Mandala progress

I have not added a lot to this mandala since the last post about it. It doesn't need a lot. It definitely needs some seed beads and that will finish it off. When I start with a fairly busy background I tend to do minimal beading. Creating a busy background feels a little bit like cheating. Not sure why. It really makes no sense. How could creating a piece of art be cheating! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/