@gozer Thank you! It was pretty cool to see it all come together and have so many people participate. The member was Louis Tomlinson. I’ve seen all of them live as solo acts now! Except Zayn, who has bad anxiety and hasn’t done shows since leaving the band.
@Lynx Wowza, that’s going to be huuuuge! What a cool project. I can’t wait to see your progress and the end result!
@gozer Those ATCs are too funny! And cute! I love them. All the animals are so sweet, and that looks like a great swap package! Hope that photo issue gets worked how; how frustrating!
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Just a reminder about the prize event! Two more weeks! Let me send you something fun!
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I have more to post, just waiting for the ability. 
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Prompt: Free Range #2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: L2L necklaces
Project Link: -0-
Brief Description: I made these for LynxtoLancer in the Easter Egg swap. I used her own artwork so that her furutre art students can be inspired to think passed the page and what other things flat art can be turned into.
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Prompt: February – Bingo!
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Dino in Space
Project Link: Space Dino, Bee & LISK ATCs
Brief Description: I really liked how this little dino turned out. His uniform has striped on his tail.
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Prompt: February – Crossword Puzzles
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: LISK ATC
Project Link: Space Dino, Bee & LISK ATCs
Brief Description: This ATC incorporates a clue, a real clue! The HM or MH on the corner was from a belt buckle found at the scene. Its one of the few clues given to the media.
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Prompt: February – Chocolate Chip
Team: Running w Scissors
Project Name: Bee ATC
Project Link: Space Dino, Bee & LISK ATCs
Brief Description: Doesn’t this little baby look soft? If not, he was supposed to. Ha!
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And with that, I have completed all the prompts. I need to post up my last Big Time next! Coming soon, I just need to get pics.
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Time to start chipping away at my project backlog…
Prompt: Crossword Puzzles (February)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Happy Mail Cards
Project Link: New Happy Mail and Note Cards
Brief Description: The borders are boxes around the masterboard fronts.
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Prompt: Scrub-a-dub (January)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Cat junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: Cats are notoriously prickly, as are some flowers.
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Prompt: Singing in the Shower (January)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: “Outerspace” junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: The quote is a song lyric.
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Prompt: Word Search (February)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: New beginnings junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: The piece at the bottom flips up to show a hidden element.
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Prompt: Anagrams (February)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Found poetry junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: I created the poem by taking the words out of their intended order.
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Prompt: Bingo (February)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Little moments junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: The Clue sheet on this page has columns.
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Prompt: Oatmeal Cranberry (March)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Positive vibes junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: There’s a lot of pink (red) on this page.
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Prompt: Sugar Cookie (March)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Junk mail junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: This one is pretty simple – just a mailer cut up and stuck down and a quick border.
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Prompt: Iced Cookie (March)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Floral junk journal page
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: This page uses multiple colors.
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Prompt: March battle - Margarine
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Steamed Pork Buns
Project Link:
Brief Description: Last week, my friend and I made steamed pork buns! I’d never used a bamboo steamer or really made anything like this before, so I was a bit nervous, but so happy with how they turned out! I chose “margarine” for the prompt because my friend can’t eat dairy or a lot of other things, so we used gluten free flower and a soy sauce alternative and various other substitutions to make this work. Sadly the photo doesn’t do these tasty things justice!
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Prompt: March: Monster Cookie
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Psyduck Hat
Project Link: Psyduck Hat
Brief Description: I made a fun and goofy Psyduck hat! Psyduck is a Pokémon, and of course that “mon” is short for “monster”! (Even if Psyduck doesn’t seem too monstrous!)
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Prompt: February: Sudoku
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Robot TM Patch
Project Link: TM patches for swap
Brief Description: This robot has a square-ish body and probably thinks in numbers!
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Prompt: February: Word Search
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Alien TM Patch
Project Link: TM patches for swap
Brief Description: I had trouble finding my batting for these patches! It took a bunch of digging around in my closet of crafty stuff, but I finally found it!
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Prompt: February: Bingo!
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Leaf TM Patch
Project Link: TM patches for swap
Brief Description: The stitches around the edges are stripey like columns.
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Prompt: March: Iced Cookie
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Heart TM Patch
Project Link: TM patches for swap
Brief Description: This definitely has multiple colors!
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(See above)
Prompt: February: Anagrams
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Fish Scale Masterboard
Project Link: Masterboard swap package
Brief Description: After cutting out all these circles from various different papers, I shuffled them around in a little cardboard box before pulling them out at random. (Left masterboard in the photo)
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Prompt: February: Crossword Puzzles
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Blue and pink masterboard
Project Link: Masterboard swap package
Brief Description: Some of the colored cardboard stripes here are criss-crossed, and the whole background is graph paper with boxes and squares.
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(See above, upper right masterboard)
Prompt: March: Chocolate Chip
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Blue and green masterboard
Project Link: Masterboard swap package
Brief Description: The background of this piece is a tan paper bag, and before all the thick paint dried, the whole sheet felt very soft and melted.
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(See above, bottom right masterboard)
Prompt: March: Sugar Cookie
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Owl ATC
Project Link: Masterboard swap package
Brief Description: This owl is one of the simpler ATCs I’ve made, but I’m still happy with it! 
