I didn't write down exactly what I did, but I can try. From top to tail, ZooBalloo Abu measures a little more than 3.5", so I think I must have set it on 4". I cut a dark brown shadow, a tan monkey shape, then did the monkey sillhouette with a caramel color from Archiver's (love those coupons). I liked silhouette better than the layers. It just looked funny the other way. With the tan monkey base, I cut off his arms and tail (don't worry, he took it like a trooper) so that it would be easier to line things up when I glued the sillhouette on top. I punched out holes using my eyelet punch (it was handy) from the dark brown color. From there, I had to experiment to make a vest and fez. The largest mat on the rug was 3"x1.5". I used Fiskars "seagull" shape scissors to get the edge on the smallest color on the rug. Then I added a liitle bit of embroidery floss to the corners for tassels. I hope that all made sense.