Welcome April with showers, sunshine and spring fever - especially in the classrooms!
 
April 2025 Stock Card Design Challenge          
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Theme: Teacher Appreciation Day
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Requirements:  
- Create a new stock card, judges will weigh heavily on how well your words and image fit this category along with great typography choices and added value.
- ONLY Stock Cards (aka BigStock cards) will be accepted in this challenge.
- The judges will be looking for professional quality text layout, typography placement and font combinations.
- Blank verse will not be considered for entry in this challenge.
- Only ONE card per artist per challenge  
- Submissions must be NEW, no existing designs
 
CATEGORY:  
Holidays > Teacher Appreciation Day Cards > General Teacher Appreciation Day  cid#4452
 
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Entry Deadline:  Wednesday, April 30th
 
Please see more details on April's Stock Card Design Challenge here on the Community blog:        
https://gcucommunity.com/2025/04/03/dash-of-inspiration-april-2025-stock-design-
challenge/
 
Looking forward to designs that celebrate the hardworking teachers! Take a look at what is currently offered and strive to offer something different offering shoppers a variety of choices.

The appreciation for teachers runs high! As does the appreciation of these two winning designs:
       
First Place - Jay and Susan of Shaoff-Ballanger Studios
https://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/holiday-cards/teacher-appreciation-day-card s/general-teacher-appreciation-day/teacher-appreciation-day-great-teachers-1916278
 
Second Place - Betsy Bush of Dragonfire Graphics
https://www.greetingcarduniverse.com/collections/offthecuffgreetings/to-any-teac her-teachers-appreciation-1918962
 
All entrants are creative additions leveraging stock images to show some love and appreciation to the hard working individuals in the classroom.
 
NEW to the Design Challenge, look for Judges' Notes as constructive feedback on your challenge submission. These will be sent to you via a review email "comment" for all challenge submission pid#s.
 
Considering entering May's Design Challenge featuring breed specific dogs and cats:
https://gcucommunity.com/2025/05/01/dash-of-inspiration-may-design-challenge-2/
 
please note: posted from my artist forum id vs my GCU Community Manager admin id due to technical access issues

Congratulations, Jay, Susan and Betsy! Very creative, take care, Laurie