Best of 2022 - Founders' Choice Awards

With over 50,000 new cards submitted in 2022 by our talented community of artists, here are some card designs that have risen to the top to be recognized as GCU's Best of 2022. As always, the selection process is far from easy.

Enlisting a combination of popularity, sales, founder and staff input and so much more, we've arrived at these shining examples of professionalism, excellence, marketability and creativity.

The Founders' Choice Awards round out each year's Design Challenge series which is a monthly design challenge put before GCU's artist community.

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Best New Artist Patricia Keeler	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Walter Amberger of Bubble’s Card Store	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Randi Perez Helm of Something to Say
Best Overall New Card Nancy Mink Studios	Best Overall New Card (Honorable Mention) Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ	Best Overall New Card (Honorable Mention) Cathie Richardson of Country Garden Cards
Hottest Seller-Christmas Doreen Erhardt of Salon Of Art Greetings	Hottest Seller-Christmas (Honorable Mention) Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings	Hottest Seller-Christmas (Honorable Mention) Walter Amberger of Bubble’s Card Store
Hottest Seller-Chinese New Year Teri Nelson Kuster of Che Bella Nota	Hottest Seller - Chinese New Year (Honorable Mention) Colleen Kong Savage of Konga Line	Hottest Seller - Chinese New Year (Honorable Mention) Ramelle Richardson of Eloquence by Ramelle
Hottest Seller-Birthday Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ	Hottest Seller-Birthday (Honorable Mention) Anne Johnson of Greetings by Anne	Hottest Seller-Birthday (Honorable Mention) Sharon Dominick of Sharon Dominick Photography
Best Custom Front (Text) Annie Lang of Annie Thing’s Possible	Best Custom Front (Text) (Honorable Mention) Susan Nollmeyer of Sueshine Studio	Best Custom Front (Text) (Honorable Mention) Christie Black of Christie Black Creations from the Heart
Best Custom Front (Image) Mindy Pierce	Best Custom Front (Image) (Honorable Mention) Mindy Pierce	Best Custom Front (Image) (Honorable Mention) Natalie Kinnear
Best Business Logo Cathie Richardson of Country Garden Cards	Best Business Logo (Honorable Mention) Cisillia Tay
Funniest Card Mike Baldwin of Cornered Greetings	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Sharon Fernleaf of S. Fernleaf Designs	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Lorraine Grace of Grace Comic Greetings
Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) Robin Chaffin of Simply Put by Robin	Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) (Honorable Mention) Betsy Bush of Dragonfire Graphics	Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) (Honorable Mention) Doreen Erhardt of Salon of Art
Rising Star Randi Perez Helm of Something to Say	Rising Star (Honorable Mention) Norma Cornes of Supercards	Rising Star (Honorable Mention) Isabella Quinones of Ellie’s Creative Store
Custom Request - Nailed it! Cisillia Tay	Custom Request - Nailed it! (Honorable Mention) Teri Nelson Kuster of Che Bella Nota	Custom Request - Nailed it! (Honorable Mention) Shoaff Ballanger of Shoaff-Ballanger Studios
Best Uncommon Card Tanya Hall of Moonlake Greetings	Best Uncommon Card (Honorable Mention) Ilene Winn-Lederer of Imaginarius	Best Uncommon Card (Honorable Mention) Kate Taylor
Best Design Challenge Submission Mo Greetings	Best Design Challenge Submission (Honorable Mention) Colleen Kong-Savage of Konga Line	Best Design Challenge Submission (Honorable Mention) Michelle Lanoue of Illustrations by Michelle
Simply Clever Kevin Ahern of Ye Olde Penanink’s Card Shop	Simply Clever (Honorable Mention) Anne Johnson of Greetings by Anne	Simply Clever (Honorable Mention) Gerda Steiner
Reviewers' Choice - Fiona Betsy Bush of Dragonfire Graphics	Reviewers' Choice - Ella Farida Greenfield of Farida Gallery	Reviewers' Choice - Mackenzie Lisa Griffin of La Belle Paperie
Reviewers' Choice - Desiree Paul Woods of Insert Brain Here	Reviewers' Choice - Phoebe Sharon Dominick Photography	Reviewers' Choice - John M.M. Anderson
Reviewers' Choice - Catherine Rhea Eason of Sun at Night Cards	Reviewers' Choice - Victor Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design	Reviewers' Choice - Rebecca Sandra Rose Designs
Reviewers' Choice - Anne Shelby Allison of Origami Prints	Reviewers' Choice - Jessica Renee Amy Hadden	Reviewers' Choice - Shelley Colleen Kong-Savage of Konga Line