Best of 2021 - Founders' Choice Awards

With over 50,000 new cards submitted in 2021 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 2021. 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 Inga Razuvaeva of in Pictures	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Farida Greenfield of Farida Gallery	Best New Artist (Honorable Mention) Deborah Roy of Red Birds Cardstone
Best Overall New Card Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ	Best Overall New Card (Honorable Mention) Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings	Best Overall New Card (Honorable Mention) Sharon Dominick Photography
Hottest Seller-Christmas Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings	Hottest Seller-Christmas (Honorable Mention) Mindy Pierce	Hottest Seller-Christmas (Honorable Mention) Lisa M. Griffin of La Belle Paperie
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) Doreen Erhardt of SalonOfArt Greetings
Hottest Seller-Birthday Laurie Schneider	Hottest Seller-Birthday (Honorable Mention) Natalie Kinnear Cards	Hottest Seller-Birthday (Honorable Mention) Dale Simpson Design
Best Custom Front (Text) Annie Lang of Annie Thing’s Possible	Best Custom Front (Text) (Honorable Mention) Christie Black of Creations from the Heart	Best Custom Front (Text) (Honorable Mention) Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings
Best Custom Front (Image) Mindy Pierce	Best Custom Front (Image) (Honorable Mention) Angela Sullivan	Best Custom Front (Image) (Honorable Mention) Nancy Mink Studios
Best Business Logo Cathie Richardson of Country Garden Cards	Best Business Logo (Honorable Mention) Pamela Jorgensen of PamJArts	Best Business Logo (Honorable Mention) Greeting Cards by Mindy Pierce
Funniest Card Mike Baldwin of Cornered Greetings	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings	Funniest Card (Honorable Mention) Doug Hill of Laughing Hippo Studio
Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) Doreen Erhardt of Exclusive Creations	Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) (Honorable Mention) Ginger Irwin of Cards by Ginger	Most Creative Stock Card Creation (BigStock) (Honorable Mention) Joy Ellaga of Creating with Joy
Rising Star Inga Razuvaeva of In Pictures	Rising Star (Honorable Mention) M.M. Anderson Art	Rising Star (Honorable Mention) Judith Gorgone of Judith Gorgone Designs
Custom Request - Nailed it! Ron Magnes of Creative Greetings	Custom Request - Nailed it! (Honorable Mention) Julia Bryant of JJBDesigns	Custom Request - Nailed it! (Honorable Mention) Cisillia Tay
Best Uncommon Card Kate Taylor	Best Uncommon Card (Honorable Mention) Cinda Wood of Cinda Wood Designs	Best Uncommon Card (Honorable Mention) Gail Pepin
Best Design Challenge Submission Michelle Lanoue of Illustrations by Michelle	Best Design Challenge Submission (Honorable Mention) Stephanie Laird	Best Design Challenge Submission (Honorable Mention) Stephanie Laird
Simply Clever Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ	Simply Clever (Honorable Mention) Greetings from Anne	Simply Clever (Honorable Mention) Mike Shiell of Wandering Melon
Reviewers' Choice - Fiona Pamela Jorgensen of PamJArts	Reviewers' Choice - Ella Bruce Bollinger of Lucid Moment	Reviewers' Choice - Mackenzie Stephie McCarthy
Reviewers' Choice - Desiree Colleen Kong-Savage of Kong Line	Reviewers' Choice - Phoebe M. M. Anderson Art	Reviewers' Choice - John Mike Coyle
Reviewers' Choice - Catherine Betsy Bush of Dragonfire Graphics	Reviewers' Choice - Victor Kathleen Johnson of Encouragers for Christ	Reviewers' Choice - Rebecca Dale Simpson of Dale Simpson Design
Reviewers' Choice - Anne Annalisa Jones of Annalisa Caroline Greetings	Reviewers' Choice - Jessica Renee Joyce Geleynse of Joyful Art	Reviewers' Choice - Shelley Ramelle Richardson of Eloquene by Ramelle