CLOSED: Nerd Games - Winter 2020

No special equipment, just a needle, so it’s very portable. It’s done in peyote stitch. If you are familiar with kandi jewelry, it’s the same technique.

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Prompt: Research Project #2
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Second Baby Sweater
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Brief Description: Yaaaay I finally finished my second baby sweater! And hopefully it’s in plenty of time to send before my friend’s baby is born!
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Prompt: Zap #1
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Chicken, Spinach, and Blueberry Salad
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Brief Description: Very yummy and easy salad!!
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Prompt: March - Basket
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: White Hanger
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Brief Description: Another hanger cover! This one will also be part of the set of three I’ll offer in the June raffle. This hanger holds things, and is made of metal AND string. How’s that for fitting the prompt? XD
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Prompt: Free Range #1
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Chicken Curry Soup
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Brief Description: Delicious coconut curry soup!
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Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Another pastel hanger!
Project Link: same as above: Crocheted Hanger Covers
Brief Description: Yup, another hanger! This one is the third in my raffle prize set.
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Prompt: Zap #2
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Spicy Lettuce Wraps
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Brief Description: These were reeeeally yummy and quite spicy.
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Prompt: Zap #3
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Red Pepper and Sausage Alfredo
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Brief Description: Easy and tasty!
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Prompt: Zap #4
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: SBC’s Calzone
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Brief Description: When I was visiting @storerboughtcreations a few weeks ago, she and her husband made some reeeeeally yummy calzones (which she has shared here)! I loved them so much I tried to recreate them at home. They were delicious!
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And now, I believe I have crafted ALL THE THINGS for the season! Well, all except for one Zap and one Big Time, but I did all the actual prompts! I haven’t done that too many times before, so I am very excited. :slight_smile: Thanks for being such a motivating community!!

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Congratulations, @roler, for crafting ALL THE THINGS! I have a couple of other ATCs that I can use for a prompt or two, but I’m hoping to get some other things done in the meantime. My goal is to finishe every prompt, too! I’ve been slightly waylaid by some clerical work for school, but i’m chipping away at that in between my craft time :slight_smile:

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I finally figured out a project for this prompt!!

Prompt: March–Chips and Dips
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: CoronaVirus: Life in 6 Words
Project Link: Coronavirus: Life in 6 Words
Brief Description: Atc set for weekend blitz #2. I took the each of these prompts and found a way to combine them with this “Coronavirus: Life in 6 words” atc swap I am doing on another site.
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Because I spent so much time on each one, I figured I might as well use my ATCs for some of the prompts! :slight_smile:

Prompt: February-Owls
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Add a Hat! ATC (for the ATC Blitz #2)
Project Link: ATC Blitz #2!- The Adventure Continues (This is a separate post, outside of the CAL)

Brief Description: For the “Add a Hat!” prompt, I drew some little characters that have eyes.

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Prompt: February- Songbirds
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name:Space ATC (for the 4 Day ATC Blitz)
Project Link: 4 Day ATC Blitz Challenge! Starts Wednesday evening-March 18

Brief Description: The card was about how the tradition of putting candles on cakes originated, and I used an image of a piece of sheet music for the song “Sixteen Candles.”

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Prompt: March- Mascots
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: The Earth ATC (for the ATC Blitz #2)
Project Link: ATC Blitz #2!- The Adventure Continues (This is a separate post, outside of the CAL)

Brief Description: For this card, when I found the image of the Earth with the face, it was exactly what I wanted. Because a Happy Anthropomorphic Earth just felt right on a card celebrating Earth Day!

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Got another craft dump!!

Prompt: February Vultures

Team: RWS

Project Name: Joy ATC

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Brief Description: This ATC uses scraps of a masterboard.

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Prompt: February Owls

Team: RWS

Project Name: dream atc

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Brief Description: this ATC is a night scene.

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Prompt: March Ball

Team: RWS

Project Name: Wonderland ATC

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Brief Description: It may not be round or rubbery, but it’s orange!

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Prompt: March Basket

Team: RWS

Project Name: Spring necklace

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Brief Description: this necklace is made of metal!

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Prompt: March chips and dip

Team: RWS

Project Name: spring ATC

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Brief Description: I think the tiny paper doilies and photo corners go great together!!

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Prompt: March mascots

Team: RWS

Project Name: Animal Crossing pouch

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Brief Description: I made this for a private swap. The recipient hasn’t received it yet, hopefully I can blur it! It features an animal, and felt is fuzzy!

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Prompt: Zaps

Team: RWS

Project Name: Comfort zone card

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Brief Description: made for the ATC blitz, this one was pretty quick.

