--- title: "Greeting Card Editor - IMG.LY" description: "Build a greeting card editor your customers love — occasion-specific templates, photo upload, expressive typography, print validation, and PDF/X export." url: "https://img.ly/use-cases/greeting-card/" type: "page" --- > This is the markdown version of [Greeting Card Editor - IMG.LY](https://img.ly/use-cases/greeting-card/). For all pages in one file, see [llms-full.txt](https://img.ly/llms-full.txt). For an index of all available pages, see [llms.txt](https://img.ly/llms.txt). --- # Greeting Card: Build a greeting card editor on any platform Whether anniversary cards, thank you cards or wedding invitations, build for any use case, deploy on any platform. **Available for:** - **Web:** [JavaScript](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Angular](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/angular/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Vue.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Svelte](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/svelte/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Next.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/nextjs/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Mobile:** [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React Native](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react-native/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Flutter](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/flutter/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Desktop:** [Mac Catalyst](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/mac-catalyst/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [macOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/macos/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Electron](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/electron/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Server:** [Renderer](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a.md), [Node.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/node/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) [Go to Demo](https://img.ly/demos/post-greeting-cards.md) [Get in Touch](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md) ## Trusted by 100+ industry leaders **Trusted by:** Digitas, Omneky, The Print Bar, Brandwatch, Planoly, HP, Shopify, Reuters, Hootsuite, Semrush, Shutterfly, one.com, Sprout Social, Constant Contact, Spread Group > "Integrating IMG.LY’s editor meant we didn’t have to build or maintain a complex editing layer ourselves. That kept our team focused on our core AI ad engine and saved us countless development hours — while still giving our customers the ability to polish and customize creatives at scale." -- Hikari Senju, CEO, Omneky > "With IMG.LY we built a central creative portal that now powers over 140 dealer campaigns across multiple automotive brands. Before this, asset creation was slow and inconsistent." -- Martin Röhr, Product Owner, Digitas > "By embedding IMG.LY’s editor we were able to hit key RFP requirements and deliver a template-based creative experience that now serves 1,000+ customers. It helped us win more deals and exceed enterprise expectations without needing to hire dedicated design teams." -- Rob Driscoll, Director of PM, Optimizely > "Since integrating IMG.LY’s editor, we now deliver 30,000+ ad creatives per month, dramatically shorten time-to-launch, and help our clients cut design spend by up to $10,000 per month." -- Logan Welbaum, Founder, Plai > "Our customers create over a million personalized postcards each year choosing from over hundreds of templates with IMG.LY’s SDK. It’s the only solution that allows us to build our own specialized, on-brand UI that integrates seamlessly with our platform." -- Jeanine Zaalberg, Product Manager, SwissPost > "From a developer’s perspective, the most powerful feature of the photo editor is the integration process. It was completely flawless, quick, and easy to integrate." -- Stefano Fornari, CTO, Funambol > "We compared IMG.LY SDK with other solutions and found that it would be the best fit for us since it provides all the features that are crucial for our use case." -- Carem Pereira, SCRUM Manager, HP [Reviews on G2](https://www.g2.com/products/img-ly/reviews) ## Built for platforms where the design experience matters as much as the product ### Help customers make a card that feels theirs Photo upload, text editing, and expressive design tools give customers enough creative control to make a card feel personal, without starting from scratch. ### Keep every design print-ready without involving the customer Bleed, spot colours, and design validation run automatically. Customers focus on the message. Production requirements stay invisible until export. ### Scale from individual cards to bulk and mail merge orders Connect templates to a data source and generate personalised variations at volume. Corporate campaigns, event invitations, and seasonal mailers from one approved design. ## Key capabilities ### For your users #### Start from a design that fits the occasion. Templates built around specific occasions, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, thank yous, give customers a starting point that already feels right for the moment they are marking. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos/post-greeting-cards.md) #### Make it personal with photos and expressive text. Photo upload, in-editor cropping, font choices, text layout, and colour options give customers the tools to move from a template to something that feels like it came from them. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos/photo-ui.md) #### Know the card will look right when it arrives. What customers design in the editor reflects the finished printed card. Validation catches issues before checkout, not after delivery. