Themes Wanted.

[James William Maurice]

Having been designing for a while I tend to reach for themes that are common but I am looking for a challenge and would like to know if there are any themes or occassions that you really struggle to find suitable papers, templates or other printable design materials for ... no limits, any ideas are welcome ...

I plan to update this thread as and when a challenge has been received and met ... why not subscribe and follow the progress - look forward to seeing you all here again soon :D

Best Wishes,
James.

[Crafty Shell]

Hi James,welcome we are a friendly bunch,I find teenage boys and men the hardest . If thats any help.Michelle

[Dawn]

:cool:CONFYep James I'm with Michelle, it's always the mens cards that are the hardest to do!

[James William Maurice]

Hi James,welcome we are a friendly bunch,I find teenage boys and men the hardest . If thats any help.Michelle


:cool:CONFYep James I'm with Michelle, it's always the mens cards that are the hardest to do!

Thanks for the quick replies. Men is always a hard one - in your instance, is this because the men you are creating something for are into a certain activity that just isn't tackled by other designers? If so, what do they like / get involved in? Or is it just because they are difficult to by for?

I see that the craft market has picked up a bit on this one - they probably had the same problems you had - but I think you are right, it is still a bit lacking.

Best wishes,
James.

[Admin]

Hi James,

Themes I can think of;

Christening
Holy Communion
Sympathy
Wedding
Anniversary
Age’s 18th 21st 40th etc…
Any thing Male (big sellers:icon_idea:)

Family Names;
Mum
Dad
Nan
Granddad
Son
Daughter
Sister
Brother
Auntie
Uncle
Cousin
Nephew
Niece

More of a suggestion rather than a theme or occasion!!

We get a lot of requests for commercial use templates; there are a lot of designers out there who’d be willing to pay for good commercial use templates, cu templates are very hard to come by so you can name your price

[madaboutpooh]

yes totally agree with the others.
Teenage boys are my worse and as I have 5 of them in the family I do struggle.

[Tina]

something neutral for a man/boy is a definete, for those that are not into sport/diy etc

[James William Maurice]

Hi James,

We get a lot of requests for commercial use templates; there are a lot of designers out there who’d be willing to pay for good commercial use templates, cu templates are very hard to come by so you can name your price

Hello again Sammy,

Thank you for the big list! All great ideas.

Just wanted to pick your brains about commercial use templates - please can you clarify what you mean in this respect and how it would work on your site.

Best Wishes,

[James William Maurice]

yes totally agree with the others.
Teenage boys are my worse and as I have 5 of them in the family I do struggle.

Thank you for the input.

Coming from a large family myself I can imagine your difficulties in finding suitable things year after year. Are they developing any hobbies or interests that you would like to focus a project on in the future?

Best Wishes,

[crazyem]

I know some of the men in my family dont really have hobbies my dad being one and would like something that would just be netural and could be used for any man.

Many thanks

[Admin]

All of the template that you’ve added to the site already are perfect, many of the designers would love to use them to make there own sheets for sale (if possible), if would be a good idea to relist them at a slightly higher price with commercial use attached,

I’ll send you a few of my template so you can get an idea of what customer and designers like.

[Ali]

Hi James,

I for one (and I'm sure there would be others interested) would like some basic templates for cards such as spring cards, side-stepper cards (I know you can get lots of different variations on these,) 'diamond' top/double diamond etc.

They are becoming really popular amongst us cardies as a refreshing variation on the traditional basic-fold card. :D

Thanks for asking, and good luck with sales here at CMD. ;)

[James William Maurice]

All of the template that you’ve added to the site already are perfect, many of the designers would love to use them to make there own sheets for sale (if possible), if would be a good idea to relist them at a slightly higher price with commercial use attached,

I’ll send you a few of my template so you can get an idea of what customer and designers like.

Thanks Sammy, will check out the files that you have sent. It sounds like a great idea.

[James William Maurice]

Hi James,

I for one (and I'm sure there would be others interested) would like some basic templates for cards such as spring cards, side-stepper cards (I know you can get lots of different variations on these,) 'diamond' top/double diamond etc.

They are becoming really popular amongst us cardies as a refreshing variation on the traditional basic-fold card. :D

Thanks for asking, and good luck with sales here at CMD. ;)

Good idea. Will try and work something out for you all soon.

Best wishes,

[Admin]

You’re very welcome :)
Hope we’ve all given you food for thought.

Thanks Sammy, will check out the files that you have sent. It sounds like a great idea.

[James William Maurice]

You’re very welcome :)
Hope we’ve all given you food for thought.
LOADS! Thanks to everyone who has replied so far! :-)

[Debbie Gibbons]

I would be interested in coming up with some templates for designers but wondered what kind of price would you set for them?

[James William Maurice]

I would be interested in coming up with some templates for designers but wondered what kind of price would you set for them?

Not really sure at the moment Debbie, I was going to put this question to Sammy once I had a few things ready to upload. I think that she would be best answering this question.

[madaboutpooh]

Thank you for the input.

Coming from a large family myself I can imagine your difficulties in finding suitable things year after year. Are they developing any hobbies or interests that you would like to focus a project on in the future?

Best Wishes,


Hi James,

they like a varity of thing from snowboarding/sking,skateboarding,computers, and anything to do with science.

so any help would be good.

[Debbie Gibbons]

Hi Jame,

Thanks for quick reply, yes think we will await Sammy's advice :-)

Debbie

[Admin]

If your going to sell template as designer resources then you can sell them for a little but more purely because you are letting somebody else make money from your work,

As an example James has a set of 121 templates which are £4.50 for personal use but I would be inclined to add them as designer resource for £6 or £6.50,


Not really sure at the moment Debbie, I was going to put this question to Sammy once I had a few things ready to upload. I think that she would be best answering this question.