School Supply Cake and Some Punch Art

I joined Pinterst about six months ago, but I never really had much time to check it out until last week when I had some down time.  Now, I'm totally addicted.  Anyway, I saw this cute little cake put together with School Supplies by Leigh Ann Butler and knew I had to try it.  I thought it would be the perfect gift for Gavin's teacher on the last day of school.  I also know that the teachers always need extra supplies at the beginning of every school year, so I figured this cake could be put to good use at the beginning of the next school year.  Here's a big tip as well... the best time to buy the supplies for one these cakes is right before school starts.  I didn't realize how expensive they are when they're "not in season" until I purchased them last week.  lol  Anyway on to the cake...
The instructions on how to put this cake together can be found here...The Butlers.   I used notebooks, crayons, glue, glue sticks, pencils, the center of a wrapping paper roll and a roll of paper towels to put this cake together.  I did change a few things on my cake when I put it together though.  I added a piece of Daffodil Delight Card Stock around the very top of the paper towels so you couldn't see the top of the roll.  Also, I cut a five inch circle to set on the top of the paper towels as well to hide the very top of the paper towels.  I also wanted to use a cute school theme since Gavin would be giving this to his teacher.  The worm and apples are all punch art creations I made using my Stampin' Up Punches.  The worm is simply punched using different sized circles and the sides of his glasses are actually letter Js I cut out using the Big Shot.  The green apples were made using the Round Tab punch.  I finished the cake off by adding some 1/4 in. Grosgrain Ribbon around each layer. 
    




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Supplies:  Woodgrain Stamp, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Basic Black & Soft Suede Cards Stock, Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Signo White Gel Pen, 2 in. Circle, 1 3/4 in. Circle, 1 3/8 in. Circle, 1 1/4 in, Circle, 1 in. Circle, 3/4 in. Circle, 1/2 in. Circle, Round Tab, Cupcake Builder, Blossom Petals Builder, & Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punches, Crop- A- Dile, Big Shot, Alphabet Die, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery & Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Diminsionals and Mini Glue Dots

8 comments:

Joyce said...

Wow Carrie, That is the cutest thing ever! Gavin's teacher is going to love this-it would be a great idea for the beginning of the school year! I am sure they can always use supplies! Great Job! I am already stalking(i mean following) you on Pinterest! LOL. Have a great week.

lifesabeach32940 said...

Carrie ~

This is AWESOME!! Absolutely AWESOME!! I cannot wait to give it a try. The project was unbelievably cool to begin with, but your addition of the punch art makes it PERFECT!! Thanks for the inspiration!!



Judy

Patti said...

Absolutely wonderful idea. Any teacher would love getting this. Great job; love the added touches.

Becky Green said...

ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!! Look out!!!! Your sons' teacher is going to want to put you to work!!!! :)

Rhonda Miller said...

Oh my goodness, what a fantastic idea. What teacher wouldn't love to get this. TFS.

Anonymous said...

Great idea! Thank you for sharing.

Janislu

Margaret said...

What a wonderful end of the year gift! I'm sure his teacher will love this!!

Lena F. said...

WOW!!! I really liked the original but I LOVE your take on it! Thank you for the inspiration, I will try and do this project justice :)

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