CLOSED: Nerd Games - Winter 2022

Prompt: January - Singing in the Shower
Team: RWS
Project Name: Yeti Pegleg ATC
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Brief Description: I am not a super great at drawing, but I keep working on it and keep improving! This was one of my recent ATCs, which I sent to @gozer in the ongoing ATC swap. (Photo courtesy of gozer since I forgot to take a pic of it first. Duh.)
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Prompt: February Battle - Word Games
Team: RWS
Project Name: Cathulu ATC
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Brief Description: I made this ATC for @gozer in the ongoing ATC swap, and it is a play on words. (See what I did there? LOL)
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I love these! Thank you so much!!! Your art has improved so much and I have loved watching you grow over the years.

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You have been a great inspiration and help! I’m glad you are my friend! :heart:

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I freaking love that bracelet. Seriously.

And this TM patch really is gorgeous. I know I’ve said it before, but it’s still true. Gorgeous.

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There’s a new tracking update in the discussion thread. @Smeddley will have new prompts posted tonight!

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Prompt: Big Time #1
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Feb ATCs
Project Link:(ATCs bunnie, mouse & flowers)
**Brief Description:**These are some of my ATCs from February. Sorry for the terrible shot. Close ups and better pics in the link. I attempted watercolor again with the mouse. The other two are Copic markers.
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Ohhhh! I love all of those ATCs! The mouse might be my favorite, though… lookit those little shoes!!!

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Prompt: March - Monster Cookie
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Medieval Animal ATC
Project Link: Metallic ATCs
Brief Description: This is an ATC contains a monstrous creature. I was going for a lion in medieval style, but breaking up your own style is hard. I heavily leaned on a piece of a leopard… at least I think it was a leopard. It had spots. This card includes my current monster obsession with metallics. :purple_heart:
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Oooh the medieval lion is awesome! I could TOTALLY see that in some ancient manuscript!

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Prompt: March - Monster Cookie
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Priscilla
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Brief Description: This is a card I made for the Feb ATC swap. The theme was Cute Monsters.
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Prompt: February - Sudoku
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Spring Swing ATC
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Brief Description: This ATC features 9 flowers.
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Prompt: March Battle - Butter
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Chicks and Broods
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Brief Description: This ATC features chickens, who run in gangs on a farm. There are other gangs on this farm, like cow gangs, who make butter and then push it on unsuspecting and innocent lambs. Hey, the first taste is free…
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Prompt: March - Chocolate Chip
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Buzz and Charlie
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Brief Description: Charlie is a cute brown mouse.
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Prompt: March - Oatmeal Cranberry
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Ben Franklin Was One Lucky Dude
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Brief Description: This ATC features a red kite. And lightning. No Franklins were harmed in the making of this ATC. (Ok, I’ll show myself out.)
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Prompt: March - Sugar Cookie
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Heart With Wings
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Brief Description: This was a simple card. And most of the colors are pale. Right?
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Prompt: Sugar Cookie
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Terrible Bulletin Board
Project Link: No thank you. LOL!
Brief Description: Work has been crazy and most of the members of the Well Being Committee are now wfh so a lot got thrown on me to do. I have exactly one hour (my lunch break) to work on the bulletin board. It was awful. I should have taken a before picture. I hope to go back and fix this, but this is what I got done in an hour. I drew and cut out the shamrocks, and made the daylight savings sign. I had to remove way too many foam leaf stickers and yes, we still have the snowflake border. i will work on that next time I am in the office. PS. If you couldn’t;t guess, I am short so everything ended up at the bottom of the tall board. Who put it that high on the wall?
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You crack me up! Only you could take a “terrible” bulletin board and make it funny.

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I also have to add, I was given no budget so it was use what you find.

Prompt: Big Time #2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Gray Bubble Pod
Project Link: Gray Bubble Pod
Brief Description: My sewing skills are rusty. I had not sewn in a really long time. This pod took me forever. I would describe this pattern as “fiddly”. There were so many tiny parts you had to sew on the machine. I loved the gray star fabric though.
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Prompt: March Battle - Butter
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Stitch
Brief Description: I’ve been so busy! I haven’t been doing much in the craft realm. I did draw a picture at some point! I’m saying butter because…his hat is yellow, he’s a living being…“real”? Like butter? And I made it using alcohol markers…alcohol is a real chemical compound? I dunno, the more I say this stuff perhaps it fits margarine better, but I’m going with butter anyway, lol. I love Stitch and I love butter. :crazy_face:

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Prompt: March - Chocolate Chip
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name:Brownies
Brief Description: I had a bunch of cocoa powder left from making tiramisu, so I tried to make brownies from scratch. They were interesting. They were soft when eating them, but hard as a brick to cut. Tasty either way!

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Prompt: March - Oatmeal Cranberry
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Chicken Tikka Masala
Brief Description: I wanted to try a new recipe. It turned out okay. I didn’t have fresh ginger, and, though I cut it a lot, added way too much ginger powder, so the flavor profile was a tad skewed. I’ll try again sometime!

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You and @gozer have amazing collection of atcs you just shared!

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@Bunny1kenobi So many beautiful and fun ATCs! I love all of them. You know I adore my altered tin! It’s in my office so I get to look at it every day and smile. Great idea for TM patches as magnets! That bookmark is too cute! Lip balm and zip pouch, too…color theme is on point! And, super congrats on finsihig such a big xstitch project!

@craftADDchick EEK, I still love those triceratops! They’re adorable separately, and then making them a rainbow just really puts me over the edge into squee-land! :smiley: That address book is a great idea! Losing all the old swap data was such a blow.

@gozer That Fray Girl patch is beautiful! And all of those ATCS! I just always sit in awe of you. And LOL at the bulletin board! It looks good, and I’m truly impressed you accomplished all of that in an hour! Love that bubble pod, too. Pretty fabrics!

@megwell I love that art journal page! I have a bin of stuff to start working on junk journals, again. You’re giving me some inspo!

@Lynx I have several of those sayings, lol! Even through I studied only in high school, I say them regularly still 20 years later. I love that idea, and how it turned out. What a fun gift for your friend!

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Thanks to @storerboughtcreation and @Smeddley for allowing me to post my massive cross stitch project in chunks!

Prompt: Research Project 1
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Operation Alaska Embroidery Page 3
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I completed pattern page 3 of 32 total pages of a project that will measure approx 37 by 27 inches when complete. I have been in shades of blue all this time! Each page takes me easily 20+ hours of time to complete.
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(This shows pages 1-3), but I have some recent progress photos in the Snapshot thread in the lounge. Here’s a photo for size:

I actually made a ton of mistakes in the bottom right, but I don’t think they will matter in the long run, so I worked around them.

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Prompt: March - Battle - Butter
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Pickle ATC #1
Project Link: Two Pickle ATCs
Brief Description: Thinking outside the box, there are butter pickles! So BUTTER! LOL! This is an ATC I made for a friend in the ATC swap. It started as a joke and I ended up making two. I made this ATC and then about a day later I was getting out of my car and all of a sudden it hit me what I had done. I can be a little slow about things. Ha!
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Prompt: March - Oatmeal Cranberry
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Pickle ATC #2
Project Link: Two Pickle ATCs
Brief Description: The background of this pickle ATC is red!
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Oh my goodness! I love them! It’s funny because a friend just posted some pickle-themed art, and I was thinking that it would be fun to have some silly pickle art for the kitchen.

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I totally love these pickles! Their expressions are perfect!