4 Precious Little Monkeys

Ty and 3 of his cousins were all born in the year of the monkey. It was great cos all 3 of my sister--in-laws and I were pregnant together and I picked up a lot of tips and advise from them. They all had baby girls so Ty was the prince (The Hubby said thorn) among the roses.....Haha.

Materials: Textured Cardstock: Bazill Basics Paper and Making Memories; Alpha Chipboard: Basic Grey; Chipboard Word Tile: L'il Davis; Word Sticker: DCWV; Ribbon: American Crafts; Acrylic Paint: Making Memories; Pen: ZIG Opaque; Corner Rounder: Carl.

This LO came together quite easily. I thought of basic LOs by Cathy Zielske, from Simple Scrapbooks (whose LOs are really fabulously simple), that would always have an even border on the edges. A defining clear border makes a simple statement and gives your LO clean edges. It also allows you to use minimal embellishments thus letting you have minimal fuss. As you may have noticed, I didn't use any patterned paper hence less hassle.

The L'il Davis Chipboard Word tile 'Precious' comes in a pack for baby girl which I bought during my second pregnancy...yes I was convinced baby No.2 would be a girl. The word 'little' was cut out from a sticker quote from a DCWV pack for Boys and stuck onto brown cardstock and edged with acrylic paint. I was trying to match the warm colours of the photos by using browns and yellows. Not too sure if that turned out very well though.