My dad is all about KOALA-ty time with his family. So when I saw the adorable Papa and baby koalas from the Clearly Besotted “Just the Two of Us” stamp set (retired), I knew I had to use it to create a Father’s Day card for him.<\/p>\n

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I started with a blue card base and then used the adorable Lawn Fawn “Quilted Backdrop Die”<\/a><\/span> to create a clean white overlay. Then I used a couple of pale blue and mid-tone blue scraps of card stock that I cut down with one of the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares Die Set.\u00a0 I used the lighter one for the main background, but to add a bit of interest, I blended on clouds using the My Favorite Things Clouds Stencil<\/a><\/span> with Broken China Tim Holtz Distress Ink<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Then for the adorable koalas, I Copic colored them with the following colors:
\nW0, W1, W5 W7, W9<\/a><\/span>, R30 and E43
\nI also used a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span> to add some white fur texture and highlights to the papa koala’s eyes, and a Copic Multiliner Pen in 0.03 pt<\/a><\/span> to re-define and darken the eyes and noses of both koalas.
\nThen I fussy cut them using my favorite Fiskars Spring Loaded Scissors<\/a><\/span> and inked the edges with a Momento Tuxedo Black Marker<\/a><\/span>.
\nLastly, I colored up a plain white card stock scrap with W5 and YG25 and used an My Favorite Things Grassy Hills Die-namics Die<\/a><\/span> (if not available near you, there is a similar Lawn Fawn Grassy Hillside Borders Die<\/a><\/span>) with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares Die Set<\/a><\/span> to add a grassy ground on which the koalas could sit.<\/p>\n

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The sentiment, which was also from the Clearly Besotted “Just the Two of Us” stamp set, was stamped with VersaMark Ink<\/a><\/span> heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine Detail White Embossing Powder<\/a> <\/span>onto the last scrap of the pale blue card stock. For the inside card liner, I stamped out “HAPPY FATHER’S DAY” from the Kindred Stamps \u201cGalactic Adventures\u201d<\/a><\/span> stamp set (which happened to still be sitting on my cluttered desk from my last card), and I used an old rub-on grouping of graphic flowers that seemed to coordinate well with the pattern on the Lawn Fawn “Quilted Backdrop Die”<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

CLICK on the following picture to watch the process video:<\/p>\n

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Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!<\/em><\/p>\n

This card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/span> – WINNER<\/span><\/a>
\nCrafter\u2019s Castle Anything Goes with Optional Mixed Media Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCraft Gal\u2019s Corner You\u2019re the Man Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Sketch Challenge 441<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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