Little Monkey...

Here's my plaid creation:

Distress Inks: Victorian Velvet, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Crushed Olive.

I was inspired to make this project by the current challenge at Addicted To CAS: plaid.  I think it turned out cute!  A friend of mine found out that she's pregnant-- unexpected but welcome!  I saw this sentiment and thought it was just right to pair with this cute little monkey.

I'd also like to enter this into the color challenge at the current Colour Q Challenge #340... though my original interpretation of the poppy color was more California poppy than the Oriental poppy...

Supplies and notes:

• I made my plaid by using a Martha Stewart stencil with four Distress Inks, pictured above.  Thanks to the water-reactive properties of DI, I splattered the plaid with water and added a little interest, rather than just the soft lines, though those were nice,
• I edged this panel with ColorBox Chalk in Creamy Brown
• I also splattered some Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Vintage Photo across this panel
• The monkey stamp is from Prima, and the sentiment is from Inkadinkado, both stamped in SU! in Chocolate Chip
• I added Pebble Chalk, Inc. chalk on the cute little monkey
• The orange seam binding is vintage

Happy Saturday!