It was really close this time in the Mica Shift Challenge. Congratulations to all our winners!

Sharing First prize  in a tie between #11 & #12:

Artbylin with her  Strepia Butterfly Necklace

AND

Marcia Palmer  with her  Metallic Silver Pendant

AND

Also astonishing and unprecedented in recent history of the PCAGOE we also have a tie for Second Place. Which goes to # 5 And #6

Jan Geisen with ‘Untitled’

AND

Silver Gate Studios with  Group of Blue Hearts

And for Third Place by only one vote more than 4th

Jill Kollmann with her

                        Ring Box

WOW! what a close Challenge, Thank you all for making it so interesting. And to reward you for you efforts, the following names were drawn to win the 4 prize pacs.

Aprilee Lawson

Cindy James

Diane Wong

Jennifer Morgan-Cheng

Congratulations voters! You will be contacted shortly about your prizes!

No, these artists aren’t “faux,” but their winning entries are! Congratulations to the winners of the PCAGOE April challenge!

Faux Metal Pendant by JillPalumbo

Faux Opal Fit for a Queen by CreativeSpiritToo

Faux Snakeskin Cuff Bracelet by artbylilin

Thanks to all the artists and voters for participating in the April Faux Challenge.

The randomly-drawn prize winners this month are:

 rosaleendhu

 SandraLeigh

 Dragonsglass

Don’t miss the May Challenge — Mica Shift. For a reminder, sign up in the right sidebar to receive our monthly newsletter.

Happy spring, everyone!

Many thanks to all the challenge entrants and voters. This month’s theme was a toughie - polymer clay cane work - and we had 23 beautiful entries. The winning entry is this amazing set of pomegranate cane work by Cristalline.

In second place is this gorgeous rainbow suncatcher by polymerclaycreations.

And coming in third, fourth and fifth, all within one vote of each other, are Rainstick by divadea, Madame Butterfly by beetreebyme, and Winter? I Scoff! by cocojaneandme.

Our randomly drawn voter prize winners this month are:

 Kathi Nesburg

 Kathy Gedrich

and

 Becky

Next month’s challenge theme is “faux,” and the challenge is to make polymer clay look like another material, like wood, gems, fabric, stones, leather… Entries are due by March 28, 2009. Read the full info here. Convo divadea on etsy if you have any questions.

 Thanks for playing. See you next month!

Psst! This month’s challenge is over, but there are still prizes to be won. Scroll down and read about our Cupid’s Hunt Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt!

And now, the challenge winners…

First prize goes to The Dog Ate My Homework by beetreebyme. Clever! This artist wins the $20 first prize plus a sweet Valentine’s Day pendant by peculiar forest.

Second prize, a pack of handmade Valentine’s Day greeting cards, goes to Amantecatl for her beautiful Twilight Elf ACEO.

And in third place, the wonderful rainbow Color My World by polymer clay creations.

Many thanks to all the entrants and voters. And speaking of voters, the four heart-y prize packs this month are going to:

 Tori Hay

 Tracey Steele

 Carol Stroud

and

 Sandra Canney

Want to get it on the fun? Enter next month’s challenge — the theme for March is cane work, and entries are due February 28. Read the full scoop here.