Sue Craig's November Class Follow-up and December Classes List

 

 

 Sue Craig November 2026 Class Follow-Up

Hey Everybody,

Thank you once again for another fun and learning-filled week of classes.

I love spending time with you and learning from you. You are such a creative bunch of friends.

Blessings,

Sue

 Stampin’ Up now has a blog full of great information and ideas. Here is the link.

 

Products Discussed In Some Classes:

 One of the classes mentioned a Cleveland business called, Verses that has free shipping right now. It's not a brick and mortar store but online and it's in downtown Cleveland. There are other companies with it as well. The first company is called, Verses.

About Verses Rubber Stamps

Verses Rubber Stamps has been making art stamps in the USA since 2003. Our wood mounted stamps feature a gray cushion and durable, deeply-etched red rubber providing a superior image and comfortable and precise stamping experience every time. In 2010 we also introduced cling stamps with rubber cushion.

In 2016, the Verses Rubber Stamp Company has joined the Art Gone Wild & Friends family, home to Stampers Anonymous, Inky Antics, Art Gone Wild, Darcie's, Northwoods Rubber Stamps, and Mason Row. We look forward to continuing to provide you with high-quality stamps made in the USA.

Verses is located in Cleveland, Ohio.

New or Revisited Ideas:

 Heat Embossing: 

1. Heat up your heat tool before using it on your embossed area.

2. Start embossing from behind your embossing so the fan from the heat tool doesn't blow away any of your embossing powder.

3. Once the embossing begins to change or melt, You can lay your paper on a piece of foil and heat the front of your embossed area. Foil will reflect the heat back to your project and it will heat faster so there should be less warping.

4. Let embossing cool before you touch it. It is hot plastic.

5. If your paper is warped, you can straighten it by hand or run it through your embossing machine like you are die cutting.

6. If needed, use adhesive on all sides of your cardstock so your paper will lay flat and not buckle.

Burnish score lines without the shine afterwards.

 When you push your bone folder into your paper to flatten at the score line, you will notice it produces a shine on your cardstock. If you don't like that shine, you can cover your cardstock with a piece of scrap paper then burnish with your bone folder.

Card Making Opportunities

We have opportunities to donate cards to three different facilities

1. Southwest General Hospital -Cards are placed on meal trays. 

 Types of Cards Needed: You're in my thoughts, I've been thinking about you, I'm sending you positive thoughts, Thinking of You, Hang in there. 

They still can use Baby and Holiday cards.

(No envelope is needed. Stamp something on the inside please.) 

2. Broadview Multi-Care Facility- Cards for residents and staff to use.

(Envelopes needed and stamp something on the inside please.)

Birthday for adults and kids, Get Well, Sympathy, Thinking of you, Holiday

3.  Hillcrest Hospital Cancer Floor

Encouragement, Birthday and Sympathy   envelopes needed cards blank inside

Thanks so much for your continued support of these ministries.

             Thank you to those who made cards this month. They are so grateful to you for sharing your talents and love with them.

 Card 1    Paradise Garden Fun Fold Card-Sue Craig Video

In this video I'll show you how to use the products from the Paradise Garden bundle to make a beautiful fun-fold card.

Stamp Sets-Paradise Garden

Thinking of You

Paper-Garden Poetry designer series paper

1 that is 4" x 5 1/4"

2 that are 2" x 5 1/4"

Garden Textures paper

2 1/2" x 4 1/2"- front

White card base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"  Score at 2 1/8" and 4 1/4"

White inside-2 3/4" x 4"

White image-flowers- 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

White sentiment-1/2" x 2"

Poppy Parade cardstock-inside-3" x 4 1/4"

Ink-Daffodil Delight

Pumpkin Pie

Shaded Spruce

Poppy Parade

Accessories- Garden Epoxy dots

Paradise Garden embossing folder

Shaded spruce Stampin' Write marker

 

 Card 2  Stocking Gift Tag Card-Sue Craig Video

In this video I'll show you how to use the Stitched Stocking stamps and dies to make a cute stocking gift tag or bookmark. You can also adapt this with a loop of ribbon to make this an ornament. If you add a pocket on the back, you can turn it into a gift card holder.

Stamp Set-Stitched Stocking

Paper-Real Red card base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4" Real Red-stocking 3" x 4 1/4" Real Red-scraps for star and berries white-inside 4" x 5 1/4" white sentiment tag-1" x 2" old olive scraps-holly Designer Series Paper-A Stitched Season- 4" x 5 1/4" Designer Series Paper-stocking 3" x 4"

Ink- Real Red and Garden Green

Accessories-Stitched Stocking Dies 6" real red ribbon-longer if you're making a loop for an ornament Candy CanePeppermints or Christmas Epoxy Shapes Craft Velcro Dots

 

Card 3  Christmas Gate Fold Card-Sue Craig Video

In this video I'll show you how to make a layered Christmas gate-fold card.

 

Stamps-Stitched Stocking Paper-Old Olive card base 4 1/4" x 11" score 2 3/4" from each end on the 11" side. Secret Sea layering panels-4 that are 2 1/2" x 4" Secret Sea-inside 4" x 5 1/4" Secret Sea-front sentiment-1 3/4" x 4" Traditions of Christmas designer series paper-1 pieces 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" Traditions of Christmas designer series paper front-1 1/2" x 3 3/4" White card stock-inside 3 3/4" x 5" White cardstock sentiment-1 1/4" x 2 1/2"

Ink-Versamark

Accessories-Gold embossing powder 6" gold ribbon for bow

  

Card 4 Thanksgiving-Give Thanks-Sue Craig Video

In this video I'll show you how to make a beautiful Thanksgiving card using scraps of designer series paper.

