Fall has fallen upon us and we step into the last quarter of the year and the last few Design Challenges of 2025. Now that we are closer to being in that cozy holiday spirit here's October's Stock Card challenge:      
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Theme: UNIQUE New Year
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Requirements:  
- Create a new stock card, judges will weigh heavily on how well your wording and image fit the category choice along with great typography choices, unique design and added value.
- Focus creating a card for any New Year category, including Chinese New Year, with a strong focus on creating something uniquely different than the usual elements for these occasions.
- ONLY Big Stock 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:  Any New Year or Chinese New Year category  
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Entry Deadline:  Friday, October 31st
 
Please see more details on October's Stock Card Design Challenge here on the Community blog:        
https://gcucommunity.com/2025/10/01/dash-of-inspiration-august-2025-stock-design
-challenge-2/