Grand Prize Winner

Artist: Julie Strache
Title: Grim Reaper

Stamp used: Grim Reaper.

Supplies: Designer paper, 3 1/2 circle die, silver color spritzer, glue stick, markers, white applique, sticky tape, lace ribbon, and paper piercer.

Artist's Instructions:

Use designer paper for background. Use a 3 1/2 circle die to cut a circle. Stamp images on the circle, and stamp the same images on a scrap white card stock. Cut out the images on the scrap card stock. Place the cut out images directly over the stamped image on the circle. Use a silver color spritzer and sprayed over the cut out image on the circle. Remove cut out image and let color dry. Once dry, use a glue stick and go around the circle edge and add black glitter. Color image on circle with markers. Use white applique on the skeleton features. Let dry. Cut out the sword from the scrap, then take the cut out image and adhere to the image on the circle with dimensional. Use the sticky tape on the back of the circle and adhere the ribbon, folding the ribbon onto the back side to get the ruffle look. Adhere the completed designed circle to the designer paper and adhere to your card. Use a paper piercer and pierce holes to add the brads. After that your card is complete!

 5 First Place Winners:
(in no particular order)

Artist: Kim Reger
Title: Wet Dog

Stamp used: Wet Dog.

Artist: Roxanne Marker
Title: Mt. McKinley

Stamps used: Mt. McKinley, Fir Tree, Moose.

Artist instruction available as PDF.

Stamp used: Bee On The Internet.

Artist: Margaret Davies
Title: Halloween Friends

Stamps used: Happy Halloween, Owl, Frog in Witch Hat, Hanging Spider, Halloween Pets, RIP Tombstone, Haunted Tree.

Artist instruction available as PDF.

Artist: Nicole Fischer
Title: Ahoy Manatee

Stamps used: Manatee Pirate, Ahoy Manatee!

 2013 Honorable Mentions
(in no particular order)

Artist: Cathy Ryan
Title: The Mission

Stamps used: Rat, Standing Rat.

This three dimensional card with moving parts was a delight for all of us here at RubberHedgehog Rubber Stamps. Artist Cathy Ryan went all out to make this card special. The cover design with cut out lettering gave it an air of mystery from the moment we opened the box the entry arrived in. The inner box with secret mission envelope started the "mission impossible" theme music playing in our heads. And, when we opened the final section of the "card" to find one rat hoisting another into the air in a basket? We were awed. The mission: To find the golden peanut. It was a huge success with our entire crew. Thank you so much Cathy for your submission. It was our honor to receive it. We will be showing it to visitors to our workshop for years to come.

Artist: Elise Gerke
Title: Christmas Reindeer

Stamp used: Reindeer.

Artist: Julie Strache
Title: Sweet Christmas With Love

Stamp used: Ferret with Candy Cane.

Artist: Carolyn Soprych-Favia
Title: Baby Girl

Stamp used: Yorkshire Terrier.

Artist: Julie Strache
Title: Happy Father's Day

Stamp used: Black Panther, Happy Father's Day.

Artist: Julie Strache
Title: Busy Bee Ferret

Stamps used: Halloween Ferret, Dook!

Artist: Catherine Dahl
Title: Loving Autumn

Stamp used: Olde English Bulldogge with Pumpkins.

Artist: Patricia DeLoye
Title: Thankfully Rescued
(Three variations of the same design)

Stamp used: Thank You For Rescuing Me.

View all of the 2013 Card Contest Entries.

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our 2013 Greeting Card Contest - receiving all your cards was great fun!

As always, our choice was very difficult. There were many creative, clever, and polished entries and only four prizes available for this round.

We also chose 8 entries for honorable mention - though we would have liked to have chosen many more for recognition.

All card entries have been resized to fit this page; a few have also been cropped or digitally enhanced in other ways - to better suit this page and our purposes. Our judges made their choice based on the original entries as submitted; many factors were considered.

All decisions are final. Prize packages (store credits) will be sent to Grand Prize and First Prize winners by email. Honorable mention card crafters will receive a small gift in the mail from our crew for their amazing contributions to this year's contest. If you are a winner and have not been contacted by August 2013, please email us using our contact form.