New Years Cards

Can you believe it's April and I'm designing New Year's Cards for 2016 already?! I just moved cross-country (from Cali to Philly) and haven't even settled in yet, so I was really not ready for the holiday design season! But, I did find some last-minute inspiration and came up with a few entries to submit to Minted's New Year's challenge. Voting is now open for this contest until Monday, May 4th at 10am (Pacific Time). You can help me out by rating my designs on the gallery challenge page or just click on the links below. :)

 Best Year Ever! by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Newly Wedded by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Geometric Year by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Wall Paint by Hooray Creative for minted.com

 Stripes Forever by Hooray Creative for minted.com

3 Cheers! by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Condensed Type by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Customers, fans and designers all vote in the challenge and by participating, you too can help Minted decide what to sell in their 2016 New Year's Card assortment. Please vote on my designs and rate some of the other entries in the competition as well. Thanks for checking out my work! :)

Minted x West Elm 3rd Art Challenge Entries

Life has been hectic lately, but I didn't let that stop me from participating in the Three Cheers! Minted x West Elm's 3rd Art Challenge. There was an impressive 5221 submissions this time around! I scrambled, but I still squeezed in a few new art prints. Since this is an important design challenge with big rewards for a lucky few, if you have a minute to spare, please help a girl out and vote for my entries! Click on the image links below or find my art starting on this page right here. Help Minted and West Elm curate their next art collection and rate your favorites on scale of 1-5! Thanks for checking out my work!!  

Loft art print by Hooray Creative

From Sea to Shinging Sea art print by Hooray Creative

Black Brush Study No. 1 art print by Hooray Creative

Black Brush Study No. 2 art print by Hooray Creative

  Voting closes on Wednesday, February 11 at 10am PT  

Save the Date Cards for Minted

Things have been really busy in my little corner of the world, but I was determined to set aside 2 days to focus solely on designing cards for Minted's One True Love Save the Date Challenge. So, not as much time as I would have liked, but hoping a couple of these entries resonate with fans and customers. Voting for this contest is open until Friday, September 26 at 9am PT and you can start rating my designs on this challenge page or just click on the links below. (You can also blind vote on this page right here).  Please try and rate 50 designs or more in the challenge to keep voting fair for all. As always, thanks for checking out my work!

 

FYI: Some designs are intended to be stamped with real gold, silver or rose gold foil.

Holiday Ornament Card Challenge

It's Christmas in July over here in my little corner of the stationery world! I whipped up a small bunch of holiday ornament cards (photo and non-photo) for Minted's latest design challenge. Voting is now open for this contest and I could use your help! Start rating my designs on the challenge page or click on the links below. Customers, fans and designers all vote in the challenge and by participating, you too can help Minted decide what to sell in their 2014 holiday assortment. So, check out my work, vote and please rate some of the other designs in the competition as well. Thanks! :)

Vintage Swirl by hooray creative

Pine Branch Pattern by hooray creative

Bold Peace Love Joy by hooray creative

Deco Frame by hooray creative

Our First Noel by hooray creative

First Snow by hooray creative

Two Become One by hooray creative

Double Merry by hooray creative

Winter Wash by hooray creative

Golden Wreath by hooray creative

Holiday Stripes by hooray creative

Be Joyful by hooray creative

Brushed Peace Love Joy by hooray creative

 4 Corners by hooray creative

Non-photo Holiday Card Entries

I entered several designs into Minted's Good Tidings Non-photo Holiday Card Challenge! There's still time to vote on entries and help the folks over at Minted decide what to include in this year's holiday card assortment. Check out my designs below or get voting on this challenge page right here. As always, thanks for checking out my work! :)

Merry and Gold

Wonderful Time of Year

Pine and Berry

Elegant Wreath

Flurries

Holly Berry Joy

Corporate Holiday Card Entries

I entered a few designs into Minted's Office Wonderland Corporate Holiday Card Challenge. Take a look at my submissions! :)

Winter Dip Dye business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Happy Infographic business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Confetti Welcome business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Retro Snow business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Elegant Garland business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Hello 2015 business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Vintage Bottle Cap business holiday card by Hooray Creative

