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March 28, 2012

Hink Illustrated Designs for The Card Shed


This month sees the launch of our first ‘DESIGNERS’ range at The Card Shed, and we are VERY excited as the designer that has joined us is a very talented man indeed.

We first saw Hink’s work through the world of twitter and instantly knew that we wanted him to be involved, so we asked nicely, to our delight he said yes. This is what he had to say when we threw a few questions his way so you could get to know HINK a little better… 

Name?

Graeme Henderson.

Company Name?

HINK (Stands for Henderson Ink)

How long have you been working as a designer?

I started my design career late as I thought I sould get a ‘real’ job first and keep drawing as a hobby; How wrong was I. Since focusing on illustration and design as a job I haven’t looked back. It’s like this quote says:

“Find something you love to do and you’ll never have to work a day in your life” - Harvey MacKay.

Describe your design style…

I don’t really know, I guess I would say clean, crisp, cartoonish. I’ve never really been asked that before… hmm that’s got me thinking.

Where are you based in Kent?

I am currently based in Margate but will shortly be moving to Faversham, I’m looking forward to getting back into the countryside. Although the seaside can be great with the right weather.

What do you love about the are that you live in?

I have to say aside from the summer days and lazy afternoons by the beach I love the ‘fairly recent’ explosion of Margate’s creative hub in the old town. It has a great buzz about the place and is a welcome break from the charity shops and amusement arcades that Margate is known for. It’s giving the place a well needed injection of culture despite what some locals say.

Give us a quote that keeps you motivated…

There’s a couple that help me get or stay focused:

“People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them, They went out and happened to things.” - Da Vinci

“Our talents are the gift that God gives us… What we make of our talents is our gift back to God.” - Leo Buscaglia

All of HINK’s greetings card designs for The Card Shed are now available to buy here… http://www.thecardshed.com/hink-illustrated-greetings-cards.html

To find out more about HINK illustrated and view designs visit www.facebook.com/Hink.illustrated 

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March 12, 2012
Working their way around Kent’s coast… Next stop, Margate Beach. This is one of the newest designs to be added to ‘The Card Shed’. As an adaptation of the Margate Harbour Arm card, White One Sugar have incorporated some deck chairs onto the beach to bring us this great new Greetings Card… www.thecardshed.com

Working their way around Kent’s coast… Next stop, Margate Beach. This is one of the newest designs to be added to ‘The Card Shed’. As an adaptation of the Margate Harbour Arm card, White One Sugar have incorporated some deck chairs onto the beach to bring us this great new Greetings Card… www.thecardshed.com

Tags: The Card Shed Margate Beach Deck Chairs Margate Harbour Arm White One Sugar

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March 01, 2012
check out some of the photos we take, when we can peel ourselves away from our work of course… http://instagrid.me/thecardshed/

check out some of the photos we take, when we can peel ourselves away from our work of course… http://instagrid.me/thecardshed/

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February 28, 2012
One sunny day, off the boys went, in their little car, with cameras at the ready. Ramsgate, Margate, Broadstairs. “What a busy day” they thought, well “to the drawing board”… a little while later with inspiration firmly in place, this design of Broadstairs Harbour was what ‘White One Sugar’ designer Ryan Ambrose created, and frankly, we love it… so we are selling it as a Greetings Card in The Card Shed… Lovely. http://www.thecardshed.com/broadstairs-blank-greetings-cards.html

One sunny day, off the boys went, in their little car, with cameras at the ready. Ramsgate, Margate, Broadstairs. “What a busy day” they thought, well “to the drawing board”… a little while later with inspiration firmly in place, this design of Broadstairs Harbour was what ‘White One Sugar’ designer Ryan Ambrose created, and frankly, we love it… so we are selling it as a Greetings Card in The Card Shed… Lovely. http://www.thecardshed.com/broadstairs-blank-greetings-cards.html

Tags: Broadstairs Harbour Kent Coast White One Sugar

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February 26, 2012
Now that the sun seems to be showing up more often, we have been thinking about summer and all the places we can see and people we can go and have a frosty beverage with when it is warm. One of the cards that we have in The Card Shed is of Brighton Pier and has been drawn by our very good friend Ryan Ambrose. We can’t wait to get out to the beach this year and we hope that you will be reminded of great summer days and send a card to someone close to you and brighten their day… #getintouch http://www.thecardshed.com/brighton-blank-greetings-cards.html

Now that the sun seems to be showing up more often, we have been thinking about summer and all the places we can see and people we can go and have a frosty beverage with when it is warm. One of the cards that we have in The Card Shed is of Brighton Pier and has been drawn by our very good friend Ryan Ambrose. We can’t wait to get out to the beach this year and we hope that you will be reminded of great summer days and send a card to someone close to you and brighten their day… #getintouch http://www.thecardshed.com/brighton-blank-greetings-cards.html

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February 24, 2012

We all know that feeling of finding a letter on the doormat that isn’t from the gas company! Yes when someone has sent you a beautiful, locally designed and printed card and to top it off, it’s a picture of where you stayed last summer! What a thoughtful friend. Because we all love to receive letters and cards we at The Card Shed are dedicated to producing the best cards in Kent. We are working our way around the coast and have even popped to London to bring you the best designs from local artists and companies! We want to support our local community and bring our customers the best service possible. Go on send someone a card… #getintouch www.thecardshed.com

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February 24, 2012
We have a great range of Greetings Cards of Kent already and the newest to be added to our collection is this card of Faversham Market Place designed by Neil Wallace from Company ‘White One Sugar’. The card will be available online later today and I have heard on the grapevine that White One Sugar are designing more pictures of London so we will be selling those as greetings cards too… so watch this space. We are hoping to take on a few more designers soon here at The Card Shed so watch out too for new ranges and styles! How Exciting! www.thecardshed.com

We have a great range of Greetings Cards of Kent already and the newest to be added to our collection is this card of Faversham Market Place designed by Neil Wallace from Company ‘White One Sugar’. The card will be available online later today and I have heard on the grapevine that White One Sugar are designing more pictures of London so we will be selling those as greetings cards too… so watch this space. We are hoping to take on a few more designers soon here at The Card Shed so watch out too for new ranges and styles! How Exciting! www.thecardshed.com

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February 23, 2012
Spent a day in london on Tuesday to get inspiration and a few photographs so we can start designing new greetings cards to add to our London range… http://www.thecardshed.com/london-blank-greetings-cards.html

Spent a day in london on Tuesday to get inspiration and a few photographs so we can start designing new greetings cards to add to our London range… http://www.thecardshed.com/london-blank-greetings-cards.html

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February 01, 2012
our office is looking lovely and girly today as we have a gorgeous bunch of flowers that were given to me (karen), they came from the lovely florist in #whitstable www.grahamgreener.com

our office is looking lovely and girly today as we have a gorgeous bunch of flowers that were given to me (karen), they came from the lovely florist in #whitstable www.grahamgreener.com

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February 01, 2012
peony design added to the card shed… available as a mothers’ day card as well, perfect! [seeing as it’s not even peony season yet]…

peony design added to the card shed… available as a mothers’ day card as well, perfect! [seeing as it’s not even peony season yet]…

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