Round in Circles

Happy Wednesday!!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  As this is the first week of the month, we have a Designer's Choice Challenge and Joy has challenged us to use circles on our projects.  This is the card I created:

 I used a circle frame stamp to create a pattern all over the entire background using light gray, black and red inks.  It took a bit of time but it did create a really fun pattern.  I didn't want to cover it up (plus this is card for my brother-in-law, so no need for anything fancy), so I decided to give the eclipse technique a try.  I drew a faint pencil line across the center of the card both vertically and horizontally and used those to line up my letter dies.  I taped them in place with washi tape and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I adhered the little center pieces back in with liquid glue and adhered the letters with foam tape for some fun dimension.  Then I stamped the "birthday" stamp, which, in hindsight would have been easier to do BEFORE adhering the letters.

I finished everything off with some matching enamel dots, which are also more circles.  This was a really fun challenge; I hope you will play along with us.  Make sure you stop by the House Blog to see how the rest of the team interpreted this challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Repeat Impressions "Dotted Circle Frame" and "Happy Cling Set" birthday
Dies: MFT Stitched letters

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas #380--anything goes
Cardz TV #58--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #334--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Creative Fingers #150--anything goes