Bad Girls Project 52 Challenge 8 Frame and Fill Mixed Media

We have lots of exciting art to share with you this week! We have a random drawing winner for Challenge #7 Shadowboxes (below). We have a new Challenge #8, and we have three Guest Designers joining us this week as a special treat!!! If you remember, we had a three-way tie and that is how we ended up with not one, not two, but three Guest Designers.

WELCOME VICKI FLINCHUM,
RITA BARAKAT,
AND NADRAH MAIDIN!

I challenged them to rock it out and I would send The Best Overall Design their pick from three RAK's from me.The remaining RAK's would go to The Best Story and The Best Composition.

a) "Making Journals by Hand" book
b) 3 Embossing Stencils by Plaid: Sentiments, Birthday, About You
c) Amy Butler 60 Piece Card Kit

The Design Team voted on their favorite January Guest Designer for

BEST OVERALL EXECUTION,

and without further ado:

CONGRATS NADRHA!!!

THE CHALLENGE

Challenge # 8 – FRAME & FILL frame - good size, found, repurposed, purchased, wood, or metal, etc… fill – image, artwork, copy-right free image, or collage, etc...)

NOTE - READ RULES CAREFULLY - MAKE SURE TO LINK LAYOUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD!

Theme – Birds

(real, fantasy, feathers, eggs, nests, or trees, etc…)
Required material – Glass
(marbles, sea glass, microscope slides, altered frame glass, broken mirror or glass tesserae, etc…)

NADRAH, Guest Designer:

Something about me:

Hello, I’m Nadhrah and my life is somewhat obsessed with scrapbooking. To me, everyday is a page waiting to be created and being immersed in paper, photos, embellishments and all things scrap related is my life and what makes me happiest…

I’ve been scrapping for years now and you can say it's an obsession in my family. I opened a store in my area to provide products & services to other obsessed scrappers out there. And my bigger dream was to be able to share this passion with other obsessed scrappers out there, in any way possible…and being a Guest Designer is just another way to share my obsession and meet new scrapperholics…

I’m so obsessed with scrapbooking that I always have to have the latest idea book and I'm always checking out ads for inspiration and new fonts or looking for new suppliers with great new products...or thinking of great colour schemes and designs for my next project.

My family’s resigned to the fact that their daughter, wife and mother come in a package…and that scrapping is part of me….and what I will always love to do….my poor family has been endlessly photographed and used for my various layouts too.....

In a nutshell, I do what I do for the love of the craft and the joy of teaching it to others!

Tips for Creating Bird Cage At Home

You need to get a plain white bird cage. Sand it so that when you paint with acrylic paint the color will stick nicely. Once the paint has dry, you can start decorate it. As for the glass, I actually used a broken glass from my broken frame. At least it is useful for this project. To make it more dramatic , I color it with alcohol inks that gives a really nice effect. I scattered them around the bird cage. Another tip that I want to share is, inside the bird cage....before I place the bird nest...I pour potpourri so that the bird cage has nice smell which can be used as house warming gifts, scented decor, etc.

General Project Supplies
1) Plain White Bird Cage
2) Various Prima Flowers
3) Broken Glass (small pieces)
4) Butterfly Clay
5) Various Webster Page Papers
6) Potpourri Flowers
7) Decorative bird from wedding favors shop
8) Trims
9) Acryclic Paint

Personal blog - http://www.chunot76.blogspot.com/

Project Gallery - http://www.flickr.com/photos/29702390@N04/

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BEST OVERALL STORY

CONGRATS RITA!!!

Rita, Guest Designer:

HI! My name is Rita Barakat.

The basics: married to my hubby for over 18 years, we have five kids. I scrap, paint, sing - everything related to creative arts.
I have been crafting for years, I even painted murals for a living (before five kids!)
I have been blogging my work for almost a year - you can find it here http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/ .
I love seeing and participating in all the amazing projects at Project 52 and I am honored to be a guest designer here!

When I started thinking about birds, I thought about my oldest who graduates this year. She will be going to college out of state. (Birds leaving the nest- well in this case cage! lol!) That's why the bird is out of the cage, she just turned 18 but graduates in the spring and won't be leaving for college until the fall. Her initials are in the tiny frames. The center frame is something I always want her to remember and all of the charms are tokens of typical girl things. There is a scripture that says a womans worth is far above rubies - I wanted her to remember that as well. (Hence the red gems.)

