Greeting Cards 101 Course

Unleash your creativity and join our 8-week course series to build your first greeting card licensing portfolio and start earning passive income!

Greeting Cards 101 Course

Build your first greeting card licensing portfolio in this 8 week course series!

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You can do all of the above
with art licensing!

By licensing your art to greeting card companies, you can start generating income from your creative work. It's a fantastic way to expand your reach and earn royalties every time your designs are used!
Are you ready to start licensing Your work?

Create Stunning Greeting Cards and License Your Collection!

Design

Learn how to design and create stunning greeting cards! I'll spill all the industry secrets to make sure your card gets noticed!

Construct a Collection

Produce your first greeting card collection with six cards under your belt! By the end of the course, you'll be a card-designing pro!

Presentation

Transform your collection into a stunning portfolio that's both presentable and ready to be sent off to potential brands with ease!

Course content

Learn in 8 Week Sessions

Video Sessions

Each week when you log in to your account, you'll be greeted with a brand new video lesson that covers that week's topic in detail, making it easy for you to stay on top of your learning!

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Contract Sample

Week 7 is an essential one, where I'll guide you through a sample licensing contract and break down all of the confusing legal terms, so you can feel confident and prepared for any contract-related challenges that may come your way.

Design Challenge

Get ready to flex your creative muscles each week as you tackle a new design challenge and create a fresh and unique greeting card that's sure to impress!

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Mockups

As you design each card, take advantage of my list of free PSD card mock-up resources to bring your designs to life and visualize them in a stunning and professional way.

Design Challenge

Get ready to flex your creative muscles each week as you tackle a new design challenge and create a fresh and unique greeting card that's sure to impress!

Video Sessions

Each week when you log in to your account, you'll be greeted with a brand new video lesson that covers that week's topic in detail, making it easy for you to stay on top of your learning!

Artboard 1 copy 6

Contract Sample

Week 7 is an essential one, where I'll guide you through a sample licensing contract and break down all of the confusing legal terms, so you can feel confident and prepared for any contract-related challenges that may come your way.

Artboard 1 copy 5

Mockups

As you design each card, take advantage of my list of free PSD card mock-up resources to bring your designs to life and visualize them in a stunning and professional way.

Let’s Talk royalties

Diversify Your Income

Birthday Greeting Card from Natalie Brown of Threeologie

Licensing your art to greeting card companies is like renting out your art, allowing companies to showcase your work and bring it to a wider audience, making it an exciting and lucrative opportunity for any aspiring artist!

Get ready to turn your art into a steady stream of passive income with licensing, as you receive royalties based on the sales your art generates for each product. In addition, this is an exciting opportunity to showcase your work and earn money for your art, all while letting your creativity shine!

Birthday Greeting Card from Natalie Brown of Threeologie

Passive Income

Licensing is a fantastic way to generate passive income, allowing you to earn money effortlessly once your designs are finalized and in the hands of the right company. So sit back, relax, and let your art do the work for you!

Brand Exposure

Licensing can also provide a great opportunity for free marketing, as your name and artwork are featured on merchandise and products, giving your business increased visibility and exposure to potential customers. So why not let your art speak for itself and watch your brand soar?

Value

By licensing your art to big companies and having it featured on their merchandise, you can increase the value of your brand and be seen as a highly sought-after artist in the industry. It's a win-win situation that can help take your art to new heights and open doors to exciting new opportunities!

Unlock the Exciting Benefits: Why Licensing Your Art Can Be a Game-Changer!

Here's what to expect

8 Weeks with 1 Video Lesson Per Week

Design a Card Collection

By the end of this 8-week course, you'll have designed 6 incredible greeting cards that are sure to catch the eye of potential brands looking to license your work. Each design challenge has been carefully crafted to expose you to a variety of requests that brands may make.

Learn to Make a Great Card

Get ready to become a greeting card design pro as I guide you through the process of creating effective and stunning cards that will stand out in any crowd! With the knowledge and skills gained from this course, you'll be able to apply what you've learned to future greeting card design projects with ease and confidence!

