It’s time for the Karen Burniston Design Team November 2025 Challenge whose theme is FUN FACES. I made a slimline Thanksgiving card using two new stamp sets – Fall Phrases and Fun Faces 1.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I cut a 7 1/2×8 5/8-inch rectangle from white 65lb. cardstock. Then I scored and folded in half to create a 3 3/4×8 5/8-inch slimline cardbase.

Animals: Using the Woodland Animals and Winter Animals die sets make two bears, one raccoon, one fox and one squirrel. Use the Fun Faces 1 to stamp on the animals eyes, noses and mouths. Make four red apples from the Tiny Fruit set and add to all the animals except the squirrel. Make an acorn for the squirrel using the tiny acorn die in the Woodland Animals set.

Leaf and Acorn Border: Cut eight oak leaves from the Tree Pop-Up set and seven acorns using the tiny acorn die in the Woodland Animals set. (I cut a bunch of leaves from orange and brown cardstock and four more acorns knowing I would use the leftovers to decorate the inside of the card.) adhere to front border strip as shown in the photos and video.

Pumpkins: Cut three pumpkins from orange patterned paper. Dry emboss them using the pumpkin die from the Autumn Elements set in your die cutting machine’s embossing sandwich. Cut two of the pierced labels for the Little Labels Pop-Up side labels from green patterned paper. Layer together a pumpkin onto the green label and decorate with leftover leaves and acorns. Adhere the remaining pumpkin to the card back.

Label Pop-Up: Cut one of the large die in the Little Labels Pop-Up set from green cardstock. (Watch the assembly video located at the bottom of the linked page.) Assemble as show in the video above.

Sentiments: The inside stamped sentiments are from the Fall Phrases set. The die cut “Happy Thanksgiving” is cut from orange pattern paper using the Word Set 7 – Autumn set. From white cardstock, cut two medium sized labels from the Labels – Crosshatch, the center label and three banners from the Little Labels Pop-Up set to stamp. Adhere the largest two labels as places to write a personal message.

Envelope:  The card fits into a #10 business size envelope whose back flap was stamped in brown ink “Thankful Grateful Blessed” from the Fall Phrases stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Labels – Crosshatch – 1184
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Little Labels Pop-Up – 1183
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tiny Fruit – 1154
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 7 – Autumn – 1060
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Autumn Elements – 1059
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Winter Animals – 1016
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Tree Pop-Up – 1005
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Woodland Animals – 1001

Stamps

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Fall Phrases
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Clear Stamps – Fun Faces 1

Papers

• Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Candy Corn
• Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Rain Forest
• Hot Off The Press – 12×12 inch Single-Sided Papers – North Country
• The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
• Black, Gray, Kraft and Red Cardstock
• #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Rich Cocoa
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs
• Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
• Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Dual Tip – Light Copper Clay

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Bone Folder
• Score Board
• Stamping Platform
• LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
• Scissors
• T-Ruler
• Sponge Dauber
• Paper Masking Tape
• Tweezers
• We R Memories – QuickStick