Glorious Gardens
March 6, 2024
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Botanical greetings card brand Umbellifer is launching a new range called Glorious Gardens. The concept behind the range is to celebrate great British flower gardens
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Embracing The Jelly Jiggle
February 27, 2024
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Drifting onto the design shores for 2024 is the Be Jelly trend hypnotically gliding onto catwalks, home decor, prints and of course greeting cards. From
Garden Border 2024 Calendar
November 23, 2023
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Yorkshire eco greetings card and prints brand Umbellifer has created a beautiful and richly produced hanging calendar using twelve of its Garden Border card range
Celebrate The Little Joys
November 4, 2023
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You’ve Got This, Be Kind, Go Your Own Way, Don’t Let Anyone Dull Your Rainbow – there’s a magnificent mountain of greeting card captions supporting
New Charity Christmas Card packs from Umbellifer
September 13, 2023
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Yorkshire greetings card brand Umbellifer has five new charity Christmas card collections available to the trade for the first time. As attractively named as they
The Eco-friendly Card Co. marks 30th anniversary at the Autumn Fair
August 31, 2023
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The Eco-friendly Card Co. marks its 30th anniversary this September with celebrations due to kick off at the NEC Autumn Fair (6C02) The publisher has
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