CLOSED: Nerd Games - Spring 2020

Sorry. I got behind on commenting. Here goes:
@megwell – The chocolate chip muffins look scrumptious. The textures on your ATCs are really cool, especially the first one with the wire looking grid.

@Mortuum – Cool rat! It’s awesome that you have them as pets. They are such smart creatures.

@QueenHobo – The cake looks scrumptious and Happy Birthday @storerboughtcreation, fun pics!

@bunny1kenobi – The wrapped phone chord looks pretty and like it was a lot of work!

@appledainty – The wings on your dragonfly are stunning. I love that you got the light shining through them in your photo. The crane fascinator is absolutely beautiful. It’s incredible! The bat pillbox hat is neat. I love all the textures on it. Great fix on the mug too!

@tanath – Your picture is cute. You look thrilled. Ha! I hope you make those sea creatures too!

@BatsandBrownies – Funny saying and neatly done cross stitch.

@bluebird - Pretty ATCs, Ilove the touch of metallics on them. The stars and the first, all gold, bottle are my favorites.

@smeddley – Nice masks. I kept forgetting to take pics of mine too. Those things get snatched up quick!

@geekgirl – Wonderful cloth napkins. I like your fabrics and how they coordinate without being too matchy-matchy. Pretty hand towel. I like the colors.

@Bunny1Kenobi – love the monster cards! That was a sweet thing to do for your youth group. The purple one is my favorite. Your granddaughter is adorable. They headbands are so cute on her. I love your May the Fourth ATCs! So clever and funny. Great backgrounds too. Very pretty cards you made for your parents. The ones for your Dad made me laugh! The bookmarks are super cool. Pretty earrings.

@roler – fantastic toe! Never thought I would be saying that. Ha! YOU should draw more often! The masks look great and I love your fabrics. Your food looks yummy too, especially the rice pudding parfait.

@Lynx – Awesome pocket letters. Great backgrounds and I love the cat silhouette. Great use of that fabric twine for the jar covering.

@storerboughtcreation – the Seattle patch is fantasic! Glad you found a good use for it even though it wasn’t your first idea.

@Mortuum – fun crab. He looks like he is trying to find some mischief to get into.

@Imnatari – Welcome to the team! Your teeshirt turned out fantastic!

@craftADDchick - So sorry to hear about your step Dad. It was such a sweet gesture to make masks out of his shirts. I am sure they will mean a lot to his friend and family. Your mermaid ATC is very pretty. I love the way you layered it. The Pangea model is cool looking. I bet it was neat to see it floating around and showing how the earth used to fit together. Nice dishcloth, you can never have enough of them. I love those scrubbies! I use them all the time. They work wonderfully. The clownfish ATC is awesome. The big fish one makes me laugh.

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Prompt: Spring Quarantine: Dreary Foggy Day
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name and Link :Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Brief Description: While root beer floats are summer time and sunshine, these are grey, so they fit the prompt by color.
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Prompt: Spring Quarantine: Crying in the Rain
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name and Link:Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes
Brief Description: When the weather doesn’t cooperate, bake cupcakes!
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(Apologies if I have posted this one already. My internet was pretty much out for a week, which messed up my Nerd Games posting and commenting mojo. I can’t remember if I meant to post this here, or if I actually did, and I’m being too lazy to look.)
Prompt: Spring Quarantine: Verily, is that a funnel cloud?
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name and Link: Masterboard atc blanks
Brief Description: Masterboards are messy. While I wasn’t making masterboards for this, I had a huge mess on my table cutting and pasting to make these blanks.
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Prompt: April Challenge - Snapchat

Team: Bits & Bobs

Project Name: Pampas Grass & Dragonfly Comb

Project Link: Pampas Grass & Dragonfly Comb

Brief Description: The see-through nature of the wings and pampas grass is kinda ghosty :smiley: It’s a pretty shiney comb. Dragonfly made from wire, holographic film & resin; pampas grass made from iridescent organza and glitterwire. The flashy green color also makes me think a little of ectoplasm LOL

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Everyone’s projects are amazing, but I especially like the ATCs, the sweets I’m trying not to let give me ideas, and the crab.

