Part 8 of 8: Helpful advice on how to select a Print Partner, and what to expect during the production process.
Preparing Files for Print Part 8 – Working With Your Printer
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Preparing Files for Print Part 7 – Get Press Ready Checklist
Part 7 of 8: Our handy check list ensures you’ve thought through all the aspects of preparing a press-ready PDF.
Preparing Files For Print Part 6 – Finish Layers
Part 6 of 8: Foil, glitter and emboss adds bling to greeting cards. But they can be hard to visualise in the design stages, and need to be communicated to the Printer. We’ll explain how.
Preparing Files for Print Part 5 – Bleed & Trim
Part 5 of 8: Bleed ensures your artwork prints to the edge of the card. We’ll also cover what you need to know about the fold down the centre of the card.
Preparing files for print part 4 – Colour Considerations (CMYK, Pantone, RGB)
Part 4 of 8: This article on Colour Modes explains everything you need to know about RGB, CMYK, Pantone and how to choose what to use.
Preparing files for print part 3 – Image Resolution
Part 3 of 8: Our article on Colour Modes explains everything you need to know about RGB, CMYK, Pantone and how to choose what to use.
Preparing Files for Print 2 – Card Sizes: Things to Consider
Part 2 of 8: Things to consider when determining the optimum card size for a range.
How to Photograph Greeting Cards
How do you make your products look good online and in print? A short tutorial by Richard Jackson of Forever Creative Photography is here to help.
Becoming a Greeting Card Designer – A Guide for Artists
This guide produced by the GCA will help any budding artist to understand what’s involved with designing for the industry.
The GCA Guide to becoming a Greeting Card Writer
Do you have a way with words? Maybe you should write for greeting cards. This guide will help you get started.
Royal Mail changes – have your voice heard through the GCA
The Royal Mail is undergoing huge change as it adapts its business to ensure that is survives in the 21st century. As discussed at our Conference, the GCA is working closely with the Royal Mail and also reaching out to the industry to ensure that our voice is heard....
Festive Friday and BBC coverage kick of the first wave of Christmas card sending in 2020
A roundup of the media coverage received for 2020 Festive Friday
Care Home Residents mark Festive Friday thanks to generous donation from local card designer
GCA Member Emma Bryan donated cards to a local care home to help spread some festive cheer on Festive Friday.
Supporting our specialist card shops – a letter to the government
The GCA is campaigning to support specialist retail shops.
How can I protect my work from copyright infringement?
Megan Claire’s lockdown rework of the ’12 days of Christmas’ gained the attention it deserved but not the acknowledgement.
2020 Conference Sponsor: Fedrigoni
Fedrigoni as a specialist paper manufacturer is the leading supplier of paper, board and envelopes to the Greeting Cards market.
2020 Conference Sponsor: GF Smith
We are obsessed with the simple beauty and limitless possibilities of paper.
2020 Conference Sponsor: Graphite Creative
The home of beautiful print, provides of expertise in print and finishes for the greetings card industry.
2020 Conference Sponsor: LB Warehousing
Facilitators For The Power of the Greeting Card
2020 Conference Sponsor: Loxleys
Specialist greeting card manufacturer with over 165 years
2020 Conference Sponsor: PJ Print
P J Print (London) the Capital’s Specialist Greeting Card Manufacturer providing solutions to all your card production needs.
2020 Conference Sponsor: Windles
Windles Group are an all-encompassing, caring production facility for your greetings cards and stationery products.
2020 Conference Sponsor: Abbot print
Abbot Print specialise in the print and finishing of greeting cards
GCA Market Report 2020
GCA Greeting Card Market Report 2020, which covers UK greeting card sales for 2019 compared to 2018 is now available. Commissioned by the Greeting Card Association this report provides reliable figures for the greeting card industry for defined card categories based...