Prompt: November Battle - Modern
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Bitty Bears
Project Link: Bitty Bears
Brief Description: Some little 3x3" cards I made with some scrapbook paper and a new set of stamps and dies from the resale shop using my modern die cutting machine.
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Prompt: November Battle - Modern
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Centerpiece
Project Link:
Brief Description: I went to a fall centerpiece “class” at a local flower shop (it was two minutes of instruction and then a free-for-all, which was truly perfect. I’ve already planned to attend another!). We got to pick all our own flowers. It was so fun that I briefly contemplated becoming a florist. I talked some sense into myself over a few hours, but I do look forward to maybe making it a more regular experience. 
I chose modern because while flowers are…ancient, commerical floristry is not.
I’ll be back in a couple weeks with ALL my other projects. Time has been slipping by so quickly!
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I love the “scrappy” floral arrangements that are full of texture and color and a whole variety of flowers and plants! Lovely piece! The wispy pieces create a lot of movement.
lol I took floral arrangement as a fun elective in college in my last semester (I had so many credits to graduate that I took “off” the last semester with fun classes–indoor sports, floral arrangement, basket weaving, Russian literature!). I was the total opposite: I never wanted to be a florist! ha
This floral arrangement is gorgeous! This class sounds SO FUN!
I used to work at a place that made the floral arrangements you see at grocery stores and hardware stores etc. we had a prototype to work from and a set number of arrangements to make. It was actually pretty fun! Every now and again we had a prototype day where we would create our own arrangements and see if any of them got picked up by the retailers. We even got to keep them if they didn’t get chosen (which seems a little counter productive in retrospect). My mom still has one that I did- an arrangement of pansies and ivy in a small Grecian urn.
Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 12
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Stamped With Cheer
Project Link: Stamped With Cheer
Brief Description: I made these cards to send to crafty friends in the Christmas Card swap.
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Prompt: November - Sun Wukong
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Nerd Games December Tracking Page
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Bit late on making this month’s tracker, and I spent WAY too long refining the graphics, but I’m in love with the little gingerbread cryptids. And they are brown.
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Downloadable version for anyone that would like it:
So cute!!
And once again, thanks for the tracker page. They have helped me a lot in my first year of Nerd games!
I’m so glad you joined us and that they’ve helped!
Prompt: Jackalope (December)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Holiday gluebook
Project Link: Have Yourself a Merry Little Gluebook - Holiday Spectacular Entry 2025
Brief Description: The cover and a decent portion of the base pages are tan(ish).
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Prompt: Jersey Devil (December)
Team: Gourd of the Rings
Project Name: Riso-printed Christmas cards
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made these at a library program. They’re green AND red (and not yet folded into proper cards).
Project Photo(s): Bonus photo of the B&W collages I made that became the stencils for printing.
Prompt: October- Sporty
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: 67th Day of School Shirt
Project Link: 67th Day of School Shirt
Brief Description: To celebrate our 67th day of school, and the continuing “6-7” phenomenon, the principal decided to embrace the whole 6-7 thing and invited staff to wear shirts sporting either a 6, 7, or a 67 in some fashion. I didn’t have much notice, but since I was born in 1967, I just had to make a new shirt, instead of simply wearing the one I made for Halloween. And, since it’s in our school colors, I can use it on more than one occasion!
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Prompt: November - Zeus
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Penguin Cards
Project Link: Penguin Cards
Brief Description: A pair of penguin cards I made for the Christmas Card swap. They use a lot of supplies and the Silhouette machine I used to cut the penguins required electricity.
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Prompt: November - Thor
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Chocolate Orange Cookies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Some chocolate orange cookies I baked as holiday presents. I used quite a few kitchen tools to make them, like my hand mixer, a knife to cut the chocolate, etc.
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Prompt: November - Ganesha
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Brickle/Toffee Crisps
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: 2/3 of the way through making these Brickle Crisps I had to open a new bag of brickle…only to discover that I’d bought toffee pieces not brickle because Heath sells both. I persevered despite that obstacle and just labled one box as Brickle Crisps and the other as Toffee crisps.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 1
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Sugar Cookie Crisps
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I found the recipe for these crisp sugar cookies on Pinterest.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 9
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Butterfinger Brownie Bites
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I’ve made these brownie bites before, but this time added butterfinger pieces to the batter. They were delicious.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 4
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Fancy Ornament Cards
Project Link: Fancy Ornament Cards
Brief Description: These cards use a sentiment diecut from my card-making stash and I had to wait a while for the distress ink on the embossed paper to dry fully.
