You may not use ANY editing tool to move, remove or duplicate any element of your photograph that would change a typical viewer's description of the photograph (aside from color), even if the tool is otherwise legal, and regardless of whether you intended the change when the photograph was taken.
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Thank you for your nice comments, votes and support. I can only imagine that I was disqualified because of using clone stamp tool to clone out parts of the cards that are now white (two decks to the left and two hearts from the actual card that is being painted). Quite disappointing, as that was the whole point, the whole creative idea. I didn't have any clue that that would be judged as illegal.
I know somebody who makes custom cards - it is a real art form depicted nicely here. The image looks a little washed out and the colors don't have the "pop" you would normally expect for an image like this. Its also a little large - a more condensed image might have made for a better composition. Still, a worthy image and nicely executed. Well done.