Altenew May Challenge

I have a card for Altenew's May Inspiration Challenge. Believe it or not the theme is 'Australia'. When I looked at the inspiration photo and colours, nothing came to mind and I had to think about it for a couple of weeks before I made this card. I've got a bad case of bronchitis at the moment and had two days off work, so I thought I better tackle this card while I had a bit of time. I used the colours of the challenge to ink up a background with lots of masking happening! I then decided to sponge the background to make the peony flowers stand out more.  The inks I used were Hero Arts Navy, Ranger Archival Coffee, Distress Inks Stormy Sky and Vintage Photo. The flowers were coloured in with Copic marker with Wink of Stella added on top. I'm also adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Say it with Flowers challenge. Thanks for dropping by!