Birthday pilot

My brother is a student pilot, so this teddy with the balloons gave me immediate inspiration for his birthday card.

The picture is from a swap, so I just coloured it in with watercolour pencils. The movement lines were a bit too bold, but a waterbrushing helped a little. I mounted the picture on bright primary colours and added brads to keep the masculine but cheery feel. The strip behind the image is actually a length of coarse fibre ribbon, it has really nice colours and texture. The Dymo greeting wasn't too hard to come up with...