Floral Birthday Card – Unity May Challenge

Welcome to another inspirational post for the May challenge of the month on the Unity Blog – Floral and Watercolor. Today I am sharing a floral birthday card featuring the giant poppy from Unusual Day Poppy and a sentiment from Woodland Wreath. Today’s chosen watercolor medium is Distress Reinkers. Before jumping into card details, I want to share that have an awesome new release + an amazing sale dropping later today at Unity Stamp Company. Be sure to check it out.

Floral Birthday Card

I started by stamping the giant poppy image on Fabriano Hot pressed watercolor paper. Now, I have said this before, but will say it again. I just love this smooth watercolor paper for stamping and water coloring.

Next, I added a few drops of Distress Inks from Reinker bottles on my glass mat. This is an amazing watercolor medium for the wet-on-wet technique. I simply wet one petal at a time and drop the ink along the edges and allow water to do its magic. It’s also a good idea to alternate between just red and a mix of red and orange to create a better contrast. I am loving the poppies growing around here this season and the red ones always leave me gaping in awe.

Next, I stamped the happy birthday sentiment from Woodland Wreath and went on to die-cut the panel using a rectangle die from Gina Marie Designs. The font in this stamp set is very pretty and complements the poppy beautifully. I felt the need for something extra so settled for a few splatters using the leftover inks on my glass mat. Finally, I attached it to an A2 card base and called it done.

Thank You

This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for joining me here and I look forward to seeing your floral and watercolor creations on the Unity Show and Tell group on Facebook . p.s. Affiliate links are included wherever possible to help me earn a tiny commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks again for your support, have a wonderful day!