Lesley's Stampin Ground

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Lifetime Of Love

Hello everyone,

While I had the Beautifully Celebrated dies (#166974) out from yesterday’s card I thought I would use them again. I love the detailed corners and the fancy border dies in this set.

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with (my favourite) Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder (#167097), then double matted with Basic Black card (#121688) and Gold Foil Sheet (#132622). This was then attached to the Basic White base card.

The Gold Foil was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) before cutting with the die for the corners. I like to use adhesive sheet with any detailed dies making it super easy to attach them to the card.

I stamped the floral image from the Lifetime Of Love stamp set (#162574) with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). I stamped a second image using the masking technique. This allows you to stamp another image without it stamping over the first image. For the mask, I stamped the image on a post it note and cut it out then placed it over the stamped image on the card, then stamped onto the card and removed the mask.

The Stampin’ Blends used to colour the flowers & leaves are Poppy Parade (#154958), Azure Afternoon (#161672), Peach Pie (#163827), Petunia Pop (#163828), Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Daffodil Delight (#154883) and Granny Apple Green (#154885).

The Beautifully Celebrated dies were used to cut the stamped image and Gold foil. These were taped together and attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Celebrate” from the Unbounded Love stamp set (#163378) was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and added to the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional and Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The Flower Accents (#165171) were added to the flower centres.

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Thursday, 18 September 2025

Beautiful Butterflies

Hi friends,

The inspiration for this card front is from the Brushed Gold cards which are no longer available.

I lightly wiped the VersaMark pad (#102283) down the top area of the Very Vanilla card (#166785), then sprinkled the Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). I matted the card front with Basic Black card (#121688) and attached it to the Very Vanilla base card.

The butterflies were cut with the Beautiful Butterflies dies (#164614), using Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) and Basic Black card. I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) to add glimmer to the black butterfly. The black butterfly was attached to the gold butterfly with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). I used Stamping Dimensionals (#104430) to attach the gold butterfly to the card.

“Thinking Of You” from Beautiful Motifs stamp set (#165198) was also Gold heat embossed. A Beautiful Butterflies die was used to cut the sentiment.

The embellishments are from the Traditional Sparkling Sequins (#165875).

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Monday, 1 September 2025

Textured Notes Bundle

Hi everyone,

I have used the Textured Notes Bundle (#165556) for today’s card. The Textured Notes stamp set (#165548) and the Textured Notes dies (#165555) are included in the bundle. The dies are all rectangular with patterns around the edges so are great to use with such a variety of stamped images or designer paper and cardstock, making them very versatile.

I stamped the leaves from the stamp set with VersaMark (#102283) and added the Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and of course set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was stamped onto a piece of the Season Of Elegance Specialty Designer Series Paper (#164144). I used one of the dies to cut this as well as the 2 pieces of Gold Foil (#132622). I offset the 2 gold pieces behind the stamped image.

The green & gold DSP is also from the same Designer Series Paper and this was matted with Old Olive card (#106576) and attached to the Very Vanilla base card (#166785). The stamped image attached to the gold was attached to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The sentiment is also from the stamp set and I stamped this with Mossy Meadow ink (#147111) and cut it with another of the Textured Notes die.

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Friday, 25 July 2025

Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder

Hi again friends,

How beautiful is this sunflower which was dry embossed with the Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder (#166145) onto the Gold Foil Sheet (#132622).

The gold foil was then matted with Basic Black card (#121688). I used a die from the Beautiful Motifs dies (#165205) to create the decorative motifs on each corner of the Very Vanilla card front (#166785). This die doesn't cut the full piece out of the card, but creates a beautiful design still attached to the card. This was attached to the Very Vanilla base card. The finished card size is 12.5x12.5cm.

“Thinking Of You” from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set (#165198) was heat embossed with VersaMark (#102283) and Black powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679), then set with the Heat Tool (#129056). A Beautiful Butterflies die (#164614) was used to cut the sentiment.

I added a piece of the Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon (#165599) to the card then the sentiment was added on top with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

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

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Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Nests Of Winter Designer Series Paper

Hello everyone,

I had these birds left from another project, so have used them on this card.

The birds are from the Nests Of Winter Designer Series Paper (#164183). The top bird was fussy cut and the other one was cut with a die from the retired Winterly Tree Tops. The Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) was used for the diamonds & circles. These were cut with the Stylish Shapes dies (#159183).

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170), then matted with Cherry Cobbler card (#121681) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The gold diamonds were taped to the card and the gold circle was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Happy Birthday” from the Year Of Flowers stamp set (#165367) was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink (#147083) and taped to the gold circle.

