Card Designer Spotlight x 2021co

The Card Designer Highlight is a collection that includes impartial makers whose greeting playing cards you will discover in Paper Supply shops. Meet and be impressed by a brand new designer each month on our weblog!

Rejoice Nationwide Card and Letter-writing Month with our April Card Designer Highlight that includes 2021co with Nicole & Emily. 2021co was formally launched in 2017 with the simple philosophy that ‘a easy card might change somebody’s’ life for the higher. Learn extra about Nicole & Emily’s card making careers and private tidbits right here.

How did every of you start your card-making careers?

Paper has been an enormous a part of our particular person lives for so long as we are able to keep in mind! And—it’s what introduced us collectively as pals over 16 years in the past. Nicole has labored for years within the printing business as a talented salesperson and paper knowledgeable, and Emily has been utilizing paper to create art work since she was in preschool. Emily began creating greeting playing cards just a few years after faculty as a secondary supply of revenue whereas working for an area faculty of their publications division. That’s the place we met, and immediately bonded over a love of paper, phrases and the sturdy perception that sending a easy card might change somebody’s life for the higher. We formally launched 2021 Co. in 2017 with the aim of use lovely playing cards to place some good into the world.

The place do you draw inspiration from? Meals? Pop Tradition? Timeless Motifs? Playful Puns?(Nicole) For me, inspiration comes from the human expertise. How are folks feeling? What messages are most in want and the way can we make them lovely and accessible. (Emily) I discover inspiration in all places, and I’m always snapping footage and taking screenshots. Issues you will discover in my digital camera roll: distinctive colour combos, lettering, sample and foliage! That stated, phrases are critically necessary in each card we create. We use a whole lot of hand lettering to make a message really feel further private. What does your day seem like as a card maker and designer? Day-after-day is completely different! Generally it’s the pure magic of creativity coming to life, different days it’s all about placing out fires. We attempt to stability working a enterprise whereas additionally supporting the inventive thoughts required to place one thing particular out into the world. It requires a whole lot of time administration, inspiration, espresso and gratitude.

What’s your most well-liked medium?(Emily) It’s developed over time to be trustworthy! Once I began most of my art work and lettering was made with pens and drawn. Then for awhile watercolor got here into play and I layered that in to a few of our assortment. Right now, I paint with Gouache for a lot of of our playing cards. I really like the opaque nature of the paint and the flexibility to layer and add element. I nonetheless desire creating on an actual piece of paper to creating issues digitally. Previous habits die laborious!

What does your inventive course of seem like?Every new card begins with a brainstorm session on what message we wish to add to thecollection. Plenty of occasions one among us may have an thought and Emily can instantly start to see it in her thoughts and captures it as a pencil sketch. ( SO MANY SKETCHBOOKS!) Then, every design is both painted or drawn, scanned into the pc, designed and printed. One of the best day is the day the brand new playing cards arrive within the workplace. Pure pleasure!

What are you most happy with as a creator and card maker?(Nicole) Wow, that could be a laborious query. There may be a lot. When somebody tells us that they bought or acquired a 2021 Co. card at both a troublesome or celebratory second of their life and it meant the world to them. We make playing cards and paper merchandise sure, actually, we foster human connection by giving folks instruments to speak and THAT is what makes us most proud.

( Emily) Ditto to what Nicole stated! It’s a really particular and magical factor, whenever you create artwork- it’s a little bit piece of your self. When someonelikes it and validates it, it’s such an honor. I’m proud to work in an business that understands that connecting with each other within the good and unhealthy occasions is what it’s all about.

Any Private tidbits? Particular skills/enjoyable details to share with us?These are my favourite questions in any interview! 🙂

(Emily) OK, my go to cheat snack fingers down is cheez-its! Additional toasty in the event you please. ( I really like them a lot we did a weblog publish about gratitude and I actually lettered the phrase in cheez-its). I’m at present getting ready for my first diploma black belt take a look at in Krav Maga. It’s been a 4+ 12 months course of and I’m so excited to earn that rank. I really like journey however hate flying, a standard paradox. I’m a mother of three, a spouse, and a real cat woman who, if it wasn’t for an allergic husband, would have many extra rescues than my two present infants!

(Nicole) I’m the pickiest eater and am zero enjoyable to eat out with (my pals may not admit this, however I can really feel their eyes rolling once I order). A former triathlete and marathon runner, I now spend means an excessive amount of time watching TikTok and studying private growth books. Insanely interested in different folks and their life tales, I really like discovering connections to assist make everybody’s life extra significant. I’ve twohuman children with my husband of 25 years and one Nice Dane, Atticus (who’s fingers down the favourite within the household). We each love caffeine, cheese, darkish chocolate and imagine within the energy of remedy, a very good podcast, and consuming a chocolate chip cookie to resolve most issues.

Discover 2021co playing cards, such because the So So Pleased with You Greeting Card,  I’m So Fortunate Love Card, and All Shapes and Sizes Pet Sympathy Card at our native shops or on-line at papersource.com. For extra inspiration and behind-the-scenes motion, observe 2021_co on IG.

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