Prompt: Rancor (May)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Attempt at chocolate stout cupcakes
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I broke out a cupcake mix from my pantry, and they…did not turn out. The flavor was good, but the texture was so. bad. To the extent that I almost used these for the small/wrinkly Yoda prompt. But ugly won the day, unlike my cupcakes. Luckily, they didn’t use the whole beer, so I could easily drown my sorrows.
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Prompt: Wicket (May)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I decided those cupcakes weren’t worth the calories, so I made some cookies. I threw a bit of cocoa powder into my Vaguely Less Bad for You Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies and scooped them a little bigger than usual. Cupcakes who?
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Heh, sweets! Yeah…gonna need to take a break from th cupcakes a bit because we have no one to share with!
That said, when said break is up, next up is maraschino cherry frosting. Should I use vanills cupcakes chocolate cupcakes, or something infused with cherry?

Also, at least you had some beer left over…and oatmeal cookie chasers. Hah

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Prompt: May - Wicket (cute)
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Studio Ghibli shrine
Project Link: Studio ghibli shrine
Brief Description: tiny shrine filled with polymer clay studio ghibli figures
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Prompt: May - Zap
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Ranch Dressing - FODMAP friendly
Project Link: Ranch Dressing
Brief Description: homemade ranch using homemade garlic infused oil
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Prompt: May - Quarantine - Crying in the rain
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Deviled Eggs
Project Link: Deviled Eggs
Brief Description: yummy deviled eggs. these are made and eaten indoors and need water to boil eggs!

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Prompt: May - Zap
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Taco sauce
Project Link: taco sauce
Brief Description: homemade taco sauce
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Prompt: May - Rancor
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Art palette assemblage
Project Link: Art palette assemblage
Brief Description: 9”x12” wooden art palette turned into assemblage piece. I used the prompt Rancor because I used a lot of ugly pieces to make it
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Prompt: May - R2D2
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: More Cloth napkins
Project Link: cloth napkins
Brief Description: lots of cloth napkins made all from stash
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Prompt: May - Yoda (for something small)
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Effen Bird Magnets
Project Link: Effen Bird Magnets
Brief Description: magnets on 2"x2" canvases made with collage elements

Prompt: May - free range
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Crocheted Swiffer Duster Cover - revamped
Project Link: Crocheted Swiffer Duster Cover - revamped
Brief Description: I revamped my orginal Swiffer duster pattern to only have ‘dusting loops’ on one side

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Prompt: May - Rancor
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Magpie’s ATCs
Project Link: ATCs for a Friend
Brief Description: I made these for Magpie. They are of her daughter. I think they got lost in the mail as they were sent a long time ago. It makes me sad that they are gone. I still hold out hope that they show up.
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Prompt: May – R2-D2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: More masks – I added it to my masks post.
Project Link: Bunch of Masks
Brief Description: Masks are useful, especially in todays world. I made these for my coworkers teen daughters who wanted more fashionable masks.
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@gozer those atcs are stunning!!! I hope they find their way home!

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Those atcs are wonderful! :slight_smile:

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You did an amazing job on those ATCs! I hope they aren’t lost permanently!! :cry:

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Prompt: May R2D2
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name and Link: Hummingbird and Clematis Twisted Fabric Rope Wreath
Brief Description: I decided to use R2D2 and blue instead of JarJar Binks (high energy) because I did not make the hummingbird.
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@geekgirl You’re on a roll! I especially love the almost hidden textural elements in the palette and the bottom row of magnets :laughing:

@gozer I have basically no drawing skills, so I’m totally in awe of the likeness you captured in those ATCs.

@Lynx I love the variegation you got in the twine and the way you incorporated the hummingbird. (Unrelated to your project, I also love your phrase “oatmeal cookie chasers.”)

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Prompt: May - Verily, is that a Funnel Cloud?
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Pizza sauce
Project Link: Pizza sauce
Description - made pizza sauce in my quest to go garlic free. Chose the prompt “Verily, is that a Funnel Cloud?” because no matter how careful I am I always end up with red splatters all over my stove when I cook with tomato sauce.
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How did it taste? Ooh, I’d miss garlic!

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I love garlic a lot. The garlic infused oil helps add in the garlic flavor without the part that causes me distress.

But it’s taking some getting use to to not eat stuff with garlic. It’s in every freaking thing!!!

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Prompt: April- Facebook
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Mantis Shrimp Embroidery
Project Link: I posted in the Stitchalong (Stitch Along 2020-to the End of Time!) and the Challenge Chain. Once I get home, it’ll have its own post :slight_smile:

Brief Description: For the Challenge Chain, I picked @Lynx’s Weird Animals. Life intervened and it took way longer than it should have. But Mantis Shrimp have spectacular eyesight (face) and can be colored a vibrant blue .

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