Orange Poppies

Here's something bright for a Monday morning!  I decided to make a card using my favourite colour, orange, just to bring a little bit of sunshine into an otherwise grey day.

 The lovely digi image I've used is from A Passion For Stamps, I really love Ruth's botanical images, this beautiful poppy is one of my favourites, but this is the first time I've coloured it in orange, which I've done with Promarkers.  I used Wild Honey Distress Ink round the edges of the topper to add warmth and to tie it in with the background which was created with Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks, applied direct to the scalloped blank, then spritzed with water and dried.  I then stamped a poppy design with a Sheena Douglass stamp in Spiced Marmalade in the top right corner.
The gorgeous papers are new (I know, more new papers, but I won them so they don't count!) and are My Mind's Eye, All Spice.  I added a bit of interest with a punched border done with a Martha Stewart punch, an orange ribbon, a matching bow, to which I also added some variegated floss, some flowers made with Nellie Snellen punches,a leaf made with a Cuttlebug die and some pearls and gems.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Crafty Calendar - Blooms and Blossoms
My Sheri Crafts - #110 - Flower Power
Stamping With the Dragon - A Flower for Mum
My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes
ABC - #29 - Stamped Background
Digi Darla - #63 - 3D Element, handmade flowers and bow
Whoopsi Daisy - May Flowers