TIPS TO MAKE THIS AT HOME:
This was so easy to put together and you can use whatever lovely trinkets you find around your house! For crafters this should be easy.

I used a large ribbon to hold up my frame - used a cardboard piece and glued it onto the back of the frame with the ribbon sandwiched in between.
I used tacky red tape to hold the beads and topped it with Glossy Accents so they would not fall off.
The charms, bird and larger gems adhered nicely with glue dots.
I printed my quote onto photo paper, first I used ink and an ink blending tool to apply ink in various places, as well as glimmer mist for the backdrop. The themes and possibilities are endless!

Supplies:
a box (mine happens to be wood, had this forever)
Various glass beads & acrylic beads
Vintage looking Metal charms (Madame Delphine's)
A bird, a bird cage ( Christmas ornaments on clearance at Michaels & Hobby Lobby)
A small decorative frame (garage sale find 50 cents!)
Paper (I used photo paper to print my quote)
Ribbon (Offray)
Flowers (Prima fabric fancies)

Glossy Accents, red tacky tape, Glue dots, Ink, Printer, small alpha letters

http://letsembellish.blogspot.com

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BEST OVERALL COMPOSITION

CONGRATS VICKI!!!

VICKI, GUEST DESIGNER:

My Bio:

I'm Vicki Flinchum. I'm a 45 year old Stay At Home Mom. I live in Central Texas with my husband of 7 years and our kids, a son, 5, and step daughter, 10.

I retired from 17 years of government service to stay home and raise my children.
I have been involved in arts and crafts since I was a child.
More recently I owned a faux painting and home décor business and an online scrapbook store.
I became involved in scrapbooking about five years ago and was instantly hooked.
I love all sorts of papercrafts, altered arts projects and mini albums.
I teach classes on a variety of topics from basic scrapbooking to complex technique heavy altered projects.
I also teach students to use tools like Purple Cows Trimmers and Zutter Bind It All and DreamKuts.
I host an annual crop for my daughter's Girl Scout troop.

I love teaching people (young and old) to scrap, alter and create.
I lost my Mom a few years ago and inherited a box of unmarked photos to chronicle my childhood.
I think scrapbooking is important to preserve memories for future generations, something I wish my mother would have thought important too.
I get my children involved in scrapping, making books and crafts, in general as often as possible.
My DD used my scrappy tools, including my Cricut, to complete her science fair projects!
I truly don't think there is anything you can't do with these hobbies.
I've made books, altered doors, built clocks and altered furniture...all in the name of crafting and, of course, FUN.
My scrappy style is eclectic, at best! Some days my pages are neat and simple.....others, I throw on everything I can get my hands on. I have a special love of distressed items and ephemera.

TIP FOR MAKING THIS AT HOME:

Take a blank canvas, paint it, deco podge paper on it and cover it in Beeswax.
Create wings and tail feathers for a bird from patterned paper.
Mount your canvas in a frame distressed with an antiquing glaze.
Add tree branches, leaves, flowers, nest to project.
Add snow, snow flakes and ice with glossy accents, glitter and fabric paint to tree branches, flowers, etc.
Print a title, distress it, add stickles and place on project. Add bird and crystal piece.

Supplies:
8x10 canvas
11x14 frame with 8x10 opening
Prima paintable, Vines, Velvet Leaves
Acrylic paint
Mod Podge
Beeswax
Silver glitter
mirror circles
Tree branches
Tree growths
Aleene's Fabric Paint
Ranger Glossy Accents, Reinker, Stickles
White glitter
Acrylic Paint Glaze
E6000
Styrofoam bird
Harlee Quinnz Design patterned paper
Crystal bauble
White card stock

http://texasscrapaddict.blogspot.com

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NOW FOR OUR BRILLIANT, LOVELY, AND SENSATIONAL
PROJECT 52 DESIGN TEAM'S INSPIRATION FOR
CHALLENGE #8

TANIA:

TIPS FOR CREATING THIS AT HOME:

I created a Collections Shadow box frame, and decorated it with the wire nest with some glass beads. I used the Tim Holtz tiles to give gloss and dimension to the shadow box frame. I then suspended the shadow box in a frame using wire and more glass beads. The chipboard flowers were coloured with colourwash, and while wet, I moulded them into a flower shape and added more glass beads at the centers.

