Back to School FREEBIE Collab with Doodling Debbie and… Mrs Miles Blog featured in a UK MAGAZINE!

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Yay - Today’s the day Doodling Debbie and I bring you a “Back to School” themed FREEBIE giveaway on our blogs.  It has been fun connecting with Debbie to provide you with some seriously cute cuts for your Silhouette magic machines. 

I chose to make an apple with a worm ( a going back to school worm, in this case coz it has books tucked under it’s arm ) but I’m sure you might adapt it for all sorts of themes. 

I made mine into a greeting card which I’ve already given to a young person in my Sunday School class. 

Supplies:

Back to School - cut and digital scrapbooking template by Barb Derksen

Set of Googly Eyes

Glue Dots

Clear Embossing Powder

Cardstock

Method:

I cut the two solid apple bases out of white cardstock.  I then cut the face out of red cardstock.  I cut the various other pieces out of paper and cardstock as I chose. 

I embossed the cardstock with a clear embossing - ok, well I’m sure you can see the grainy texture and I must fess up I tried an embossing technique which was a fail because I messed up on one of the ingredients, so I will share that with you later.  At any rate, emboss your apple if you like.  Emboss your leaf. 

Glue the stem onto they apple, then glue the leaf on too.

Fold the worm’s arms gently into the middle of its body (like it’s hugging itself) and squish it’s head into the middle as well so that you can fit it through the hole in the apple.  Pull it through the opening from the back to the front.  Secure the worm base at the back with some adhesive or tape.  Position the worm at the angle you would like.  Add the books under the left arm.  Add the hands to the arms with a Glue Dot and then anchor them down to the apple. 

Glue the bowtie and glasses onto the worm, then add Googly Eyes.  Voila!

Happy BACK TO SCHOOL all you Teachers and Kids out there!

 

Barb Derksen’s Back to School

Digital Scrapbooking Template, Silhouette Cutting File. dxf

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I’m so fortunate to live in Apple Country, watching the trees in every season, coming to life after a long winter, leafing out, blossoming in a spectacular celebration of spring and then seeing the tiny hard green apples grow into crisp juicy fruit - then the picking and the cycle starts all over again. 

Who needs a running track when one can run between the sunlight dappled rows of trees in the freshly mown grass?  Ahhh!  If you would like to know more about the beautiful tree fruits of our Okanagan Valley you can visit the BC Tree Fruits Website!

But I’m off track now - because you really really need to jump over to Debbie’s Paper Pulse blog (hopefully after reading the rest of my post - don’t worry, Debbie’s link opens into it’s own window!)  Here are some previews of her amazing giveaway FREEBIE!

Isn’t Debbie’s little paper backpack the COOLEST??? I can see filling these with candies as a gift!  I can also imagine these as a perfect present for a hiker too.  THANK YOU Debbie, for collab-ing with me - I think we should do this again in the future, it’s always more fun working with friends. Click HERE to be taken directly to this fun post by Debbie!

And another incredible FREE file is the fun Halloween Haunted House Studio cutting file that Debby made (click HERE for link to blog post) and which Kelly from Finding Time to Create has used on this fun and not so scary project!  The Haunted House goes over a beautiful acid etched bottle, which Kelly includes a tutorial for!

And now that I’ve finished “TOOT-ing” for all my friends, I’m going to “TooT” myself!  Imagine my surprise when Debby posted a Congratulations at the Silhouette Plus Forums to ME for THIS BLOG being featured in a UK Magazine, yes, a real paper magazine! 

Woo Hoo - and hahaha, I had NO IDEA that

• I had a .uk extension for my bloggie
• I was TOP BLOG in this magazine 

THANK YOU Debby for not only showing me this, but for sending me a copy of this magazine.  I’m so way excited about this, I’m posting it in my sidebar right away.  I’ve since visited the lovely ladies at the forums over at Let’s Make Cards too and they have loads of great info and good card making tips as well!  AND just this morning I received an email from Elizabeth at Let’s Make Cards (thank you!!!) and also my freind JanMary (Ireland who makes the most LOVELY jewellery!) who located another copy of the magazine AND I’ve since found out how to subscribe too!  Whew.

PS - you need to check out the pretty wreath Debby made using a tutorial at Kelly’s blog and featuring some of the lovely flower .studio cuts at the Silhouette Online Store

Ok, enough excitement for one day (fanning myself) - stay tuned here for my next blog post which will feature another FREEBIE!

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