Soon after, the winner, one Jonathan, received a postcard, the reverse of which depicted a pair of severed limbs and the message: "Fuck you Jonathan and fuck your shit legs." And so a curiously British social phenomenon that fuses comedy and art was born.

LOVE STINKS but not for Sheena Hisiro! We loved her Valentines day card titled  “Some Things Just Go Together” which has an illustration of peanut butter and jelly jars on the front. We are honored to present her with a $50 iTunes gift card and would like to encourage everyone to keep designing cards.

Thank you to everyone who submitted designs and we hope to see more of everyone’s fantastic cards in the future!

This card and others can be found in her store aptly named Quirky Cards. Congratulations to Sheena and thank you to everyone who submitted their designs.

Stay tuned for more design challenge for your chance to win and become featured on www.sendasmile.com!

LOVE STINKS but not for Sheena Hisiro! We loved her Valentines day card titled  “Some Things Just Go Together” which has an illustration of peanut butter and jelly jars. We are honored to present her with a $50 iTunes gift card and would like to encourage everyone to keep designing cards.

Thank you to everyone who submitted designs and we hope to see more of everyone’s fantastic cards in the future!

This card and others can be found in her store aptly named Quirky Cards. Congratulations to Sheena and thank you to everyone who submitted their designs.

Stay tuned for more design challenge for your chance to win and become featured on www.sendasmile.com!

Violets are Blue

Sugar is sweet

and so are you.

But most of the time we make up the last two lines so they rhyme.

Anything from the sarcastic:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You broke my heart

Now I hate you

To warm and fuzzy:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

I just love

everything about you.

To the silly:

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Now come here and kiss me

or else I'll kiss you

Roses are red, Violets are blue

You broke my heart, Now I hate you

Roses are red, Violets are blue

I just love, everything about you.

Roses are red, Violets are blue

Now come here and kiss me, or else I'll kiss you

 

Kate Evans is the wonderful mind behind Love and Lemonade, one of our

newest card shops. Aside from being a designer and freelance illustrator

she is also a Mum, gardener and eco girlie, which all inspire her

illustrations. She loves to draw and paint buildings, homes and gardens,

basically she just really loves to draw and paint!! To check out some of

her darling designs you can find them here on Send a Smile.

Kate Evans is the wonderful mind behind Love and Lemonade,
one of our newest card shops.

Aside from being a designer and freelance illustrator she is also a mum, gardener and eco girlie, which all inspire her illustrations. She loves to draw and paint buildings, homes and gardens, basically she just really loves to draw and paint!!

To check out some of her darling designs you can find Love and Lemonade here on Send a Smile.

We would like to welcome Anja Gram, our newest designer who adds comedy as well as comics to our collection. Anja Gram comes to us from Copenhagen, Denmark but sells her cards worldwide. The interesting use of color combined with the comedic stick figures and interested copy is a recipe for success. Anja´s mission is to bring love handles, humor and quality into the greeting card industry. To check out Anja Gram's cards visit http://www.sendasmile.com/en_US/designer-detail/Anja+Gram.

We would like to welcome Anja Gram, our newest designer who adds comedy
as well as comics to our collection.

Anja Gram comes to us from Copenhagen, Denmark but sells her cards worldwide.
The interesting use of color combined with the comedic stick figures and interested
copy is a recipe for success.

Anja´s mission is to bring love handles, humor and quality into the greeting card industry. To check out Anja Gram's cards, visit her on Send a Smile UK.

Send a Smile welcomes Judy Adamson, creator of Flutterby Designs. She is an English painter and greeting card designer, would-be children's book illustrator (if only there were enough hours in the day.) She enjoys living in beautiful Wales - and blogging! To see these and other wonderful cards from Judy visit www.flutterbydesigns.sendasmile.com

Send a Smile welcomes Judy Adamson, creator of Flutterby Designs.

She is an English painter and greeting card designer, would-be children's book
illustrator (if only there were enough hours in the day.) She enjoys living in beautiful Wales - and blogging!

To see these and other wonderful cards from Judy visit her Send a Smile shop Flutterby Designs.

Africa. Her designs are colorful and lively and she lives her life as

happy go lucky as she can. If you would like to find out more about

Kerri-Jane or buy her cards you can find them in the Dwiggy store or by

searching for her in the designers section.

is a product of Karolina Burdon, the brains behind the shop. She has

uploaded a few cards around the theme of love. Karolina is one of our

international designers and lives in Vienna, Austria. To find out more

about Karolina and buy some of her wonderful cards check out her shop Pink

Monkey.

Everyone should visit Pink Monkey, one of our newest stores.
Pink Monkey is a product of Karolina Burdon, the brains behind the shop. She has uploaded a few cards around the theme of love.

Karolina is one of our international designers and lives in Vienna, Austria. To find out more about Karolina and buy some of her wonderful cards check out her shop Pink Monkey.

Spooktacular Halloween Card Contest!

Following in the footsteps of our first design challenge, we now have a second contest in store for everyone. It's the most wonderful time of the year, for parent's that is! It's a time when we pack away our bathing suits and take out those itchy wool sweaters from the attic. A time when you finally get the kids out of the house and have some quiet time without hearing the three scariest words, “what's for dinner?” Most of all it's a time to scare up some fun. 

