Welcome June!

Again, I'm making NO promises for how frequent I'll be posting over the next few weeks.  We're down to the last two weeks of school and I know they're going to be super busy.  In fact, I know I have something school-related going on just about every night in this upcoming week.  Hopefully, once school is over, I'll have a bit more time for crafting, but we'll see since I'll also have my little monster home with me full time for the summer.

Speaking of my little monster, here's a little something he and I created last weekend.  He loves all animals and has just been itching to paint something, so I picked up this little birdhouse for him.  For the birdhouse and the paint, I spent a whopping $4, my son had a blast painting it, and exclaims "There's my red birdhouse!" every time we pull into our yard.  Doesn't get much better.

In case you haven't noticed, Stampin' Up!'s new catalog just launched yesterday!  You can click the link over there on the right to view all the new goodies for yourself.  I think it's one of the prettiest catalogs we've had since I became a demonstrator four years ago.  And I'm just tickled by this hostess set, Carry On.  The dark blue in the center is Midnight Muse, one of SU!'s new In Colors for 2012-2014.  I mixed it with Calypso Coral and Pool Party, two of the 2011-2013 In Colors.  I also used the new Bitty Banners die for the Big Shot to emphasize the "and" in the middle of the sign.  This was my stamp club card for June.

During stamp club, I changed it up and made a variation while I demo'd how to make the card.  I also moved the layout around a little bit.  I honestly can't decide which way I like it better!

And for one more fun card before I go...I found a quilt with a similar design to this on Pinterest.  The quilt was also made with strips of black and white fabric.  I made this card using some scraps I have leftover from Night & Day, a DSP SU! had available a few years ago.  I love love love the designs on this paper and wish it would come back! I cut the paper into 1/2" wide strips.  I used a 3 3/4"x 5" scrap of white cardstock and ran it through my Xyron to completely coat it with adhesive.  Once all the strips were stuck on, I trimmed off the edges with my paper cutter, added the ribbon and flower, then mounted it on black before attaching it to a piece of Tempting Turquoise cardstock.  I may try this again with some other colors of paper.