October 2025 Karen Burniston Designer Challenge

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Welcome to our October Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.

Check out Karen Burniston's blog on Wednesday (US Time) when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month, plus Karen will have an amazing video tutorial to share with us all.

Our challenge theme this month is ... "PEEK-A-BOO!" - What is hiding in your card? Is it scary? Is it cute? Surprise us!

When I first thought about this challenge, I thought I was going to go the cute route! But then this witch scene with the witch flying across the moon and the rainbow took over.    

My card is a 5 x 7 inch card. I started with some purple patterned paper which I inked the edges to get more depth. I also splattered black ink over the panels.

I die cut the Arch Pop-up and Rainbow Add-ons dies from grey cardstock and adhered that to the top of the card. 

I die cut a circle using the Crosshatch Circles die set and die cut the pieces to create the witch using the Witch & Cauldron die set.. I added that to the left side of my rainbow.

Along the bottom of the card I added the graveyard from the Halloween Scene die set.  The hands, ghosts and crow are all from the Halloween Elements die set.

I pulled out the Halloween Borders die set to add the row of bones and the skulls to the gravestones.  The bats are from either the Halloween Scene die set or the Bats Slim Pattern Plate die set.

To finish the inside of the card, I added the "Happy Halloween" sentiment which is from the new Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set which was released on the 1st October. After stamping the sentiment, I die cut it using an oval from the Crosshatch Ovals die set.

For the front of the card, I used the same patterned paper that I used on the inside. I added grass to the lower portion of the card using the Nature's Edges die set. I then added the cauldron from the Witch and Cauldron die set.

I added more bats and a ghost using the die sets I used on the inside. 

Finally I added the "Happy Haunting" sentiment which is another sentiment from the Halloween Phrases Clear Stamp set.