Stamps-Thanksgiving Paper-Golden Glow card base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4" Autumn Opulence designer series paper-2 pieces that are 1" x 4" (vertical) Check this in case your paper is directional. 2 pieces that are 1" x 3" that are horizontal. Check this in case your paper is directional. Very Vanilla-1 3/4" x 3"-sentiment Blackberry Bliss-behind sentiment 1 7/8" x 3 1/8" White-inside 4" x 5 1/4"

Ink-Blackberry Bliss

Accessories-Gold bow or gold gems

 

December Classes

Monday - Dec. 14 @ 10 a.m.  2 spots

Wednesday- Dec  16 @ 1 p.m.  1 spot

Thursday- Dec 17 @ 10 a.m. 5 spots  

Friday - Dec 11th @ 7 p.m.  Filled

 

 

 

I'm Back!

 Hey Everybody,

I'm back online. I found out that Blogger cut back on the number of free emails I can send to each month. So unless I wanted to begin to pay for this blog, I had to wait for a new cycle to begin.

I guess that is something new since I've never had this happen before and I've been blogging since 2005.

Here are three cards that I made for Falliday Fest on Splitcoaststampers site.

Our challenge was to make a card with a flavor we associate with the holiday. I decided to use candy canes. We always hung little candy canes on our tree. Little by little they would disappear. Mr. Nobody was around at that time. LOL It seems no one knew who ate those candy canes, but somehow they all disappeared!
I stamped these cuties called House Mouse, Peppermint Delight, in memento tuxedo black ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I used wink of stella on the peppermint candies to add some sparkle. I added garden green paper behind the image. I dry embossed stripes with a retired Stampin' Up embossing folder called, Stylish Stripes, behind the image panel. 

Keywords: FF26stampingwriterA

Stamps: House Mouse-Peppermint Delight

Paper: white, poppy parade, garden green

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, poppy parade

Accessories: Copic Markers, wink of stella, peppermints, SU-Stylish stripes embossing folder, dimensionals

Techniques: coloring

Our challenge was to use a sketch so I used Sketch Challenge126. Here is that sketch.  I stamped the image called Holiday Hide & Peek by Unity Stamps and colored it with Copic Markers. I added old olive behind it. I used the colors in the designer paper for his scarf and hat. The designer series paper is called, Traditions of Christmas. I cut real red and secret sea cardstock out then dry embossed with the plaid embossing folder. I added the cardstock onto the designer series paper then added the image panel and sentiment with dimensionals.  Keywords: FF26morgainegeiser Stamps: Unity Stamps-Holiday Hide & Peek Paper: white, secret sea, old olive, real red, Traditions of Christmas designer series paper Paper Size: A2 Ink: memento tuxedo black, secret sea Accessories: SU-Forever Plaid 3D embossing folder, Copic Markers, dimensionals, word window punch Techniques: dry embossing, coloring, sketch challenge Our challenge was this image.  I stamped the flower then cut a mask and covered the flower. I stamped the leaves and pines and cut and covered those. I used blending brushes to create a soft bluish-green background around the images. I colored the images with Copic Markers then added that layer to a real red card base. Lastly, I added gold Stickles to the flower center.   Keywords: FF26CAKath Stamps: Poinsettia Paper: white, real red Paper Size: A2 Ink: pool party, real red, soft sea foam Accessories: masks for images, scissors, masking paper, Copic Markers, blending brushes, gold stickles Techniques: masking, ink blending, coloring It's great to be back. I'll be back soon with new videos.  Thanks for being patient and understanding. Blessings, Sue

Tangled Lights and Paper Napkins

 Hey Everybody,

Our challenge was to show light of the season on our card.

 I stamped this fun kitty tangled in the lights. It's another Gerda Steiner stamp set called, Furry & Bright. I colored him and added light around each bulb to make it appear like it was glowing. I also added white ink to each bulb.

 I love assorted colors of lights on my tree. I love to sit and look at it with a cup of coffee and no other lights on.

I added pine branches around the border and a few die cuts at the top by the kitty. This may end up in my grand blessing's mailbox.

Keywords: FF26PeonySnail

Stamps: SU-Christmas Banners, SU-Christmas Season, Gerda Steiner-Furry & Bright

Paper: white, garden green, cherry cobbler

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, poppy parade, garden green

Accessories: Christmas Season dies, Christmas Banners dies, Sizzix pine embossing folder, Copic Markers, white gel pen, wink of stella, dimensionals

Techniques: dry embossing, coloring, die cutting

Here's another card for the Falliday Challenges.

Our challenge was to use a printed napkin on a background. I added my napkin to cardstock with plastic wrap, then dry embossed it with the softly woven 3D embossing folder. 

I added it to the white card base. I stamped the image, from Unity Stamps called, Little Card Makers with memento tuxedo black ink then colored it with Copic Markers. I added it to lemon lolly cardstock then rounded two corners. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: FF26taclaryB

Stamps: Unity Stamps-Little Card Makers

Paper: white, lemon lolly

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: corner rounder, printed napkin, Copic Markers, dimensionals

Techniques: coloring, napkin background, dry embossing

Here's a "How To" video to show you how to add a pretty paper napkin to your cardstock and to your card.

Well, I hope I've given you some ideas of things you can use in your next card making session. Maybe you'll see if you have any pretty napkins around the pantry that you can use for your card making.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope to see you soon.

Blessings,

Sue