Belleek Pottery Technique

Today I noticed so many beautiful cards over at the Splitcoast gallery and they all had 1 thing in common-they were made using this week's Technique Lover Challenge(TLC361) technique- creating a card that looks like Belleek Pottery from Ireland.  I had not done a Technique Challenge before, but decided to give this one a try.  I combined it with the challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ, which is to have a heart/hearts be the focus of the card AND I combined it with the MOJO Monday sketch challenge over at Verve.  Phew!  I have not combined multiple challenges before and it was just that- a challenge!

I really liked this technique-I inked the negative image of an embossing folder with Crumb Cake ink(we were required to use a subtle color to resemble pottery).  I then punched out embossed/Belleek squares and cut out fleur de lis rectangles with a spellbinder.  The hearts were punched with a Stampin' Up punch and inked with Chocolate Chip ink, followed by Regal Rose ink.  I added them to the squares and then re-embossed them.  The "With Love" square was stamped with the sentiment at the time the heart was added.  The rectangles and squares were popped up on dimensionals, adhesive pearls were added to the "With Love" square, and organza ribbon and SU Crumb Cake seam binding finished off the card.  I think I like how this turned out, although this may be version 1 of 2 versions!

Thanks for looking!  Constructive criticism is definitely welcome on this challenging card!!

Update-There IS a Version 2

Just by adding flowers, I think the look of this card changed significantly-for the better. What do you think?