Paper Crafts Official Gallery Idol Challenge (June 4-28, 2012)

It's back! Paper Crafts is proud to announce that its hugely popular gallery challenge Gallery Idol is back for season six. Last year after eight fierce weeks of competition, we named Cristina Kowalczyk our season five winner. Now we're ready to induct the next paper crafter extraordinaire! Are you ready to cast your vote?

Based on Fox's hit TV show American Idol, our version will have reader finalists submitting themed projects every week in hopes of becoming the grand prize idol winner. And just like our TV counterpart, you - our online viewers - will vote each week with only the best contestants with the best submissions moving forward in the competition to the next round.

Here's where it gets better: every time a contestant makes it through to the next round, each will receive a fabulous prize package!

This year for our "Open Auditions" round, 414 members submitted 1,961 encouragement-themed cards for 20 coveted spots! It was an agonizing decision, but we're confident we got it right with this batch of 20 gals. The first round of voting will begin at noon (MDT) on Monday, June 4th and run through noon (MDT) on Thursday, June 7th. The following rounds are detailed below, so make sure you check back here during these times to find out the theme of each round and see the submissions by this year's group of Gallery Idol hopefuls. Don't forget to vote for your favorite!

Let the competition begin!

For Gallery Idol's full rules, visit Official Rules.