September 2026 Class Follow-Up

September 2026 Class Follow-Up

Hey Everybody,

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

I love spending time with you and learning from your experiences. 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:Craft Velcro-Amazon

New or Revisited Ideas:

 

We have opportunities to donate cards to three different facilities

Stamping Opportunities:

●     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   Sue Craig-Video

 

  Stamps- Scalloped Blooms

Paper – Highland heather card base 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" score at 4 1/4"

Violet Dreams designer series paper: 4" x 5 1/4",   1 1/4" x 4 3/4",

1 3/4" x 4 3/4”, sentiment 3/4"x 1 3/4"

white for mechanism: 5" x 8" score at 2", 3 1/2" and 5 1/2"

Ink- Gorgeous Grape

Accessories- Gilded Wings Accents

 Floral Spray 3D embossing folder

 2 1/2" circle die 

Card 2  Sue Craig-Video

Stamps- Radiant Sunflowers

Paper – Card base-early espresso 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Flap-golden glow- 3 1/2" x 9" score at 3 1/2"

white-inside flap-3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

white-inside origami fold-2 7/8" x 2 7/8"

 cajun craze-1 /2" x 3 1/2"

Sunflower Fields designer series paper- 6" x 6". Score at 1 1/2" on all sides,

2 pieces 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" side pieces

Ink- Gorgeous Grape

Accessories- Gilded Wings Accents

 Floral Spray 3D embossing folder

 2 1/2" circle die

Card 3  Sue Craig-Video 

   Stamps- Radiant Sunflowers 

 Paper – daffodil delight card base 4 1/4" x 11" score at 5 1/2" and 9 3/4"

 white-image 2 3/4" circle

old olive for insert- 3 1/2" x 5 1/4"

white for insert-3 1/4" x 5"

Designer series paper-Sunflower Fields- front panel- 4" wide by 3 1/2"

back strip1 3/4" x 4"

3/4" x 3 1/4" inside pocket strip

1" x 4"-front fold down panel

Ink- Mossy Meadow

Accessories- 4" and 6" pieces of mossy meadow gingham ribbon

 2 3/4" circle punch or die

Card 4  Sue Craig-Video

 Stamps- Scalloped Blooms 

Paper – Crumb cake base 4 1/2" x 7" score at 3 1/2"

Crumb cake- largest scalloped circle die-cut at 11 scallops and score 1 scallop in Designer Series Paper-Glow of Harvest Front 3 1/4" x 4"

Designer series paper Pocket- 2" x 4 1/4"

2nd largest scalloped die- cut in half (9scallops on each)

white-inside 3 1/4" x 4"

scrap of white sentiment

scrap of golden glow, Cajun craze, old olive for flower and leaves

 Ink- Cajun Craze

Accessories- craft Velcro

dots brown dots for center

Scalloped circle dies

October Classes

Monday October 12 at 10    2 spots

Wednesday October 14 at 1 p.m.  3 spots 

Thursday  October 15 at 10  3 spots

Friday October 16 at 7 p.m. Filled 

Easy Quilt Card

 Hey Everybody,

Denise's challenge today is Country Door. You can find her challenge here.  

Here is my inspiration for my card. 

Here's my card.

I punched assorted designer papers out and before adding them to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock, I measured 1 1/4" columns and rows to place the squares into. I trimmed off the excess cardstock. After the squares I added rub-ons that I've had in my stash. Then I dry embossed the quilt. I added a sentiment in early espresso ink then added an early espresso bow with linen thread. This will go to a local nursing home for resident use.

Keywords: IC1085

Stamps: Fall Sentiments Pack

Paper: white, golden glow, early espresso gingham gallery dsp, glorious gingham dsp,

Paper Size: A2

Ink: early espresso

Accessories: Darice Fall leaf embossing folder, SU early espresso linen thread, 1 1/4" square punch, leaf rub-ons

Techniques: quilt making, dry embossing

Sometimes these challenges are a challenge just to decide what you want to use for your inspiration piece. A website is chosen and you look through it and make something similar to your inspiration.

Since we're heading into fall, I decided to start making Fall and Thanksgiving cards.

Thanksgiving will be here before we know it. In class tonight we were talking about how quickly the calendar pages seem to turn.