Minted Holiday Challenge 2014

Minted's highly-anticipated holiday photo card challenge is here! Every year, Minted hosts a mammoth competition in search of the best and freshest holiday photo card designs. Independent designers participate from all over the world. There are an astounding 4108 entries this year! So, yes, the stakes are high!! I submitted 31 designs this year. It was a bit of a mad dash to the finish line since I was really pressed for time, but hopefully I've got a winner in here somewhere. ;) Of course, you can help improve my chances by taking a few minutes to vote on my entries! Voting is open until Tuesday, May 27th at 9am and my designs can be found at the image links below or look for Hooray Creative starting on this page, right here. You can rate designs on a scale of 1-5 and Minted sells many of the high-scoring designs. Be sure to vote on at least 50 designs to qualify for $10 off your next $100+ Minted order. Thank you all so much! :)

Very Merry Flourish holiday photo card by hooray creative

Seasonal Frame holiday photo card by hooray creative

Minimal Gallery holiday photo card by hooray creative

Very Merry Type holiday photo card by hooray creative

Painted Pine Frame holiday photo card by hooray creative

Happy Everything! holiday photo card by hooray creative

Be Merry Script holiday photo card by hooray creative

Best Ever. holiday photo card by hooray creative

Oh, Hello 2015 new year photo card by hooray creative

preppy peacejoylove holiday photo card by hooray creativ

Mostly Merry! holiday photo card by hooray creative

Married and Merry holiday photo card by hooray creative

Festive Floral holiday photo card by hooray creative

Triple Warm Wishes holiday photo card by hooray creative

Holiday Flurries holiday photo card by hooray creative

Peace Tree holiday photo card by hooray creative

Botanical Joy holiday photo card by hooray creative

Naughty or Nice? holiday photo card by hooray creative

Snowy and Bright holiday photo card by hooray creative

Feliz Navidad! holiday photo card by hooray creative

Confetti Chic holiday photo card by hooray creative

Making Spirits Bright! holiday photo card by hooray creative

The Biggest Joy holiday photo card by hooray creative

Candy Cane Stripes holiday photo card by hooray creative

Photo Wall holiday photo card by hooray creative

Joyful Stamp holiday photo card by hooray creative

Christmas Gram holiday photo card by hooray creative

Believe in the Season holiday photo card by hooray creative

Kraft and Cane holiday photo card by hooray creative

Very Merry Christmas holiday photo card by hooray creative

Bright Holiday holiday photo card by hooray creative

Gettin' Hitched Wedding Invite

Thanks to Minted for the special prize in the Fall in Love Wedding Challenge! I took home the Whimsical Award for the best whimsical or humorous design for "Gettin' Hitched". I also had 2 other runners up. :) You can see the entire suite below, available in 3 colorways. You can purchase the invitation or matching accessories at minted.com. Check out the rest of the special prize winners right here.

Photo Collage Art Prints

I've had a really busy month, but I squeezed in a day of design for Minted's Photo Collage Art Challenge. Minted's photo art prints allow for maximum personalization and make great keepsake gifts. Voting is now open for this challenge, so click on the image links below to rate 3 of my entries. Please vote on some of the other photo art prints right here and tell Minted what to sell! :)

Lovebirds Plus 1  by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Wedding Moments by Hooray Creative for minted.com

All in a Row Snapshot Mix by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Award-Winning Save the Dates

I received some good news recently. Two of my winning  save the date card designs for Minted received additional special prize awards! I'm so stoked since I'm always a runner-up and never a winner for these special prize categories. Thanks again to friends and fans who voted for my designs during the challenge. :)

"Sweet Embrace" is now exclusively available for sale at minted.com. My "Destination New York" save the date card should be available soon, hopefully within the next month. Check out the rest of the awesome winners on Minted's blog, Julep.

Birth Announcement Challenge

I am the proud mother of one very handsome, super adorable cat. :) But alas, Minted's current design challenge is all about human babies – beautiful, modern birth announcements to be exact. I know lots of new moms, so for inspiration, I just tried to imagine the kind of designs that they would want to use to announce the arrival of their newborn.  The goal was to keep the focus on the lovely photos with complimentary typography. I also threw in some luxurious gold/silver foil accents since Minted will be launching more foil-pressed birth announcements for 2014. Yay! I have 8 entries in Minted's Welcome Little One! Birth Announcement Challenge and I would really appreciate your vote! You can rate on my designs at the image links below or on this challenge page. Thanks so much!