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Also, wow, this thread has really filled up with more amazing projects since I’ve been here! I’ve been feeling a little too stressed to really keep up with crafting stuff well lately, but I’m starting to feel more myself and hope to be more present here. For now, just WOW, awesome stuff!!
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Prompt: Free Range 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Inspiration junk journal page.
Project Link: Junk Journal January 2022 (pic heavy)
Brief Description: I pulled this quote from the book I was reading at the time. The dotted paper is from a gel print by Reinikka.
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Prompt: Zap 1
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Stamps junk journal page.
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: This seemed like a good way to highlight some of the cool stamps I’ve gotten in swaps/happy mail. I may actually have spent >30 minutes on it, but most of that was just stressing over the arrangement…
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Prompt: Monster Cookie (March)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Mystery cookie junk journal page.
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: Last month I found a random Crumbl cookie delivery on my porch. I still haven’t IDed the sender, but of course I did a journal page about it. The tag doesn’t look monstrous, but the process to get that final product was. (Really, the whole thing kind of went that way.)
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Announcement
There is a new sitewide craft challenge contest. If you have made something inspired by this(or any other) craftalong, then this challenge is for you.
Inspired-along 2022 lettuce craft challenge
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Prompt Big Time
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: bunch of Monster High wigs
Project Link: I will post these when I finish the dolls. Right now, it’s just the wigs.
Brief Description: I learned how to make the wigs and decided to go back and rework some of the CAM (create a monster) dolls they released. They were neat, except for their hair. Most of the wigs were horrible. I made a pink wig, dark blue with bangs, and a black and green short wig.
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Almost done…
Prompt: Rubber Duckie (January)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Magic wand ATC
Project Link: January Swap ATCs + One for Me
Brief Description: Made for Lynx2Lancer in the January ATC Swap. The spray from the magic wand is floating.
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Prompt: Bubbles (January)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Affirmation ATC
Project Link: January Swap ATCs + One for Me
Brief Description: Also for L2L in that swap. The circles on the masterboard (by Smmarrt) are like bubbles.
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Prompt: Reading in the Tub (January)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Phryne Fisher ATC 1
Project Link: January Swap ATCs + One for Me
Brief Description: Made for pioneer9 in the January ATC Swap. I was happy with the figure but decided it needed something else, so I attempted what felt like a risky art deco-y border.
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Prompt: Margarine (March Battle)
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Phryne Fisher ATC 2
Project Link: January Swap ATCs + One for Me
Brief Description: I decided I needed a Phryne ATC for my own TV Sleuths ATC collection, so I made another one. Like margarine, this re-creation pales somewhat in comparison to the original.
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Prompt: Free Range 2
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Flaunt Your Story art journal spread
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I was harvesting words from a magazine, and this sentiment just sort of materialized, so I did a spread.
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Just kidding! Found one more I hadn’t posted.
Prompt: Free Range 3
Team: Running with Scissors
Project Name: Art journal Zoom page
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I made this during a Zoom with folks in the Art Journaling Craftalong
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Prompt: March - Sugar Cookie
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Neon drawing
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I saw some drawings of neon signs that looked very neat and got me intrigued to try it. It was super simple (just a couple of paint markers and a colored pencil). On future attempts, I need a steadier hand and more opaque colored pencils to get the “glow” right.
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Prompt: March - Iced Cookie
Team: Bits and Bobs
Project Name: Lego signs
Project Link: N/A
Brief Description: I love Lego. I picked up couple of the new Dots signs. I designed the layouts myself. It was actually quite time consuming getting the spacing right and trial-and-erroring the layouts. I wouldn’t normally post Lego, but I really like how they turned out, and since I made up the designs myself, I thought it would be okay. Let me know if it’s not!
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@gozer Those necklaces are so pretty! What a cool idea to use her artwork. Beautiful ATCs, as usual! Excellent wigs, too! They really look great and give the dolls great personality.
@megwell I love the cards, ATCs, and all of your journal pages! So pretty! I really want to get back into junk/art journaling. I’m holding yours as inspiration to get motivated!
@roler Yum on those pork buns! That hat is great, and such fun TM patches! The masterboard projects and ATC turned out great, too!
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@LovelyMiss - the neon sign is fantastic! I am going to have to look for a tutorial. It looks fun.
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wow, that neon sign is especially cool!
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Prompt: March - Oatmeal Cranberry
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Robin in an Egg
Project Link:
Brief Description: This is in a swap package that won’t arrive 'til Saturday, but I’m squeezing it in here before the end of the month! It’s for the Easter egg swap, so I’m showing it here in the egg! It is brown and red and full of fiber.
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Aaaaand one more project will I THINK make me eligible for the generous LovelyMiss’s contest! <3
Prompt: Free Range
Team: Knotty by Nature
Project Name: Surprise in an Egg
Project Link:
Brief Description: Also for the Easter egg swap. How appropriate for free range, since it’s in an egg!
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Thank you everyone for another fun season! The final tracking update for this season is up in the discussion thread. And the spring season is set up and ready to go! @Smeddley will have prompts posted this evening. See you there!
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