Thank you for your lovely comments. Lydia, I used a piece of water colour paper and ran it through the big shot inside the embossing folder (Garden Flower by Stampin Up) and then I just watercoloured straight onto the paper. Usually I have covered the image in versa mark and embossed it in clear embossing powder before colouring it in....this time I tried it without that and was thrilled with the way it came out. I then added the new ruffled ribbon from Stampin Up...its really easy to use and because it stretches it goes easily around corners. Hope this helps!
PS I made matching cards with the bookmarks and they are on my blog if you want to have a look...thanks again for your comments.