Card Contest Winners 2024
Grand Prize Winner:
Sherry Morley
Artist: Sherry Morley
Title: 2025
This year's card contest was incredibly hard to judge due to delightfully robust competition - there were so many beautiful cards to appreciate and consider!
After much discussion and deliberation, we chose the card, "2025" by Sherry Morley for it's artistry and composition. Every detail was executed with care and precision. The overall effect was elegance married to whimsy in seamless fashion. We couldn't decide if there were four mice celebrating together or if we were watching a time lapse of the same mouse as he moved through the celebratory evening. The card was a joy on many levels and we all agreed we would be proud to display it on our mantel in the New Year.
Title: 2025
This year's card contest was incredibly hard to judge due to delightfully robust competition - there were so many beautiful cards to appreciate and consider!
After much discussion and deliberation, we chose the card, "2025" by Sherry Morley for it's artistry and composition. Every detail was executed with care and precision. The overall effect was elegance married to whimsy in seamless fashion. We couldn't decide if there were four mice celebrating together or if we were watching a time lapse of the same mouse as he moved through the celebratory evening. The card was a joy on many levels and we all agreed we would be proud to display it on our mantel in the New Year.
Stamps used: Happy New Year Mouse, Inebriated Mouse, Mouse with Champagne, Mouse Drinking Champagne Rubber Stamps
3 First Prize Winners
in no particular order:
Artist: Alex Menzlewski
Title: Halloween
Stamps used: Fairytale Dragon, Spider Web, Witch's Potion, Halloween Cat, Bat Spit and Eye of Newt, and Frog on Broom Rubber Stamps
We loved Alex's card so much! She did such an amazing job composing this scene - it looks like she used one stamp, but it is several! Her masterful use of masking brings her scene together seamlessly and her use of 3-D polish, glitter stickles, and half pearls really make her characters "pop." Her color palette was enticing and suited the subject matter and occasion perfectly.
Artist: Gina McCreary
Title: Thanks
Stamps used: Smiling Dog and Cat Thank You
Artist Gina McCreary never disappoints with her beautiful coloring and blending techniques. Here she used a lovely window die cut to perfectly frame our two characters and planted a lovely flower garden in the foreground. We loved this cards simplicity and design.
Artist: Angela Hollen
Title: Spooky Tag Sale
Stamps used: Witch Garage Sale Rubber Stamp
We all loved Angela Hollen's Spooky Tag Sale. Her vibrant cards were an early hit and this one stood out for it's color palette and blending technique. She really brought this rubber stamp to life!
Thank you to all of this year's entrants! You made judging this year a joyful challenge. We enjoyed your cards so much!
Hop on over to our Honorable Mention Page from here!
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 all prize winners by email. If you are a winner and have not been contacted by December 20th, 2024, please email us using our contact form.