Nerd Games - Spring 2025

Prompt: Big Time 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Spring Butterfly Flag
Project Link: Spring Butterfly
Brief Description: This was both my first laser and hand embroidery project.
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Prompt: Yellow Sunflower
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Butterfly bookmark
Project Link: Spring Butterfly - bookmark
Brief Description: This was made using the extreme heat of a laser.
Project Photo(s):
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Prompt: Orange marigold
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Butterfly flag magnet
Project Link: Spring Butterfly - magnet
Brief Description: This little magnet brings me joy. I enjoyed the process of making it and it makes me smile when I see it.
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Prompt: Green grass
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Colorado Hairstreak butterfly
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made three of these Colorado hairstreak butterflies. There was so much poking and so many holes made as the embroidery machine stitched out the design. Once the designs were stitched out, I had to then cut them out of the stabilizer.
Project Photo(s):
The purple butterfly

Prompt: April battle - Flowers
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Monarch butterfly
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Butterflies have a symbiotic relationship with flowers. I made three of these monarchs. One has flown away to my swap partner, but the other two have remained with me.
Project Photo(s):
The orange butterfly above.

Prompt: Blue Rain
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Blue clipper butterfly
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This isn’t just any clipper, it’s a blue clipper. Again, I made three of these and once they were cut out of the stabilizer, I had to use water to dissolve the stabilizer that was left bordering the butterflies.
Project Photo(s):
The butterfly on the bottom right in the picture above.

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