Karen Burniston Designer Challenge - Girly or Ghouly

Hi all! It's time for the second monthly Karen Burniston Designer Challenge. With the change of format, Karen invited the team to share our ideas for themes. This month we're doing 'girly or ghouly' which was my idea! Yay! I actually started with girly, then realized that the new Halloween dies would be out, so I pleaded with Karen to change it. She suggested adding ghouly, which was a brilliant idea!

My first card for the challenge is for the original 'girly' theme. I have been dying to use the flower dies from Karen's new Flower Pot Pop Stand to make my own layered Prima-like flowers. I used coffee filters that were stained, then cut out and layered. All of that prettiness sits on top of another favorite new die - the Twist Circle. There are so many ways you can use this amazing die.

Here's a look at how the circle starts unfolding as you open the card.

Boom! Up it pops!

I decorated the front fairly simply, using another of my new favorite sets, Labels and Circles.

Of course, I couldn't resist making a Halloween card as well! I decided to use the same die set, just to show how versatile it is. The background of my card was made with Yupo and alcohol inks. I absolutely love the look of the ai's on Yupo! The moon was created with the wrinkle free distress technique and cut with the larges circle in the set. The witch is from Oxford Impressions' Wicked stamp set. An artfully placed bat keeps her modest. ;-)

Here you can see the card as it's opening. I kept the back of the tombstone unattached so the moon could slide behind it.

Another simple card front, this time using the new Bats stencil and the Iron Fence Pop Up.

The supplies I used can be found at Elizabeth Craft Designs and Simon Says Stamp via the links below.

Twist Circle Pop-Up Iron Fence Pop-Up Halloween Scene Labels & Circles Flower Pot Pop Stand Bats Stencil Flourish Gift Frame Clear Double Sided Adhesive Tape - 64mm Chocolate - Silk Microfine Glitter Yupo WHITE WATERCOLOR 5x7 Paper Pad 434288 Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677 Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink DENIM Adirondack Ranger TIM22015 Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink EGGPLANT Adirondack Ranger TIM22022 Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink PITCH BLACK Adirondack Ranger TIM22138 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TIM19541 Tim Holtz 4.25 X 5.5 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549 EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 Plaid 264 MINI POP DOTS All Night Media Foam Adhesive 73MIN Tim Holtz Sizzix VAGABOND 2 MACHINE Die Cutting Embossing Alterations 660855 Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM FOR WAFER THIN DIES Accessory 656499

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! I have more Halloween fun coming up this week, so stay tuned!