Have a Kickin' Birthday

Here's my card for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge.  I stretched the sketch to a standard A2 size to make this fun birthday card.

I used the Pure Innocence Karate Boy set for my focal image.  The boy's colored with Copic markers and set on a light blue panel with foam tape.  The set's birthday sentiment is stamped in the open space at the upper right corner of the panel.  The clear stamp made it easy to stamp the sentiment in three lines instead of one long one.

I used some vibrant dotted paper for the panel underneath the image.  It's edged with a yellow strip cut with the Chevron Stripes die--I think the piece I used is actually the "middle" piece that you get when you leave the two dies attached and cut a strip of paper.  I set the patterned paper panel on a dot embossed teal panel, then added the image panel on top.  I wrapped some yellow baker's twine around a red notch-edged strip and secured it with a button, then added the strip beneath the karate kid's feet.  I can think of a few little boys that might like to get this card for their birthday . . .

Materials Used:
Pure Innocence Karate Boy stamp set, Die-Namics Chevron Stripes die (My Favorite Things); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Taken with Teal, Pure Poppy, Soft Sky, and Daffodil Delight cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Hip Hooray-Boy designer paper (My Mind's Eye); Swiss Dot embossing folder (Cuttlebug); yellow baker's twine (The Twinery); red button (Michaels); foam tape