Spotlighting zinnias

Decided to take part in the Back to Basics and Beyond Challenge this week. The challenge is to do "spotlighting."  I love this stamp I have had for a while that I ordered from Flourishes. Marcella Hawley is the artist and I just love her floral pieces.  Thought this flowers on this design paper reminded me of these zinnias so used it and pulled out that bright orange to be the card base. I colored with alcohol markers and stamped the image with versafine black.

Speedy the Cat's Friends' challenge #49

I decided to do a little reversal of this technique of coloring the background part and leaving the spotlighted area in black and white. I used the chickadee and fern set from Mark's Finest Papers. The cardstock is close to cocoa, whit, and Basic Grey dp. I stamped the image in tuxedo black and bamboo stalk. The coloring on the bird and around it and the branch are with copic markers. The punch is from EK,