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!