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Best of 2018 - Founders' Choice Awards
Best of 2018 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