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Tinkercad’s House Challenge

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Tinkercad regularly has challenges that tinkers can participate in. I decided to participate in the House Challenge. Why, because I love buildings. I like to explore buildings that are older and unique. I am not limited to mansion or plantations. It could be a building like a simple church or and old manufacturing building.

Tinkercad defined its challenge as: “Dive into the Tinkercad House Challenge, a space where big ideas and bold designs come to life. Create a house that’s entirely your own, using imagination and architectural thinking to shape it into a dynamic 3D build.” You can read about the entire challenge at this link: https://www.tinkercad.com/challenges/jq8yddObGqU-house-challenge

After looking at the template they provided, I wanted to create a small, but tall house. I quickly decided against that, because if the house had five rooms, that would be a tall house. Then I decided on two rooms per floor. 1st floor – kitchen and den. 2nd floor – bathroom and adult’s bedroom. 3rd floor – children’s room. I debated if the children’s room should have access to a bathroom on their floor and if the children should have access to a balcony from their rooms. I decide no. Most older houses only had one bathroom. A balcony off the children’s room would probably be too dangerous. Yes, if my room had a balcony I would have tried to jump off of it or climb down to the lower level. When I extended the floor over the balcony and added a window, this gave it the feel of a tutor house. So, I added the wood effects and colored it accordingly.

A lot of the feature of the house were created with Tinkercad’s extrude sketch shape. Wow, I have not reached the limits of what I can do with that shape. The room, windows, upper outside doors (except the knobs), table, chairs and cabinets (except for the knobs) were made entirely using extrude sketch.

The trees, bushes, clothesline, swing, stairs, doors, oven, refrigerator, toilet, ceiling fan, shower curtain and faucet knobs were made partially with extrude sketch.

The bushes and trees:

The bush was made with a cylinder for the bush’s trunk and Tinkercad’s new shape, revolve sketch. The flower on the bush was created with extrude sketch. As I was working on the house, Tinkercad introduce new features into it Extrude Sketch shape. Twist and Scale. I could adjust the top and bottom of the shape and twist it. The tree was created.

All the items in the house were created by Sarahcath. Maybe not this year, or last year. I did take some items from my other designs. Plus, I made two adults. Dad (mustache made with extrude sketch) sitting on the couch with a remote in his hand, and mom hanging laundry.

Here is the link to the house in Tinkercad: 3d Design Modified Tutor House by Sarahcath. You can look at the house, copy it, download it from the link. I sure I am missing some aspects of the house. Take a look.

Reindeer Stables

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In 2020, I created Santa’s Workshop using Tinkercad. This year, 2025, I decorated one of the trees. Maybe next year, I will decorate the other tree. This is how the Santa’s Workshop looks 5 years later.

This year, 2025, after much thought I created Reindeer Stables. Every reindeer needs a place to rest. It has been a busy year for Tinkercad, they introduce the Extrude Sketch shape. Several of the objects you will see in the design was created using this feature.

The Stables are designed for the reindeer to freely come and go. Above the stables, is where some of the elves, who take care of the reindeer rest. The loft has large windows to so the elves can watch the reindeer play their games.

This design, Reindeer Stables, is available to the public to copy and tinker with.

Don’t forget while are in Tiwww.tinkercad.comnkercad to check out my other Christmas related designs.

Around Snow

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I believe this drawing will be placed onto the list as one of my favorite drawings. I created this design using CorelDraw. It all started with a square with curved sides. The squares were duplicated and some lines added, and I had the object to start my design.

After duplicating, rotating, and arranging the objects, I had a very confusing outline to start adding color. That is not a circle in the middle of the drawing. I looked at the file and it just an illusion.

After filling in the some of the spaces with color, duplicating the new object again. I decided to set a transparency and added some shading. Then I added a black background. This is the final result.

Around Snow:

After staring at the original outline of the artwork, I decided to make the outline into two coloring pages named Art of Confusion. One coloring page is a full page of the outline I used. The other coloring page shows the full design.

Checker Flower – Coloring Page

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The Checker Flower coloring page has a lot of potential to be beautiful. You are welcome to download it from the link or my Coloring Page. Color it! Or, use it as a template for a tangle.

I created this coloring page using CorelDraw and here are some examples of how I colored it.

Checker Flower:

Checker Flower: With Awesome Background. The shading really brings out the flower.

Checker Flower: Shades of Gray

Checker Flower: Example of the Template being tangled. With Zentangle and other tangles. Remember the shading really bring out the art.

Playing Around with CorelDraw

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These are the designs I created with CorelDraw. I started by creating a shaped and transforming the single shape into a design.

First was Around Flowers: Drew some lines, added some coloring and shading, now very busy design.

Second was Around Pink: A single flower design in the front with others peeking out from the background.

Third was Around Hearts: Just a bunch of heart shapes repeated and shaded.

Last, for now, was Around Burst: Same design was repeated but it was overlayed with the transparency effect.

North Pole Post Office

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It is that time of the year again. Children all over the world are putting pencil, pen, or crayon to paper and writing a letter to Santa. This year I envisioned what Santa’s North Pole Post Office would look like. Looking at pictures of old-fashioned post offices I decided on the design and used Tinkercad to create a Post Office.

You can get a 3D view of the North Pole Post Office at this link: North Pole Post Office.

First, I needed a mail truck to deliver mail to the North Pole. A truck with wheels would have trouble delivering mail in the snow. I needed some reindeer and a converted sled to deliver the mail. One the side of the mail carrier, you will see signs from different countries. If you create a sign for your country, just make your sign design public/copyable and tag #sarahcath. I will put the sign on the mail carrier and give you credit. You can get a 3D view of the mail carrier at this link: North Pole Mail Carrier

For the design of the post office I decided on a corner building, with two entrances/exits and a clock tower. Plus, I wanted the post office to have a basement, where the elves would place the sacks of mail.

After the mail is delivered, a sack is sent upstairs for sorting by country. Santa typically delivers mail by country. The first floor also allows the elves to ship letters and packages.

After the mail is sorted, it is sent to the second floor to be opened and read by Santa. The second floor also has mailboxes for the elves. Yes, elves do get mail.

Santa’s Elves are collecting stamps. If you create a stamp, using Tinkercad, and I will paste it into the Stamp Collecting Book and give you credit for your stamp. You can either create the stamp from scratch or use my stamp template. Just make the stamp design copyable/public and tag #sarahcath when you are done. The scribble shape in Tinkercad maybe great for making a stamp.

Santa Workshop is also available to copy. For 2024, I added a mailbox.

Don’t forget while are in Tinkercad to check out my other Christmas related designs”

One of the Many Scams Impersonating the Trump Campaign.

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This text message is a scam.

Why do I believe this? By, looking at the domain registration on https://www.whois.com/whois. Most reputable sites would not have all of its data “REDATED FOR PRIVACY”.

They made the text message look very legit, by referencing my name, including a Contact card for a “Donald Trump”. From media reports he lives in Florida, after moving there from New York. Why would he have a cellphone for a Massachusetts area code?

Lastly, the text message makes little sense. “PLEASE” and “I’ll let you judge.”? Let me judge what? I would have to answer a survey for my answer to a question to change. Surveys, just want to gather more data about you to sell to other entities.