Cards & Pockets 2025 Valentine Challenge
Bring out your frills, ruffles, laces and doilies!
Cards & Pockets is hosting our first ever "Valentine Challenge"— an opportunity for our loyal fans, first-time customers, professional stationery designers, artists and crafters to bring all over-the-top valentine ideas to life! Now through January 31, we invite you to digitally submit your finest, frilliest Valentine Design for a chance to be showcased on socials or win big!
(Like... $500 cash!)
"Forever Inn My Heart" by Gretchen Burcham
"Sweethearts for My Sweetie" by Jennifer Gibson
"Lovable Labrador Valentine Card" by Farren Haygood
"Love Story Valentine Card" by Adriana Heim
"Candy Shoppe" by Tori Henderson
"Cherry Heartbreak" by Olivia Mendizabal
"Picture Perfect Match" by Leneike Michel
"I Chairish You!" by Caroline Newton
"How Sweet It Is" by Rachel Wiedenfeld
"in love with love" by Darpan Musale
Contest Guidelines
What aren't we looking for? AI. We aren't looking for AI. But we are looking for all the ways you can create with custom printing, custom shapes & laser-cut details, custom-printed, sized & shaped envelopes, creative envelope flaps & liners. We are looking for layers & frills, vintage touches, pop-up cards, original artwork & lettering—you name it. All types of designs are welcome to enter, and we will choose 10 winners to be included in our 2025 Valentine Showcase.
We will select 10 show-stopping entries to be printed, cut & assembled, professionally photographed and showcased on all our socials throughout the duration of the challenge. All provided Instagram handles, websites & company names will be tagged & referenced to promote your account and/or business.
Each winning entry will be posted in an Instagram story as the challenge progresses.
On February 14th, all winning entries will be announced in an Instagram Carousel post & series of Instagram Stories, as well as a Newsletter blast.
All winners will receive professional photographs of their design for personal use, a personalized box set with 10 printed copies of their own design, and a keepsake box set featuring one copy of each winning entry.
1 of the 10 selected designs, featuring 100% original artwork and lettering, will be awarded a bonus prize of $500 cash.To qualify for the $500 bonus prize, submissions must not include clipart or pre-made fonts.
Can I create a printed gate card? Yes.
Can I have one or more folds/scores on my valentine? Yes.
Can I add a hole, grommet or tassle to my design? Yes.
How much is too much? There can't be too much valentine.
How do I create laser lines / shapes? Contact us, we can help.
Can I submit a jpeg? No please
Can I submit a canva file? If it's formatted correctly, yes.
Can I submit a powerpoint file? Absolutely not.
I'm not sure what I'm doing, can you help me? Yes. Reach out!
Can you glue my layers together? Yes we can!
Can I create a custom folded shaped thing? Yes! Please do.
Can you print on a die-cut folded card? Yup!
Is there anything you can't do? Maybe, but probably not.
Just kidding, there are a few things we can't do. But we can do most things.
How It Works:
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Design the best valentine ever
Submit your design files using our Entry Form—it’s completely free to enter.
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Get Recognized
10 winning designs will be printed, professionally photographed, showcased and shouted out on our socials, as well as announced to our Newsletter list.
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$500 Bonus award for 100% Original Artwork
One entry will be awarded $500 cash for the most impressive Valentine using 100% original artwork & lettering.
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Winners Receive their valentines & A Keepsake Set
Winners will receive a Box Set of 10 of their own valentine, as well as a Keepsake Box Set of all 2025 winning entries. Box Sets will be shipped to winners within 30 days of the contest closure.
Contest Dates
- Submission Deadline: January 31, 2025
- Winner Announcement: February 14, 2025