Product Description

Features

• Create custom Hallmark cards and projects in minutes
• Exclusive Hallmark cards, sentiments and fonts
• Personal daily, weekly, monthly and annual calendars

Features

• Easy-to-use Interface for better access to all of Hallmark's high-quality features
• Choose from thousands of Hallmark cards and art images for truly customized card & calendar creations
• Calendar features for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly personal calendars
• Add that personal touch with 1,000 exclusive Hallmark cards, sentiments, and projects
• PhotoPower offers stand alone and integrated photo editing

Features

• Organize & customize your images more easily than ever with the Image Set Manager
• A variety of versatile formats for sharing and printing your calendar designs
• Get started in minutes with convenient templates
• Choose the layout that meets your needs; view a day, a week, or a year at a glance
• Set automatic reminders for important dates and events--you'll never miss a birthday again

Reviews (1)

Give Calendar Creator 10 a miss.
This package is bloated with fancy pictures that have no meaning to the average user who is trying to create a personal calendar. However, the user can import their own favorite pictures.

The choices of holidays for various nationalities does not include Chinese holidays. Image ignoring 20% of the world's population!

The final issue which prompted me to return my package to Broderbund was that the software does not allow you to create a split day-cell at the end of the month. When the last day of the month falls on a Sunday, you should be able to combine that cell with the one above. This allows you to have a calendar with 5 rows instead of 6. Despite the fact that Broderbund is at version 10 of this package, it seems that they've never noticed that most calendars follow this format. This is a Broderblunder.

Response on the telephone support line is slow and is not toll-free.

Save your money and give this one a miss. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Excellent Program
I have used American Greetings Print! Premium for about 4 years now and love it. I am dissapointed, however with the reviews I'm reading on the newer versions of this product. I need to upgrade because I have upgraded to Windows XP, but I'm not sure if I will like the newer versions. I also have Halmark Card Studio and find that the interface is a lot simpler to use, but lacking a lot of the features I prefer in the Print! program. If you can manouver through a word processing program, you will find that Print!'s similar commands are easier to grasp. If not, then I suggest you go with Halmark. It is simpler to use but you don't have the versitility of Print!

American Greeting Print Premium
This software is excellent for children as well as adults, great selection of clip art and a wonderful variety of items from cards to calendars and more. I would recommend it to anyone who likes to make their own cards, banners and much much more. Also has a lot of photo projects, very versatile. It also lets you import other clip art as well. Very user friendly. Graphics are comparable to actual American Greeting cards in the stores. Sentiment gallery has a wide selection from birthday to sympathy cards. I would say it is the most used software in our collection. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Empty those dusty boxes filled with photos and create a legacy with a scrapbook. Whether you're an experienced scrapbooker or new to the hobby, this easy-to-use, freshly updated program will unleash your inner artist. Begin by choosing a format for your scrapbook, and then personalize it from cover to cover with photos, borders, backgrounds, stickers, and more. You'll also find images and artwork from American Greetings--all searchable by keyword or occasion--to suit just about any theme. Add fancy fonts and eye-catching text effects. Use the built-in photo editor to correct flaws, add effects, and more, while a photo organizer makes accessing photos a breeze. Then just click the Finish Project button and complete your scrapbook. Built-in help tools and a range of online resources answer questions and offer design help in moments. ... Read more

Reviews (4)

I'm disappointed with this product.
My main complaint with this software is that you can't begin with a "blank" project. The only way to make a scrapbook page, (or any project for that matter), is to start with a predesigned project and then recustomize it to suit your needs. While there are plenty of nice fonts to choose from, I find the clip art to be very cartoonish - way too cutesy for the elegant pages I am used to creating on my own.

I think this software is much more suitable for children due to the overall look of the projects. For the dedicated scrapbooker, I would suggest looking around for software that will create a more professional finished project.

Totally Useless!
I thought since this was compatible with Windows XP, it would be very advanced with everything I could possible want. It isn't, it is no diffent than PrintMaster, same fonts, clipart, etc. Don't waste your money on this program. Wish I hadn't.

American Greetings Scrapbooks & More 7
This product is very easy to use. There are lots of fun projects. I was able to figure it out in just minutes.

GREAT GREAT!!!
I love there Scrapbook CD & More 2 if you have that one, and I can not even imagine this one. It is wonderful the CD I have from them. I make everything from it from Scrapbook pages to biusness cards to anything and everything. I use it for everything. I suggest everyone get it, who is interested in having fun with your pictures. And you can even export them from the software for e-mailing also which is great and awesome.. Thank you so much for creating your awesome software that you make., Thank you, Jennifer ... Read more

Features

• Add over 225 unique logo elements for personal or commercial use
• Work with two brand-new categories -Element Backdrops and Extreme Logo Elements
• Customize each professional element to produce a virtually unlimited number of results

Reviews (1)

The best software!
I used this software to do my own Christmas cards and envelopes this year. It was so easy to export a picture from the web to use as the cover and size it to suit the card. I used the inside left and back cover for this year's Christmas letter. I talked about a special place we had visited on vacation and again used pictures from the web to illustrate what we had seen. It was so easy to add text by the pictures and customize the color of the font to go with the picture.