Supplies:

Frame from reject shop
Collections Shadow Box
Collections papers
Basic Grey Rubons
Collections chipboard Flowers and Birds
Glass Beads
Tim Holtz Acrylic Tiles
Kaiser Gems
Wire
Ribbon
Paints Inks and Colour Wash Spray

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PAM

TIPS FOR MAKING THIS AT HOME:

Hints for this project

Plan your steps
Start with background glimmer mist, then stamp tree
Gate is stamped and trimmed.
Cover sticks with Coordinations paper and then sand
Nest is created by winding Rafia around beaded napkin ring
I wrapped frame with Score tape before winding the Rafia, ribbon and glass string

Supplies:

Tattered Angels- Glimmer mist- Mask-stamps "Flights of Fancy"

Tinkering ink paper-back side

Broken shadow box frame

Stamps by Christina Renee for Prima Marketing

Coordinations paper

Prima Flower vine

Michaels- bird and napkin ring

Raffia ribbon and yarn from stash

String of mirrored glass pieces

Score tape

Sea Glass

Slide glass and copper cover tape

Fairy- Cicily Barker collections

Tombow

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WENDELA:

TIPS TO MAKE THIS AT HOME:

Paint the wooden frame with gesso. Paint crackle paint when the gesso is dry on it. Make a bundle of the birch wood and add it with a piece of tulle at the frame. Make a sweet little bird with fabric, maybe re-used from old clothes…

and glue this with a glue gun on the wood…

I found a little mirror and broke it, with a big hammer of my DH J and glued the pieces on the bird. Fill the frame with a piece of cardboard, and maybe some lace are a piece of a crochet doily.

Supplies:
Wooden frame
Gesso
Birch wood
Feather
Tulle
Fabric from an old T shirt
Broken mirror
Corrugated cardboard (white)
Crochet doily (a little piece)
Small button
Crackle paint (ranger)
Birdcage chipboard (Maya Road)
Stickles (ranger)

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KATIE J:

TIPS FOR MAKING THIS AT HOME:

If you're interested in making the bird out of clay, a tutorial is here!

Make nests by coiling jute cord and fibers/ribbon together and gluing them down flat, then gluing paper eggs and a bird on top of them. I used a paper bag as my base, but you could also use kraft paper! For the 3D bird element, use dimensional fabric paint to create the eyes. He will also better stand up on the frame if he is propped up with strips of foamcore board underneath his nest. you can also wrap wire around the foamcore board and the bird's legs for extra support. Strong tacky glue works best to keep everything together!

DRAWING A CITY LANDSCAPE:

When drawing a city landscape, try the folk art approach and create whimsical buildings that aren't perfect. I only used a ruler as a general guideline.
Cut windows out of patterned paper blocks, and use the blocks themselves to create visual interest.

SUPPLIES:
metal frame
paper bag
core'dinations cardstock
patterned paper
ink pen
basic grey fibers
ribbon
jute cord
foamcore board
crayola model magic
acrylic paint
dimensional fabric paint
glass marble
plastic cord

vintage images from: agence eureka, the graphics fairy, vintage printable

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JAZ:

HOW TO MAKE THIS AT HOME:

I made a 12 x 12 layout using white cardstock as the background.
I wanted the photo to looked pop-up, so I adhere a thick cardboard behind the photo.
Using lots of cut-outs, overlays and rub-ons on this page, I placed the fabric Prima flowers on the top left hand corner, and the title "Cherish".
Place the photograph, used a cut-out little frame from Webster's Pages vellum as the centrepiece.
On the right side of the layout, I've used lot's of cut outs to layer.
Also using stamped image of a birdy.
The yellow birds you see here are from the flea market.
The birdhouse is from a budget shop. I punched two holes at the top of the birdhouse, tie up the string from the birdhouse onto the page.
This layout is then to being framed onto a zen wood scrapbooking frame.

Supplies:
Webster's Pages Pattern Paper
Prima Patterned Paper
Prima Flowers
Hambly overlays
Birds
Birdhouse
Glass Marble stones

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FINN:

TIPS FOR MAKING THIS AT HOME:

If you want to alter a wooden frame start with colouring it with a proper paint or just acrylic paint mixed with lots of water - (it should be water colored with paint in fact)
the effect will be interesting and you get a nice, light colour and the structure of wood is still visible.
Adding metal elements isn't easy - most of glues won't work, but you still can use glue dots, hot glue gun or Glossy Accents by Ranger - it's also perfect for gluing glass and acrylic. As long as it is a wooden base you can aways use some screws ;)
I started this creation with colouring the frame.
When it was completely dry I added the paper strips and laces and put metal frame in the middle of the wooden frame.
The next step was adding the gauze, flowers and mosiaic elements made of Tim Holtz's Fragments and Cosmo Cricket paper.
I sprayed a bit of glimmer mists and let it dry again.
The last step was adding metal gears, eggs, liquid beads and pins and colouring it all a bit with alcohol inks.

