Best of 2018 - Founders' Choice Awards

With over 50,000 new cards submitted in 2018 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 2018. 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 Sharon Dominick of Sharon Dominick Photography	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Anne Johnson of Greetings from Anne	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design
Best Overall New Card Melinda Pretzel	Best Overall New Card (Honorable Mention) Mindy Pierce	Hottest Seller Mindy Pierce
Hottest Seller (Honorable Mention) Kathleen Johnson	Hottest Seller (Honorable Mention) Doreen Erhardt	Best Custom Front (Text) Robin Chaffin
Best Custom Front(Text) (Honorable Mention) Pamela Jorgensen	Best Custom Front (Image) Doreen Erhardt	Best Business Logo Card Valerie Waters
Funniest Card Nobleworks	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Sharon Dominick	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Ron Magnes
Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) Anne Johnson	Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) Honorable Mention Doreen Erhardt	Rising Star Barbara Schreiber
Rising Star Honorable Mention Ness Nordberg	Custom Request – Nailed it Carol Kearns	Custom Request – Nailed it (Honorable Mention) Cisillia Tay
Custom Request Nailed it(Honorable Mention) Kate Taylor	Best Uncommon Card Natalie Kinnear	Best Uncommon Card (Honorable Mention) Shoaff-Ballanger Studios
Best Design Challenge Submission Julia Bryant	Best Design Challenge Submission (Honorable Mention) Melinda Pritzel	Simply Clever Anne Johnson
Simply Clever (Honorable Mention) Lisa Crisafi	Reviewers' Choice - Fiona Natalie Kinnear	Reviewers' Choice - Ella Amy Hadden
Reviewers' Choice - Mackenzie Stephie McCarthy	Reviewers' Choice - Desiree Sandra Rose Designs	Reviewers' Choice - Phoebe Makiko Kimura
Reviewers' Choice - John Kathleen Johnson	Reviewers' Choice - Catherine Sharon Dominick Photography	Reviewers' Choice - Victor Dale Simpson Design
Reviewers' Choice - Sue Lyasya Sinkovski

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