Guest posts for GCU AC Juvenile Diabetes

We have several live guest posts by Nene Adams on behalf of our card design group, Greeting Card Univers e Artist's Collective sharing our new support cards for children with juvenile diabetes. The blog authors generously let us post a few of the cards by artists Doreen Erhardt, Betsy Bush, Corrie Kuipers, and myself.

http://www.irunoninsulin.com/?p=8239

http://scottsdiabetes.com/2014/07/guest-post-nene-adams-diabetes-cards/

http://www.cardandgiftnetwork.com/2014/07/behind-the-design-nene-adams-corrie-kuipers.html

http://www.bittersweetdiabetes.com/2014/06/a-little-encouragement.html

New Adult and Juvenile Diabetes Support Cards

I recently finished a set of ten #diabetessupportcards for
adults and kids. They are available on Greeting Card Universe.

There is also a website, Cards for Kids with Diabetes,
devoted entirely to support cards for kids with
diabetes that includes healthy recipes, diabetes in
the news, and helpful tips for managing life with type l or ll

diabetes. There are several wonderful greeting cards

featured there.

I'm planning to try the banana break pancakes recipe. Yum!

Diabetes Advocacy posted a guest spot by Nene Adams, featuring our Greeting Card Universe cards for Juvenile Diabetes :) 



Diabetes Advocacy | The rantings of a mother of a child with Type 1 diabetes

My cats in new Current catalog

Happy to see the new Current catalog, which has four of my cat cards. This is a birthday set.

Alex Colombo: Warmth in Design

“Partnering To Make the World a Better Place through Art”

I really respond to warmth in design. Warmth is inviting. Warmth feels good. Warmth is perfect for greeting cards because it’s like sending a hug long distance. It’s also perfect for products found in the home because it feels “homey” and comforting.

One artist whose work embodies warmth is Alex Colombo, a licensing artist in San Francisco. I was introduced to her work through another artist at Surtex last year. Alex kindly sent me some samples of her work to use here.

She has a simple, warm, and fun style that I really love. You can find her art on fabric at Spoonflower, and Etsy. She also has a popular blog on art licensing, The Moon From My Attic. Her licensing focus is Partnering to Make the World a Better Place Through Art. I’m always happy to support artists who send good energy out into the world! I hope you’ll check out her website.

Kate Harper Greeting Card Designer Blog and my cat card

I'm really happy to share that Kate Harper has featured one of my cards, which I submitted to her in response to her invitation to share an interesting card design. This is a cat card that's also one of my favorites--inspired by my own cat companions :)  Kate's blog is chock full of great information about greeting cards, "trends, news, and tutorials for professional writers and artists". I've learned SO much from this blog-if you haven't checked it out, you really should.