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