This week's Teapot Tuesday challenge asks us to use circles and draw inspiration from a lovely tea set. The Try a New Technique challenge also asks us to use circles. I think I've used enough circles on this card to qualify for both challenges!
I saw a card using the inlaid embossing technique with solid-colored circles on Pinterest, so I decided to CASE the background. Here is a link to that card: http://www.starzlstamps.com/2011/10/index.html
I started by die cutting several circles from one of my favorite matstacks. I adhered them to a piece of pale purple card stock, then ran the entire panel through my Big Shot and the Square Lattice embossing folder. I embossed a piece of shimmery pale purple paper with the Spots and Dots embossing folder, then adhered that over the circles. I attached the entire piece to an Elegant Eggplant card base. I stamped the verse in Elegant Eggplant on Natural White card stock, then die cut it and attached it to a die cut piece of Elegant Eggplant. I attached this panel using Stampin' Dimensionals. I added several sizes of pearls to the circles on the shimmery pale purple panel for a final "circles" touch.
I've lost count of how many circles are on this card! Too many? I hope not!
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28801
Fri, Mar 08, 2013 @ 6:08 AM
I love the way your card just 'pops' with brilliant colors. And your sentiment is so true and a great one to use!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6