GCA and Winston’s Wish Guidelines for greeting cards designed for bereaved children
Guidelines for designers and publishers designing cards for bereaved children. Produced by the GCA with Winston’s Wish, a charity supporting bereaved children.
Guidelines for designers and publishers designing cards for bereaved children. Produced by the GCA with Winston’s Wish, a charity supporting bereaved children.
GCA’s New Creative Talent project has built up a series of resources to support GCA members looking to recruit new creative talent,, and to offer a route into the industry for those looking to join.
GCA top tips to recruit new creative talent and help from the expects to build successful working relationships with new designers and others joining your team.
Are you a student considering a career in the greeting card industry? This blog details some ways to access the industry, and has links to lots more information.
See here if you’re looking to recruit New Creative Talent in 2024
The GCA worked with the Royal Mail to develop these standardised PiP logos. Download the files here.
The GCA Name register helps our publisher members keep their ranges unique. This is the first place to check if a new range name you are planning is already in use. If all members register their ranges on the register, the probability of duplication is greatly reduced.
GCA Open Call – an invitation to innovate and add value with design graduates.
Details on the changes to product marking for items previously subject to the CE marking from 1st January 2023
The GCA’s 8-part series on preparing files ready for printing. A must-read for beginners in the greeting card industry.
Information for the greeting card industry on the UK-wide Plastic Packaging Tax that comes into effect from April 1st 2022.
Owner of Creative Sparrow, Hannah Curtis, explains why having artist representation can be so beneficial to a creative working within the card industry.
This blog looks at the benefits for artists of using an agent to represent them, with top tips and links to more information
On the 5th Anniversary of Blue Eyed Sun, business owner Jeremy Corner shares his wisdom for new publishers.
Latest requirements for any greeting cards that include batteries
A Publisher’s guide to numeric and double-alpha Price Codes
Part 8 of 8: Helpful advice on how to select a Print Partner, and what to expect during the production process.
Part 7 of 8: Our handy check list ensures you’ve thought through all the aspects of preparing a press-ready PDF.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Part 2 of 8: Things to consider when determining the optimum card size for a range.