The birds were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

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lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com

http://lesleysstampinground.blogspot.com

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Inspiring Imperfections Bundle

Hi again friends,

I have used products from the beautiful Kintsugi Inspirations Suite Collection (#165172) for this card.

The Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170) and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The arch was cut from Basic Black card (#121688) using the Everyday Arches dies (#164629). This was attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The vases from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) were stamped with Real Red ink (#147084) and Secret Sea ink (#165285). These vases were cut with the Inspiring Imperfections dies (#165166). The red vase was taped to the card front and I used Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) for the other vase.

“With Love” from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set (#165243) was stamped with Real Red ink and cut with the More Messages die (#165472). This was attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots & Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

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Saturday, 3 May 2025

Scrapbook page

Hi friends,

Today Peter & I celebrate our 50th Wedding Anniversary so I did a scrapbook page for this very special occasion.

The background page is from the Every Happiness Designer Series Paper (#166632). The photos were double matted with Night Of Navy card (#106577) and Cherry Cobbler card (#121681).

The flowers from the Enduring Beauty stamp set (#162670) were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I added the Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056), then cut with the Enduring Beauty die (#162672).

All the letters, hearts and gold leaves are cut from Gold Foil Sheets (#132622) which were backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334), making them easy to attach to the page. The dies used are the Mini Alphabet (#162934), Birthday Celebration dies (#164598), the Alphabet A La Mode (#160750) and the Enduring Beauty dies (for the leaves)

The detailed heart is from the already retired Heart Shapes dies. The small hearts are cut with the Adoring Hearts dies (#162569).

The retiring products are Adoring Hearts dies and the Enduring Beauty stamp set & dies.

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Monday, 24 March 2025

Flowers Of Beauty

Hello friends,

A simple but pretty card using the Flowers Of Beauty dies (#163375). I think this would also be a lovely card for a Sympathy card.

I dry embossed a piece of Basic White card (#159228) with the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder (#165559) and attached this to the Basic White card front. This was then matted with the Bubble Bath card (#161727).

I used a die from the Flowers Of Beauty dies to cut the leafy image from the Gold Foil Sheets (#132622). This was glued to the card with the Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

The flowers were cut from Bubble Bath card and Fresh Freesia card (#155614), also using the Flowers Of Beauty dies. The flowers were attached together with Multipurpose Liquid Glue. These were attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). I added White Pearlised Enamel Effects Basics (#156310) in the centre of the flowers.

“Thinking Of You” from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set (#163490) was stamped with Petunia Pop ink (#163811). I used the smallest die from the Everyday Arches dies (#164629) to cut the sentiment. I also re-positioned the die to cut the left end off to make it shorter. The Purple Adhesive-Backed Sequins (from Sale-a-bration, so now retired) were added to the card.

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Wednesday, 3 July 2024

Loveliest Tree Bundle

Welcome again friends,

An easy card for this sympathy card using the Loveliest Tree Bundle (#163716).

The tree from the Loveliest Tree stamp set (#163714) was stamped with Garden Green ink (#147089) on Basic White card (#159228). I then added more colour to the tree using a Dauber and Garden Green ink. I used Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends (#161674) to colour the trunk. The tree was then cut with the co-ordinating Loveliest Tree dies (#163715).

I matted the Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (#162616) with Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) and attached this to the Basic White base card.

I dry embossed a smaller piece of Gold Foil with one of the Basics Embossing Folders (#161598) and attached it to the card front. The tree was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The sentiment, also from the Loveliest Tree stamp set, was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with the Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). I cut the sentiment with a Wild Ferns die (#162654). This was attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Love what you do and share what you love.

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lesley.j.jendra@gmail.com

http://lesleysstampinground.blogspot.com

Tuesday, 2 April 2024

Nature’s Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi crafty friends,

I am so excited to see that the beautiful Nature’s Sweetness 12”x12” Specialty Designer Series Paper (#162616) as well as the co-ordinating Lovely & Sweet Stamp set (#162617) and Lovely & Sweet Dies (#162626) will not be retiring. I love this set and have made several cards with it. Here is today’s card.

I cut the leafy image from the Designer paper using the co-ordinating die. I added a small amount of colour with Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends (#161673), Soft Sea Foam Stampin’ Blends (#154902) and Ivory Stampin’ Blends (#154922).

I matted the larger piece of the DSP with Pebbled Path card (#161731). I cut the Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) and the smaller piece of DSP with the Deckled Rectangles dies (#159173). I used a die from the Notes Of Nature (#163203) to cut the holes in the DSP before attaching it to the Gold Foil.

