Theresa,
I will try to answer for Edward since he may not see your question. He has said in the past a card company licensed the image through one of his stock company sites at a stock company. Peggy Collins (a commenter in this discussion) recently had a big card company contact her and license her image (she had a license before with this company with a similar image, since she had left the stock company she was on their radar and they contacted her directly).
Congratulations Edward.