Tilda in distress markers

Hi ya everyone I hope you are all okay.  Its been a little while since I've been on here.  I have been crafting but its been a bit hit and miss.  The kiddies have broken up from school now and I always find the last few weeks a bit hectic with visiting new classes and teachers, viewing work for the last term and various other school related things so it should slow down a little now and I can take a breath. 

Anyway, I've popped on to show you the card I made for my mum.  I wanted to go for a shabby/distress sort of look but again not really sure I've hit it off.  I love this style but I'm finding it really hard to achieve it.  The image is coloured with my new Tim Holtz distress markers.  Loving these I must say but it is still a little hit and miss as to whether it goes right, a lot of images have ended up in the bin in disgust and this one was the first one I was happy
 with.

I have a quick question for anyone, I want to have a go at making my piccies larger on here but don't know where to start so any pointers would be very much appreciated. 
 

Recipe:-

Papers  -  Prima 'Nature Garden' so loving these

Medium  -  Tim Holtz distress markers

Flowers  -  Wild Orchid Crafts/stash

Dies  -  Memory box 'puffy clouds', Marianne Design 'trailing ivy'

Lace/Ribbon/Doily  -  from stash

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Papertake Weekly  -  All things girly

Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar  -  Birthday card

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia  -  Anything goes

Magnolia Stamp Lovers  -  Tilda only

Okay folks I'm off to do a little colouring as I have an hour to myself.  I hope you all have a fabby weekend.

Take care, happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx