OUR STORY

Award-winning greeting cards designed to brighten your day

 

Our Mission

 We. Love. cards. We believe they have the power to make people feel good – whether that’s by sending some birthday wishes, welcoming a new baby to the world or by giving someone a hug when they need it the most, so we’ve made it our mission to make the world a brighter place with each and every card we design.

 

About Us

Stormy Knight was set up in 2013 by its founder Sarah Jackson, alongside her day job as a graphic designer. Bored of working for corporate clients, Sarah poured her creativity into designing screen-printed batches of greeting cards and selling them to local shops in Bristol. Fast forward a decade, and our quirky, fun (and sometimes a little cheeky) designs can be found in some of the best design-led card and gift shops across the UK as well as internationally – and we’ve even stacked up a few awards!

 Stormy Knight is still a founder-led indie business, but we now work with a curated collection of talented contemporary illustrators from around the world, creating innovative designs that will look beautiful on your shelves, as well as at home on the mantlepiece – and always on the highest quality, responsibly sourced materials.

 

OUR VALUES

 

Design Innovation

We don’t do ‘ordinary’ cards. We like to stand out in the crowd by creating designs that are innovative, unique, and that your customers will love. From working with the best contemporary illustrators, to industry-first concepts and special print finishes, you can be assured that Stormy Knight cards are always extra-special.

 

Collaborative

We are lucky to work with a collection of extremely talented illustrators from around the world, who bring their own uniqueness to our portfolio of designs. All our illustrators receive upfront fees for their designs as well as royalties on sales. If you’re interested in collaborating on a collection with us then please get in touch by emailing hello@stormyknight.co.uk

 

Planet-Conscious

Our impact on the environment is important to us and we have taken the following steps to minimise our impact on the planet:

 We only print on sustainably sourced FSC certified board

Our envelopes are made from FSC certified or recycled materials

We print with vegetable-based inks that are environmentally friendly

Our print production centre reuses waste materials to power itself and reduce its carbon emissions.

Our cards are delivered without individual packaging unless otherwise requested

We do not used plastic packing materials inside our parcels.

*Coming soon… A tree will be planted for every wholesale order that is placed with us*.

 

Strong Relationships

We pride ourselves on having great relationships with our valued customers and try to learn as much about them as possible so that our service is personal and bespoke. We aim to get everything spot-on with your orders, but if you ever have a problem, we will make sure that it’s resolved quickly and without faff. Our door is always open when it comes to hearing about what you’d like to see or how we can improve our service to you. 

 

Founder-run

We are a small, independent company who answers to our customers rather than shareholders. Therefore, every decision we make is based on our values and providing the best quality contemporary greeting cards for our wonderful customers!

 

Fun

Setting up your own company can have its challenges, but the reason we do it is because we love what we do and enjoy going to work each morning. We believe work should be fun and that it should complement our lifestyles rather than dictate them and we hope that our cards reflect that ethos.

 

Our designers

We work with a small portfolio of talented illustrators and designers to create bespoke and licensed collections that sit under the Stormy Knight brand. If you're an illustrator, designer or typographer and would like us to consider your work for future collections then please get in touch!
 

ALEX FOSTER

Alex is an award-winning illustrator from Margate, with a broad folio of work including artwork for novels, young adult and children’s books, and maps for the Roald Dahl Literary Estate. Alongside his client work, he also launched his personalised House Portrait service, which has seen him illustrate over 400 houses which now adorn the walls many proud homes!

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CLARE OWEN

Clare Owen is a freelance Illustrator currently based in Bristol. Inspired by nature, fashion and interior design, her beautiful Scandi influenced style uses subtle colours and textures to create emotive designs. Her extensive experience as an illustrator has seen her work with the likes of Chronicle Books, Random House, Marks and Spencer, Air BnB and other prestigious clients.

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DARIA SOLAK

Daria Solak is an illustrator originally from Poland, now living in London, after studying graphic design at the Warsaw Arts Academy and Bologna School of Art. Her quirky and charming designs use bold colours and subtle nods to nostalgic nineties references from her youth. She is addicted to crayons, coffee, childrens’ books and following dogs on social media.

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ELEONORA AROSSIO

Eleonora was born in 1992 in Italy. She studied Fine Arts at NABA in Milan and after graduating in 2014 she began her freelance career as well as her travels, which give her inspiration for her characters and stories. She's now based in Melbourne and continues to create illustrations full of sugar, spice and everything nice.

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FATTI BURKE

Fatti Burke is an illustrator from Co. Waterford, Ireland. She has been working as a freelance illustrator since she graduated from the National College of Art and Design in 2012, having published many beautiful children's non-fiction books. Her work revolves around the things she loves – food, home, jokes, colours and tradition.

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RHUBARB PAPER CO.  

Rhubarb is owned by Anita, who create sassys &and a little badass-y greeting cards from the heart of the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, Canada. Rhubarb paper Co. was born from Anita's lifelong love of stationery and is often inspired by her much loved nanny Mildred, who was known for her quick-witted & sassy one-liners.

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