Makeover Monday Challenge with Friendship Bouquet

To make a card to enter this week's Makeover Monday Challenge, I've used the sunflower from the Stamp of the Month, Friendship Bouquet. 

The inspiration came from Tracy's big flower on her card.  I wanted to make the sunflower to be the focus, then I used one of the sketches from Wishes to complete it:

I had a lot of fun coloring the sunflower using Close to My Heart's watercolor pencils.  The petals were colored with three different colors then the colors were blended using the waterbrush:

The colors became softer and muted right away. 

I've used the same technique on another card.  I'll share it with you later this week.