A New Card Licensing Portfolio​

After 7 weeks it's time to take your work to the next level and showcase it in an impressive portfolio that's sure to capture the attention of any potential brand. I'll guide you through the process step-by-step, ensuring that your portfolio is both professional and eye-catching.

Weekly Guidebooks

Not only will you have access to engaging and informative video lessons each week, but you'll also receive a comprehensive guidebook to accompany each one, providing even more valuable insights and tips to help you along the way. Over the course of 8 weeks, you'll have received a total of 8 guidebooks!

Check out the Lettering + Biz Course!

With the help of Procreate and Adobe Fresco, you'll learn the art of hand-lettering and how to turn your passion into a thriving business.

What students are saying!

Fun introductory course for learning about greeting card design. The modules are short and easy to follow. The materials (pdfs) are great for thinking through ideas and layouts and colours. Plus the layout grid and ribbons brushes are a bonus for helping with the designs. A great course for artist wanting to learn/explore breaking into the greeting card industry!
Carol
Natalie has done her best job coming up with all these modules. I feel confident about my greeting cards and the feedback provided has helped me develop my lettering and illustration skills so much! 100% recommend if you want to become a greeting card artist
Natalie's Greeting Cards 101 helped me get a better understanding of the greeting card industry. She has covered everything in the course, right from the industry secrets of designing cards, creating a whole collection for your portfolio and even how to license them to companies. With step-by-step and clear instructions, Natalie also shares a lot of helpful tips in the course. After the course, I felt very confident about my skills and have successfully licensed my designs to companies. The course definitely exceeded my expectations. Natalie is extremely helpful and a kind teacher. Will definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to pursue this as a career!
Thank you so much, Natalie. It means a lot. This course is seriously helping me so much. You have the best ideas for taking a card to the next level.
This course is a great way to get you started on greeting card creation. Not only gives you a glimpse of design but also on the business aspect. Every lesson is easy to understand and having Natalie’s feedback on your designs adds a lot of value to the course!
I love greeting cards, and when I became interested in creating them as a hobby, I was looking for an online course that would help me learn the basics. This course definitely did that! It was easy to follow and had a great structure. It helped jumpstart my love for greeting cards and discover a style. Now, I’m continuing to use the advice in this course when designing my own greeting cards for my small stationery business!

Schedule:

Week 1

In the first week's lesson, we'll focus on the art of design and dive deep into what it takes to create truly effective and eye-catching greeting cards. I'll share with you the best practices and insider tips for getting your cards noticed and standing out in a crowded marketplace.

Week 2

In week 2, we'll dive into the exciting world of birthday card design! You'll have the opportunity to flex your creative muscles and take on a design challenge that will put your skills to the test.

Week 3

Week 3 is all about getting into the holiday spirit! You'll have the chance to create a festive holiday card and take on a design challenge that will push you to new heights.

Week 4

Get ready to create some spooktacular designs in Week 4! We'll be diving into the world of Halloween cards and you'll have the chance to take on a fun and challenging design challenge.

Week 5

In Week 5, get ready to show appreciation for the parental figures in your life by designing a heartwarming Mother's Day/Father's Day card, complete with a fun design challenge to showcase your creativity! By the end of the week, you'll have a finalized design to add to your collection.

Week 6

For Week 6, get ready to express your gratitude by designing a beautiful Thank You card with the help of our design challenge. Thank you cards are popular cards for any occasion.

Week 7

For Week 7, get ready to spread the love as you design a Valentine's Day card and take on an exciting design challenge to create a stand-out card that will melt hearts.

Week 8

In the final week, I'll show you how to showcase your art like a pro! Above all, learn how to create a stunning portfolio that will dazzle potential clients and licensing agents, using my own licensing portfolio template!

