Spring has sprung and let’s freshen up some of the graduation categories for the upcoming grads!
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Theme: Graduation Specific Category Request
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Requirements:
- Create a new stock card, judges will weigh heavily on how well your wording and image fit the category choice along with great typography choices, unique design and added value.
- Focus creating a card for any of the five categories listed below, that is well suited to the image you choose.
- ONLY Stock Card Creation cards (Big Stock) will be accepted in this challenge.
- The judges will be looking for professional quality text layout, typography placement and font combinations.
- Blank verse will not be considered for entry in this challenge.
- Only ONE card per artist per challenge.
CATEGORY: choose ONE
Occasions > Congratulations Cards > Graduation > Birthday on Graduation Day cid#35826
Occasions > Congratulations Cards > Graduation > Child with Special Needs cid#2228
Occasions > Congratulations Cards > Graduation > From All of Us / Group cid#20194
Occasions > Congratulations Cards > Graduation > From Departed / When I am Gone cid#27076
Occasions > Congratulations Cards > Graduation > Honorary Degree > General cid#30236
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Entry Deadline: Thursday, April 30th
Please see more details on April’s Stock Card Design Challenge here on the Community blog:
ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of the April 2026 Stock Card Challenge:
Originally posted by Mindy GCU Community Manager: May 7th, 2026, 3:19pm
Just in time for graduation season, see the top of the April design challenge class here!
First Place
Jay and Susan of Shoaff Ballanger Studios
Second Place
Ramelle Richardson of Eloquence by Ramelle
Many great new designs for graduation niches this May and June.
NEW to the Design Challenge, look for Judges’ Notes as constructive feedback on your challenge submission. These will be sent to you via a review email “comment” for all challenge submission pid#s.
Please consider entering May’s Design Challenge here: