Barrel of Monkeys

I made this little 3x3 monkey card today...

...and then I made another...

...and another...


...and another, with girl monkeys!

I love making quick, cute 3x3 cards like these. The monkey stamp is from Fox & Friends, from the brand new Occasions Mini Catalogue. If you haven't heard the news yet, Stampin' Up! is offering clear mount rubber stamps for the first time ever, and let me tell you, they are fabulous! They produce the same crisp, clear images as the traditional wood-mount stamps but only require a fraction of the storage space.

• Clear mount stamps allow you to easily see where you are placing your stamped image. This made positioning the monkey in a playful, tumbling pattern a cinch.
• The "bundle of joy" sentiment is from the Little Angel set, also in the Occasions Mini.
• The hand-cut flowers on the girl monkey is from the large branch image in Eastern Blooms.
• Dazzling Diamonds added using the Two-Way Glue Pen give the monkeys some sparkle.
  

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