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Best of 2017 - Founders' Choice Awards
Best of 2017 With over 50,000 new cards submitted in 2017 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 2017. 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


Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ 		Best New Artist (Honorable Mention)


Doug Hill of Laughing Hippo Studio 		Best New Artist (Honorable Mention)


Stephie McCarthy
       Best Overall New Card

        Kathleen Johnson 		     Hottest Seller

       Ron Magnes 		       Hottest Seller (Honorable Mention)

       Mindy Pierce
       Hottest Seller (Honorable Mention)

       Ron Magnes 		       Best Custom Front Card (Text)

       Starstock Greetings 		       Best Custom Front Card (Image)

       Trudy Wilkerson
       Best Business Logo Card

       Ramelle Richardson 		       Funniest Card

       Lisa Crisafi 		       Funniest Card (Honorable Mention)


       Pattiann Malynn
       Most Creative Stock Card Creations
       (BigStock) Card

       Doreen Erhardt 		       Most Creative Stock Card Creations
       (Honorable Mention)

       Stacia Gorge 		       Rising Star Card


       Alda Monteschio
       Rising Star Card (Honorable Mention)


       Danielle Duckery 		       Nailed It Wanted Cards Request Card


       Barbara Schreiber 		       Nailed It Wanted Cards Request Card
       (Honorable Mention)

       Shoaff-Ballanger Studios
       Best Uncommon Card


       Teri Nelson Kuster 		       Best Uncommon Card
       (Honorable Mention)

       Sandra Rose Designs 		       Best Design Challenge Submission


       Ron Magnes
       Best Design Challenge Submission
       (Honorable Mention)

       Pamela Jorgensen/PamJArts 		       Simply Clever


       Colleen Kong-Savage 		       Simply Clever
       (Honorable Mention)

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       Reviewers' Choice - Fiona

       Colleen Kong-Savage 		       Reviewers' Choice - Ella

       Barbara Schreiber 		       Reviewers' Choice - Mackenzie

       Ron Magnes
       Reviewers' Choice - Desiree

       Kathleen Johnson 		       Reviewers' Choice - Phoebe

       Christie Black 		       Reviewers' Choice - John

       Betsy Bush
       Reviewers' Choice - Catherine

       Annie Lang