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Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Look Back Series – 2012 Scholarship Contest Updates Coming Soon

The 2012 Scholarship Contest was a blast for all of us and was our largest contest yet! We received over 13,000 entries and were busier than ever sorting through them all. In the end, Kathy Zhou was selected as the winner with her beautiful design featuring an Ornament composed of various Christmas themed wording.

We invite you to come back soon to get a behind the scenes look into the 2012 Scholarship contest with things like an interview with Kathy Zhou, a look into the transformation process from the entry to the card and much more!

Announcing The Winner of The 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest

The Gallery Collection is pleased to announce the winner of our 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest. Karen Kuhlman of Aloha, Oregon is our winner, and she was so excited to win that she had this to say:

“The Gallery Collection is a very generous and fantastic company to allow students like myself to apply for these contests. Thanks so much again, the money will come in handy for those expensive college tuitions.”

All finalists from the 6th annual scholarship contest were invited to submit designs that feature Decorated Christmas Trees. So many beautiful tree designs were submitted it made our decision quite difficult!

Announcing The Finalists of The 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest

The Gallery Collection is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest. This exciting new design contest was open to the finalists from the Gallery Collection’s 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest. You can see all of the amazing submissions that we received below.

All finalists from the 6th annual scholarship contest were invited to submit designs that feature Decorated Christmas Trees. One of these beautiful designs will win a $1,000 prize for a very talented artist. If there is a design you love and want to share on a social network, just click the image you would like to share and use the URL from the new page.

Stay tuned! The winner will be announced on May 15, 2013!

The Gallery Collection Announces the 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest

The Gallery Collection is pleased to announce our 2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest. This exciting new contest is open to the finalists from the Gallery Collection’s 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest.

After receiving such a large number of outstanding entries, we wanted to run an exciting new contest to give one finalist from the 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest a second chance to win.

All finalists from the 6th annual scholarship contest are invited to submit designs that feature Decorated Christmas Trees. The finalists are allowed to submit as many decorated tree designs as they would like in the allotted time. Submissions to the contest can be an original photo, artwork or computer graphic. The winner with the best design as chosen by a panel of judges will receive a $1,000 award.

The contest begins on March 27th and will end on April 21st. The winner will be announced on May 15, 2013, so all of our 2nd chance finalists won’t have long to wait to see if they are the winner! The finalists of the scholarship contest created such beautiful and unique designs that there is no doubt the Christmas Tree Design contest will have equally wonderful art.

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest. Everyone at the Gallery Collection looks forward to seeing the amazing decorated Christmas tree designs that are sure to be entered.

2nd Chance – $1,000 Christmas Tree Design Contest Guidelines:

Submission Deadline: April 21, 2013

Winner will be announced: May 15, 2013

Eligibility: Must be a 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Finalist
Official Rules

Type of Holiday Card: Decorated Christmas Tree

Format: Original photo, artwork or computer graphic as a jpeg* accompanied by your name and contact information to designcontest@gallerycollection.com

Preferred Size: 7.875” x 5.5”
While the design itself would need to fit within those
dimensions, it is not necessary for you to submit in
this exact size.

Orientation: horizontal or vertical

Maximum File Size: 2 megabytes

Minimum Resolution: 300 dpi
Keep original layers in tact.

Congratulations to the Winner of our 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

Congratulations to Kathy Zhou of Philadelphia, PA! She is the winner of our 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest! Kathy is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania who is studying Computer Science with a minor in Design. She has created a beautiful design that features a unique and creative representation of a traditional Christmas image. Kathy submitted a design that is 100% original, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Our judges had a truly difficult decision to make as there were so many creative entries in the finalist pool, but we think Kathy’s design will make a truly amazing card.

Here is the design Kathy submitted:

6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Winner — ***Kathy Zhou’s winning design for the 6th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest***

The 7th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest will begin on March 18, 2013. Be sure to visit the entry page to reacquaint yourself with the rules and guidelines. You may also check out our newly updated winners page to view the designs submitted by our previous winners and to get inspired.

Congratulations to the Winner of our 5th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest

Congratulations to Whitney Fuertes of Tolleson, Arizona! She is the winner of our 5th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest! Whitney is a senior at La Joya Community High School who plans to study Nursing in college. She has created a beautiful hand-drawn work that depicts a Nativity scene under a night sky. Whitney submitted a design that is 100% original and unique, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Our judges had a tough decision to make as there were so many outstanding entries in the finalist pool, but we think Whitney’s design will make a truly amazing card.

Here is the design Whitney submitted:

Winner of the 5th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest — ***Whitney Fuertes’s winning design for the 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest***

The 6th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest will begin on March 19, 2012. Be sure to visit the entry page to reacquaint yourself with the rules and guidelines. You may also check out our newly updated winners page to view the designs submitted by our previous winners and to get inspired.

The Greeting Card Scholarship That Keeps on Giving

When Dawnee Burson, a Graduate student at Utah State University pursuing a master of natural resources degree with National Environmental Policy Act certification, won our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest we were gratified that such a deserving student was the recipient of our scholarship.

As some may know, a rather unique aspect of our scholarship contest is the additional $1,000 that is awarded to the school of the winner each year. So you can imagine that when we spoke with Nat Frazer, the Dean of Natural Resources at Utah State University, and learned that the University would be using the $1,000 to award an additional scholarship to an undergraduate student at USU’s College of Natural Resources we were thrilled.

