Am nineteen ... sorry!

I think it depends really on preferences and gender. For males who knows. Since I'm only 19 I don't fall under the middle aged people and my parents are in their 50's and what not. So I can't really help. Sorry.

For some reason though Floral comes to mind. *shuddars*

I know that's the thing. Floral came to my mind as well but apart from that it's just everyine's individual preference and that's where I get stuck. Grr.

Will probably end up doing party related designs instead.

I'm 31. (God, does that make me middle aged? Gah!!!!)

I personally like funny cards. I have a twisted sense of humour and rarely will I settle for sappy when cards like...

Happy Birthday to my Intelligent Older Sister...

From her cuter younger more hip sister...

...are out there to annoy the masses. (Birthday two years ago from 23 year old sibling) My generation, on the whole, are quite screwed in the head (we are Generation X all growed up...)So, I'm not sure if that helped, (it is also early in the morning for me and I'm not yet thinking clearly being as there is too much blood in my caffiene system and apparently I love parenthesis which I am incapable of spelling.)

~Blue

Ooh, interestingly I ended up having a worryingly protracted discussion with someone (who is 26) about cards (because it was my boyfriend's birthday and don't ask, we were in the pub and she just kept banging on) but she says she has to buy a lot of cards for people at work and that there should be more general-type cards, ones that aren't too crude, just mildly amusing. I know this probably isn't specific enough for you, but still. No flowers or dated-looking landscapes either.

kxx

24.....but I will say that I agree with humor b/c alot of my middle aged friends and family are stressed and humor is their number one outlet. That isn't a stereotype just my experience. My husband isn't a very stressful person but he still loves humor here are the two cards he just got for his upcoming birthday.....he is turning 32

"worried about being 40? millions of people turn 40 everyday, but do they pout and complain and snap at everyone? sure they do! old people are like that!" the card illustrations were small pics of babys pouting and crying

lol, I thought that one was funny, his sister wrote I know your not 40 but i'm just preparing you for the inevitable.

the other card was made for people with crazy families like my husbands it said.....

"there's only one way to survive a family like ours...have an extremely good sense of humor.....happy birthday!"

not as funny but simple and cute.

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When I'm needing to be creative I go look at similair material to get my mind going. I suggest going to read e-cards online to get your thoughts running....good luck! I wanna see what you come up with please! When hubby gets home which will be late I'll ask him for some ideas, I don't know if 32 is considered middle-aged but he is pretty creative.....I'll be back.

I'm in my 30s, does that qualify me? I like humorous cards, or on occasion something with sentiment but not sappy. Personally I loathe drippy verses, too, whatever the subject matter.

Ooh, I loathe drippy verses as well but it's okay now, the lady in charge at the card place when I went there practically told me exactly what she wanted.