Oh Boy! birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Bundle of Joy  birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

All in a Name birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Proudly Presents birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Over the Moon! birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Sweet Floral Border birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Introducing birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Think Pink birth announcement by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Garden Lights Rustic Wedding Invite

Hooray!! My Garden Lights rustic wedding invitation design is exclusively available for sale on Minted.com. Purchase the wedding invitation or matching accessories right here!

Minted Business Card Challenge

I whipped up a small batch of designs to enter in Minted's First Impressions Business Card Challenge. Minted is introducing gold and silver foil-stamped business cards in 2014, so a few of my entries were designed specifically for that printing method. Awesome, right? So, of course, I would really appreciate your vote! You can rate on my designs at the image links below or on this challenge page. It would also be fantastic if you could rate some of the other entries on a scale of 1-5. By doing this, you keep the voting system fair and have a say in telling Minted what to sell. You can blind vote, right here! Thanks so much!

Name to Remember business cards by Hooray Creative

Get in Touch business cards by Hooray Creative

Pink Wash business cards by Hooray Creative

Gold Dip business cards by Hooray Creative

Gold Glamour business cards by Hooray Creative

Hand Krafted business cards by Hooray Creative

Chic Black and Gold business cards by Hooray Creative

In Style business cards by Hooray Creative

Skinny Type business cards by Hooray Creative

Simply Bold business cards by Hooray Creative

Wedding Invitations Galore

I've been hard at work designing wedding invitations for the past couple weeks. I entered 2 of Minted's big wedding invitation design competitions. (The Fall in Love challenge is for digitally printed and foil-pressed invitations and the Make an Impression challenge is letterpress!) I'm really hoping to make a splash in the wedding market this year, so your support (and especially your votes ;)), would be greatly appreciated.

I have a variety of entries, including gold foil and letterpress designs, some formal and classy, others fresh and modern. So, voting is open, now until December 9th, and my designs can be found at the links below or on the challenge pages here and here (just look for Hooray Creative). Please be awesome, and vote on some of the other designers’ entries as well right here . Thank you sooooo much for taking the time to look at my work!

Rustic Charm wedding invitation

Gettin Hitched wedding invitation

Grand Central wedding invitation

Garden Nuptials wedding invitation

Painted Chevrons wedding invitation

Handpainted Botanicals wedding invitation

Inline Chic wedding invitation

Modern Photo Frame wedding invitation

Pastel Watercolor Wash wedding invitation

Chalkboard Love wedding invitation

Destination wedding invitation

Poppies wedding invitation

Gold Love wedding invitation

I Heart New York wedding invitation

Elegant Lace wedding invitation

Gold Glamour wedding invitation

Garden Lights wedding invitation

Golden Gate Bridge wedding invitation

And then, there's Letterpress (a technique of relief printing using a printing press). Minted's beautiful letterpress invitations are printed with 1, 2 or 3 ink colors on luxurious cotton paper. The photo below includes designs from Minted's existing Letterpress collection. You can see the texture of the paper and impression of the printing, right? Gorgeous! I want to be in this collection. ;)

Browse Minted's Letterpress Collection

So, without further ado, here are my Letterpress entries! FYI: I was allowed to enter the same design into both Minted challenges, as long as they were suitable for both digital and letterpress printing techniques – so a few of these will be familiar.

Jaxson Formal wedding invitation

Rustic Charm wedding invitation

Modern Romance wedding invitation

Timeless Type wedding invitation

Gold Glamour wedding invitation

Inline Type wedding invitation

Floral Embroidery wedding invitation

Cadence Script wedding invitation

New York New York wedding invitation

Floral Romance wedding invitation

Annelise wedding invitation

If you made it all way to the end, congratulations! Hope you like what you saw. Thanks for checking out my work!

Abstract Art Print

Last night, I channeled the fine artist in me and made a new print for Minted's State of the Art Challenge. See my entry here on Minted and give a girl a like!

Aria by Kristy Kapturowski (Hooray Creative)

Baby Shower Invitations

It's time to vote again! I have 5 designs entered into Minted's On the Way! Baby Shower Invitations Challenge. I admit I was a little bit out of my element on a baby shower themed challenge, so I just went for clean typography and sweet illustrations. I'm not sure if these designs will resonate with expecting mommys, but I think they're cute. :) Please feel free to click on the links below and vote on my entries. As always, thanks so much for checking out my work!

