T is for Talapoin

The Craft Barn alpha challenge is asking for t. I'm working in the last minute with all sorts of things popping up (though I have been on holiday for a week now!). I checked through the index of my wildlife encyclopedia, found a few t-names that didn't give me a clue as to what sort of an animal they might be. Some were too big for these cards, but luckily one was this lovely little monkey. The smallest of all old world monkeys, the body being around 10-15 inches.

Talapoins live in jungles and mangrove swamps, allways near water... So I picked one of my ink jet photo paper experiments for the background. This is with Paperartsy Infusion in Sage. I love the wet marble look it gives! I recommend trying photo paper with Infusions or Brushos, the effects are quite interesting, I just diluted the crystals on my craft sheet and dipped the paper into it. It's as if the paper takes a photo of the puddle :) Here is the back of the card. These little monkeys live in small groups and eat plants, insects and whatever grubs they can find on land and in water.