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos/design-validation.md) ### For your platform #### Occasion-specific templates across your full catalogue. Templates configured per card type with appropriate photo zones, text areas, and layout constraints. The same template system covers every occasion without separate implementations. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos.md?tags=templating) #### Bleed, spot colour, and PDF/X export per card type. Print production settings configured at the template level and enforced at export. Spot colours preserved by name, bleed applied automatically, PDF/X generated without manual intervention. [Learn more](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md) #### Mail merge and variable data for bulk orders. Define recipient-specific fields inside templates, name, message, address, connect a data source, and generate unique personalised cards at any volume via the headless API. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos/batch-image-generation.md) #### Design validation that runs during creation. Bleed violations, out-of-bounds elements, and resolution issues surface inside the editor as customers work, before the order is placed and when fixing them costs nothing. [Learn more](https://img.ly/demos/design-validation.md) ## How to integrate the greeting card editor Four steps from a card builder to ready-to-print PDFs. ### Step 01: Embed the editor CE.SDK ships as the foundation. Configure it for greeting cards and swap pieces out as you go: panels, colours, layout. The whole interface is customizable down to individual buttons. [Open Theming Demo](https://img.ly/demos/theming.md) ### Step 02: Provide on-brand greeting card templates Design any number of greeting card templates with placeholder zones, locked brand elements, and configurable editing constraints. Customers start with professionally designed layouts that fit the occasion instead of a blank canvas. [Open Placeholder Demo](https://img.ly/demos/placeholders.md) ### Step 03: Personalize copy and recipients with variable data Tag any text or image element as a variable inside the template, recipient name, message, address, and connect a data source. The headless API generates a unique personalized card for each record without a manual editor session per recipient. [Open Variable Data Demo](https://img.ly/demos/batch-image-generation.md) ### Step 04: Export production-ready cards Bleed, safe area, and DPI checks run while customers are still editing. PDF/X exports come out with the right colour profile applied. No manual preflight. [Open Validation Demo](https://img.ly/demos/design-validation.md) ## One engine across web, mobile, and server Customers design on desktop, review on mobile, and platforms generate bulk orders server-side. IMG.LY runs one shared creative engine across all of these contexts, so templates, rendering behaviour, and print constraints stay consistent from the customer editor to the finished card. **Available for:** - **Web:** [JavaScript](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/js/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Angular](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/angular/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Vue.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/vue/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Svelte](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/svelte/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Next.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/nextjs/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Mobile:** [iOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/ios/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Android](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/android/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [React Native](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/react-native/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Flutter](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/flutter/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Desktop:** [Mac Catalyst](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/mac-catalyst/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [macOS](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/macos/get-started/overview-e18f40.md), [Electron](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/electron/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) - **Server:** [Renderer](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/renderer/cesdk-renderer-overview-7f3e9a.md), [Node.js](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/node/get-started/overview-e18f40.md) ### The same creative experience on every device Customers who start a card on desktop and return to it on mobile find the same tools, the same template, and the same design waiting for them, without losing any edits between sessions. ### Print rules defined once, applied to every output Bleed margins, spot colours, and PDF/X export settings are configured at the template level and enforced automatically, whether a single card or a batch of thousands is being generated. ### Server-side generation for bulk and mail merge orders Generate personalised card variations programmatically via the Node.js renderer. Corporate campaigns, event invitations, and seasonal mailers produced at scale without a manual editor session per recipient. Success story How PostBuddy Launched Personalized Direct Mail for E-Commerce Without Building a Custom Editor -------------------------------- **4×** difference in A/B-tested campaign performance | **3** Nordic markets reached (DK, SE, NO) | **0** custom editor maintenance — embedded SDK instead [PostBuddy](https://www.postbuddy.com/) is a Denmark-based startup modernizing direct mail marketing — enabling e-commerce brands to create, personalize, and automate postcard campaigns integrated with their online workflows. > "It's hard to imagine we could have launched PostBuddy without a design editor SDK. Customers want an integrated experience, and we needed to channel our limited resources into our core mission, not