Have fun with creating!

Supplies:
6x6"" wooden frame from an old canvas
brown paint (chestnut)
Cosmo Cricket papers - Fleuriste
laces and collage prima flowers
a bit of gauze,
Glimmer Mists - Olive Wine and Honey Dew,
metal - old clock's elements,
glass - liquid glass beads,
an old watch frame,
mosaic elements,
gem pins by Making Memories,
alcohol inks in the shades of green and yellow.
The bird - a decorative metal bird with some of my parrot's feathers in the tail
3 mini easter eggs

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Do you feel inspired?

The winner of Challenge #8 will be the Bad Girls Project 52

FEBRUARY GUEST DESIGNER!

OFFICIAL RULES FOR CHALLENGE #8

Follow these rules for a chance to win Challenge #8, and WIN A SPOT TO BE FEATURED ON THE BAD GIRLS PROJECT 52 BLOG AND FACEBOOK FAN PAGE ( 1,375 FANS)

Deadline Saturday, January 30, 2010 Midnight Pacific Time - read rules carefully

Challenge # 8 – FRAME & FILL frame - good size, found, repurposed, purchased, wood, or metal, etc… fill – image, artwork, copy-right free image, or collage, etc...) NOTE - READ RULES CAREFULLY - MAKE SURE TO LINK LAYOUT ON THE MESSAGE BOARD!

Theme – Birds
(real, fantasy, feathers, eggs, nests, or trees, etc…)
Required material – Glass
(marbles, sea glass, microscope slides, altered frame glass, broken mirror or glass tesserae, etc…)

Complete all aspects of Challenge #8 Frame-Fill/Bird/Glass as outlined above
When you upload it the Bad Girls, select the the Project 52 Gallery, make sure to title it "Challenge #8 Frame and Fill" NOTE: Select Project 52 Gallery from drop-down menu when uploading
**ALL ENTRIES MUST Post in the Challenge #8 Forum Thread With a Link and Tell Us About Your Process In a Few Short Sentences. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL 3 STEPS! Due January 30, 2010 MIDNIGHT Pacific

Ok, ready set go!

Please take a moment and let our design team know what you think of their hard work above by leaving a blog comment! They really appreciate each and every comment and getting to know all of you in the Bad Girl community. Also tell your friends. Thanks!!

BEFORE WE GO,

I HAVE ONE MORE DELICIOUS ANNOUCEMENT!

CHECK OUT THIS STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL BY ANGI FOR HER CHALLENGE #7 PROJECT

AND

THE RANDOM DRAWING WINNER OF A $20 GC

FOR CHALLENGE #7

IS

KATHARMONY!!!!

This started off as a black shadowbox. I gesso-ed the crap out of it and sprayed it multiple times with walnut gold glimmer mist. And I sprinkled some white glitter here and there as well. I used butterflies as my insects and I thought this awesome photo of my niece would be perfect since they laid her on wings to take it. For the fabric part of the challenge I used a few different things. I backed my picture with pink felt. I used a little bit of burlap at the base of my flowers. I lined the inside edges of this with a ruffled velvet ribbon. And the butterfly at the top on the outside is made of embroidery thread I believe. I loved doing this project! Thanks for looking!

Katye, PM me your email address although I think I have it!

Alright Bad Girls, I'm so curious to see what you'll create for Challenge #8, you all just get more and more creative and outstanding with each project!

Here's to finding our inner artists!!!

xoxo,

Julie Ann Shahin, Lead Designer

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Thank you so much for tghe opportunity to be a Bad Girls Guest Designer! This is such an inspiring challenge. All the examples are simply stunning!

Posted by: txscrapaddict | 01/17/2010 at 09:32 PM

Congrats to Katye for winning last months Random draw , and Wowzers did our Guest Designers rock this challenge ..
actually we all did!!
truly Inspiring!

Posted by: Tania | 01/17/2010 at 11:37 PM

congrats girls with the gueatd tspot, your work is beautiful and very inspiring!! Congrats you too Katye!! happy creating girls, this challenge gave me so much fun to do!! I love birds and birdcages....:)

Posted by: wendela | 01/18/2010 at 12:19 AM