Christmas card designs... c/c?

[epoh]

Ok, so I've mocked up some Holiday card templates... if you have time, take a look at let me know what you think?

http://anticipate.org/_z/holiday_cards/page01.html

[Jfiumara]

I love these Amy! The only thing I might change is on the second to last design, the text feels a little crowded to me. Perhaps nudge the spots for the photos out a bit.

[ThiNguyen]

very nice, but no red color?

[Fireball]

Lots of nice variety there! I have a little experience in this field seeing that I was a published scrapbook and card designer for 10 years before becoming a photographer, I have a few suggestions you might consider:

2nd card on right, the JOY needs to be bigger and with more ornate letters
5th card, the Merry Christmas needs to be another color to pop, maybe red
6th card, the words need to be made into more lines and maybe add a Christmas symbol underneath
7th card, words are too crowded. Need to maybe center them all and move down a bit
8th card, love the swirls and green framing.

In fact, they could all benefit from colored framing or swirls of some type around the picture frames, but maybe your goal is simple designs.

[epoh]

Thanks bunch Charrie! I started simple just because I've never done anything like this before. My personal taste is very simple, but I know people like a little more 'pizazz', as it were, for their cards.

[Fireball]

No problem! You've got a great start there. I just think people sometimes want more pizzazz for Christmas cards. Maybe you could offer two versions of each card, one more simple than the other and charge accordingly.

[Daniel W.]

Top left, the name in black doesn't pop enough, maybe a different color or arrangement? Otherwise great! I would pay for them!