I Love Promarkers DT Project - Inspiration Photo

We have a fun new challenge for you at I Love Promarkers, this week we have a fabulous inspiration photo.

Please tell us in your post how the photo inspired you, as it's not always obvious.  You could go with the colours, flowers, butterflies, or perhaps the picture inspires you in a different way, just be sure to use your Letraset pens on your creations.
Our sponsor this time is Polka Doodles who are offering a brilliant prize to our randomly chosen winner, pop on over to the I Love Promarkers blog for more details.

 As you can see, I decided to make a gift bag rather than a card this time, as I needed something nice to pop an end of term gift for Robbie's teacher in.  This small, plain, kraft bag I found lurking in my stash was just crying out to be decorated, and it doesn't take a genius to see how the photo inspired me!
This was the perfect opportunity to use up some off cuts from my Papermania Sunshine Capsule Collection paper pack, along with some blue card, no whole sheets were harmed in the making of this project!  I inked all the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink, rather than add bulk by matting and layering.  The butterfly border along the top was done with a Tonic punch, I can't recommend the geared ones highly enough.
The flowers and butterflies were stamped and die cut with a Hero Arts and Sizzix set, which I just don't use often enough.  It stamps beautifully and having the matching dies is so handy.  This is the first time I've coloured them in yellow shades, using Promarkers of course, and I've added gems to the flower centres and highlighted the butterflies with various colours of Stickles.  I finished my bag with some sunny, yellow ribbon and a bow.

 I made a matching tag from a luggage label and the same papers as before, adding a stamped sentiment and a butterfly made with a Tonic punch.

I'm entering this project in the following challenges -
Clear it Out - Theme - Make Someone's Day, Stash - Use Something Sparkly
Bunny Zoe's - Wings
C is for Challenge - #1 - Flowers
Crafty Boots - Anything But Square
Cupcake Craft - #249 - Anything but Square
Sparkle 'n' Sprinkle - Anything but a Card
The Crazy Challenge - #148 - Anything but a Card
One Stop Craft - #232 - Add a Tag