Nerd Games - Summer 2024

Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Slice of Life ATC #2
Project Link: Slice of Life ATCs #1~3
Brief Description: I am so very very bad at sleeping. I made this card at 3am.
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Slice of Life ATC #3
Project Link: Slice of Life ATCs #1~3
Brief Description: Made out of pieces of a birthday card and envelope
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Prompt: July - Puzzle Game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #1 (numbered for this season)
Project Link: Scrapbook Pages 2024 Pt 1
Brief Description: There are keys on the page, and the story certainly involves keys/locks! There was also a problem that was solved :slight_smile:
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Prompt: July Battle - In-Person
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #2 (numbered for this season)
Project Link: Scrapbook Pages 2024 Pt 1
Brief Description: My friend Emm still lives in Japan so these days we mostly only get to hang out online, but this page includes photos from January 2023 when we were hanging out in-person in Osaka!
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Prompt: July - Casual/Cozy Game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #3 (numbered for this season)
Project Link: Scrapbook Pages 2024 Pt 1
Brief Description: This was very relaxing to craft while I sat at the dining room table with my brother, who was playing computer games next to me. It’s also on a background of blue paper!
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Prompt: July - Platformer
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #4 (numbered for this season)
Project Link: Scrapbook Pages 2024 Pt 1
Brief Description: Very colorful page made of paper!
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Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #5 (numbered for this season)
Project Link: Scrapbook Pages 2024 Pt 1
Brief Description: Third page about the Pokémon Café!
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Thanks so much, @storerboughtcreation , @Smeddley , and @LovelyMiss for making the games such a fun and supportive place! I’m excited to try to do as many prompts as I can this season! I’ve finally gotten some crafty mojo back lately and want to keep up the momentum!

@gozer Great job hemming those pants!! I have to admit, even after years of crafting, it usually doesn’t even occur to me that I could theoretically make simple alterations myself… I really admire people who are resourceful enough to do it! Bet those are comfy!

@megwell Oooh your labels are reminding me of masterboard fun! I like the colors and designs and bet the labels look great individually too! :slight_smile:

@Bunny1kenobi That’s such a pretty card! I love the colors and map theme. Really classy and nice!
I’m not sure I understand how those covered paperclips work, but I really love the vintage collage look you’ve got going with them!

@Tapestry That piece of art is so pretty! I have to admit, I struggle with abstract stuff; it’s really hard for me to just make pretty shapes and patterns, and I usually overwork stuff when I try. Yours looks so effortless and natural and really beautiful! Love it!
And those monsters are SO CUTE! I think the lower right one is my favorite. The background for them is really pretty too.

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Whoops, forgot one more page! I can’t believe I made six pages in two days, after making none at all for about six months!

Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Video games
Project Name: Scrapbook Page #6
Project Link: Same as pages above
Brief Description: A few shots from the office.
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Your scrapbook pages are so fun and I really, really love the slice of life ATCs. That last one with bits of your friend’s card is positively inspired!

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@roler Your scrapbook pages are fun and colorful! I really love the slice of life ATCs though!

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Prompt: Big Time #1
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Tufted Octopus Rug
Project Link: Tufted Octopus Rug
Brief Description: I tufted a rug! And I love it!! XD
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Ack! So cool!

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Prompt: Free range
Team: Board games
Project Name: Abstract Pebbles & Koi Pond Dreams
Project Link: Koi Pond Dreams
Brief Description: Two tiny 4x3" art pieces done for fun/thank you/happy mail fodder.
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Prompt: July – Casual Cozy Game
Team: Card Game
Project Name: Sunshine & Rainbow Watercolor
Project Link: Sunshine & Rainbow Watercolor
Brief Description: This was made for the Sunshine & Rainbows swap. It was a relaxing art to create with a blue sky.
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Prompt: July - Party/Rhythm Game
Team: Card Game
Project Name: Rainbow Paper Birthday
Project Link: Rainbow Papercraft for a doll
Brief Description: This was made for a dolls birthday party! They also received an vinyl album as a gift, so it incorporated music as well.
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Prompt: July – CPlatformer
Team: Card Game
Project Name: rainbow Pouch
Project Link: Sunshine & Rainbow Watercolor
Brief Description: It’s a blocky shape, and a rainbow is multicolored!
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DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Sewing