   

I blinked and summer was over. I blinked again and September is almost over. Sheesh, How come when I was at work, time didn't fly like this? LOL

Maybe you can find something you like on this website. I really enjoy doing these challenges on Splitcoaststampers. I rarely have to come up with ideas on my own for cards!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

Sue

A Sad Day on Splitcoaststampers

Hey Everybody, 

At Splitcoaststampers we received very sad news that two well known ladies on the site passed away. One of the ladies I'd known from the challenges she ran for over 20 years. I feel like a family member has passed away.

We are all doing cards to honor these ladies. My card will go to one of the ladies who lost her sister.

Here is the card.

One of the challenges was to use flowers and the other challenge was to make tiles.

This is for very sad and special challenges today. Our beautiful friend Jeanne passed away this week. We want to honor her with lots of flowers. So this card is for Free 4 All, Mix712 to use tiles, and JeanneS, a special gallery to honor Jeanne.

I stamped on white cardstock with ink then colored with Copic Markers. I colored the wings and flower centers with Wink of Stella. I cut the cardstock into 1 1/4" tiles and dipped each in versamark, then clear embossing powder. I heat them with my heat tool then added them to my copper clay paper. That was added to a white card base. I added mossy meadow ribbon with a bow and a sentiment with the key tag punch that I cut down to fit the sentiment. This will go to Melody aka lacyquilter. She deserves flowers too.

Keywords: F4A865 MIX712 JeanneS

Stamps: Radiant Sunflowers

Paper: white, copper clay

Paper Size: A2

Ink: cajun craze, mossy meadow, versamark

Accessories: clear embossing powder, reverse tweezers, heat tool, paper cutter, key tag punch, mossy meadow gingham ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots, bow maker, Copic Markers, Wink of Stella

Techniques: Faux Tile

You'll recognize the stamps and idea of the card from yesterday. I was going to add paper glaze, which is a liquid that dries shiny, to my tiles, but I didn't want to wait for it to dry and I thought it would curl the paper a bit. So, I used clear embossing powder after putting each tile into versamark, a clear ink.

Here's a video from Splitcoaststampers to show you how she made a faux tile card.

I hope you give this technique a try. You can make a picture or scene or use random images like I did.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings and hug those you love.

Sue

Repeated Pattern

 Hey Everybody,

Lisa's challenge is to make a card with a repeated pattern. You can find her challenge here.  

I stamped the sunflowers in early espresso ink and colored them with copic markers. I stamped the leaves in old olive ink and colored them with copics also. I stamped my sentiment in early espresso and added a bow. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Keywords: CAS916

Stamps: Radiant Sunflowers

Paper: very vanilla, old olive, pecan pie

Paper Size: A2

Ink: early espresso, old olive

Accessories: mossy meadow gingham ribbon, Copic Markers, bow maker

Techniques: repeated stamping

Here are the supplies I used. 

168352

RADIANT SUNFLOWERS PHOTOPOLYMER STAMP SET (ENGLISH)

$21.00

168364

MOSSY MEADOW & VERY VANILLA 1/4" (6.4 MM) GINGHAM RIBBON

$9.00

This challenge reminded me of something I have talked to friends about. Why when we stamp an image, do we usually stamp one of it on our card?  Why don't we stamp multiple images on our projects?

For some stamps, it seems a given that you'd stamp it multiple times like this card with the trees. This is a retired Stampin' Up stamp set called Thoughtful Branches.

I stamped the tree trunks in pecan pie full strength in the front then stamped off once or twice in the back row. I stamped several colors of green for the trees. I stamped the ground in pecan pie and the grass in garden green. I stamped the sentiment in evening evergreen on a die cut from scalloped circles. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

Thanks for stopping by again today.

See you again soon.

Blessings,

Sue

CHECK THIS OUT Splitcoaststampers is hosting 41 challenges over 10 days!

Click on the link or the image for more information.

Here's a list of supplies we'll be using so far. Click the link to see an updated list. People are still getting their challenges ready.

I hope you can join us for a few of the challenges October 7-17th.
so far......

🍂 Parchment Paper
🍂 Cling Wrap or Glad Press n' Seal (tried it, works great)
🍂 Salt: Kosher, Course or Table, each works, but all have a different result
🍂 Pretty Napkins
🍂Tissue Paper
🍂Shaving cream/foam
🍂Watercolor Paper
🍂Plastic wrap
🍂Metallic embossing powder _OR_ metallic deco foil  
* Metallic Embossing Powder:  
* Deco Foil: Opal Deco Foil  
🍂 Glossy Cardstock
🍂