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Please excuse the project dump.
It’s been a really rough year and I haven’t had the energy or time to post, but I am making the time to do it now because I think it will help me get out of this funk this year has put me into…
Prompt: Ganesha
Team: Don’t Stop Beliefing
Project Name: Black and white ATC page
Project Link: Black and white ATC page
Brief Description: The obstacles this year were endless… someone has been either seriously injured or severely ill in my home non-stop since the beginning of May, myself included. Health care has been lacking in truly helping me get better… and so there have been a lot of obstacles I have had (and am still having) to overcome… one of the ways that I am tryin to do so is to take time to do something creative while waiting for endless appointments. This ATC page was entirely done at the various appointments I have had to go to since September. Doodling like this while sitting in waiting rooms helps me keep my mind off the potential for even more medical trauma. Thank you for reading this “downer” of a post. It helps to share.
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Prompt: Free Range Project 1
Team: Don’t Stop Beliefing
Project Name: Envelopes from old calendars
Project Link: Envelopes from old wall calendars and tissue boxes
Brief Description: I repurposed these old wall calendars to make cool envelopes.
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Prompt: Ginger
Team: Don’t Stop Beliefing
Project Name: Savoury veggie pancakes
Project Link: Savoury veggie pancakes
Brief Description: These veggie pancakes were fried, so they required heat to create
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Prompt: Free Range Project 2
Team: Don’t Stop Beliefing
Project Name: Fabric Stickers
Project Link: Fabric stickers!
Brief Description: Some of these fabric stickers have animals on them (e.g. the owls) 
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I have so many projects completed but am struggling to fit them into prompts. I am going to see if I can figure it out tonight or else I might need some help! I can’t believe how many projects get posted here…I love seeing it all!
@LindyBlues I really love those black and white ATCs and definitely going to try those vegan pancakes. They seem very similar to the zucchini and corn fritters my grandma used to make! Yummy!
Happy to help if you want to toss around ideas!
Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 10
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Caramel Bon Bon Cookies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: These cookies are adorable and yummy but they take forever and I don’t enjoy the process of making them, just the end result.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 8
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Cranberry Bliss Cookies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: These cookies are scrumptious but use lard and softened butter so they can be messy to make if you hand roll the dough like I do.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 7
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Shiny Ornament Cards
Project Link: Shiny Ornament Cards
Brief Description: The “ornaments” for these cards were made with alcohol ink and lots of isopropyl alcohol which is a liquid.
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 5
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: 3 Little Birds Cards
Project Link: 3 Little Birds cards
Brief Description: These cards were on my to-make list for most of November!
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Prompt: 12 Days of Crafting - Day 6
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: “I Survived” Sign
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made this dry erase sign for the photo booth at our holiday Christmas party. One of the guys accidentally wrote on the sticker at the top (thinking it was dry erase too). We repurposed a section of index card to fix things.
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Oh yikes oh gosh I don’t know where this month (or this year) has gone!!
I’m going to do my best to catch up with posting/sharing the things I’ve been working on, and hopefully not all in the last day of the month! (Also, sorry for some upcoming sketchy photos, as I’m terrible at remembering to take photos before things find new homes… these are only the things I have evidence for… 
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EVENT : Experience the Fair - Rides!
This bowl wss made on a wheel, like a ferris wheel, but sideways. Or more like the tilt-a-whirl without the tilt.)
Prompt: October - Ginger
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: 'i’iwi bowl #1
Project Link:
Brief Description: This required a lot of heat to create, and he iiwi and ohia lehua are both red!
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Prompt: October - Sporty
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Green and yellow crochet octopi
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Brief Description: If I had to choose a favorite sports team, it would be the Green Bay Packers, and their colors are green and yellow, like these little guys.
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Prompt: October - Baby
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Lil squishy crochet octopi
Project Link:
Brief Description: These guys are soft, and they’re pastel (counting the ones in the photo that are NOT also in the anove prompt submission)
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Prompt: November - Zeus
Team: Don’t stop Beleafing
Project Name: cookies
Project Link:
Brief Description: these chocolate cookies have molasses in them and pretzels. They’re… interesting.
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Eeeek, I am SO SORRY i went so MIA this season. I wish I could comment on every single amazing thing in this thread because, wow, y’all are so amazing and creative and are making so much awesome art!
@Bunny1kenobi that altered jacket from way back in October is FLIPPIN AWESOME omg. And the button jewelry is so cool! What a fun idea!
@AIMR your zombie sheep are so cute, and I LOVE those felt dolls! They’re so adorable and folksy. And that basket of cats!!! 