Sure enough not long after hearing the good news, we received a picture taken at the April 9, 2011 College Awards Banquet ceremony. The College of Natural Resources came up with a wonderful idea to ask Dawnee to be present at the ceremony to help present the scholarship. The photo below features Dawnee Burson standing along side the recipient of the $1,000 scholarship, Michaela Stuver.

Michaela, we learned, is a sophomore from Orem, Utah majoring in Environmental Studies. Her emphasis is communication and she would like to run a program that educates people about the world around them.

The Gallery Collection congratulates both Dawnee Burson and Michaela Stuver on winning their scholarships. We are confident that both of these young women will be putting the funds to excellent use in furthering their academic careers and helping to do some good in the world.

Contest submissions for our 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card $10,000 Scholarship are accepted through January 12, 2012. To find out more information on how you can enter and win visit our Greeting Card Contest Page.

Congratulations to the Winner of our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Contest!

Congratulations to Dawnee Burson of Logan, Utah! She is the winner of our 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest! Dawnee, a Graduate student at Utah State University, created an amazing winter scene that we’ll easily be able to convert into a beautiful holiday card. Dawnee submitted a design that is 100% original and unique, and we can’t wait to see the finished product! Our judges had a tough decision to make as there were so many outstanding entries in the finalist pool. There is a possibility that we may pick one or two additional entries to be converted into greeting cards, and the students who submitted these designs will be compensated for their work.

Here is the design Dawnee submitted:

**Dawnee Burson’s winning design for the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest**

The 5th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card $10,000 Scholarship Contest will begin on March 17, 2011. Be sure to visit the entry page to reacquaint yourself with the rules and guidelines. You may also check out our newly updated winners page to view the designs submitted by our previous winners and to get inspired.

Announcing the 4th Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Finalists

After months of receiving and reviewing entries for our 4th Annual $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship, we are so excited to at last be able to reveal the Scholarship Finalists ! Be sure to check out the entries and tell us which one you “Like”.

This year, we have a total of 177 possible contenders for the big $10,000 prize! And don’t forget, we also are giving away an additional $1,000 to the school of the winner. This is truly a wonderful opportunity for one talented student to help finance their education as well as showcase their artistic abilities.

Certainly, those students who put in time and effort to create and submit an entry whether it be of a Christmas Card, Birthday Card or some other occasion, all share and demonstrate important qualities needed for success in life. They all show initiative and taking responsibility for one’s self and future.

So on March 16, 2011 when we announce the lucky winner, know that each and every one of you who made a sincere effort at creating a beautiful greeting card design should also be congratulated!

Best of luck to all of our finalists!

3rd Annual Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship Design Process – Part 3

We have arrived at the third and final part of our “Making a Winning Doodle into a Dazzling Christmas Card Design” series. So far in Parts 1 and 2, we’ve gone through the process of scanning the image, cleaning the image up, changing the artwork to fill space, and separating the image to determine colors and finishing techniques. We’re almost done, and soon we’ll have a beautiful holiday card.

The creative team has gotten together to give critiques and advice on how they feel the design should look. At this point in the process the Creative Coordinator decides which colors and styles will be tested. There are many different colors of paper stock, and some of these different colored stocks will be tested with various inks or foils, depending on the design. The card is sent to production so the creative team has a chance to actually see all the different choices, and decide which will be the best-seller.

Here is a look at the design in the early process of separation to see which colors or foils would look best.

Create-A-Greeting-Card Contest Scholarship Winning Design

When the cards come back from production there are many different styles to choose from. This is an important step in the design process, as the Gallery Collection is always looking for the most visually appealing and creative Christmas cards. Here are some examples of the different foils and colors that were tested to determine the final appearance of our winning card.

Some of the different color combinations to choose from included buff cards with green foil, and white cards with multi-colored foil.

Design Concept - Buff Card with Green Foil

Design Concept - White Card with Multi-Colored Foil

The Gallery Collection also offers a wide array of beautiful dark stock cards. Since there were so many options we just had to test them all!

Design Concept - Dark Blue Card with Silver Foil

Design Concept - Dark Red Cards with Gold Foil

Design Concept - Dark Green Card with Gold Foil

Concept Design - Black Card with Multi-Colored Foil

The creative team will once again gather to review and discuss the different holiday cards. They will decide what works and what doesn’t work in terms of color, style and finishing. They will also decide if any revisions need to be made to the final design. With so many choices and options, this isn’t always an easy process. But in the end it’s worth it, as the Gallery Collection has some of the most visually stunning cards available.

After much discussion, a final design is chosen. It combines the beauty of Lauren’s winning artwork with the amazing skills of our creative team. Two amazing cards were made from this one beautiful design, and they will truly take your breath away!

***Design #798CW - Holiday Tree Christmas Card***

Design #730CW - Snowman Surprise Christmas Card — Design #730CW
Snowman Surprise
Christmas Card

Every design that graces the cover of our catalogs and is displayed on our website must adhere the high quality standards of the Gallery Collection. Changes are made to most designs, whether it’s sizing, color, or addition of foil. So whether the design has been submitted by one of our talented artists, or the design is a scholarship winning contest entry, they all go through the same process. This ensures that we always have the most beautiful, high quality greeting cards around.