Design Your Greeting Card Online
Getting started - Sign in to your account
Sign in to manage your image files, save and view previous card designs and view all your previous card orders. It makes re-ordering your cards so much easier. You can continue as a guest, but your uploaded images, saved designs and past orders are only kept when you are signed in to an account.
Getting started - Designing your greeting card
Sign in to your account, choose a card size, upload your image file, and customise your card by adding text. This full walkthrough covers every part of the designer from start to finish; the shorter videos further down this page cover each feature on its own.
Adding an image to your card design
Uploading an image to your card design is straightforward. Supported image file types you can upload include JPG, PNG, TIFF, SVG, PDF, HEIC, WEBP, JPEG-XL, and AVIF formats. For the sharpest print, upload the original full-size file. Screenshots and images sent through WhatsApp or other messaging apps are usually compressed, which can make them look soft when printed.
Redcliffe displays and prints card designs in sRGB. Most modern cameras are set by default to use the sRGB colour space, so this means you will not have to do anything more.
Allow your image to go outside the safe area
For best results allow your image to go slightly OUTSIDE the red dotted lines of the safe area.
In the example above, there will be no unsightly grey edge when the card is trimmed as the image has been allowed to go beyond the red dotted lines.
How to use your image gallery
Image files you upload are automatically saved to your gallery. When you click on the Add Image button, you have the option to Choose from Your Gallery. This makes it easier if you want to use the same image over a variety of different card sizes, there is no need to re-upload the image each time. And, your gallery is a useful place to store image assets like your logo or any other image that you might regularly reuse. Click the small "i" icon on any image in your gallery to see every card design and fine art print order that image has been used in. Plus, if you use our fine art print service, you will find that you can access the very same gallery, which makes it very handy if you want to order high quality giclee prints.
Click the i icon on any image in your gallery to see every card design and fine art print order that image has been used in.
Adding & formatting text
Click on Add Text to add a line of text to the card. You can format your text with a range of fonts, format as bold or italic, change text colours and add a text stroke (colour outline) if required. Scale your text to any size that you require.
Add text to the inside of the card if you wish. Remember to keep your text within the Safe Area which is highlighted with a red dotted line.
You can only enter one line of text at a time, do not try to copy and paste a large block of text.
How do I add a © copyright symbol?
- On a PC hold down the 'Alt' key and key in the numerals 0169. When you next lift your finger off 'Alt', the copyright symbol will appear. You must use the numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard.
- On a Mac simply enter Option + G
Keep your text within the safe area
The Safe Area is highlighted with a red dotted line. For best results, keep your text INSIDE the Safe Area!
In the example above, the word "Strawberry" needs to be placed within the dotted red line to ensure that it is included in the final card.
Adding a custom border colour to your card
Choose any colour for the border of your greeting card. Use the eyedropper tool in the card designer to pick a colour straight from your image, so the border matches your artwork exactly.
Adding your logo to your card design
Add your own logo or brand image to the back of your card. Use the Add Custom Logo option to place it anywhere, resize it, and use the align tool to centre it precisely. You can then add text, icons, symbols or a QR code to complete your design.
Customising the back of your card
Change the thumbnail image on the back of your card by choosing one from your image gallery, uploading a new image or reusing one from a previous design. You can also remove or restore the black keyline border using the Border and Layout settings.
Removing the Redcliffe branding from your card
Every card includes our standard back-of-card message confirming it is printed in the UK on board from sustainable forests. For a clean finish with no printer's message, go to Border and Layout and select "Remove Redcliffe branding" for a one-off fee of £2.40. Future orders using the same design stay brand-free automatically.
Saving your card design
You may wish to save one of your card designs to recall later, perhaps you want to use it as a base template that holds all the details about yourself. You can then recall it whenever you wish to add a new image or design. Saved designs are stored for one year.
Start by clicking on Save Your Design For Later. This will allow you to work on a card design, save it and come back to work on it later.
Reorder your greeting cards - made easy
Every greeting card order we produce for you is archived. This means you can reorder more cards without having to submit a new card design again. Click View My Previous Orders and Designs to see your completed orders and saved designs in one place, open any of them in the designer to make changes, or go straight to reorder. If you have a lot of them, search by Order ID or Design ID.
Request card designs from our old archive
Want to repeat a previous card order from our old archive? Any cards ordered before 16th May 2023 are stored in our old archive. If you would like any of your previous archived card orders added to your account then use our request form and we will upload them to your account.
Greeting cards from your own print ready PDF designs
We can produce very high quality greeting cards, postcards and business cards direct from your print ready PDF files. Perfect for card designs you have created using graphics applications such as Affinity Designer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, or Canva.