Now I am using the software for a wedding invitation. I found a great font and just the right color for it so that the words in the invitation blend well with the border on the invitation. Everyone who has seen the invitation is shocked that it did not come from a professional print shop. Being able to do the invitations and envelopes myself is saving a great deal of time and expense for the bride and groom.

This is the best software I have bought in a very long time, and the price is so reasonable for everything you get. Now I'm thinking it would make a great present for a lot of children and adults I know. I look forward to using it with my grandchildren. ... Read more

Reviews (9)

I liked it!
Broderbund makes the Gold 7 Creatacard easy to use. I own 5 other card-making programs, but I use this almost exclusively. The clip art is to my liking--not too cartoony or too unreal looking. The only drawback I find is not being able to distort text. I like making my own cards mostly, but some of the original cards are so appealing that I have used them as is. I make approximately 2-3 cards per week. I have owned this program for about 6 months and am still discovering new ways to use its features.

Not impressed
I was given this program as a gift, as I had been using the Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 3 program for quite a while and thought it would be nice to have another selection of cards to choose from. The selection of pre-printed cards in this program is extremely limited compared to Hallmark (i.e., one choice for parents anniversary, only 2-4 birthday cards each for brother, father, mother, husband, etc.) And the "humorous" cards are pretty lame. I have yet to make a card from this program and always end up going back to Hallmark to find what I need. I don't recommend AG if you're looking for a wide-range of choices in cards.

Useless!
I upgraded from an earlier version and absolutely hate this version. The background of the program is silly looking and doesn't look like a Windows program at all. It looks like some kid drew it. The card choices are few (and none at all in some cases, like for Birthday, Friend!) and the Internet option for downloading cards is a waste of time. Not user-friendly at all.

Creatacard Gold 7
I have Creatacard Plus version 2 and have found this product much inferior. It is much more difficult to use, the cards are not an improvement, downloading from the internet is laborious, and I am thinking of returning it. I upgraded only because I thought it would be more compatible with Xp and maybe it is but it is not worth it.

A good program to begin learning home publishing.
I have used this product many times. Each time I learned something more. There are thousands of clipart so you can make greeting cards, photo projects, labels, stationery, signs, stickers, business cards and more. The graphics are exciting and beautiful with sharp, clear printing. Use this product every day and you will be enjoy making products. ... Read more

Features

• Comes with tons of unique page layouts to satisfy even the pickiest people
• Add all sorts of special effects to present your photos in the best possible way
• Include slick and stylish borders, heart or star-shaped cutouts, even simple picture frames
• Put in text or thought balloons to make your pictures talk
• Fun picture editing to make your firends and family laugh!

Amazon.com Review

Looking for just the right words? Look no further than Broderbund's Greeting Cards Deluxe. The package is initially impressive with its wide selection of cards and other projects, plus its countless images (both available through the included CDs and off the Broderbund site). However, a few features stand out to really make this package shine.

First and foremost, the folks at Broderbund have made printing a snap. No more fumbling with double-sided confusion: both on-screen and printed directions customize the printing to your printer and make it easy to avoid wasted paper and ink. One caveat: there doesn't seem to be a way to turn off the extra directions sheet that the application prints, which can lead to wasted premium paper.

The second sharp feature of Greeting Cards Deluxe is its compatibility with your address book. This means that not only is addressing your cards easy and streamlined, but you can also manage a powerful event reminder that notifies you of upcoming anniversaries, birthdays, and other special events.

After a somewhat lengthy install (about 10 minutes using Windows XP), the package is easy to get into. The start-up video is handsome and useful, and jumping right in is easy with a familiar interface. The photo workshop is a welcome addition, letting you adjust colors, crop, cut out, and otherwise manipulate your picture for the perfect project, without having to learn another software package or leave this one.

The selection of art and projects is assuredly vast, however much of it is available online. Both can be searched by keyword, although this function is somewhat limited: only words actually appearing in the description or on the project itself are searched. ("Mother" and "Mom" searches yield different results.) We also experienced slow operation, particularly in starting the application; however, the program did run smoothly once begun.--Emilie Herbst ... Read more

Reviews (6)

Hate it!
This is not a user friendly program. It does not allow you to do basic functions like change margins or select custom card size. Even when you buy the Avery cards, the layout doesn't necessarily match the size of the actual card, and there is now way to change it.

This was complete waste of money!

Not as good as Hallmark / American Greetings
I've got both the Hallmark and Am Greetings software in addition to this. Both are much easier to use with better quality cards. Save your money and get one of those!

Misleading rebate ad
This software is NOT FREE after rebate unless you own the previous version. I'll return mine.

OK, but not much more
This product has a lot clip art, but is hard to use. Although I have a 2.4 GHz PC, it still takes about 30 seconds for the application to open. When I import photos, PrintMaster seems to alter (diminish) the quality. For example, when I import high-quality photos into PrintMaster and then print them as part of a greeting card, the photos look very grainy. Borders are available as clip art, but are hard to re-size to fit around objects (there appears to be no specific tool for creating borders). Also, THE REBATE AD IS MISLEADING. YOU NEED TO OWN A COMPETING PRODUCT AND RETURN THE DISK BACK TO BRODERBUND TO GET YOUR REBATE.

