Best Picks For Custom Greeting Card Design
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Greeting card printing is a creative activity that involves creating the best custom design. In fact custom greeting cards should always be designed in a way that always makes them unique, special and of course emotionally touching. You can achieve all these things by composing the right message, paying attention to certain details about greeting card printing and of course using the best design techniques. In this article, I’ll give you the best picks for design strategies that you can apply for your custom greeting cards.
• Special inks – Using special inks is an easy way to make your greeting cards special. Any kind of design can be switched to a special custom greeting card by switching a certain part of the design with special inks. For example, your “Holiday greetings!” text in black ink can be converted to a special red inked affair with spots of glitter. Also, you might want to try special metallic inks in your text that makes them look like they were made of silver plate or gold ink. Just a simple use of special inks can really make a nice custom greeting card shine.
• Embossing and details – Embossing certain elements and details in greeting cards is also very popular. Having a three dimensional texture in greeting cards makes them more memorable since the visual as well as the tactile senses are engaged. You can try embossing the symbols in a greeting card to make them come out, or you can even emboss the text of the greeting card itself to add actual shadow details into them. This melding of three dimensions in visual greeting card imagery can go a long way.
• Textures – Actual textured materials in greeting card paper is also a good technique for custom greeting card design. Using actual “felt” paper in your cover, or using more rough and interesting paper stocks add personality and detail to a greeting card. Not only will they be looking at your card, they will be touching it. Of course, it is best to use textures only for special designs where it can really apply.
• Holograms - A more modern take on greeting card design is the addition of special holograms. These kinds of modern visual effects are getting popular with designers since people really get a kick out of the novelty in holograms. They will be moving about the greeting card in certain angles for hours making the greeting quite successful. You must understand however that not all greeting card printers can do this, and it might be an expensive process to begin with.
• Musical – Finally, something that never gets old is the musical greeting card. Plenty of specially made color greeting cards have been added with a music chip and small speaker which activates as the greeting card is opened. This really can be a touching greeting that always succeeds in getting that special message remembered. Of course you should expect this to be an expensive kind of greeting card printing as well, but it should be well worth the effort.
Those are the best picks for contemporary custom greeting card design. Use these techniques and more or less you should be in par with the best greeting cards on the market today. Good Luck!
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