CASology Week #6 - School

Hello!  The challenge CASology Week #6 is to create a clean and simple card using the word "School" as your inspiration.  My daughter will be starting 7th grade next week and she is a total bookworm.  I've had a bit of a challenge getting her out and about this summer because she has her nose stuck in a book most of the time (I was just like that as a kid too!).  But.... it's hard to complain too much when your kids love books - I mean REALLY! 

I used a making technique to get my darling little worm right in the corner (this time I used dotto to hold the mask in place before stamping over it with the book page).  I think I am getting better at this whole CAS thing.  I really resisted the urge to add  more embellishments and layers.  Ultimately though I just couldn't resist adding the googly eyes to the bookworm.  Here is what it looked like before I added the eyes:

I think it really made a fun difference and didn't take away from the CAS style.  What do you think?  Here's how I finished the inside (please ignore that smear, and the crooked cutting (how come we don't see these things til we post the photo? - urgh!):

Brooke is not too happy about starting school next week - she has had a great lazy summer that she doesn't want to end. Hopefully this card will cheer her a little (gonna put it in her bathroom so she sees it when she is getting ready).  I know that once she gets there and sees all her friends she will soon be back in the swing of middle school life. 

Gotta run for now.  Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today!  Hugs!

Supplies (all from Stampin Up except noted):  Cardstock - Whisper White and Real Red.  Stamp is a retired set called First Day (bookworm is colored with Copic markers).  Those googly eyes are a NEW product in the SU Holiday Mini catalog - you get 50 adhesive eyeballs on a sheet.