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Gwen_704382

GCU Newbies

Posts: 42

First Anniversary
May 21^st, 2025, 11:15am

Tomorrow (May 22) marks my first anniversary with GCU! After a tough learning curve (and I'm still getting there, lol), I can say that I'm so grateful I was introduced to this company! Primarily, I have been an off-and-on Zazzle designer for the past decade+, but after a Zazzler shared this company with me, I set Zazzle aside and poured my all into this venture for the past year. I'm not the fastest creative on the block, but I'm pleased I have 265 active cards in my store in the first year. With only 9 cards declined since beginning this journey, I feel like I've made a LOT of progress!

Now, I just need to get better at the category side, so I don't have to keep worrying the reviewers to find the correct one or a better one for me. My thanks to their patience while I learn!

Grateful to be part of the community,
Gwen V.
Coastal South Studio

Coastal South Studio:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/coastalsouthstudio

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Doreen_137017

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artist

Posts: 5273

Re: First Anniversary
Reply #1 - May 21^st, 2025, 12:52pm

Congratulations, Gwen!

It's a big, wonderful family here and it sounds like you're doing great!

I wrote this and update it every so many years. The reviewers probably shared a link to it at some point. But if you scroll down to #5 Categories and keep that on-hand, you may very well start to click with how the categories work. Just a thought.
https://gcucommunity.com/card-submission-101-rev-04-january-2022/

Cheers to your success and wishing you many more years of sales - and - please consider joining some of our monthly Design Contests as well!

Salon of Art:
http://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/SalonOfArt

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Gwen_704382 GCU Newbies Posts: 42	Re: First Anniversary Reply #2 - May 21^st, 2025, 2:44pm Hi Doreen! I revisited the info, and it's super helpful. Thanks again for the reminder! I'll consider the design challenge...just been so focused on building my store! Gwen
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Doreen_137017 Gold Member artist Posts: 5273	Re: First Anniversary Reply #3 - May 21^st, 2025, 5:27pm Glad you found it super helpful and just so you know, the challenges are simply inspiration to create a new card. So, you're still filling up your store, just perhaps with something you hadn't thought to create before.
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Gwen_704382 GCU Newbies Posts: 42	Re: First Anniversary Reply #4 - May 22^nd, 2025, 12:46pm Thanks Doreen! I didn't think of it that way...just the extra work required to meet specifics. I'll have to give it a go soon! Gwen V.
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