Start with the six-minute walkthrough, then dip into the short videos — one feature each, from adding your logo to reordering. Every short video has its own page with the steps written out.
Sign in, choose a card size, upload your image and add your text — you see exactly how the card will print before you order. This full walkthrough covers every part of the designer from start to finish; the shorter videos below each cover one feature on its own.
The walkthrough uses the eyedropper, which appears in Chrome and Edge on a computer; in other browsers and on phones use the palette, the slider or the HEX box.
Sign in to manage your image files, save and view card designs, and see every card you’ve ordered. It makes reordering so much easier — every order you place while signed in is kept in your account automatically. You can carry on as a guest, but uploaded images, saved designs and past orders are only kept when you’re signed in.
Watch the video · 1 min 17 sec
Uploading an image is straightforward. You can use JPG, PNG, TIFF, SVG, PDF, HEIC, WEBP, JPEG-XL and AVIF files. For the sharpest print, upload the original full-size file — screenshots and pictures sent through WhatsApp or other messaging apps are usually compressed and can print soft. We display and print in sRGB, which most cameras and phones use by default, so there’s nothing extra to do.
Watch the video · 1 min 49 sec
For a full-bleed picture, let the image run slightly outside the red dotted line. When the card is trimmed there’s then no unsightly pale edge.
Every image you upload is saved to your gallery. Click Add Image and you can Choose from Your Gallery — handy for using the same picture across several card sizes without uploading it again, and a good place to keep your logo or anything else you reuse. Click the small i on any image to see every card design and fine art print order it’s been used in. If you also use our fine art print service, it’s the same gallery.
Watch the video · 2 min 13 sec
Click Add Text to add a line of text to the card. Choose from a range of fonts, make it bold or italic, change the colour, add an outline stroke, and scale it to any size. You can add text to the inside of the card too.
The safe area is the red dotted line. Anything outside it may be trimmed off.
Choose any colour for the border of your greeting card. Pick from the preset palette or the colour slider, or use the eyedropper to take a colour straight from your image so the border matches your artwork exactly.
Watch the video · 1 min 46 sec
Add your own logo or brand image to the back of your card. Use Add Custom Logo to place it anywhere, resize it, and use the align tool to centre it precisely. Then add text, icons, symbols or a QR code to complete the back.
Watch the video · 1 min 23 sec
Change the thumbnail image on the back of your card — choose one from your image gallery, upload a new image, or reuse one from a previous design. You can also remove or restore the black keyline border in the Border and Layout settings.
Watch the video · 1 min 29 sec
Every card made in the designer carries two small lines on the back: “Printed in the UK on board from fully sustainable forests” and “Redcliffe Imaging Ltd • www.custom-printed-cards.co.uk”. For a clean back with only your own details, open Border and Layout and tick Remove Redcliffe branding — the whole text is removed for a one-off £2.40 per design, and that design stays brand-free on every reorder.
Watch the video · 1 min 20 sec
Click Save Your Design For Later to keep a card in your account and come back to it another time. It’s also the way to make a template — your details and logo set up once, ready for each new picture. Saved designs are kept for a year.
Watch the video · 1 min 36 sec
Every order placed while you’re signed in is saved to your account, so reordering takes a couple of clicks — no need to build the card again. Open Your Orders & Designs to see completed orders and saved designs together, open any of them in the designer to make changes, or go straight to reorder. Lots of them? Search by Order ID or Design ID.
Watch the video · 1 min 53 sec
Ordered a card before 16 May 2023? It’s in our old archive. Click Request Card Design from Archive on the previous orders page, enter the design references you need — or ask us to add all of your archived designs — and we’ll upload them to your account. Request your archived designs.
Watch the video · 1 min 11 sec
Already designing in Affinity, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign or Canva? We print greeting cards, postcards, bookmarks and business cards straight from your print-ready PDF. Download the artwork guide for your size, set up at actual size at 300 dpi with 2mm bleed, and save a press-quality PDF. For printing inside the card, send one two-page PDF — outside on page one, inside on page two.
Watch the video · 2 min 24 sec
If something in the designer isn’t doing what you expect, tell us what you’re trying to do and we’ll sort it — or check the helpful guides first.
