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Class   of   2013   Graduates

1/28/2013

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Dash of Inspiration
Post for GCU Community Blog

Here’s a great tip:  Even if you’re designs have the year as Custom Text, if you used a year that has gone by, take the time to update those cards. Any card that is out of date will be ignored by a large percentage of customers.  I tend to ...

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Totally   Retro

10/15/2012

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Dash of Inspiration
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Definition from Reference.com:
“Retro  is a term used to describe, denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends, modes, or fashions, from the overall postmodern past, but have since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of “retro” style iconography and imagery interjected into American postmodern art, advertising, mass media, etc. has occurred from around the time of the U.S. industrial revolution to present day.” ...


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Ring   in   the  new  year!

9/4/2012

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Dash of Inspiration
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The best time to create cards for ringing in the New Year is now!  Get them into the review cycle with plenty of time  to give the search engines the three to four months it takes to bring them to the forefront of those customers searches!

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Christmas    in    July:    Part   2

7/9/2012

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Dash of Inspiration
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I hope that last week’s Part 1 of Christmas in July inspired you!  Today we continue the holiday theme with some thoughts and goodies for your holiday creations ...

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A   Matter   of   Perspective

2/27/2012

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Dash of Inspiration
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I ran across a fun collection of photographs in a post called Unusual and Bizarre Building Designs By Aquil Akhter courtesy of Noupe.com and enjoyed it so much, I thought some of you might as well.  I was immediately thrown back in time to one of my first photography classes where one of our assignments was to rent an old 4×5 View camera and head out to photograph, develop and print architectural subjects ...

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Easter   Egg   Hunt

2/13/2012

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Keeping it simple this week with a focus on images to inspire Easter creations and some tools to get you started ...

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Let     It    Snow!

12/20/2011

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Dash of Inspiration
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This will be the last Dash of Inspiration post until the 9th of January.  I’m about to get lost in the holidays for a couple of weeks, the only time off I take the whole year, and I imagine most of you are as well.  So I leave you this year with a White Christmas ...

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A   Bird    in   the    Hand

11/14/2011

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Dash of Inspiration
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Let’s be birds of a feather and be inspired by these beautiful creatures of the sky … Start by taking in 40 Beautiful Examples of Bird Photography from our friends at Noupe.com.  That might just inspire you to create some cards for those Spring occasions which will be upon us quicker than you think and once you’re inspired go grab some wonderful brushes and tools to work with listed below ...

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Have   a   heart

10/3/2011

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Dash of Inspiration
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Along with the Holiday Season, one of the largest selling greeting card occasions is Valentine’s Day, and this day of love is what we should be focusing our design efforts on for the month of October.  So I pulled together some goodies for Photoshop, PSP, Elements & GIMP users so there is a little treat for just about everyone to help inspire new designs for the upcoming season of love ...

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Feather    Brush    Set    for    Photoshop

9/26/2011

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Posted July 28th, 2011

Photoshop Feathers

I needed feathers for a rework design I was doing the other day and ran across many wonderful offerings so thought I'd pass this one along. ENJOY this nice set by shadowsmyst.deviantart.com

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