enjoyable read and the above events have excited you enough to create some great cards for our users. Don’t forget that Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays and Holiday Thank You last till the end of January, so you have a chance to upload some cards for the same if you haven’t yet!

    As from all of us at Studio, we thank all our artists for their continued dedication, hard work, and passion. We have been surprised time and again by the impressive work coming in and we are sure that you all are going to get bigger and better in the New Year. We promise to keep motivating you with our blogs in 2019 as well!

    Stay blessed, Keep Warm and Wish you all a Happy New Year!

    Cheers!

  • ‘Tis The Season For Thanks!

    ‘Tis The Season For Thanks!

     

    Season’s Greetings! First things first, we know you must be eager to see the results of our Thanksgiving contest! This year Studio had nearly a 100 cards submitted for the contest in a wide variety of styles. One card stood out dramatically, with over 40,000 global sends, this was a clear favorite among our users. Brought to us by Simpydesigns, these beautiful wishes truly captured the spirit of this holiday.

    Thanksgiving Wishes by Simpydesigns

    This card was an obvious winner in the Happy Thanksgiving category earning Simpy $50. Other winners are:-

    December is a month of events and we have rounded up the most popular ones (apart from Christmas) to help get your creative wheels turning.

    Advent, the period of four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is the season of anticipation and hope. Traditional cards have the advent wreath and four candles, and use purple – the color of preparation and repentance. Advent calendars are created to help the younger members of the families’ count down the days until Christmas Day. This card below by vsilverline23k captures the vibe of this time.

    Season’s greetings – the season of warmth, joy and merriment is here. Create warm, joyful and fun cards for our users to express their love, sending wishes from their home, whether in the form of elegant blessings or just plain old holiday cheer. Don’t forget to create some stylish and classy business greetings along with cards for our users to send their friends this special time of the year! Use wintery, Christmassy elements that will bring this festive spirit alive like in this card by onbothsides.

    Hanukkah – This is one of the most family-oriented of Jewish holidays. Days include singing dedicated carols around the glowing menorah, eating yummy fried treats, playing with dreidels and distributing gelts (or gold covered chocolates) and gifts. Cover these themes in your cards to give our users meaningful cards to send their families and loved ones. Or keep it fun like BottleCapGuru’s tongue in cheek card below.

    So while we go back to planning our secret Santa gifts, and decorating our bays, we hope you will draw inspiration from the above and create some magical cards for our users.

    Happy Holidays!

  • 8 Ways To Create The Ultimate Hanukkah Greetings!

    8 Ways To Create The Ultimate Hanukkah Greetings!

    Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an eight day Jewish Holiday. The word Hanukkah means ‘dedication’, the theory goes that with enough dedication and commitment, God creates miracles. Like many other faiths, the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah brings light in the darkest time of the year. Being an important festival for Jews and its closeness to Christmas, it is a good opportunity to increase card sends and gain on the earnings by increasing ROW sends.

    So what are the important elements associated with this holiday? We’ll cover some major ones which will help you produce some wonderful ecards.

    Ecard by Jothi

    • The Menorah – The lighting of the menorah is the most important Hanukkah tradition. A menorah is a candle stand with 9 branches. Each evening of Hanukkah one candle is lit with a special blessing. Include this element and a glow to your cards.
    • Dreidel – Playing with dreidel is a popular Hanukkah tradition. People play this game with a square spinning top. The game is played with pennies and candy. The player who has all the candy and pennies in the end is the winner.
    • Hanukkah Food – Fried foods are traditional during Hanukkah in remembrance of the sacred oil. Popular fried foods are Latkes (Potato pancakes) and Sufganiyot (Sweet jam filled doughnuts). Eating dairy products, especially cheese is another Hanukkah tradition.
    • Hanukkah Songs – Variety of Hanukkah songs have been composed over the years in Hebrew & English both. Research on some of the popular Hanukkah songs and add them to your ecards to give it that extra touch.

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    Send your loved ones Hanukkah greetings! 

    • Gift Giving Tradition – Usually gift giving is reserved for younger children, and the only traditional gift on the holiday is gelt (coin shaped chocolates covered in gold foil) or small amounts of money.
    • Colors And Symbol – Blue, silver and white are the Hanukkah colors and Jews fills their homes with these colored decorative items. The large Star of David is a Jewish symbol used to decorate homes and convey message of festive spirit. Hence cards should reflect these colors and symbols for people to appreciate them.
    • Hanukkah Flowers – Jewish people share the joy of Hanukkah by sending beautiful Hanukkah flowers and gift baskets to their loved ones. Since blue and white are considered colors of Hanukkah, Lilies, white and blue roses and chrysanthemums are the widely exchanged Hanukkah flowers.
    • Family Celebration – As in many other celebrations of many other cultures, Hanukkah is about family. It’s a joyous time of the year when those you love gather together to play games, share food, blessings and music. Hence this can be showed in the cards for Wishes, Family, Friends and loved ones.

    So an optimum mix of all the above elements would surely help you come up with great ecards. Showcase your creativity and capitalize on your earnings! So, good luck and make the most of this festival!