Arrthi slays GCA ‘Thank You’ design

The Dragons Speed Dating event brings together greeting card designers with retailers of all sizes to share a quick-fire product pitch. This unique format offers talented designers a ‘foot in the door’ with top retailers such as Waterstones, Oliver Bonas and House of Cards. The event is an opportunity for growing designers to pitch their cards and receive in-person feedback from some of the biggest names in the business.

As an industry champion and sponsor of the 2025 event, Loxleys has played a key role in producing the physical marketing materials for the day including the Dragons invitations, designed by GCA councillor Stormy Knight, name badges and signage.

As a thank you for supporting the event, Loxleys were asked to choose the designer to create this years ‘Thank you’ card, which would be sent on after the event to all attendees (a.k.a the firey dragons). Tony Lorriman (Loxleys MD) chose to showcase the work of up-and-coming designer Arrthi Little, a GCA member who has been taking the industry by storm!

And here is the final design!

“I love Arrthi’s cards and when the opportunity arose to choose a designer to collaborate with on the Dragons Thank You card I just knew that the Cheeky Legends characters were ideal; our thanks go to Arrthi for her incredible design work – the final card is even better than we imagined!” Tony Lorriman, Managing Director at Loxleys

The ‘Thank You’ card was a huge success, and the perfect cherry on top of another incredible GCA event.

We asked Arrthi how she found the project "I’ve loved working with Loxleys on this project, they fully embraced the spirit of the Cheeky Legends and gave me complete creative freedom – a bold move! After all Dragons Speed Dating is a thrilling experience and I think the card captures the energy of the event!"

A special thanks also goes to supporters G F Smith and Enveco who generously donated materials for the Dragon Speed Dating event, including Arrthi’s stand out ‘Thank You’ cards.

About Arrthi

Arrthi Little is a cartoonist based in Hampshire creating entertaining characters in her signature style ‘Cute, Chubby, Cheeky’. She joined the Greeting Card Association (GCA) in 2022 and launched her Cheeky Legends greeting card collections at Progressive Greetings Live tradeshow in 2023. Recent highlights; awarded The Gift Fair's 'Future Star Award', winning a Bloomsbury Writers & Artists competition, Brand Licencing Europe (BLE) finalist and becoming a HarperCollins Author & Design academy Alumni.

To see more of Arrthis work follow her on instragram @arrthi_studio and @cheekylegends.co or visit their website here.