At Kathy Davis Studios, we not only design greeting cards (among other things), but we are enthusiastic consumers of them and truly respect and appreciate the work that all of our fine competitors produce!

We recently asked everyone at KDS to bring in their favorite cards they either purchased or received over the holiday season.  Pinning them to my tack wall, we polled our troops about their favorites and thought you’d enjoy seeing the winners!

Here are all of the beautiful cards we assembled:

Ta Da – the Winners!

Overall Favorite Card

#1 – by American Greetings!

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#2 – by Paperchase

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“Merry Christmas”

#3- by Hallmark

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Cutest

This little guy won by a landslide!

By: Papyrus

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“Wishing someone special the happiest holiday ever”

Best Special Process:

We had a tie!

By - Hallmark

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By – George Stanley

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“Wishing you comfort and joy this holiday season”

Best Mass Produced Card:

Another tie!

By - Hallmark

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By – Hallmark

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Best Handmade Card:

#1- by C. Lamont Kammler

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#2 – by Jone Hallmark

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#3 – by Ten Thousand Villages

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Best Non-Seasonal Design:

By – roobee by mara-mi

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We also had some lovely envelopes on display! I really appreciate the special touches some people add with their hand-lettering and decoration. The red envelope with beautiful script by Brenda Walton was the winner in this category!

Hope you enjoyed our little retrospective survey.

And please keep sending those Christmas cards!!! We thank you!