The leafy image was attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). I cut the small leaves from Gold Foil and Pecan Pie card (#161726), both which were backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) making it easy to attach these small detailed die cuts to the card.

“Congratulations” from the Lovely & Sweet stamp set was stamped with Pebbled Bath ink (#161648) and cut with a Sending die (#159271). This was attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The Notes Of Nature dies and Sending dies are retiring.

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Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Christmas card with Stars At Night

Hello again,

Another beautiful Christmas card using the Stars At Night Hybrid Embossing Folder (#162006). Today I have chosen gold with Very Vanilla.

The large star was cut and embossed with the Stars At Night Hybrid Embossing Folder which embosses and cuts at the same time. The die fits into the embossing folder to be able to do this. The small stars are cut with a separate die. These stars were cut from Gold Foil Sheets (#132622).

I dry embossed the Very Vanilla card (#106550) with the embossing folder. I attached a piece of the Shining Brightly Specialty Designer Series Paper (#162378) to the left side of the Very Vanilla card. This was matted with Crushed Curry card (#131288). I wrapped the retired ribbon around the card front and attached this to the Very Vanilla base card.

The large star was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) to attach the small stars.

The sentiment from the Brightest Glow stamp set (#159542) was stamped with Wild Wheat ink (#161651) and cut with an All That Die (#159078). This was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I also attached an Adhesive-Backed Star Trinket (#162010) to the top corner of the card.

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

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I will be having the next few weeks off after a very busy few months. I’m looking forward to a break and I will be back early December.

Saturday, 4 November 2023

Rustic Christmas Tree

Hello friends,

Something very different today with this rustic Christmas Tree. (I saw a photo of one similar some time ago and just loved it.)

I got hubby to get some old pieces of timber (he has plenty hanging around) and cut them, attached them to a stick, then attached this to a piece of old ply. He had an old box which I used to hold the pinecones.

The letters and large star are cut with a Scan & Cut machine. I used Crushed Curry card (#131288), Cherry Cobbler card (#1216810 and Shaded Spruce card (#147006) for the letters and Distressed Gold 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#159237) for the large star.

The smaller stars are cut with the Stars At Night dies (#162006) using Gold Foil Sheets (#132622) and Silver Foil Specialty pack (#156457). I used the Night Of Navy from the Soft Shimmer Paper Combo Pack (#161750) for the small star on the large gold star at the top.

All the letters and stars were glued with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110722).

I think at Christmas I will add some greenery amongst the pinecones.

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

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Monday, 4 September 2023

Irresistible Blooms

Hello everyone,

The Irresistible Blooms Bundle (#161150) has been used for the flowers & leaves on this card.

The flowers from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set (#161140) were stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052) then cut with the Irresistible Blooms dies (#161149). The leaves were also cut with the Irresistible Blooms dies using Soft Sea Foam card (#147012).

I cut the Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) with a die from the Radiating Stitches dies (#161595) for the frame. The DSP is from the Hello, Irresistible 6”x6” Designer Series Paper (#161139) and matted with Flirty Flamingo card (#141421) then taped to the Gold Foil.

The sentiment from the Go To Greetings stamp set (#158763) was stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink and cut with a Cracker & Treat Box die (#159182).

One flower was attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and the other with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). Mini Glue Dots were used for the leaves and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) for the sentiment. The embellishments are the Flat Adhesive-Backed Pearls (#160449). Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used on the flowers to add a touch of sparkle.

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

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Thursday, 31 August 2023

Cheerful Daisies

Hello stamping friends,

A lovely bright & cheerful card using the Cheerful Daisies Bundle (#161297).

I cut the daisies from the Cheerful Daisies dies (#161296) using Basic White card (#159228) and Gold Foil Sheets (#132622). I stamped the daisies from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set (#161290) with Crushed Curry ink (#147087), Azure Afternoon ink (#161663) and Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052). I attached the stamped daisies to the Gold Foil daisies with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755) and offsetting them to see some of the Gold Foil. I cut the leaves off the stamped daisies.

I cut the Basic White card front with an Around The Bend die (#160649), then I embossed this with the Splatters from the Stripes & Splatters 3D Embossing Folder (#157980). This was taped to the Azure Afternoon from the White Centre Specialty Paper (#161748), then attached to the Basic White base card.

The sentiment is from the So Sincere stamp set (#162283). This will be available from 6th September in the upcoming mini catalogue. I used Azure Afternoon ink, then cut it with a Stylish Shapes die (#159183). The sentiment & flowers were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) & Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The Brushed Brass Butterflies (#158136) were added to finish the card.

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

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