Keith the cool Koala card | Dr. Digi House of Stamps

A while ago, my card in the DR. Digi’s Crafters ‘Card Facebook group became card of the week. You can find my card here. In it, I was allowed to choose a digital stamp and I chose “Keith the Cool Koala“. After all those Christmas cards, I finally had time to work with him.

So, let’s talk about this card.

Measurements

• I made a top fold card. You need a piece of white card stock measuring 10,5 centimeters by 30 centimeters. You score at the long side at 15 centimeters.
• A piece of brown card stock measuring 10 centimeters by 14,5 centimeters.
• A piece of white card stock measuring 9,5 centimeters by 14 centimeters.
• I piece of white card stock to die-cut this frame.
• A piece of vellum to put behind the frame.
• Some white card stock to die-cut the leaves.
• A piece of brown card stock to put your sentiment on.
• A piece of black card stock to die-cut the letters from.

Digital stamp and coloring

I printed my digital stamp on DCP paper and colored it with my alcohol markers.

• Koala: Cool Grey (CG9), Cool Grey 8 (CG8), Cool Grey 7 (CG7), Cool Grey 5 (CG5) , Cool Grey 4 (CG4) ,Cool Grey 1 (CG1) and the Colorless Blender (0).
• Nose: Black (120), Cool Grey 9 (CG9), Cool Grey 8 (CG8), Cool Grey 7 (CG7), Cool Grey 4 (CG4) and Cool Grey 1 (CG1).
• Inside of his ears: Pink Pale (09), Blush (136) and Blushed Skin (257)

I fussy cut the image out.

Making the background.

For the background I used the piece of white card stock measuring 9,5 centimeters by 14 centimeters. I used two stencils for this. On the first stencil I used the banana leave. I used the colors Green Beans and Green belt for that. On the other stencil, I used the thinner leaves. This time I used the color Rich cocoa for these leaves. After that I used the access ink on my blender tool to leave some color between the leaves.

Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of just the background.

Making the elements on the card.

I die-cut the frame out of white card stock.

I used a scrap of brown card stock to put my sentiment on. I stamped my sentiment with my sticky embossing ink and embossed it with white embossing powder. I glued this behind my frame.

I die-cut some leaves from white card stock. I color them with the same ink I used for the background.

And for the words “thumbs up” I die-cut the letters from black card stock.

Assembling the card

First, I glue my background on the brown card stock. I glued them on my card base. Now its time to assemble the frame with the koala.

Behind the frame I put my piece of brown card stock with the heat embossed sentiment. Behind that I glue some vellum. I apply the koala with foam tape on top of my sentiment. I glue the black letters around the Koala. In the corners van my frame I glue the leaves.

Now I can put my frame on my card. I wanted to give the frame some dimension and put it with foam tape on my card.

And my card is finished. I hope you like it! Let me know in the comments.

See you next time. Happy crafting!

I’m listing the products I used below. I will link them when I can. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support.

Products I used:

• Digital stamp “Keith the Cool Koala” from Dr. Digi’s House of Stamps.
• two stencils from Craftsensations.
• Chalk ink from Decotimecrafts.
• Memento ink “Rich Cocoa“.
• Leaves die brand unknown.
• Twinmarkers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.
• Alphabet die from Craftemotions.
• White embossing powder from Ranger

I would like to participate in the following challenges:

• Crafting Happiness Challenges: Celebrations
• A Place To Start: Anything goes
• The Paper Shelter: Anything goes
• Craft Rocket Challenges: Not square
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: At a sentiment
• A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge:Anything goes
• Classic Design Challenge Blog: Anything goes
• Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog: No design paper
• Critter Crazy CHALLENGE BLOG: Anything goes + featured critter
• Crafty Animals: Anything goes + must use a animal

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