a custom editor." -- Hans Christian Bøggild, Co-Founder, PostBuddy #### Challenge PostBuddy needed an embedded design editor that lets non-technical e-commerce users create print-ready postcards with personalization and variable data — without burning early-stage engineering on a custom editor. #### Solution Integrated CE.SDK to deliver an in-app design experience with mail merge, custom branding, and template guidance for streamlined postcard creation. - 4× performance gap between A/B-tested designs proved design variation matters. - Expanded reach into Sweden and Norway on top of the Danish home market. - Engineering stayed focused on PostBuddy's core direct-mail automation. [Read the case study](https://img.ly/case-studies/postbuddy.md) ## Why greeting card platforms trust IMG.LY ### Built for occasion-driven creative experiences Templates, photo tools, typography, and expressive design options are configured around the moments customers are designing for, not around a generic design canvas they have to adapt themselves. ### Print correctness without customer education Bleed, spot colours, and PDF/X export are configured once and enforced automatically. Customers never need to know these requirements exist. Production quality is structural, not dependent on what they do inside the editor. ### Scales from a single card to a bulk campaign The same infrastructure handles an individual customer designing a wedding invitation and a corporate team generating a 10,000-piece seasonal campaign. Variable data and server-side rendering handle volume without architectural changes. ### One integration across every platform Web, iOS, Android, and server. One SDK, one set of templates and print constraints, consistent rendering wherever customers create and however platforms generate at scale. ## More from IMG.LY ### AI for Print on Demand Let customers design print-ready products with AI, on web and mobile. [Explore](https://img.ly/use-cases/ai-editor/print-on-demand.md) ### Postcard Postcard design with mass personalization and print-safe export. [Explore](https://img.ly/use-cases/postcard.md) ### Photo Book Multi-page photo book editor with intuitive page management. [Explore](https://img.ly/use-cases/photo-book.md) ### Poster Poster maker with print-correct formats and template enforcement. [Explore](https://img.ly/use-cases/poster.md) ### Print Personalization Guardrailed, on-spec personalization for any print product. [Explore](https://img.ly/use-cases/print-personalization.md) ### Print Print-safe editors and pipelines for the print industry. [Explore](https://img.ly/industries/print.md) ### E-Commerce Product personalization and creative for e-commerce platforms. [Explore](https://img.ly/industries/e-commerce.md) ### Brands & Agencies Embedded creative tools for brand and agency content teams. [Explore](https://img.ly/industries/brands-agencies.md) ### Social Media In-app editing for social media platforms and creator tools. [Explore](https://img.ly/industries/social-media.md) ## Greeting card platforms are judged by how the card makes the recipient feel That starts with how the sender felt designing it. IMG.LY helps you build a creation experience that makes every card feel considered, with occasion-specific templates, photo tools, expressive typography, print validation, and one engine across web, mobile, and server. [Go to Demo](https://img.ly/demos/post-greeting-cards.md) [Talk to our team](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md) ## Greeting Card FAQs ### Greeting Card **Q: Which card types and occasions can be supported?** A: The SDK supports any card type, anniversary cards, birthday cards, wedding invitations, thank you cards, seasonal greetings, and more. Templates, photo zones, and text layouts are configured per occasion type, so the editor adapts to each card without a separate implementation. **Q: Can customers upload and edit their own photos inside the editor?** A: Yes. Photo upload, cropping, brightness and contrast adjustment, and in-editor placement are all available inside the design flow. Customers work with their own images without leaving the editor or using a separate tool before upload. **Q: How does mail merge work for bulk card orders?** A: Tag any text or image element as a variable inside the template, recipient name, personalised message, address, and connect a data source. The headless API generates a unique personalised card for each record. Bleed, spot colours, and validation apply to every output automatically. **Q: How is print correctness enforced without involving the customer?** A: Design validation runs continuously inside the editor as customers work. Bleed violations, elements outside the safe zone, and low-resolution images are flagged before the order is placed. Bleed margins and PDF/X export settings are configured at the template level and applied automatically at export, independent of what the customer does inside the editor. **Q: Are exported files print-ready by default?** A: Yes. Bleed margins, spot colour preservation, and page clippings are configured per card type and enforced at export. PDF/X files are generated with production settings applied, ready for your print backend without manual preflight. **Q: Which platforms and frameworks are supported?** A: The SDK runs on web (React, Angular, Vue, Next.js, Svelte), iOS, Android, and server via Node.js. The same templates, print constraints, and rendering behaviour apply across all of them. **Q: Do you offer integration support?** A: Yes. IMG.LY's solutions team provides different levels of support based on your licence type. Contact the team to discuss your specific greeting card use case and product range. --- ## More Resources - **[IMG.LY Website](https://img.ly/index.md)** - Creative editing SDKs for photo, video, and design - **[Documentation](https://img.ly/docs/cesdk/)** - CE.SDK developer documentation - **[Contact Sales](https://img.ly/forms/contact-sales.md)** - Get a custom quote. 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