Lesley's Stampin Ground

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Fragrant Layers Bundle

Hi crafty friends,

The Fragrant Layers Bundle (#167155) has been used for this card today. The bundle consists of the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) and the Fragrant Layers dies (#167154).

(This was a bit hard to photograph with the shiny specialty paper, but looks lovely in real life.)

I stamped the floral image with Secret Sea ink (#165285) onto Basic White card (#166781). This stamp set is a Two-Step set which allows you to stamp the outline and the solid inside images separately. For the flowers I used Strawberry Slush ink (#165286), Summer Splash ink (#163808) for the leaves and Darling Duckling ink (#165277) for the flower centres.

The Tungsten Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772) was cut with a Fragrant Layers die, then I dry embossed this with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Powder (#161600). This was placed over the stamped floral image, then matted with Strawberry Slush card (#165297). The base card is Basic White.

“Just A Note” is from the same stamp set and stamped with Strawberry Slush ink. The die to cut the sentiment is also from the Fragrant Layers dies. I attached this to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The embellishments are from the retired Two-Tone Sparkle Gems.

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Monday, 9 March 2026

Scalloped Wishes

Hi friends,

How cute are these dragonflies from the Scalloped Wishes Bundle (#167447). Do you find you use the larger images in a set and forget about the smaller ones? I do, so thought I would use the dragonflies without all the other images from this bundle.

The curved card and DSP were cut with a die from the Paradise Garden dies (#167120). The DSP is from the Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper (#167977) and the coloured card is Secret Sea (#165296). After cutting the Secret Sea card with the die, I cut it in half (longways) and attached this to the DSP & sentiment.

“Happy Birthday” is from the stamp set from the Virtual Card Retreat (#170026) and stamped with Secret Sea ink (#165285).

These die cut pieces were attached to the Basic White card front (#166781) which was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick Embossing Folder (#161600). This was matted with Secret Sea card.

The die cut dragonflies were cut with dies from the Scalloped Wishes dies (#167452) using the Tungsten from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). These were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The small stamped dragonflies are from the Scalloped Wishes stamp set (#167447) and stamped with Secret Sea ink and cut with a Scalloped Wishes die. I used Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) to attach these to the card.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

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Sunday, 8 March 2026

Scalloped Wishes Bundle

Hello stamping friends,

The Scalloped Wishes Bundle (#167453) which consists of the Scalloped Wishes stamp set (#167447) and Scalloped Wishes dies (#167452) have been used on this card.

I stamped the border from the stamp set on the Basic White card (#166781) with Mossy Meadow ink (#147111). This and the DSP from the Wood Grain Wonders (#167428) were cut with the dies.

The card front is from the Mixed Up Patterns Designer Series Paper (#166992) was matted with Crushed Curry card (#131288) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The leaves were cut with dies from the Delicate Whispers dies (#167505) and the Scalloped Wishes dies. I used Old Olive card (#106576) and Mossy Meadow card (#133683), both backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334).

The woodgrain scalloped oval was taped to the card front and the leaves were attached. The stamped scalloped oval was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Have The Best Day” from the Cutest Crew stamp set (#167146) was stamped with Crushed Curry ink (#147087) and cut with a retired Happy Hibiscus die. This was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The flowers and dragonfly were cut with dies from the Scalloped Wishes dies. The fancy corners are from the Beautifully Celebrated dies (#166974). The corners & dragonfly was cut from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). I used Crushed Curry card for the flowers.

The flowers & dragonfly were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The corners were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). Low Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157) were added to the flower centres.

“Love what you do and share what you love.

CREATE. INSPIRE. CREATE.

Saturday, 7 March 2026

Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set

Hi everyone,

This floral image is from one of the stamp sets from the Virtual Card Making Retreat (#170026). I had some leftover die cut pieces for this image, so stamped the image on that.

This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder.

The flowers were coloured with Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends (#155518) and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends (#154887). For the leaves I used Pool Party Stampin’ Blends (#154894) and Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends (#163826). Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883) was used in the centre of the flowers.

I used Summer Splash card (#163798) for the green leaves and gold from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (3163772) for the smaller leaves. For the green die cut leaves, I cut this in half so I could tuck it under the floral image in 2 places.

I dry embossed the Highland Heather card front (#147010) with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder (#167179). The Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper (#164607) was taped to the card front and this was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The stamped flowers were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The leaves were attached with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

The embellishments are the Brushed Brass Butterflies (#158136) and Two-Tone Sparkle Gems (#164633). I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) on the flowers.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

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Friday, 6 March 2026

Beautifully Celebrated Dies

Hello & welcome,

Gold & white always looks elegant. Here I have used the gorgeous Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper (#166957) along with the Beautifully Celebrated Dies (#166974).

I cut the middle out of the DSP with one of the dies. This DSP was then matted with Gold Foil Sheet (#132622). This was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781)

I cut the detailed corners from Basic White card and Gold Foil, also with dies from this set. The Gold Foil corners were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683), then I added the White corners, offsetting them to show some gold.

“Best Wishes” from With You In Mind stamp set (#164747) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The sentiment was also cut with one of the Beautifully Celebrated dies.

The Flower Accents (#165171) were added to finish the card.

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

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Thursday, 5 March 2026

Beautiful Motifs Bundle

Hi everyone,

I love the way the leaves partly cut out using the Beautiful Motifs die (#165205) which are part of the Beautiful Motifs Bundle (#165206).

The Pool Party & Lemon Lolly paper are from the Pastels Shimmer 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#167198). I cut the Pool Party paper with the Textured Notes dies (#165555). After cutting the top, bottom & left side I repositioned the die to cut the right side as I wanted a narrower cut. I then used the die from the Beautiful Motifs die to cut the leaves.

I stamped around the edges of the Lemon Lolly paper with a stamp from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set (#165198) using Daffodil Delight ink (#147094). This is very subtle so not sure if you can see it in the photo. This was matted with another piece of Pool Party paper and attached to the Basic White Base card (#166781). The Pool Party with the die cut leaves was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Thinking Of You” is from the same stamp set and stamped with Pool Party ink (#147107). A die from the Paradise Garden dies (#167120) was used to cut the sentiment. The embellishments are the Low Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157).

“Love what you do and share what you love.”

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.