CRAFTING TIME: 1 hour (2 hours total)

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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Team Video Games
Project Name: Pasta Salad - BBQ
Project Link:
Brief Description: This pasta salad was made with corn, chicken, pickled jalapeños, and 2 barbecue sauces (1 regular and 1 spicy). The chicken was dry and I added too much of the spicy bbq sauce, so overall, I can’t say that I really enjoyed this one.
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Team Video Games
Project Name: Pasta Salad - Italian
Project Link:
Brief Description: This pasta salad was made with pepperonis, chicken, olives, cheddar cheese, and Italian dressing. It was decent. My favorite part was the chunks of cheese.
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Prompt: July- casual/cozy
Team: card games
Project Name: corner embellishments
Project Link: Hanging out on the corner…
Brief Description: these were fun and relaxing to craft.

Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: paper

CRAFTING TIME: 2 hours

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This is supposed to be part of the post above…:woman_facepalming:

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Prompt: July Battle - In-person
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Collage journal page
Project Link:
Brief Description: I made this for the Junk Journal Add-Ins Swap. I’m going with in-person because I made it in person, it was delivered by a person, my partner is a person, who will use it in person, and it features a person. :joy:

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: 2.5 hours


Prompt: July - First person action game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Ribbon tuck card
Project Link:
Brief Description: Another swap item. In shouldn’t have been particularly stressful to make, however, my sewing machine needle broke on the thick paper and caused some ISSUES (that required some machine trouble shooting. Oops.). Does that count as hair-raising? At least it was for a junk journal so the wonky stitching was fine, and I covered it up with a bingo card on the back, lol.

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: .75 hours


Prompt: July - Casual/Cozy game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Pocket insert
Project Link:
Brief Description: Also for the swap. It’s mostly blue!

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: .75 hours


Prompt: July - Party/Rhythm game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Tuck card
Project Link:
Brief Description: Made for the swap. It has multiple kinda polka-dotted elements and pink.

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: 1 hour


Prompt: July - Puzzle game
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Fabric collage folder
Project Link:
Brief Description: Also for the swap. It’s was a brown base, and I collaged fabric scrap strips on the outside. Hidden inside are envelopes and a pocket. I also painted the black and white lines.

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: 1.5 hours


Prompt: July - Platformer
Team: Video Games
Project Name: Collage add-in
Project Link:
Brief Description: Another swap item. I painted the background, collaged the images, die cut the mesh, and decorated the back.

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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Paper/Mixed Media

CRAFTING TIME: 2 hours

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You made so many fun paper goods, your swap partner(s) was lucky to be paired with you!
My favorite is that ribbon folder. I hope you’ll create a post for it!

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Prompt: July – Action Game
Team: Card Game
Project Name: Brides Watercolor
Project Link: Brides watercolor
Brief Description: These started out as a fun little experiment for myself to test some new watercolors that I got. I find watercolors to be stressful, so this was an experiment in being freer with them.
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I really like the background and the overall style of these cards!

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Prompt: July Battle – In-Person
Team: Team Video Games
Project Name: Pajama shirt to toy bag
Project Link: Pajama Shirt to Toy Bag
Brief Description: LittleBookLover enjoys playing certain ‘games.’ One of the games is to point to the wolves pictured on this pajama shirt that he had outgrown and have me (or my husband) make a wolf sound. Another one of the games he loves is to have us put something in a bag so he can take it out and have us put back in the bag and repeat. So, I decided to turn the shirt into a bag. Now he can have the best of both worlds with these in-person games.
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Craftlympics Performance

DECLARED MEDAL CATEGORY: Fabric

CRAFTING TIME: 30 minutes

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Prompt: July - Puzzle Game
Team: Card Game
Project Name: Jack the Ripper Mini Pocket Letter.
Project Link: Jack the Ripper Mini Pocket Letter
Brief Description: If ever there was a project with a bunch of little pieces. Ha! It’s brown-ish. And it has hidden things in the back of the pockets. Follow the link to see those.
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@gozer I love the Jack the Ripper ATCs! So perfect!!

And both of those Bride pieces turned out really, really awesome!

@LovelyMiss so many cool paper embellishments… What a fun swap!!

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