Ecards are like greeting cards come to life with motion, sound and thousands of images and messages. As digital greetings, you can connect with friends in just a few clicks through text, email or social media. Essentially, they take the time-honored tradition of paper-and-ink cards and move the whole party to your desktop or phone!

SmashUps™ are fun, personalized digital greetings that call out your friends and family by their first name through the magic of video and animation. These highly customizable wishes might even let you pick the age, location or hobby of your recipient. Whether your SmashUp speaks, sings, scats or yodels, it’s sure to amaze someone special.

Creatacard™ is a customizable, virtual greeting card experience that allows you to send birthday, seasonal or everyday wishes to friends and family digitally or as a print-at-home greeting card. You can add photos like a pro, choose music, type a personal message, even add a signature and design the envelope. In short, Creatacard™ makes you the art director, master designer and author while your computer, tablet or phone is the post office delivering your pics, your words and your awesomeness in seconds.

American Greetings does offer a limited selection of free ecards.

To locate them, type the word "free" in the search field at the top of the AmericanGreetings.com website. The word "free" will display with the title for each free card.

You can also send any of our ecards for free when you sign up for a 7-day free trial membership.

Once you are signed in to AmericanGreetings.com, please follow the steps below to send an ecard:

1. Select an ecard.
2. Select "Personalize and Send." Note: If you do not see the "Personalize and Send" button or if the button is inactive, you may need to personalize the ecard first.
3. Add a personalized note for your recipient(s) in the text area on the next screen. You can adjust the font, size and color of your message by highlighting the text you wish to change or make your style selections before adding your message.
4. Select "Preview" to preview your message and ecard. To exit preview mode, select "close" at top right-hand corner.
5. Select "Share or Send" then select "Send By Email."
6. Add your recipient(s) name and email address or open your Address Book.
7. You can change the delivery date by pressing the calendar icon to the right of today's date.
8. Learn more about how to add a gift card to your ecard here.
9. Select "Send" to send your ecard.

Congrats! You just made someone's day!