Inspiration Emporium August Challenge-Done!

Good Evening Y'all!

Hope everyone's week is starting off to a good start!  So far this week has been really GREAT and busy, which I like!

I wanted to share with you guys a project I just finished.  It's the August challenge for Inspiration Emporium's Inspiration Team.  The challenge was to come up with something with the theme of...Go Fly a Kite.  The good news is I finished it!  The bad new is I can't stop singing...Let's Go Fly A Kite....

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

Yep, you know the one!  Can't get it out of my mind! I mean can't!  Nada!  Nope!  LOL!  Now It's on your mind huh?  LOL!  Ok, one more round....

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

OK ENOUGH!  Time to get serious...On with today's blog post...Let's Go Fly  A Kite Up to the....STOP!  STOP! STOP!

Here is my August Challenge of Go Fly a Kite....

Supplies Used and available in the  Inspiration Emporium store:

Sizzix Bigz Die - Umbrella Man
Sizzix Movers & Shapers Die - Tag & Tie
Sizzix Sizzlits Decorative Strip Alphabet Die - Vintage Market
Stampers Anonymous- Tim Holtz Collection - Mini Cirque Alpha
Stampers Anonymous-  Tim Holtz Collection - Mini Ornates
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Paper Stash - Crowded Attic
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Paper Stash - Destinations
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Hinge Clips
Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Trimmings - Lavish
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Brushed Corduroy
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Peeled Paint
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Broken China 
Tim Holtz - Distress Ink Pads - Victorian Velvet
Ranger - Archival #0 Pad - Jet Black
UTEE - 8 oz - White
Fiskars Border Punch- Grass
Black Embossing Powder
Round Box - Craft Stores
Medium Weight Chipboard
Wire

How it was made:

I marked a line with a pen and ruler to about a third of the round chipboard box.  I then cut on the line with my craft knife.

Next, I measured the bottom of the box and cut a piece of chipboard to match and adhered it to the bottom. of the box.  I then laid the semi-curcular box down flat and traced around the shape on chipboard.  I cut the piece out and adhered it to the back.  With that done, I punched the grass from the Crowded Attic paper collection and added Scor-tape to the back of the strips and layered them on starting at the top and worked downwards.

I cut the Umbrella Man from the die three times from chipboard.  I nipped off the umbrella on all three.  I glued two of the cuts together with Glossy Accents and then made a small channel for the "kite wires" on his hand and arm.  Last, I glued the third piece to the others.  I inked the Umbrella man and the umbrellas with the archival Ink and heat embossed them with black embossing powder.  Last, I embossed them with UTEE.

I glued the umbrellas and Umbrella Man to the top of the domed box.

I took some heavy gauge wire and wrapped it around three of the Hinge Clips and synched down with needle nose pliers.  Last, I bent the wires a bit and  glued the wires into the channel I made in the chipboard hand.

I cut three tags with the Sizzix Movers & Shapers Die - Tag & Tie from the Destinations Paper collection.  I cut the letters for the tags from the Vintage Market die  I adhered the letters to the tags and stamped the wings and the letters onto the tags.

Last, I inked the three Trimmings with Victorian Velvet, Peeled Paint and Broken China and put them through the tags holes and then clipped the tags to the hinge clips.  That's it!  Done!

 

Hope You Like It!  Thanks for coming over to visit!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

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