Sweet Garden Shower by Hooray Creative for Minted

Floral Baby Border by Hooray Creative for Minted

Cloud 9 by Hooray Creative for Minted

Giraffe Family Portrait by Hooray Creative for Minted

Baby Blocks by Hooray Creative for Minted

Please make your vote count and rate some of the other designs in the competition as well, right here.

Save the Date Cards

Voting is now open for Don't Forget! Minted's Save the Date Challenge. This is one is one of my favorite challenges, so I have designed bunch of photo and non-photo save the date cards for brides and grooms-to-be. Please check out my entries and show your support by voting. Click on the image links below to rate my designs on a scale of 1-5 or go to minted to vote right here. Thanks!!

Destination New York save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

In the Loop save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Tropical Love save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Touch of Class save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Sweet Embrace save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

State your Date save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Elegant Script save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Floral Engagement save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Retro Script save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Yes! save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Perfect Type of Love save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Classic Romance save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Photo Shoot save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Finally Gettin' Hitched save the date card by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Minted Holiday Card Winners

I received exciting news this week!!!!!! 2 of my designs in Minted's "Oh What Fun" Holiday Card Challenge placed in the Top 40 out of 3348 entries! Minted's annual holiday card challenge is very competitive and many talented designers enter, so I am extremely honored to be in the winner's circle this year. Thank you so much to everyone who voted, liked and/or commented on any of my holiday designs. I am forever grateful for your support!

12th place: Most Wonderful available at minted.com

25th place: Ribbon Happy available at minted.com

1 Merry Always 2 Stacked Christmas 3 Happiest Holidays 4 Making Spirits Bright 5 Merry and Married 6 Be Joyful

All 6 of these designs are or will be available for sale on minted.com very soon!

Congrats to all the winners in this challenge! See the Top 10 or check out all 3348 submissions! Also, see my 12th and 25th place designs in Minted's blog posts detailing the Top 11 - 20 winners and the Top 21 - 40 winners.  Hoping I can be lucky enough to crack the top 10 next year!!

FYI: My Rustic Joy holiday photo card, that won 11th place last year (see blog post), is now available for sale in my Zazzle shop, right here.

Holiday Wrapping Paper Entries

Minted is launching their first-ever personalizable holiday wrapping paper collection. They asked the Minted design community to come up with modern, unique, personalizable gift wrap designs that should include photos and/or custom text. I entered 11 designs into Minted's Outside the Box Holiday Gift Wrap Challenge, though the first one displayed in this post is my favorite! Voting is now open. To rate my designs, click on the image links below or look for Hooray Creative right here. Thanks for checking out my work!!!

Festive Floral customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Blue Spruce customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Holiday Mashup customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Snowflake and Stamp customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Candy Cane Stripes customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Holiday Icons customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Holiday Line Art customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Rustic Joy customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Modern Garland customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Candy Cane Ribbon customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Hanukkah Stripes customizable gift wrap by Hooray Creative for minted.com

Personal Stationery Challenge

It's that time again! Voting is now open for Minted's Quickfire Stationery Gifts Challenge. Personal stationery  makes a great gift and I'd love to have a few designs for sale on minted.com for the holiday shopping season. Show your support by clicking on the image links below and rate my designs on a scale of 1-5. High scores preferred! ;)

STATIONERY FOR THE LADIES: Handpainted Botanicals

Chic Monogram

Modern Geometry

Copper

Vintage Bird

Watercolor Stripes

Blooming

Growing Vines

Abstract Floral

FOR THE MEN: Metropolitan Man

Fancy Man

Highlighter

Anchor Illustrated

Bold Chevrons

...AND A FEW FOR THE KIDDOS: In the Clouds

Hello Around the World

Garden

Vintage Race Car

Handdrawn Hello

As you can see from the variety of my designs, I tried a lot of different approaches in hopes of hitting on a fresh idea. Some of entries are more successful that others, but I think there's something for everyone. If you have a favorite, feel free to leave a comment or feedback. Thanks for looking at my work!!