Hallmark Card Studio 2011 -Old Version-

Greeting cards are a relatively recent concept in the timeline, less than 200 years old. Yet, they are responsible for promoting Christmas and Valentines Day as major holidays. Prior to the mid-19th century, greetings were shared upon meeting or in letters to one another. Sir Henry Cole was a prominent innovator in the 1800s. He modernized the British postal system, managed construction of the Albert Hall, arranged for the Great Exhibition in 1851, and oversaw the inauguration of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Most of all, Cole sought to "beautify life," and in his spare time he ran an art shop on Bond Street, specializing in decorative objects for the home. In the summer of 1843, he commissioned Horsley to design an impressive card for that year's Christmas. It is attributed as the first Christmas card. Christmas is the largest card-sending holiday in the United States with approximately 1.5 billion cards sent annually. Hallmark provides more than 2,700 Hallmark Christmas card designs, including more than 1,800 individual Christmas cards, more than 250 boxed-card selections, more than 100 Mahogany Christmas cards for African-American consumers, and more than 300 Hallmark Sinceramente cards for Hispanic consumers. For more than 100 years Hallmark has designed greeting cards for life's special moments. Hallmark Card Studio 2011 extends this tradition, making it easy to create one-of-a-kind Hallmark cards as unique as the people you care for. In three simple steps you can add personal photos, sentiments, and clip-art images of your choosing. Create customizable Hallmark cards, quickly and easily with Hallmark Card Studio 2011. You can even place digital photos directly into your cards! You'll get 6,700+ Hallmark cards and projects (including 600 new ones); 11,000+ premium art images; plus an Event Planner to remind you of important dates. Brand New Animated User Interface - popular d