Halloween is right around the corner and we have cooked up a ghastly competition for our Send a Smile community. This one is an adult swim only card competition, so we are asking that you create one Spooktacular Halloween card that will have your colleagues at work or anyone legal to vote rolling on the floor with laughter. It must include a picture as well as text both on the inside and out. You can draw, design, or even include a funny picture from home. 

It's really simple, just create a card suitable for adults or the young at heart, as we call them.

Write the word “SPOOKTACULAR” in the tag section which will ensure your entry into the contest.

We will pick a winner and present them with hauntingly good prizes!!

Following in the footsteps of our first design challenge, we now have a second contest in store for everyone. It's the most wonderful time of the year, for parent's that is!

It's a time when we pack away our bathing suits and take out those itchy wool sweaters from the attic.

A time when you finally get the kids out of the house and have some quiet time without hearing the three scariest words, “what's for dinner?” Most of all it's a time to scare up some fun. 

Halloween is right around the corner and we have cooked up a ghastly competition for our Send a Smile community. This one is an adult swim only card competition, so we are asking that you create one Spooktacular Halloween card that will have your colleagues at work or anyone legal to vote rolling on the floor with laughter.

It must include a picture as well as text both on the inside and out. You can draw, design, or even include a funny picture from home.  It's really simple, just create a card suitable for adults or the young at heart, as we call them.

Write the word “SPOOKTACULAR” in the tag section which will ensure your entry into the contest.
We will pick a winner and present them with hauntingly good prizes!!

living in Ludwigsburg, Germany with her two daughters and her husband.

Maria is an illustrator and animation artist specializing in the

children's and juvenile market. She has a passion for creating images that

tell a story of their own and creating unique environments and characters.

If you are in need of a children's card check out some of Maria Bogade's.

Our latest designer is Maria Bogade, is another international designer living in Ludwigsburg, Germany with her two daughters and her husband.

Maria is an illustrator and animation artist specializing in the children's and juvenile market. She has a passion for creating images that tell a story of their own and
creating unique environments and characters.

If you are in need of a children's card check out some of Maria Bogade's.

and works in Twickenham, UK. He has always had a passion for drawing and

thinking up all sorts of characters and stories. His characters can range

anywhere from pirates, arghhh! to old elephants, witches in bloomers,

bear's on bikes or even just darling children. He works digitally using

mostly Photoshop with a tablet and pen, because the "undo" button is his

best friend. Currently he is working on a book for Harcourt Publishers in

New York and also on some cards for Send a Smile. Check out all some of

Jon's cards today.

Jon Davis is someone to watch! Jon is a freelance illustrator who lives and works in Twickenham, UK. He has always had a passion for drawing
and thinking up all sorts of characters and stories.

His characters can range anywhere from pirates, ARGHHH!, to old elephants, witches in bloomers, bear's on bikes or even just darling children.

He works digitally using mostly Photoshop with a tablet and pen, because the "undo" button is his best friend.

Currently he is working on a book for Harcourt Publishers in New York and also on some cards for Send a Smile. Check out all some of Jon's cards today.

Card: Jon Davis 

One Tree Studio is the on-lind home of Martin Beckett, illustrator and designer.
Martin has been working as an illustrator and designer for over 12 years and in that
time has been fortunate to work with: Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots,
The Paper House Group, WH Smith, Aardman Animations, Clarins and Inishowen Country Kitchen amongst others.

Martin has worked on product, packaging advertising and children's books;
he has also doodled and played with plasticine, which has been much more fun!
Currently he is wrestling his cat to get the best seat.............the cat is winning. 

You can order Martins greeting cards through the Send a Smile website.

Chris’ irreverent sense of humour was born from years as both a mild mannered
doodler and angry burger flipper. Taking inspiration as much from Henri Matisse
as he does The Muppets as well as odd bits of packaging collected from foreign
supermarkets Chris’ work has been described as charming and visually striking
with a sharp graphic style. His illustrations are populated with rambunctious
characters that are a cleverly crafted mix of an uncomplicated line style, wonky
perspectives and conspicuous colour choices.

Currently Chris enjoys living in Bristol, England.

Selected Clients: MTV, Ryanair, Gap Kids, J & B Whisky, BBC & CBBC,
Marks and Spencer, Gymboree, Blacks Leisure Group, ITV, Propaganda,
Lemon Ribbon, Westonbirt Arboretum, The Lowry Centre, Wired Magazine,
The UTNE Reader, 4Talent.

It's finally happening, already a huge success in Europe, we're now kickstarting Send a Smile USA.

You creatives, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, artists and all the rest now have the opportunity to share your creativity with the rest of the world. 

Send a Smile is a brand new greeting card community where designers can upload their designs and get paid every time that work is used as a

greeting card. You also have the opportunity to start your own FREE

greeting card webshop and sell your own designs.

We handle the boring stuff, ordered greeting cards are printed, stamped and mailed for you.

So why wait, sign up here and share your creativity.

We hope to see your designs on Send a Smile soon!

It's finally happening, already a huge success in Europe, we're now kickstarting
Send a Smile UK!

Send a Smile is a brand new greeting card community where designers can upload
their designs and get paid every time that work is used as a greeting card. You also have the opportunity to start your own FREE greeting card webshop and sell your own designs.

You handle the cool stuff, we handle the boring stuff, ordered greeting cards are printed, stamped and mailed for you.

So why wait, sign up here and share your creativity.

We hope to see your designs on Send a Smile soon!