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Card of the Week: Merry Christmas Rainbow Dots

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Brannon Cullum | 0 Comments

There's eight days until Christmas and hopefully your mailbox is full each day with festive holiday cards from friends and family. Today I'm sharing our best selling holiday card, Merry Christmas Rainbow Dots. Between wholesale orders, holiday fair sales, and online orders, this card was hands-down the most popular card from the holiday collection!

People seem to love all of the colorful hand drawn dots! (Yes, all of those dots you see were originally hand drawn!) Late to the game? You can still pick up the card in the online shop here.

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Card of the Week: Thanks Vines

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Brannon Cullum | 0 Comments

This week's card of the week is Thanks Vines, featuring hand-drawn vines. The card comes in two different colorways - a grass green and a medium blue.

One of my favorite things about designing cards is when I'm able to weave the illustration into the lettering so it's almost seamless. Here's a few shots when I first drew the design.

The drawing was done at a much larger scale (about 8" x 12") than the actual card itself (4.25" x 5.5"). Thanks Vines is available as a single card or as a boxed set of 10 cards. You can pick it up in the shop here!

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Create Personalized Stationery Using Any Pattern You Like

Posted on October 08, 2012 by Brannon Cullum | 0 Comments

Did you know Happy Cactus Designs can create custom personalized stationery using any of our patterns?

Here's an example of a recent design we did for Christina using our "Zinnias" pattern.

These flat note cards for Victoria used the "Corazon" print on the back.

Any pattern or floral design you see here on the website can be used to create a flat or folded note card. We have so many fun and beautiful fonts to work with, and also offer custom hand lettering. Check out more custom projects here. And don't forget, we're always happy to work with you on an entirely custom and unique project. Email us at hello{at}happycactusdesigns.com for more details on custom and personalized stationery.

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Card of the Week: Garden Blues Floral Patterned Note Card

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Brannon Cullum | 0 Comments

Happy Cactus is celebrating its one year anniversary this month and I thought the perfect card of the week this week would be one of the first designs I ever did - the Garden Blues floral patterned note card. Before I ever thought of actually launching a paper goods company, I spent a lot of time doodling and drawing, making cards for friends and family members. A lot of my doodling gravitated to florals. I was thrilled with how this particular design turned out - from the whimsical flowers to the array of blues. It will always be one of my favorites.

Garden Blues Floral Note Card

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Card of the Week: Busy Flowers

Posted on September 04, 2012 by Brannon Cullum | 0 Comments

I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. I can't believe it's already September!! This week's card is the Busy Flowers patterened note card. This hand-drawn pattern began as a free-handed doodle I did for fun. Little did I know it would turn into a popular note card and part of my company's branding.

http://www.happycactusdesigns.com/collections/patterned-note-cards/products/busy-flowers-blue

The original drawing in black ink. Yep, it's all hand-drawn.

I ended up creating the card in two different colorways - a bright blue that really jumps off the page and a bold orange - Tangerine Tango - to be exact, Pantone's 2012 color of the year.

Busy Flowers in Blue

http://www.happycactusdesigns.com/collections/patterned-note-cards/products/busy-flowers-tangerine

Busy Flowers in Orange

A close-up

I loved how this patterned turned out so much that I ended up incorporating it into Happy Cactus' branding. I felt that the pattern really represented our brand well, featuring the hand-drawn quality of our work, whimsical nature, and fun florals. I used the pattern in Happy Cactus Green on our catalog and other collateral.