Progressive Greetings Live 2023

It was a fantastic day at Progressive Greetings Live 2023 on Wednesday. Lovely to catch up with everyone since Spring Fair & last year's show. I came away with a tonne of gorgeous new paper & envelope samples! Hugely exciting to see the popular new Cobalt designs hot off the press shining with the fab new red foiling - so busy I had to wait my turn to take some snaps of them up on the Cinnamon Aitch walls! I'm eagerly awaiting samples so I can share photos soon along with the new releases to the Calypso collections. New Christmas additions to the Florentine range with Portfolio launched, the foil details look beautiful and I'll be here with an upcoming post on those in the coming weeks.

PROGRESSIVE GREETINGS LOVE 2023 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: vespa design from the new cobalt 2023 collection, me with the new cobalt designs (after queueing up  😂),  a small selection of my envelope & paper samples from the show - am paper obsessed! a snap of the cobalt collection on the cinnamon aitch stand, florentine everyday up on the walls at portfolio cards, the new cassette tape design from cobalt 2023, snap of the pglive hall at the business design centre islington.  

 #pglive #2023 #progressivegreetingslive #pglivelondon #cinnamonaitch #cobalt #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauck #florentine #portfoliocards

Calypso Artist Interview

Ooh exciting news, I am this month's featured artist for Calypso cards! 

The Cobalt greetings range designed for Cinnamon Aitch is now available from the fabulous Calypso collections in the USA. With more new Cobalt designs being added this month to the Calypso range I have been asked to contribute to their wonderful artist interviews. It was lovely to talk about the inspiration behind some of the designs and have some space to reflect on & share my artist beginnings. 

For the article in full visit Calypso Cards Featured Artist Emily Hauck

Soon I'll be sharing the latest Calypso Cobalt designs plus brand new Cobalt 2023 for the UK launching at PG Live next week.  

CALYPSO ARTIST INTERVIEW | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of images from the artist interview including the cobalt wild swimming card which has been selected for calypso's latest catalogue cover. to view the full collection of artist interviews visit calypso's blog.

#calypso #calypsocards #2023collections #cobalt #cinnamonaitch #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards #artistinterview #featuredartist

Spring Florentine 2023

With Easter nearly here I'm sharing some images of the 2023 the new additions to the beautiful Spring Florentine collection created in a collaboration with Portfolio Cards. 

Florentine features a rich colour palette with detailed debossed artwork and golden foil. The beautiful illustrations are inspired by traditional Italian papers, specialist letter press art prints and ornate wallpapers. The design style embraces a lux, fine detailed and illustrative approach. Each design is printed in the UK with plastic free foil on environmentally friendly board and is supplied with a kraft or white envelope. Released autumn 2022 and available in the shops this Spring season. ​​​​

SPRING FLORENTINE 2023 |  EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

 above: a selection of designs from the florentine collection I designed for portfolio cards, available to stock direct from portfolio cards along with the tiger lily greetings. #florentine #spring #greetings #portfoliocards #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards #sendacarddeliverasmile #justacard #post #easter #fathersday

Spring Fair 2023

Hello February! I started this month in style with a visit to Spring Fair at the NEC. I had a fab day catching up with everyone and talking all things creative. Following on from last year's show there's lots of exciting new projects to look forward to in the coming year.

A busy event as ever, it was fab to see the latest additions to the Everyday & Spring Florentine collection's plus the new Tiger Lily designs for Portfolio Cards up on the walls. Hot off the press was the latest set of samples of the new Cobalt with Cinnamon Aitch for the US from Calypso which are looking top notch. Fantastic to see the brand new Christmas edition of Ditsy Bloom for The Great British Card Company. I'm looking forward to sharing all of these fab new designs with you this season!

SPRING FAIR 2023 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: the gorgeous new florentine everyday greetings cards designed for portfolio cards, a snap of the product showcase area, loved this clever showcased product and packaging from gingko - there are lamps inside those! the fantastic cobalt collection designed for cinnamon aitch on their first stand at the nec for 16 years! i love these notebooks from raspberry blossom - the detail in the planners is fab, the ditsy bloom looking lovely on the great british card company stand 

#emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #springfair #springfair2023 #portfoliocards #calypsocards #cinnamonaitch #greatbritishcards #raspberryblossom #gingko #february

Ditsy Bloom

Looking ahead for the Spring & Summer is the Ditsy Bloom greetings collection I drew up for the The Great British Card Company collections. With it's bold brights and touches of luxury in the gold foiling Ditsy Bloom is a fantastic range of everyday birthday captions & relations. 

Featuring a fresh colour palette of fun pinks, china blues and hot corals Ditsy Bloom brightens up the shelves. The illustration style picks up on traditional ditsy fabrics with their fine details and contrasts this with florid bold text & icons. The collection enjoys our favourite celebrations with cheerful party decorations, garden florals or a moment with a lovely cuppa. Each card is packed with a craft paper envelope. Ditsy Bloom cards launched at PG Live 22 and are available in the shops & garden centres. Trade orders can be made direct from The Great British Card Company.

DITSY BLOOM | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of designs from the ditsy bloom collection I drew up for the great british card company collections, available to stock direct from the great british card company.  #ditsybloom #ditsy #birthday #greetings #thegreatbritishcardcompany #gbcc #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards #sendacarddeliverasmile #justacard #post 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!! A little hello from me in 2023 as I return to the studio. 

Before the holidays I came across some lovely old illustrations from a vintage pack of children's memory cards. It's interesting how many of the icons were still up to date as recently as 2022.

I love the stamped addressed letter card artwork complete with scribbles and a postmark. This is something that will change in 2023 with the latest barcoded stamps which are causing some controversy, Note: The old style stamps need to be used by January 31st. It's a small thing but by digitising stamps do we lose something of the uncomplicated charm of letter writing we love? Those manila envelopes are still going strong though! 

I'm interested to see how the coins will change with the King's image. Here's hoping ink fountain pens and butterfly cupcakes make a return.

HAPPY NEW YEAR | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a collection of vintage flashcards featuring cupcakes, rainbow, car, key, the queen, a stamp addressed letter, coins, teacups, a horse, london red bus & a pot of ink. 

#2023 #letters #stamps #letterwriting #sendacard #king #artwork

The Curious Fox

Popped into our local treasure trove for all things Christmas - The Curious Fox - who are stocking the fab gold foiled Florentine Christmas collection created with Portfolio Cards. So lovely to catch up with Christmas experts Stewart & David. As always the shop is looking gorgeously bedecked with festive decorations & their famous (see here) Christmas window is a joy.  Stewart makes the models by hand. Recently his work was featured on Grayson Perry's Art Club and is currently on show at the exhibition in Birmingham!

THE CURIOUS FOX | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: the florentine collection designed for Portfolio Cards, the gorgeous curious fox shop window, the florentine christmas stag card, beautiful christmas decorations & the curious fox! 

#thecuriousfox #chorlton #christmas #florentine #portfoliocards #emilyhauck #emilyhauckcreative #emilyhauckcards