Lesley's Stampin Ground

Monday, 8 June 2026

Velvet Meadow Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi friends,

Beautiful designer paper can make quick & easy cards, like this design from the Velvet Meadow Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167904). This paper has velvet texture on each floral design.

The DSP was matted with Berry Burst card (#144249).

The sentiment from the All Aflutter stamp set (#167564) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) onto Berry Burst card. I added White powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was cut with a die from the Fragrant Layers Dies (#167154). The sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The white twine from the Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack (#155475) was threaded through the sentiment and wrapped around the card front. This was then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I added some small butterflies from the Gilded Wings Accents (#169953) which will be available in July from the online exclusives. The Antique Pearls (#164679) were added to the card & butterflies.

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Thursday, 9 April 2026

Terrific Toadstools Bundle

Hello again friends,

I am using more of the Last Chance Products on today’s card.

The toadstools are from the Terrific Toadstools stamp set (#164783) and punched with the co-ordinating Terrific Toadstools Builder punch (#164789). These were stamped with Peach Pie ink (#163810), Pretty In Pink ink (#163807) and Pecan Pie ink (#161665).

I stamped the Lasting Linen stamp (#167107) onto Basic White card (#166781) using Basic Beige ink (#163806). I cut this and the Earthen Toned Metallic Specialty Paper (#165901) with Branching Out dies (#165775).

I dry embossed the Basic Beige card (#164512) with the retired Timber Embossing Folder and matted this with the Earthen Toned Metallic Specialty Paper. This was attached to the Basic Beige base card.

The toadstools were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Happy Birthday” from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat (#170026) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I added Copper powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The sentiment was cut with a die from the Fragrant Layers dies (#167154) and attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). This die cuts the outside and inside into 2 pieces. I attached a piece of the Earthen Toned Metallic Specialty Paper to Foam Adhesive Sheet (#152815). This was cut with the die and I used the outside piece. This Foam Adhesive Sheet is just like Dimensionals, but in a sheet so you can cut any shape with it. Great for more detailed die cuts.

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was added to the toadstools. The embellishments are the Faux Bronze Pentagons (#166931).

The Last Chance Products are the Toadstool Bundle, Branching Out dies, Lasting Linen stamp, Peach Pie ink, Pretty In Pink ink & the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat.

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Friday, 27 March 2026

Notes Of Spring stamp set

Hello again friends,

The March Product Of The Month is the Notes Of Spring stamp set (#167979). With a qualifying order (in Australia it is a $125 order) you can purchase the product of the month for just $9.

The deer are from the stamp set and I have stamped the outline with Pecan Pie ink (#161665). The inside was stamped with Pecan Pie ink, stamping off first, to get the lighter colour. These were then fussy cut, then glimmer was added using the Clear Wink OF Stella (#141897).

The Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper (#165196) was used for the card front and matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726), then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

One deer was taped to the card and the other with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

I cut a piece of Pecan Pie card with a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925) and taped it to the card, then the sentiment on top. The sentiment is also from the Notes Of Spring stamp set and stamped with Pecan Pie ink. A Fragrant Layers die (#167154) cut the sentiment and was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The Pressed Flower Motifs (#165215) were added to finish the card.

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

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Friday, 13 March 2026

Fragrant Layers

Hello friends,

The Fragrant Layers dies (#167154) is perfect for paper piecing which I have done on this card. It’s a bit fiddly but worth the effort.

I cut the outline image from Secret Sea card (#165296) and attached this to a piece of Basic White card (#166781). I then cut the flowers & leaves from different coloured card which was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) making each piece easy to attach in the correct place. The card used is Berry Burst (#144249), Petunia Pop (#163802), Fresh Freesia (#155614), Bubble Bath (#161727), Daffodil Delight (#121680) and Coastal Cabana (#131302).

The Bubble Bath card front was dry embossed with the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder (#167097) and matted with Secret Sea card. This was attached to the Basic White base card. The floral image was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Happy Birthday” from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756) was stamped with Berry Burst ink (#147143) onto Bubble Bath card. A die from the Fragrant Layers dies was used to cut the sentiment. I cut it a second time with Secret Sea card for the “frame” around the sentiment. The sentiment was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The retired Two-Tone Sparkle Gems were added to the card. Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used on the flowers & leaves to add a touch of glimmer.

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

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Monday, 2 March 2026

Fragrant Layers Dies

Hi & welcome again,

I like to try to use products in more than one way, so on today’s card I have used a die from the Fragrant Layers dies (#167154) for the background. This die would usually be used for sentiments. Also, this die cuts the outside “frame” and the inside solid piece with the one die.

Using this die I cut several pieces from Basic White card (#166781), then I used the Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper (#164607) for the inside pieces. I now have leftover white card from the inside & the DSP from the outside to use on another project. I glued these to the Basic White card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755). I attached the piece with “Happy Birthday” with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). “Happy Birthday” is from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756) and stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with the Gold Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056).

The flowers and leaves were also cut with the dies from the Fragrant Layers dies. The card used for these are Daffodil Delight (#121680), Balmy Blue (#147007), Fresh Freesia (#155614), Lemon Lime Twist (#144250) and Granny Apple Green (#147014). The flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the leaves with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The gold sequins are from the retired Traditional Sparkling Sequins.

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Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Heirloom Arrangements kit

Hi friends,

The Heirloom Arrangements Kit (#165007) has a beautiful range of images to make quick and easy cards. You can make very simple cards or be as creative as you like with the variety images in this kit.

I decided you use the Splash Of Sparkles Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167200) for the card front (instead of the card bases included in the kit). This was matted with Timid Tiger card (#165298) and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

“Thank You” is also from the kit and I stamped this with Timid Tiger ink (#165278) and cut it with a Fragrant Layers die (#167154).

The sentiment, butterfly & floral image were attached with Stampin’ Dimensioanls (#104430). I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) to add glimmer to the flowers & butterfly.

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

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