Happy Fourth of July!

When I got the June Paper Pumpkin kit and finished my "Paper Pumpkin Happy Dance" I immediately followed the directions (I'm a firstborn and and ISTJ--it's what we do) and made the pinwheels and plopped them into a mason jar. So cute! If you missed it, you can see it here on my previous blog post.

Since the new and improved Paper Pumpkin kits are jam-packed with supplies, I knew I wanted to make a patriotic banner for the Fourth of July (and face it, the banner may stay up until Christmas...). Here's the banner hanging on my mantel. You can see the mason jar with the pinwheels on the right (next to my handsome son's high school graduation picture--that's him in 5th grade on the left of the clock!)

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Here's a closer shot of the pinwheels (and you can see all three of my kids in their middle school portraits):

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and a closer view so you can see how I attached the pinwheels to the Basic Gray Baker's Twine and decorative paper clip embellishments that came with the kit.

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And after both projects, I still have supplies leftover: 3 pinwheels, 3 paper clips, 3 big silver brads, several yards of Basic Gray Baker's Twine, 24 4"x6" cello bags, 21 striped paper straws (which my DD claimed because "they're so cool and I always wanted to use straws like this"), and 21 Whisper White pre-cut banners. Of course, I still have the "Pinwheel Party" photopolymer stamp set and the Night of Navy Stampin' Spot.

I hope you and your family enjoy celebrating our nation's birthday and that you take some time to remember the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform--and those who went before the--who defend our nation.

Oh! And don't forget to check back here on Sunday for another Creation Station blog hop!

Patriotic Pumpkin

My, oh my, is the June 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit cute! It comes with enough supplies to make 24 patriotic pinwheels. You can make pinwheels on fun red striped straws or pinwheels on cello bags (included!) or pinwheels to....well, you're going to wait to see what I do with my pinwheels next week!

Here's everything you get in the kit.

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And here are three pinwheels on the striped straws. I put them in a mason jar filled with red and white shred and tied a bow in 1/4" Real Red Cotton Ribbon for a cute Fourth of July table decoration.

I keep saying that Stampin' Up has really stepped up their Paper Pumpkin kits. You get loads of supplies to make cute projects (a card one month, a 3Dproject the next), with loads of supplies left over to make other things, too. And it's such a deal! You can try Paper Pumpkin for one month for $19.95, including shipping. Just enter item number 137858 on my online store. A 3-month subscription (item 137859) is $59.85. Save $1 per month by signing up for a 6-month subscription (item number 137860) or save $2 per month by signing up for a 12-month subscription (item number 137861). You know you wanna!!