Success Stories

Greeting Card Design

Meet Rick Redznak

Lettering Artist + Greeting Card Designer

Hi there! My name is Rick Redznak I’m a Brooklyn NY designer that enjoys making digitized lettering cards. My cards are colorful, script-style most of the time, and have words of encouragement. 

Tell us your story:

As I walk around Brooklyn, I see so many places that I could sell cards at. This past month I have been selling my cards at a wine store down the street. I went into the wine store and saw no greeting cards were there, then approached the owner and told her what I do and she was really into it. Sometimes you need to look at different locations to find a space. I try to avoid places that are overcrowded with greeting cards.

Meet Daksha Giri

Lettering Artist + Greeting Card Designer

I am a Freelance Illustrator, Lettering Artist and Greeting Card Designer from Thane, India. I am self-taught since 3 years. Art is like therapy to me and I hope to spread happiness through my art in this world!

Tell us your story:

I applied to a greeting card company in December 2020 and didn’t get the gig. Later in February 2021, I took Threeologie’s Greeting Cards Course 101 and 8 weeks later, I reapplied to the same company and got a contract with them! With a ready portfolio, I got my biggest greeting card gig for $500 as well! Currently, 3 of the greeting cards that I created with Natalie’s help, sold out to a company! I’ve seen a drastic change in my ability to create amazing cards, all thanks to this course.
Greeting Card Design

Meet Angelica Mundrick

Lettering Artist + Greeting Card Designer

Hi there! My name is Angelica Mundrick. I am currently working as a full time graphic designer in New Jersey. I picked up hand lettering as a fun hobby originally in 2017, and since then I have opened an Etsy shop with my designs. 

Tell us your story:

I have always created my own cards for loved ones, but after I took the Threelogie Greeting Cards 101 course, I realized I could actually make a profit from licensing my greeting card designs. Recently, I submitted some of my card designs to Thortful, an online greeting card company based in the UK, and my Holly Jolly Christmas card was selected to be in their catalogue! I highly recommend this course as it takes you through all of the steps necessary to design successful greeting cards and get them licensed. 

Cynthia

Lettering Artist + Greeting Card Designer

Tell us your story:

Hello, my name is Cynthia. I work in Education full-time and illustration projects in my free time. I graduated from art school in 2010. One of my goals since then is to do a self-business with my illustration skills. You can find my illustration work below.

I never thought that I would ever be able to do designs for a greeting card company. After I took Threelogie Greeting cards 101 course it opened doors for me. I found a greeting card company through Linkedin and I applied last summer 2021. I surprisingly got a response back that they were interested. It was a long process but two of my greeting cards are now being sold through Parcel of Love under the name moonanima. I made up the name in art school from a cartoon and from the word animation if curious. I couldn’t have done it on my own without Natalie’s course. I really recommend it to anyone who wants to license greeting cards and diversify their creative skills.

Choose your learning style

General Plus Admission
$ 200
  • 8 Week Video Sessions
  • Access to FB Group
  • Feedback for each Card
  • Portfolio Review by Natalie
  • 1 Contract Review
  • Lifetime Access to Course + Updates
General Admission
$ 100
  • 8 Week Video Sessions
  • Access to FB Group
  • Lifetime Access to Course + Updates

FAQ

Most frequent questions and answers

This is not a live event. Each week you can log into your Threeologie Account and under the “Greeting Cards 101” Course you’ll find a new video session each Monday.

If you are unhappy with the course content you can receive a full refund if you request within 14 days. 

General enrollment gives you access to all the weekly course content, the Facebook Group and lifetime access to course + updates:

 

General Enrollment Plus gives you all of the above and in addition, you’ll have access to receive feedback from me personally on all your card designs. You will also have access to a personal portfolio review and contract review by me. 

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own

The course starts immediately with Week 1 Lesson 1. You’ll then receive a new lesson each week (after 7 days).

This course focuses only on the greeting card industry. 

Yes Licensing fees are included as well as a sample contract to use for reference.