Use It Tuesday - Embossing

My first DT team challenge over at Use It Tuesday is embossing.  Well, I am not a huge card marker, so I don't have a dry embossing machine.  I did have some embossing powders at some point (bought pre-2000), but I think I threw them away.  So, I had to get a little creative.  I did a Google search, and found this idea.  

You punch out a punch of circles (or other shapes),  and you layer them on your paper to give an embossed look.  To save myself a huge headache, I decided to randomly place the circles.  I just covered teh background paper with glue and threw them on.  Then I moved them as necessary to get a fairly even coverage.  I put the larger circles on first and then let some of the smaller circles add a third level of dimension.  Once I had my background, I got to work figuring out how to finish the card.  I used the MCM #90 sketch.  I had the grey tag in a box of random "pieces," which gave me the idea to go with a blue and grey color scheme.  I then used some Studio G washi (from WalMart) and a scalloped border cut out of white paper for the line across the middle.  The sentiment was part of the paper pack that I got the background paper from, and I finished it off with a button and some Twinery Twine. 

So how long have I had these pieces in my stash?  The tag and blue paper/sentiment I got from my MIL in September (so 10 months ago).  She bought them at a yard sale, who knows how ancient they really are.  The button is at least 1 year old.  I have a ton of white buttons, some from before I was married (almost 10 years ago) and some from two bags of buttons I bought from Oriental Trading last year.  The twine I got last fall too, and I have a HUGE roll of grey.  Luckily because I have so much, I don't hoard it a ton.  But the washi I am hoarding.  It is fairly new (April maybe), but this was the first time I had use this color (and I have only used a tiny bit of the others too because I don't want to "waste" it).