Today I have this graceful card using the Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set from Stampin’ Up! for Man Card Monday. I know you probably wouldn’t use the descriptor of graceful for a card that is designed for a man, but that is the description that best fits this card. The Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set is so much fun to create cards with! Wouldn’t this card make a beautiful gift set? You could make up 4-6 cards and wrap them up beautifully, and the recipient of this gift would be delighted!
To design this card, I started by stamping the larger, then the smaller bamboo images using Soft Suede ink from Stampin’ Up! onto Crumb Cake cardstock. I then added the bamboo leaves to the bamboo stocks using the same Soft Suede Ink.
I used VersaMark ink to create the background and stamped the kanji Symbol from this Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set in a random pattern. Did you know that this kanji symbol means friendship? I thought that was cool!
Once I finished stamping all my images on the 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″ Crumb Cake card stock, I layered it to a piece of 3 3/4″ x 5″ Soft Suede cardstock. I added these layers to the center of a standard A2 Poppy Parade Cardbase (8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″) using Stampin Dimensionals.
The “GRATEFUL for all that you do” sentiment is stamped using Poppy Parade ink onto a 2 3/16″ x 3/4″ Crumb Cake cardstock, then glued to a 2 1/4″ x 7/8″ Soft Suede cardstock. I adhered the sentiment layers to the completed card base using Stampin Dimensionals.
I absolutely LOVE this card! I surprised myself when I added this Bamboo Beauty Stamp Set to my wish list. It is so totally not my typical style of stamps I usually purchase. I am so glad I did grab this one. Do yourself a favor and add it to your wish list. You won’t be disappointed.
Thanks for stopping. I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I did. Make sure you join me next week for Man Card Monday.
Have a wonderful week!.
Happy Stamping!
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