"cookin' monster" card

So I decided to enter another challenge/contest.
This one is for: www.papersmoochesstamps.com >> 

The challenge was to use this picture as inspiration:

I was wanting to do a kitchen-y just-for-fun-card.  Of course, I reached for the monster stamp...it seems to be giving me great ideas lately...

Here is the final result (kind of busy, but I think it's definitely fun) ~ I can almost smell fresh fruity muffins coming out of the oven:

 

Supplies:
I created the background kitchen scene with cardstock -- red for the wall, yellow for the floor, black for trim, & kraft for the tabletop.  I added the windows using blue cardstock, kraft trim, a small cloud punch, and red gingham patterned paper for "curtains".  The monster was cut out of lime green cardstock, and the bowl was cut out of teal.  Most of the coloring was done with Crayola colored pencils.  (A tiny bit of coloring was done with Sakura white and silver glitter gel pen, as well as a Bic fine-tip black permanent marker and black & brown ink.)  A lot of cutting, some red & white twine to trim the chef's hat, and some fringe cutting on red gingham paper to finish off a "placemat".  I am enjoying making scenes lately.  :)

Stamps:
Monster & monster's extra arm, chef's hat/(toast), mixing bowl/(mug), strawberry, milk carton, eggs, apple, "flour" and "sugar" canisters, wheat, twinkle, and leaf decorations, orange, steam/swirls -- Paper Smooches/
Oven/bun, muffins, tray/vase, coffee cup, lemon, heart decoration -- Lawn Fawn/
quote, spoon, flower decoration -- Bo Bunny/
tile floor pattern -- Prima/

Thanks for taking a look! ~ Amanda B., the manderbean :)