Great Progam-sure to love
This progam is the best it gets. So many amazing features, that you can find whatever you're looking for. It includes a lot of clip art, pictures, different projects, and even crafts. It is also very easy to use! It is well worth the money. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Create professional-quality cards, projects, and crafts, including gift tags, announcements, invitations, envelopes, stationery, self mailers, party theme sets, labels, and stickers. With 7,000-plus exclusive greeting cards and customizable projects, more than 35,000 graphics, 4,000 sentiments, and 300 fonts, you'll always find the expression and inspiration you need with Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory 2. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Pretty Bad
I bought this product because I wanted to load the entire product onto my PC and thus eliminate disk handling, but loading the 3rd disk of clip art was not clean.
Secondly, making a note card from Avery 8315 stock (2 note cards per page) could not be created or printed. It locked up my XP machine--only product that's mucked up XP to date. Sent an email to 'Ask a Tech' at Nova and haven't heard back yet. It's been 3 business days. Nova indicated it would most likely be one day. I'm returning the product.

Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory 2
This software is great!! It beats Hallmark Card Studio 2003 by a long shot! I bought the Hallmark Software first and have had nothing but trouble with it. With Greeting Card Factory 2, I purchased it, brought it home, installed it, and started using it immediately. It comes with a very helpful manual that gives you lots of pointers and ideas to use with the software. I would recommend this software to anyone who wants to have fun making their own cards for their friends and family. Take it from me - they'll love receiving something made just by you! ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

The Print Shop Deluxe gives you the selection you need to find the perfect graphic and project template for every occasion. With over 160,000 ClickArt graphics and 8,000 professionally designed project templates, you can create greeting cards, holiday newsletters, and yearly calendars featuring your family photographs. Reflecting your unique style is easier than ever. ... Read more

Features

• Templates sorted by theme including data, holidays, music, pictures, vacation and more
• Choose over 4,700 backgrounds
• Add a border from your choice of 1,200
• Personalize your labels with 800 clip art
• Add pizzazz with 500 color photos

Amazon.com Product Description

The Print Shop: Business Card Creator is a complete solution for users who want to create professional-looking business cards. Business Card Creator includes more than 1,000 premium images, over 500 professionally designed layouts, and 280 fonts, making it easy to create your own impressive business cards. It also features integrated photo editing and tutorial hints and tips. You can even import your company's logo. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Get what you pay for!
If you get what you pay for, this should have been [very inexpensive] This software is NOT for making professional looking business cards. It's a toy for your kids to play with. 95% of the graphics are cartoons (poor at that)! I was very dissappointed after purchasing this product. So bad, I'll have to buy another one.

The best solution I've found
As unskilled user of computer graphics, I needed to find a program that was especially user-friendly and easy to navigate, with a low level of frustration for the unfamiliar user. This product was the most useful of the three I found, including The Business Card Factory, and Proventure Business Cards. The instructions are simple and, with some practice, easy to navigate in creating both business cards and brochures, although I did not attempt any newsletters.

It doesn't really matter how many typefaces, colors or graphics are offered, if the user can't navigate the program, and I found this program the most quickly familiar. The pre-made color layouts may be bright, but not always the best designs, in my opinion, and color should be minimized when cost is a factor. Any document prepared for commercial printing increases in expense with each color added, and the novice may be unfamiliar with this problem. That issue aside, my main concern was a simple format wherein I could create a brochure and business card using one color. So I went to blank stock and blank design, using the appropriate tools to add and edit text in the desired format. I found the brochure particularly easy, even when designing a 2-sided document for commercial printing.

I have years of design experience pre-computer, and the challenge for me (as self-taught) was to get the program to reflect my design concept in the appropriate language to create the necessary documents. After exploring some other programs, it became clear that any program is mediated by the vision of the programmer. If the program designer has a limited design range, or is restricted by the functions the program allows, the user cannot override those commands without some basic knowledge of programming. It's like taking the long road around, rather that the quickest line between two points. The programmer is assuming that the user has no design experience, and that's what the program offers: simple solutions...My need was immediate. This program offered the best timely solution, with little frustration for the unskilled user. In addition, it allows the flexibility of a variety of designs and techniques, saving each layout for further use. ... Read more

Features

• Easily create your own cards, crafts, and more with this simple-to-use set of design tools
• Tools like the Color Set Creator, professional fonts and the Card Converter, make gorgeous print projects a snap
• Draw from a massive library of over 280,000 premium images and over 14,500 templates
• Turn still photos into movie clips with MovieShop Express -- add titles, transitions, Music and more
• Save your project as a PDF just like professional printing houses

Features

• This feature-rich program includes everything you need for better business cards -- more than 100 professional templates are included
• Add the impact of a powerful image by using the 10,000-image clip art library
• Choose from 700 fonts that will make certain your text gets noticed
• Publish to the Web immediately with InstaNet Web Publishing
• The ability to create the perfect business card is at your fingertips with this amazing new tool!