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