Monday, February 16, 2009

House Mouse ATC swap winners!!

A few posts back I uploaded a photo of the ATC I created for Round 8 of the House Mouse ATC swaps; now it's time to showcase the winners! We had a total of 40 swap spots and look at the amazing creativity we received:





How do you narrow it down to only three winners?? In my case, you don't! As difficult as it was, I did manage to limit the choice to three winners and two runners-up.

First place went to Mary (mbg1001) for her Spooktackular ATC :



Not only is the coloring technique amazing, but this ATC has multiple layers of paper piecing:

And remember, this is not a one time deal -- swappers recreate their ATCs at least nine times for a single swap spot!

Second place went to Tina (tackertwosome) for her Sending you Sunshine ATC:


Isn't her brayered background beautiful? And her scissor work, too, since she used an image of a mouse in a Easter egg and trimmed him out to place him in inntertube she drew herself. All the judges loved the mini seashell (or sand dollar) she used as an embellishment:


Third place went to a new face in our swaps, Claudia (Cloudia):


Claudia used tea leaves to create an organic photo frame and also added the fun element of an interactive mouse:


There were so many creative and unique ATCs in this group and there were a couple the judges just couldn't put down, so we ended up choosing a couple of runners-up. Jennifer (Jenn2972)'s Silly Mouse had a fun window effect, complete with lace curtains:


Viewed from the side, you can see how many layers went into this little cutie:


Brendalee (LittleBlessings) created a pop-up ATC with her Chocolate Chip Cookie card. Outside view:



And inside surprise:



All the winning ATCs are linked to their creator's SplitcoastStamper's gallery or blog; be sure to leave them congratulations on their amazing work!

Join the fun with the next round of House Mouse swaps, hosted by Joanna (Queenbee Jo). Round 9 will not only include ATCs, but also nickelbacks and inchies!

8 comments:

  1. OMGosh!! Aren't these the cutest things!!! How fun!! What creative ideas!! Love the winners creations as well!! TFS!! :) Love your blog look BTW!!

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  2. Wow, you really can see all the detail these swappers put into them this time. Great job to everyone who participated.

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  3. I really really am amazed with all these talented stampers. Great workmanship and creations through their work of art.
    Can't wait to see these in person!

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  4. Our group of swappers just keep getting better and better, and the new girls are just as good. The competition is STEEP! :) Love seeing your close-up photos of all the detail put into these little treasures! :) Kel

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  5. wow, what a great round of ATCs. Awesome talent in this group. And great job at showcasing the winners Jessica!! This blogging stuff looks good on you :0)

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  6. AAAAck!! Those are all AMAZING!! There's just tooo much cuteness going on here, and I'm just flabergasted looking at them all. WOW! I only did one ATC swap - small one, years ago but I think I need to get in on one of these, of course it'd be hard to compete with all this talent ;)

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  7. Thanks for posting all these for us to see Jessica. I appreciate all your effort and hosting this swap. The ATCs are amazing!

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  8. Been browsing your blog this morning and loved these atc's!

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