And that scrappy star! So neat!
@Tapestry your paintings have always ben beautiful, but I feel like you keep leveling up your skills more! That little armadillo is so cute, and I love night scenes.
And your tracking pages are amazing! Mine just always end up being chicken scratch in a notebook of all of my stuff, lol.
Also, felt, embroidery, and sequins is such a nostalgic Christmas combination, and those felt snowglobes definitely bring me back to putting out my stocking as a kid.
@megwell such fun journals, I’m always inspired by them, but i CAN’T have a reason to collect more clutter. 
The Nerd games journal is so so great!
@gozer that patchwork coat is truly beautiful! I also absolutely love seeing when folks make things for themselves, since so much of what we make is for swaps and gifts. And I adore those little illustrations in ypir accordion book.
@Tanath Nice work on that sushi! It looks amazing!
And that helmet, wow! Your painting texture makes it look so realistic!
@LovelyMiss I love the thought you put into the shirts and the rest of the summer nerd games “merch!” I wear my shirt all the time! And you did such an amazing job with that floral centerpiece!
@craftADDchick I love the colors on that crochet chicken! It’s so warm and fun!
And I love to see plain weave, it’s just so calming to look at - I’m glad to see you using a potholder loom!
@Smeddley I love the variety of orange fabrics on your pumpkins! (Random fact: I used to twirl baton when I was young, and any of those sparkly fabrics ALWAYS bring me back! )
@AudiobookLover That witchy wares block is so cool! It’s like a 2-D(ish) cabinet of curiosities!
@graverobbergirl those sre such cute and simple gift bags! What a nice way to make them special and festive! Also WOW WOW WOW, that digital painting is so beautiful! And thank you for th chicken facts and those felt hens are beautiful!!!
@saintcady I love seeing your crochet fidget toys, and I love that you made the (tricky) sea turtle!
@storerboughtcreation those cookies look so yummy! And living in a warm climate where we don’t always want to turn on the oven, I always consider no-bake a big win!
@LindyBlues I’m so sorry to hear about your incredibly rough year. I hope the universe can give you a break soon! Those doodle ATCs sound like a great way to focus your mind on something else, and they’re all so lovely too! Also, I’m always on the lookout for savory versions of things that tend to be sweet, and those pancakes look so good!
Prompt: December - Jackalope
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Spiderman 2099 Ornament
Project Link: Ornament
Brief Description: This painting of Spiderman 2099 has ears. Teeny, tiny, barely there but they still exist and I felt compelled to add them even though they don’t make sense with the costume ears.
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Prompt: December - Bigfoot
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Small-Batch Gingerbread
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This mini gingerbread is brown and has a delicious aroma…unlike Bigfoot.
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Prompt: December - Jersey Devil
Team: Don’t Stop Beleafing
Project Name: Cute Dragons Kindle Case
Project Link: Kindle Case
Brief Description: The dragons on this case have tails.
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December has been crazy!! Do we get a breather yet?
Prompt: Big Time
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Santa & Mrs. Claus Ornaments
Project Link: Santa & Mrs. Claus Ornaments
Brief Description: Hand-sewn and embroidered Christmas ornaments I made for my mom. These did take quite a while to make, but were the sit in front of the tv and sew kind, so convenient!
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Prompt: December - Bigfoot
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Bear Plushies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I had these little brown plushie bases leftover from a class I had given years ago, and decided to make them into little bears for my friends’ kids for Christmas.
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Prompt: December - Jackalope
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Huntrx Sweatshirt
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This was a heat-transfer vinyl project (edited the image, cut on the cricut, applied with my hotronix heat press -the pink vinyl was old or something and took like three pressings, so much heat!). My friend loves k-pop demon hunters and had just gotten a tattoo of one of the characters, so this was her Christmas present.
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Custom Spice Blends
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Brief Description: My dad always liked my more ‘international’ cooking, and doesn’t get as much of it since I’ve moved into my own house across town, so I mixed him some spice blends for Christmas (and made the labels)
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Prompt: Research
Team: So Corn-fused
Project Name: Christmas Cookies & Confections
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Brief Description: I made 60 cherry cordials, 15 orange cream chocolates, 80 rum balls, 60 mini fruitcakes, 100+ chocolate shortbread cookies, and 400+ butter cookies for Christmas gifts, for a total of 20 large goodie bags, and 70+ small cookie goodie bags.
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Next Year I’m probably going to flip back to ‘I rather just spend money and less time making Christmas gifts’ 
