PattiannCongratulations to Lisa Crisafi of Nest to Nest Greetings, Design Challenge Winner, November 2017 Please add any awards or contests you’ve won outside of GCU. My love for creating greeting cards began when I started entering Hallmark Card contests. Contest entries consisted of uploading a photo and submitting a verse fitting the contest category. More … Read more
Congratulations to Julia Bryant, Design Challenge Winner, October 2017 What was your inspiration for your winning card? Please walk us through the process of how this card went from an idea to a greeting card. When I was thinking of what to do for this challenge, I wanted it to be humorous and capture a … Read more
See Olivia and Company’s greeting cards on Greeting Card Universe What sparked your interest in art? Did you start as a young child? My fascination with my mother’s career is what sparked my interest in art, she was a beautiful portrait artist who worked mostly in oils. When I was a small child I could … Read more
Congratulations to our May Design Challenge winner, Pamela Jorgensen from PamJArts. Her winning card appears above. Please list any awards or contests you’ve won outside of GCU. I did win best victoria sandwich cake at a village flower show in England when I was 12 years old. That was a worthy accomplishment in my small village, unrelated … Read more
GCU March Design Winner Tammy Moody Please list any awards or contests you’ve won outside of GCU. Over the years I have won numerous awards (including Best of Show, First, and Second place awards), for my still life, wildlife, and horse art in local art shows. I was also published in Horses in Art Magazine … Read more
GCU February Challenge Winner Michelle Lanoue Please list any awards or contests you’ve won outside of GCU. I was thrilled to have my children’s books published a few years ago after going the self-publishing route. But sadly, the publisher, Crafty Canuck, closed shop. I am back to self-publishing although I have been putting more energy … Read more
National Grammar Day, established by Martha Brockenbrough, has been celebrated in the United States since 2008. Ms Brockenbrough is the author of Things That Make Us [Sic] and the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar. In this age of quick, short, electronic communication, grammar seems to have morphed into … Read more
BallettElephant with Music Notes and Tutu for Dance Teacher Birthday by Greeting Card Universe artist Julia Bryant Please list the URLs of your 3 favorite cards in your storefront and why they are your favorites. Being ex-military, I wanted a card that would be encouraging to someone about to begin the most exciting and scary … Read more
Thesaurus Day is a celebration of Peter Mark Roget’s January 18 birthday. Roget, a doctor, spent his retirement writing Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. A thesaurus is a book of English words and phrases with similar meaning. “Thesaurus” is Latin for “treasure”. Roget’s original (first/initial) thesaurus contained 15,000 words in six categories: … Read more
National Pharmacist Day, observed January 12 each year, is a way to recognize this important and helpful profession. The word “pharmacy” comes from the Greek word “pharmaleon”. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, the first pharmacy school in North America, was established in Philadelphia is 1821 when 68 apothecaries met with the purpose … Read more