Thank You...Now With Bamboo

I blame Rysa Walker.  Here I was all set to spend lots of time in the craft cave yesterday but while I was eating breakfast I started reading The Delphi Effect and next thing I know the hubs is getting home from work (oops).  I stopped reading long enough to make dinner and do some stitching, but let's just say I finished the book last night.  #WorthIt

And today I finally made something!  Now if I could just finish the scrapbook layout that's been 75% done since the weekend....anyway.  New card.

I had to do the sentiment twice; the first time I had too much ink on the stamp and the insides of the teeny letters on the bottom line were all filled in, so I used a sponge to ink up the stamp this time and that's like my new favorite technique.  Anyway, I started with a fun color combo from Cupcake Inspirations:

I used Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant for SU! versions of the colors, plus added in some crumb cake because I thought my card needed it.  I used this week's CASE the Designer challenge at Global Design Project as a jumping-off point:

I used the same layout (my "main" bamboo stalk is even tilted to the left like the bear) but my layers are a bit different sizes.  The length of my sentiment stamp dictated that the main image panel had to be wider than in Brian's card but I still think mine is balanced fairly well.  Bonus:  it's got Dimensionals, but other than that it's flat and easy to mail :)

So that's it for me today.  I now have three choices:  a.) eat lunch, b.) go to the gym, or c.) finish that scrapbook layout.  Decisions, decisions....

Cheers, y'all!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  One Big Meaning, Artistically Asian, Touches of Texture
Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake, Thick Whisper White
Accessories:  Dimensionals