CLOSED: Nerd Games - Fall 2020

Prompt: Advent #3 (Pumpkins)
Team: Up to Snow Good
Project Name & Link: Hummingbird Ornament
Description: This ruby-throated hummingbird has a face.
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Prompt: October - Malapropisms
Team: Raking & Entering
Project Name & Link: Best Kind of Weird - Trophy Ribbon
Description: Pickles rarely belong on blue ribbons, so I feel like the malapropisms prompt is appropriate with this one since it’s out of place!


Prompt: October - Hyperbole
Team: Raking & Entering
Project Name & Link: World's Best POB - Trophy Ribbon
Description: I’d definitely say this is an exaggeration of a regular blue ribbon!

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Prompt: October - Simile
Team: Up to Snow Good :snowflake::snowman_with_snow:
Project Name: strawberry finch ATC
Project Links:
Description: I’ve been on a roll doing more realistic birdie art lately, and this finch makes number 3!

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He’s mine, all mine!!! I love him!

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Prompt: October - Battle - Dictionary
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem
Project Name: Mackintosh Biscornu
Project Link: Mackintosh biscornu
Brief Description: I made this for @Immaculata in the pincushion swap. I chose dictionary for the battle because I had to look up what biscornu meant the first time I came across the term.
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Prompt: October: Neologism
Team: Up to Snow Good
Project Name and Link: Happy Embroidered Christmas Tree Ornament
Description: I used my embroidery machine for the first time in 2 years to make this. This required me to get out the directions and relearn how to use the machine (and fight with it!)
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Prompt: Advent #1 Autumn Leaves
Team: Up to Snow Good
Project Name and Link: Acrylic Winter Landscape Atc
Description: This was made with acrylic ink which took time to dry. While it is only a painting, it represents something found in nature with leaves!
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These next two were done for a swap and were based off things on her pinterest. Both pins were sculptures that I turned into drawings.

Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: Up to Snow Good :snowflake::snowman_with_snow:
Project Name: enchanted forest statue ATC
Project Links:
Description:
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Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Up to Snow Good :snowflake::snowman_with_snow:
Project Name: enchanted forest mushroom ATC
Project Links:
Description:
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Prompt: Zap # 1
Team: Up to Snow Good
Project Name and Link: 3D Houseplant ATC
Brief Description: This was pretty quick to make because a lot of the features in this were given to me in swaps.
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Prompt: October - Malapropism
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem
Project Name: Party llama
Project Link: Filbert, llama and snowman ornaments
Brief Description: Most people probably don’t think of llamas when they hear the phrase “party animal,” but this little llama ornament is ready to party anyway!
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Prompt: Advent - Corn Maze
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem
Project Name: Snowman ornament
Project Link: same as above
Brief Description: I think snowmen are extremely useful in winter, because they help me see a silver lining to weather that I otherwise am not fond of. I hate being cold and wet, but I DO like making snowmen! I hope this ornament also inspires some smiles! :slight_smile:
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Prompt: Advent - Pumpkins
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem
Project Name: Filbert ornament
Project Link: same as above
Brief Description: Filbert the squirrel from Animal Crossing definitely has a face!
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The snowman and Filbert are mine! You are so good with felt! The llama is super cute and festive, too! I love the embroidered stitches.

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Advent number 4! :blush:

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Halloween - Craft something that is used at night, for a holiday, is sweet, is black, has a cat, a costume, or for a child

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Prompt: Advent - Halloween
Team: Up to Snow Good :snowflake::snowman_with_snow:
Project Name: skull and gem ATC
Project Links:
Description: The ink is black! done for a swap. (This was based off a pin on her pinterest, so not my conceptual idea. It’s not an exact duplicate, but it is heavily inspired and just my attempt at drawing what I saw.)
Project Photo:
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Prompt: October Battle: Dictionary vs. thesaurus
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Surprise for swap
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This gift features a fleur-de-lis, which if you used a French dictionary, you would discover means “flower of the lily”. Using the towel on the left for this prompt.
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Prompt: Advent: Halloween
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Surprise for swap
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: The item on the right will be used for a holiday.
Project Photo(s): See above.

