SPOILERS! 13 Days of Craft-o-Ween Day 4. Step by Step Tutorial

SPOILER ALERT: Welcome the 13 Days of Craftoween 2025 Advent Calendar — and we can’t wait to show you what’s inside! If you love spooky season as much as we do, you’re in for a real treat (no tricks here). Whether you’re into cute and quirky or dark and dramatic, the 13 Days of Craftoween is packed with creative potential. Each day unveils a new mini crafting treasure designed to help you conjure up cards and more — all perfect for October makes and haunted happenings.

Ready to peek behind Door 5? Today we’re featuring a project by Annie Williams.

Catch up on all the spooky surprises and creative inspiration from the rest of the countdown: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 From cute critters to haunted houses, each reveal is packed with frightfully fun inspiration you won't want to miss!

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m so excited to create this fun Halloween card step-by-step with you, made with the Day 4 die set from the 13 Days of Craft-O-Ween 2025 Advent Calendar. I love Halloween and jumped at the chance to be a part of this fun countdown.  Today we’re working with this sweet ghost and his adorable accessories to create a card that is a little spooky and seriously cute! Die cut the ghost, banner, pumpkin, and pizza slice out of various colors of cardstock using the Day 4 die set.  Here I used white and Fog for the ghost, Raven and Carrot for the banner, Peridot and Carrot for the pumpkin, and Fawn, Pomegranate, and Beeswax for the pizza. Assemble the die-cuts with liquid glue.  A jewel picker is the perfect tool for getting tiny pieces like these adhered in just the right spot! Trim a piece of Raven Cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5” and adhere it to the platen of the BetterPress Letterpress System with Best Ever Craft Tape. Add the Falling Stars BetterPress plate to the chase of the BetterPress and apply silver metallic ink to the press plate.  Place the platen on top of the chase and run the sandwich through your die-cutting machine to create a shimmery night sky background. Die cut white cardstock using one of the Perfect Touch Arches Dies. Blend Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink down the die-cut arch using a Blending Brush. Adhere the starry sky panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base using a tape runner, then pop the arch die-cut up in the center of the card front with foam squares. Stamp a sentiment from the Craft-O-Ween stamp set onto white cardstock using black ink.  Trim the sentiment down into a small strip using a paper trimmer. Add the banner and pumpkin to the card front with liquid glue and pop the ghost and sentiment up with foam squares for tons of dimension. I hope you enjoyed this spooky and cute card project, and thanks so much for stopping by today.  You can find more inspiration over at my blog AnnieBWills.com, or on Instagram.

Other supplies

Heavyweight white cardstock, Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink