I love sending cards. Be it holiday cards, birthday cards, thinking of you cards-I send them. So when I had the opportunity to try out EnGreet Greeting Cards I thought, “Why not?” Engreet has a wide selection of cards for every season, holiday or occasion. I chose to order a personalized anniversary card for my in-laws. They celebrated their 45th anniversary last week and I sent them this card:

For me it was a new experience to choose a card online, personalize it and have the card sent directly to the recipient. It was an easy process and my in-laws like the card very much!

I searched through the friendship and encouragement cards to find some to be shipped to me so that I could use them in the future to send to my friends. Honestly, I had a tough time. The encouragement cards were rather lame and to me…off color or crass. The friendship cards were ok and unfortunately most of the religious cards were just that…religious and/or Catholic not the kinds of Christian/Scriptural/Inspirational cards I would normally buy. I did find one card I found touching and I actually bought 2 of the same card to go in my card file for when someone special needs to know how special they are to me. I know everyone has different senses of humor but most of the humor on the EnGreet cards I found more offensive than funny. Your mileage may vary

EnGreet is giving 1 reader of TheMomMaven $15.00 in cards from their site.
Mandatory 1st Entry Visit EnGreet and look through their holiday cards. Then come back here and tell me which one is your favorite.

Bonus Entries Leave a separate comment for each entry.

• Like Engreet of Facebook and leave a comment on their wall that TheMomMaven sent you.
• Follow @Engreet and @MomMaven on Twitter and Tweet This:” @MomMaven I’d love to #win some cards from @Engreet http://bit.ly/cLZCvb ” (you may do this 2x a day)
• Blog Subscribers, GFC Friends, Networked Blogs Followers and Facebook Likers get 1 entry each
• Leave a comment on up to 5 non-giveaway posts on my blog. Leave a comment on this post telling me which articles you commented on.
• “Like” this post on Facebook using the button at the bottom of this post

This giveaway is for US residents only. The winner will be chosen at 9pm ET on December 6, 2010 by Random.org.

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Tomoson Product review & giveaway Disclosure.

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I love sending cards, it is so much more personal than sending an email or e-card. This year I’ll be getting my photo Christmas cards from CardsDirect and you can too! CardsDirect is giving 1 lucky reader a code to redeem for twenty-five cards up to a $50 value at CardsDirect. This code will be good towards anycard  purchase made on their site and is open to US Residents only.

Mandatory 1st Entry: Visit CardsDirect.com and look around. Then come back here and tell me what cards you would order if you win.

Bonus Entries:

• Follow @CardsDirect on Twitter
• Like CardsDirect on Facebook and leave a comment that you are entering TheMomMaven.com’s giveaway
• Tweet this ” @MomMaven is giving away $50 in greeting cards from @CardsDirect http://bit.ly/9d32kW ” You may do this up to 2x a day leave the tweet URL in your comment.
• Subscribers, GFC Friends, Networked Blog followers and Facebook Likers each get 1 entry

This giveaway ends at 10pm on Saturday August 28, 2010 and the winner will be chosen by Random.org.

Disclosure: I received a code for $50 worth of cards as a thank-you for hosting this giveaway. If you have questions please see my full disclosure statement in my blog footer. Thanks you.

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Here is some information about Tiny Prints newest products:

Tiny Prints, has expanded its highly successful product and service line with the launch of Tiny Prints Greetings, a new line of stylish printed greeting cards users can personalize, schedule and send online. The new service combines the power of Tiny Prints proprietary web technology with the trendsetting design sensibility the brand has always delivered.

Tiny Prints Greetings seeks to preserve and enhance the delight of sending and receiving greeting cards in the mail by revolutionizing the age-old practice with modern technology. Key benefits of the new service include:

Personalized Greeting Cards: Users will find the vast selection of stylish and creative designs that they have come to expect from Tiny Prints, only now they can also match their favorite designs with one of the thousands of verses from a library of options. Plus, since every aspect of a card can be personalized, users have the option to easily include a recipient’s name, edit the verse and upload photos to truly personalize their cards to express their exact sentiments. As a result, no two Tiny Prints cards will ever look exactly the same.

A Better Way to Shop:Not only can users easily personalize their cards online, they can address the envelope, add a stamp and pay for the card with just a few clicks. Customers have the option of sending cards to themselves to sign or save even more time by having Tiny Prints mail their cards directly to recipients. The end-to-end process can be completed in minutes, and all cards can ship within 24 hours.

Enhanced Convenience: For those who wish to avoid a mad dash to the store right before a special occasion, the service even allows users to set up automatic event reminders for birthdays, Mother’s Day, anniversaries and other occasions. Users can even schedule a queue of personalized greeting cards to be sent automatically up to a year in advance.

Everyone who registers at Tiny Prints receives 3 FREE cards just for signing up for one of our membership plans (and that the first year’s membership fee has been waived!). You can also join us Friday night April 23rd from 9-10pm for the first ever Tiny Prints Twitter Party! To RSVP for the party and be eligible for some awesome prizes click here.

Now, if you would like to win 25 of the new Tiny Prints Greeting Cards here is how to enter:

Mandatory 1st Entry: Visit the Tiny Prints site find your favorite birthday card and leave me a comment with the name of the card.

Bonus Entries:

• “Like” Tiny Prints on Facebook
• Follow Tiny Prints on Twitter
• Subscribe to The Mom Maven (current subscribers also get 1 entry)
• Publicly Follow The Mom Maven (current followers also get 1 entry)
• Tweet this “I want to make it personal and win 25 greeting cards from @MomMaven and @TinyPrints http://bit.ly/cQdi6P” You may do this up to 2x per day.

The winner will be chosen by Random.org on Friday April 30th at 10pm EDT. US Entries only.

Disclaimer: I wrote this post as part of a Global Influence campaign. I will be receiving 15 Tiny Prints Greeting Cards as a thank-you for hosting this giveaway.

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The people at Snapily , a photo-technology company, developed a new 3-D, animation technology that literally allows you to bring your photos to motion (flip-book style) on a card, invitation, wallet sized business card, scrapbook, or stationary. In a nutshell you can customize a card where 2 to 5 photos can be brought to motion on a card.

Aside from Snapily just being a cool new gift idea, it has a strong eco-friendly value. Over 7 billion greeting cards end up in the trash every year – something tells me, you’re less likely to throw out photos let alone ones that come to life.

These high-quality, plastic-coated lenticular photographs, or “living prints”, start at just $3.50.  With Snapily you can:

• “Blow your mom a kiss” from a far
• Morph an old photo of your children as babies into a photo of them grown up
• Wave “hi” to a grandparent all the way across the country
• New dads can create a family scrapbook by uploading photos of his precious newborn to the first family photo

Snapily is simple to use. It took me less than 3 minutes to make a Father’s Day card using a picture of my boys from 1999 and one from 2005. Make sure you check out Snapily today and order your Father’s Day cards.

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