* Monkey Banjo Band

Hello!

It's a wet and miserable day today, so I've been having a play with stamps and inks. 

I like to try and enter the challenge at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity and this fortnight the challenge is Monkey See, Monkey Do. Yay!!!!  
 I actually have a new monkey stamp! I used Carmen's Veranda's stamp, Monkey with Banjo, for my card. If you haven't visited Carmen's Veranda - you should hop on by and take a look. She stocks all manner of quirky stamps and some fabulous (and often wonderfully snarky) sentiments.

Here is my card:

I wanted to create a monkey banjo band, so I set about masking and repeat stamping my monkey. I used two shades of purple Distress Oxides for the background monkeys (Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet) and Versafine Onyx Black for the main monkey who was fussy cut and adhered to the card. I added some random music notes to the background using a KaiserCraft stamp called Sheet Music and inked the edges of the background with Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord.

The sentiment, called Overdose of Satisfaction, is also from Carmen's Veranda - I cut it into strips and arranged it so that it would fit onto my card. Finally I matted the background onto black card and popped it onto a 5 x 7 inch card base.

I hope my monkeys made you smile today!

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

                                                                                                                                            

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Always Fun #150 Animals 23/02

* Pammies Inky Pinkies #2007 AG 23/02

* A Perfect Time to Craft #23AG 27/02

* Cassic Design Challenge  AG 27/02

* Love to Craft #43 AG 28/02
* MMM Challenge #116 Critters 28/02

* Lost Coast Portal to Creativity #93 Monkey See, Monkey Do 29/02

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo