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11 tips for designing and printing greeting cards

Whether you want to run a small batch of greeting cards from one of your favourite paintings or have your designs distributed by a large card company, producing a greeting card requires a good design and needs to follow a few rules to be successful.

The first step is to produce the artwork. It can be a drawing, a painting, a piece of textile art, or anything that can be photographed.

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1 FIT YOUR COMPOSITION INTO A STANDARD FORMAT

The way you compose your picture is crucial. The space is limited, but even more importantly, a set format is required. The cards will have to fit into standard envelopes

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