Playing with alcohol inks .....

I love playing with alcohol inks and so was very happy when one of the groups I am a member of had a swap where we could make anything we liked using them.  This is what I made using stampbord as the base. After inking I embossed with UTEE, added in tiny gold beads then did a couple more layers of UTEE. I edged with gold embossing powder which melted into the UTEE and gave a lovely soft edge. 

This is the one I made for the swap:

with a close up:

and because I liked it, this is one I made to keep