I used distress inks, mixed them with a bit of water, and painted the poppies and stems. Using a paint brush I splattered the same distress ink all over the embossed panel. I trimmed it down and ink blended the edges. I die cut the word happy from gold painted watercolor paper. I then stamped the word birthday in green ink and die cut it out with one of the new dies from the release. I tied gold twine around the panel and adhered it to the card base.