More Back to School

Young Miss Backsides is walking her little brother to school.

 

Awwww, isn't that sweet!

Back to School

Is this Little Miss Backsides as a child?  Or is this her daughter?  Either way, the butterfly punch for the backside is a constant.

Back to School has special meaning this year... 

This was my last 'First Day of School'.

After 17 years, I didn't get to take anyone to school on the first day - Kiddo drove herself  last week. (I got a new car, so she got my old one)

Kiddo is a SENIOR in HIGH SCHOOL
WHAT?

My little "Boo" is a SENIOR in HIGH SCHOOL?
Can't get my mind around it.  (sniffle)

She ought to be walking to second grade with her little backpack on, carrying a lunch box- not cruisin' into the parking lot after popping into the donut shop for breakfast.

Sure, she'll have a first day of college - but I won't be there to take a photo. (SOB!)  And she sure won't come home and sit down to have a snack and a chat about her day. (more SOBS!)

My nest is full (actually, overflowing with Miss Temporarily Move Back Home's apartment stuff) yet I've got significant twinges of those empty nest feelings...

Oh get a grip Ellen.  You have your punches to play with and the I-Fairy to keep you company.  And a mile long list of requests to work on.  And your house will stay CLEAN and the drains will stay unclogged and you will get to bed early because there will be no more curfews to enforce - you can dream peacefully (pretending that one is in her dorm studying and the other is fast asleep in order to get up early for her fabulous job)  Ignorance is BLISS!

Still....I'm advising you now - invest in tissues before this time next year.  I'm sure you will make a big profit just off me.

Somedays the time is right

Got a request TODAY for a school bus. 

Nope, I never thought about making one - when do you need it by - yadda yadda - no promises - I'll try..... and then....BINGO - I made a school bus. 

Beth needs one for her grandson's birthday and she must have made a deal with the Inspiration Fairy because it fell into place in just a few minutes.

Yes I cheated - the "school bus" was added onto the photo - but you certainly could stamp it.

Start with a 3x4.25 rectangle - snip in with your 1.25 inch square punch (or trim with your trimmer)

Round your corners - my corner rounder wouldn't "fit" correctly so I just stuck the corners into a 1.25 circle  punch as far as it would go and punched - instant rounding

Windshield - part of word window

Windows - 3/4 squares - rounded by sticking into the 1/2 inch to round the corners because the pieces are too small to hold to stick in the corner rounder

2 stripes are from trimmer

Tires - 1.25 circle and new circle punch (in the summer mini)

Bumpers - shortened word window

Stop sign - 1 inch circle - trimmed with scissors into octagon

Headlight and Taillights - 1/2 inch circle

Sooooo Easy!

Old School Teacher

Teachers love to hear the pitter patter of little feet

... going out to recess.



Did I hear someone say "Amen"?

See Dick Run.

See Jane Run.

See Ellen teach you how to make the teacher.

Head - word window shortened by re-punching

Nose - point of middle arrow My Way

Hair - piece of ornament

Glasses/eye - NON SU oval punch from my stash, scrap strip

Neck - small My Way

collar - small Heart to Heart

top - small oval

sleeves - square punch offset from square hole

skirt - large oval, snipped with scallop square

feet - 5 petal flower trimmed

hand - slot

ruler - scrap strip

Class Dismissed before that mean old teacher whacks me for all the grammatical errors in my posts!

I am a Bookworm

I love to read.

My BOM would not be complete without a page on books! 

And I just had to take a quick break from the pointy chin men - yes, there are more coming. 

Want to see my book page?  If no, click that little x on the top of your screen, otherwise look here:

I cannot believe how much I like this layout.  It has two colors I rarely use - Sahara Sand (textured) and Brilliant Blue and one color I usually hate, Glorious Green and yet I LOVE them together on this page. 

I had glorious green scraps on my desk from the Christmas Elf (HAD to use it for him) so that is what I picked up to run through the Big Shot for the hearts and bracket (Hearts and Brackets Die) - I was just playing around experimenting with title ideas - no intention of actually using that shade of green (super yuk).  I had already made a worm in Green Galore to use on this page. To my great shock - I loved the Glorious Green and black on the sahara sand so I remade the worm to match.

When I remade the book worm I snapped a photo so you can easily see the punches I used. 

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  Worm is 1/2 inch circle, 3/4 inch circle, 1 inch circle, TWO 1.25 inch circles and the large oval for his head. 
  
  
  
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  Eyes are 2 white 3/4 inch circles with standard hole punch in black  (white gel pen marks)
  
  
  
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  Glasses are (two) 1/2 inch circle holes - then punch around the holes with the 3/4 inch circle to get the rims. 
  
  
  
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  Ear pieces are (two) slot punches
  
  
  

I sponged each worm segment with glorious green ink. And I ran a black marker around the edge of the eyes after adhering the glasses since some of the white showed on the sides.

The book stacks are simply a combination of various rectangles with some word window punches that were cut down again with the word window punch to get the "going in" curve.

I added some narrow black lines (from trimmer) to give the worm and the books a 'base' so they were not floating in mid air.  You will see lots of narrow lines in my scrapbooks - guess that is my 'signature thing' since I repeat it all the time. 

I may have someone in the family take a picture of me reading and I will slip it below the top book stack but I may not ever get around to it.  The one photo I found with me reading is just TOO unflattering for use here. I'm about truth in the scrapbook but some truth is just too ugly to post on the Internet.  It would be perfect for a blackmail album. 

Blackmail album idea - one I have never gotten around to doing but intend to someday - use a black album and include all those bloopers and photos that should hit the trash can or recycle bin but you kept anyway.  The ones where your kid just kept sticking his tongue out - or the one of your backside as you hung stuff on the tree - those would go here. 


I may use a bigger picture and take some photos of my bookshelves and make this into a two page spread - I am so freaked out about liking this shade of green with the black and sahara, I feel like I should use more of it while I'm in the mood. 

The little worm is easy to make and I think he is precious.  Maybe you can use him with an apple if books aren't your cup of tea?  If you don't need him on a card or scrapbook page how about on a bookmark or a gift tag when you give a book as a present?