Awesome AnMal..thank you they are very like what I want...how dod you achieve the dots is my question. Thanks for posting these they are gorgeous!!

Those are all so very nice. I would like to know how you get that gold beaded look stroked round everything.

akky and molly: it's so simple it's ridiculous . i used a homemade bead brush to stroke the path. and here's a good reason to learn inkscape, akky: when you stroke a path in gimp it's really tricky to get the brush applied evenly - in inkscape you have more choices for that. i think it worked pretty fine in these, though.

AnMal, when time permits I'll have a crack at it...I also have another vector program for mac called Artboard...I want to try to learn that as well...I did do a few Inkscape tutorials but found them more in line for cutting out stencils for craft.....wasnt really interested in that part