The new Pennant Parade stamp set and the Petite Pennants Builder Punch are both so versatile you've got to have them!  On this card I used the punch to make the trees plus our new Just Add Cake Designer Series Paper and card stock.  I could have stamped images from the Pennant Parade stamp set and punched them out, also.  The word Merry and the star are from the stamp set.

Here's the card I made (a little ink boo-boo!).  I hope to redo it a little and perhaps take it as a swap to the Stampin' Up! Convention…if I can just find enough time!

Pennants are IN so you better have some way to use them on your cards, scrapbook pages and projects!  Shop Online HERE.

I saw this little card in the Summer Mini Catalog on page 20 and decided to make it.  Mine is almost the same but not quite.  I must have made mine smaller than the one in the catalog because they have a larger piece of designer paper on the side; mine is just 3×3.  But it works!  I didn't emboss, just stamped, using markers to color in the three "Hello"s from the stamp set Happy Greetings, also in the Summer Mini.  The butterfly is stamped with the Flower Fest stamp set.  This stamp set first appeared in the Summer Mini but is also currently in the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog.  I also took my Paper Piercing Tool (a must have!) to punch the little holes indicating the flight of the butterfly.  And then I just added a Bitty Button and piece of Baker's Twine for an accent!

Have you placed your order yet from the new Stampin' Up! Catalog??

You can do it online by clicking HERE.

Every year Stampin' Up! designs a special stamp set to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.  This year it is Turtle & Co., available in wood-mount or clear.  Stampin' Up! donates $3 for the sale of every set to RMHC.  You can have fun stamping and know that you are helping a worthy cause at the same time!

Click HERE to read more about how Stampin' Up! makes a difference and see some samples you can make with this stamp set!

Flower Fest, in the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog, is a fun stamp set to work with making cards, scrapbook pages or any rubber stamping project!  I didn't initially like it, but it is FUN!  I consulted my "Color Coach" to see what colors went well with Poppy Parade, one of the current In Colors that I haven't used much, and then I just stamped all over the card front!  You could also stamp in Versamark and then emboss with the beautiful new embossing colors also in the Summer Mini.  There are lots of ways you can have fun with this stamp set!  Be sure it is on your next order!

Last week for Last Chance Stampin' Up! products!!

Place your order HERE at my Stampin' Up! Online Store!

Here's another Pun Fun #115054 card, a stamp set that is retiring the end of this month!  This has been such a fun stamp set to work with.  Is it on your list to order before the Stampin' Up! retirement party is over?!

Stamps:  Pun Fun, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Stazon Black

Paper:  Real Red card stock, Night of Navy card stock, Brushed Silver and Brushed Gold card stock, Whisper White

Accessories:  Circle Scissors Plus #112530, Glass Mat #112531, Small Star Punch (retired), Signo Gel Pen #105021, Modern Label Punch #119849, Oval Punch #119855, Silver Brads #104336

Let me know if you have any questions about this card or the products I used.  To order Stampin' Up! products, just click HERE to shop!

To see the Last Chance Lists of retiring Stampin' Up! products, click HERE.  Be sure to check out the Clearance Rack, too!

Today is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, meaning it is the first day of summer!  Why not celebrate the summer solstice, or first day of summer, with a summer card!  Look in your Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog on page 16 at the Sunny Fun stamp set. Don't you think it just screams "summer"?!

I stamped the image of the kids swimming and colored in with my Watercolor Crayons and Aquapainter.  I love using my Watercolor Crayons!

In the photo below, you can see the post-it note I punched in order to get a stencil for the sun in order to sponge in the Daffodil Delight yellow ink and also a touch of Pumpkin Pie for the orange.  Then I used the punched out circle as a mask, placed over the sun so I wouldn't get ink on it as I made the sky.  The sky is made with a punch from the new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch #122464 in the Summer Mini.  I then just sponged some blue ink off the top edges of that punched out piece to make the clouds.  Love that technique!  Click on the photo of the card to enlarge.

To purchase this Sunny Fun stamp set and others, please go HERE to place your online order!

Today is Flag Day.  Are you flying your flag?  I love to put my flag out! Flag Day came about after several decades of state and local celebrations, perhaps originating with a schoolteacher in Wisconsin, BJ Cigrand, until President Wilson signed a proclamation calling for an observance of the flag in 1916, followed by President Truman in 1949 who signed an Act Of Congress designating the 14th day of June every year as National Flag Day.  You can read about it on the National Flag Day Foundation website.

You can celebrate Flag Day or any patriotic occasion with the Land of the Free stamp in the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalog.  It's a great stamp to own and makes you feel good to use it!