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Provided you have each project represented within a community post, you can claim the bonus points for each of those projects, even if it’s all posted within the same community post. :slight_smile:

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Sweet! I’ll go back and edit my posts :slight_smile: Thanks!

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Awesome! Just let me know when you do! :slight_smile:

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Prompt: Big Time #3
Team: Bits & Bobs
Project Name: Raddle the Frog Hoop
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Brief Description: Raddle from Animal Crossing!
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Prompt: Free Range
Team: :yarn:
Project Name: bear… or wombat?
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Brief Description: @QueenHobo let me use some of her yarn and stuffing to make a bear. It looks a little more like a wombat to me, but whatevs. It’s cute either way!
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This looks exactly like him! Great job! I know she will love it :slight_smile:

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Sorry you all for being lazy and mostly just pressing the :heart: button. Most of the time when I see this thread I’m on my phone and I hate typing on my phone!

Anyway, team Bits and Bobs, I believe this post has me completing all the prompts for this term! Woo! (well, not all the extras, but the given ones)

Prompt: March Bracketology
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Mrs. Mantis Goes to Town
Project Link: Mrs. Mantis Comes to Town
Brief Description: Insect Prompt in the Coronavirus challenge-along
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I went back and edited my posts that had ATCs (the master board post already had a link). Hooray!

Okay… I need to get something done for school, and then I can craft for the rest of the day to finish the last 4 prompts!

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I was hoping to get a few more prompts done but so few finishes recently :confused::frowning:

Oh well, if I get on and finish some, I’ll have a head start on the new season :grinning:

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I’m excited for the new season! I keep a running list of projects that I can do. Then, I try to fit them to whatever the prompts are. Often, during the season, there’s some shuffling. This season, I checked off quite a few from my list. Of course, I always end up adding in new projects, too :grinning:

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I think I’m gonna hit all of the named prompts this season!

Prompt: February - Owls
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Star Trek ATC
Project Link: -
Brief Description: I painted this portrait of Worf from Deep Space Nine in his baseball outfit for the discord ATC swap. His eyes may not be huge, but they DO have big energy. :wink:
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Prompt: March Battle - Sportsball
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Sunflower Temari
Project Link: Sunflower Temari
Brief Description: Although very decorative, temari were also traditional toys, used for handball and other games.
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Prompt: March - Braketology
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Scrappy Sachet (left)
Project Link: Scrappy Sachet (or temari display pillow) - Photo Tutorial!
Brief Description: A lavender-filled pillow - the patchwork creates many interesting lines, as does the stitching around the edge.
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Prompt: March - Ball
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Easter Temari
Project Link: Pastel Easter Temari
Brief Description: A pastel colored temari ball made for a personal swap.
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Prompt: March - Basket
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Scrappy Sachet 2
Project Link: Scrappy Sachet (or temari display pillow) - Photo Tutorial!
Brief Description: This lavender-filled pillow holds a temari for display.
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Prompt: March - Mascots
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Bird toys
Project Link: -
Brief Description: This little flock of birds had a touch of catnip in the filling!
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Loving the Temari balls!!

Prompt: Big Time
Team: :running_woman::scissors:
Project Name: Engineer shirt
Project Link: -
Brief Description: Finally finished this shirt for a friend.
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Scrolling through this craftalong is always so great. Seeing how everyone fits their projects to the prompts :slight_smile:
I really wanted to Craft All The Things this season, but ran out of mojo. I got it back a few days ago, but too late in the season to finish everything. Oh, well, there’s always the next round :pray:

Here’s what I did manage to complete:

Prompt: January - Diet/Exercise
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Mushroom Soup
Brief Description:
Just a simple mushroom soup. Not very photogenic, but very yummy and comforting on a cold evening.
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Prompt: February - Waterfowl
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Instant Pot Spaghetti
Brief Description:
We got an instant pot as a gift not long ago. A couple of days ago I decided to finally open the box and try it. I used this recipe as a guide, but made a few changes to fit what I had in the kitchen. It turned out yummy, and is now all gone.
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Prompt: February - Owls
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Eyes Ring
Brief Description:
With this ring I can look around corners :smiley: Not sure how well they see.
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Prompt: February - Songbirds
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Colorful Rings
Brief Description:
These rings are small and colorful
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Prompt: March - Ball
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Crochet Cuff
Brief Description:
Found a random bag of yarn and a single crochet hook. Pulled out an orange ball and pretended to know what I’m doing. It turned out to be a cuff. Now my daughter wants one too.
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Hmm, this is getting long, I’ll start another post for the rest.

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