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. 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, I made this cute Koala card with it.

So, let’s talk about this card.

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

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 Colourless 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.

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

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

I die-cut the frame out of white cardstock.

I used a scrap of brown cardstock 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 cardstock. I colour 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.

First, I glue my background on the brown cardstock. I glued them on my card base. Now it’s time to assemble the frame with the koala.

Behind the frame, I put my piece of brown cardstock with the heat-embossed sentiment. Behind that, I glued 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.

• 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

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