Prompt: October Malapropisms
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Mini Sewing machine
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I’m not very good with polymer clay, and this was my first attempt at a sewing machine. There are a lot of little things that aren’t quite right about it, but I was still pleased with how it turned out.
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Prompt: Big time #1
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Mini Room book nook
Project Link: Mini Room book nook
Brief Description: I made this for the mini room swap. It is a book nook that features a living room, complete with big screen TV and remote, and a craft room upstairs. I had a lot of fun putting this together. I made all of the furniture, as well as the accessories. This book nook also lights up! You can see more photos at the Link, if you wish.
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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Toad skelly
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I found this image online, just in time for Halloween! Popped it into a frame and added it to my Halloween decor. Since my youngest’s nickname is Toad, he was especially tickled!
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Prompt: October - Hyperbole
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem :cookie: :partying_face:
Project Name: Snarky 2020 ornament
Project Link: 3 more ornaments for the Ongoing Ornament Swap
Brief Description: I mean, I guess this year hasn’t been ALL bad! I got to see SBC in person, and I got an awesome new job, and I have lots of awesome people in my life, so I guess calling 2020 a dumpster fire is a BIT of a hyperbolic statement.
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Prompt: October - Palindrome
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem :cookie: :partying_face:
Project Name: Twinned ornament
Project Link: Same as above
Brief Description: You can hang this ornament either way on the tree: with the candy cane on the right and the stocking on the left, or the other way around! Just drape it over a branch in whichever direction you please :slight_smile:
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Prompt: Advent - Halloween
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem :cookie: :partying_face:
Project Name: Witch familiar ATC
Project Link: Witch Familiar, Camelot, and Degu ATCs
Brief Description: Here’s an ATC with a Halloweeny theme!
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I’ve still got a few things left to post, but I think I’ve run out of prompts, so I’ll wait for more to be posted before I start using up my free ranges :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Prompt: Research Project
Team: Gingerbread Mayhem
Project Name: Sloth hoopla
Project Link: Merry Slothmas!
Brief Description: I decided to stitch something for myself. This took me more than 20 hours to finish.
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Prompt: Thesaurus (October battle)
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Absquatulate ATC
Project Link: Bird and Word Swap ATCs
Brief Description: I made this card for roler in the Ongoing ATC Swap. Absquatulate is the kind of word you find in the thesaurus when you don’t want to say “leave.”
Project Photo(s): Photo by roler
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Prompt: Autumn Leaves (Advent 1)
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Bionic Bird ATC
Project Link: Bird and Word Swap ATCs
Brief Description: I made this card for bluebird in the same swap. His name is Brian, and I may be biased, but I think he’s pretty fun. I definitely had a lot of fun with the bionic bird concept.
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Prompt: Corn Maze (Advent 2)
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Unforeseen Genius
Project Link: "Unforeseen Genius" Journal Page
Brief Description: There’s a lot of paint and glue here, which both take time to dry.
Project Photo(s):
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This is perfect for the battle! I love it!

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Thanks! I really wanted to support Team Thesaurus this month…

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Prompt: Zap 1
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Voting Merit Badge
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I’m normally all over the “I Voted” sticker at the polls, but this year it seemed like an unnecessary potential source of contamination. So I turned an inchie merit badge base into a replacement. (I made the base a while ago; the only “crafting” I did this term was adding the writing, which is why it’s a zap.)
Project Photo(s):
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Prompt: Zap 2
Team: Raking and Entering
Project Name: Scribbly Papers
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I tore up some graph paper and scribbled all over it with Sharpies as a busy-crafting exercise during the Zoom yesterday. They’ll be good as collage papers or some other crafty element.
Project Photo(s):
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