Lesley's Stampin Ground

Thursday, 14 May 2026

Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone,

The beautiful Moonlit Flora Designer Series Paper (#167737) has been used on today’s card.

I cut 2 of the designs from the DSP with the Party Banners dies (#165264).

I stamped “With Love” from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set (#165243) with Golden Glow ink (#167676) and cut this with another Party Banners die. This was attached to the larger banner, then attached to the card front. The smaller DSP banner was attached on top.

I fussy cut 2 of the butterflies from the Designer Paper and attached them to the top right and bottom left of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The Golden Glow dots from the 2026-2028 In Color Dots (#167546) were added to the flowers & sentiment. Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used to add the glimmer to the butterflies and flowers.

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Friday, 3 October 2025

Delicate Pines Bundle

Hi everyone,

I do like the traditional colours for Christmas cards, so here is another one with red, green and a touch of gold.

The stamp set for the “snowflake pines” and the flower is Delicate Pines (#166067). I used Shaded Spruce ink (#147088) and Real Red ink (#147084) to stamp the images. These were cut with the Delicate Pines dies (#166073). For the flower I stamped 2 images and attached them together with a Mini Glue Dot (#103683). The small Gold Foil (#132622) and Shaded Spruce (#147006) pine leaves were also cut with the dies. I used Adhesive Sheet (#152334) on the back of these 2 pieces of card.

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (#164049), then matted with the Shaded Spruce card. This was taped to the Basic White base card.

The Banners are cut with the Party Banners dies (#165264) using Real Red card (#106578) and Shaded Spruce card. After cutting the Shaded Spruce banner, I cut it in half and taped the pieces to the top and bottom of the Real Red banner. The banners were attached to the card.

The large “snowflake” was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the flower was attached with a Mini Glue Dot. The small detailed pine leaves were added.

A red sequin from the Traditional Sparkling Sequins (#165875) was added to the centre of the flower. The sentiment is from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208). This pack contains 6 adhesive backed sheets of pre-cut Christmas sentiments, with Gold foil for the sentiments.

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Saturday, 13 September 2025

Party Banners dies

Hello again friends,

I have layered 2 of the banners from the Party Banners dies (#165264) for today’s card. There are 14 banner dies in this set so a great range of sizes for your projects.

The banners were cut from Summer Splash card (#163798) and Fresh Freesia card (#155614). I dry embossed the Fresh freesia card with the now retired Mini Corrugated embossing folder. The banners were taped together.

“Birthday” from the Blooming Phrases stamp set (#165523) was stamped with Summer Splash ink (#163809) onto the Basic White card front (#166781). This was matted with Summer Splash card and attached to the Basic White base card.

I stamped the floral images with the Extraordinary Flora stamp set (#165243) using Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). These were cut with the co-ordinating Extraordinary Flora die (#165244). The Stampin’ Blends to colour these are Fresh Freesia (#155518), Highland Heather (#154887), Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Summer Splash (#163826), Pool Party (#154894) and Shy Shamrock (#163825). These were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Happy” was cut with a die from Words For The Season (#165797) using Summer Splash card backed with Adhesive Sheet (#153334) making it easy to attach to the card.

The embellishments are the Frosted Iridescent Dots (#165766). Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was added to the flowers to give some sparkle.

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Friday, 1 August 2025

Floral Charm Designer Series Paper

Hello again,

A quick & easy card using the beautiful Floral Charm Designer Series Paper (#166125).

The Designer Series Paper was matted with Very Vanilla card (#166785), then Blackberry Bliss card (#133682). I wrapped a retired Blackberry Bliss ribbon around the card front, then attached it to the Very Vanilla base card.

I stamped “Best Wishes” from With You In Mind stamp set (#164747) with VersaMark (#102283) and added Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678) and this was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The sentiment and Blackberry Bliss card were both cut with dies from the Party Banners dies (#165264). I lightly added some colour over the sentiment using a Blending Brush (#153611) with Blackberry Bliss ink (#147092).

I fussy cut a flower from another page of the Floral Charm Designer Series Paper. The sentiment and flower were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The card was finished by adding the Brushed Brass Butterflies (#158136).

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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Scrapbook page

Hi friends,

Just a template for a quick & easy scrapbook page today. This page could be turned to suit your photos and choose colours also to suit your photos.

The banners are cut with the Party Banners dies (#165264). I will cut letters for a title and place them on the banners.

I stamped the flower from the Charming Day stamp set (#166126) onto Basic White card (#166781). Then I cut a mask using the co-ordinating die from the Charming Day dies (#166135) and placed it over the stamped flower. This prevents the lines being stamped over the flowers. The lines from Just A Note stamp set (#166098) were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708), then I cut this with a Just A Note Die (#166101).

The paper clip is also cut with a die from the Just A Note dies. I used Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) for the paper clip.

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Friday, 11 July 2025

Along These Lines stamp set

Hi again,

Along These Lines stamp set (#165352) has a variety of line images. I have used the cake for this card.

I stamped the cake with Calypso Coral ink (#147101) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). I used the Party Banners dies (#165264) to cut the stamped image as well as the Calypso Coral card (#124392) and the Old Olive card (#106576), then these were taped together.

The Very Vanilla card front was dry embossed with the Forever Plaid Embossing Folder (#164049) and matted with Calypso Coral card. The Base card is Very Vanilla. The DSP is from the Timeless Plaid 6”x6” Designer Series Paper (#164678).

“Celebrate” is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set (#16552) and stamped with Calypso Coral ink and cut with a Textured Notes Die (#165555).

The sentiment & banners were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) to add some glimmer to the cake.

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Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Party Banners Dies

Hi friends,

I am trying to get ahead with some masculine cards, so here’s another one today.

I stamped the text from the Elements Of Text stamp set (#164774) using Crumb Cake ink (#147116) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). “Happy Birthday” from the Loveliest tree stamp set (#163714) was stamped with Misty Moonlight ink (#153118). The 3 banners were cut with the Party Banners dies (#165264).

The Timeless Plaid 6”x6” Designer Series Paper (#164678) was matted with Misty Moonlight card (#153086) and attached the card front to the Very Vanilla base card.

I stamped the bike from the Along The Lines stamp set (#165352) using Misty Moonlight ink, then re-stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and added Clear powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165679). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056).

I taped the 3 banners together then attached them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The embellishments are the Earth Tone Shimmer Gems (#164070) which are still on the Last Chance list in Australia.

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Friday, 27 June 2025

Party Alphabet dies

Hello again,

This card would be a great masculine card but easily changed to a feminine card by using different colours & Designer Series Papers.

I cut the letters with the Party Alphabet Dies (#165263) using Basic Black card (#121688) and Real Red card (#106578). I taped the black letters to the red letters with a slight offset to give a shadow effect.

A design from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (#163393) was matted wth Real Red card then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

Below the “H” & “A”, I have used a design from the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons (#165270). The pack of Rub-Ons includes both Silver & Gold. I used silver.

“Birthday” is from the Layered Thoughts stamp set (#165346). This stamp does include “Happy” but I only wanted “Birthday”. So when I inked the stamp with Real Red ink (#147084), I covered Happy with a post it note, added the ink, removed the post it note and stamped “Birthday” onto Basic White card.

I used a Textured Notes Die (#165555) to cut the sentiment. To cut this the correct size I used a larger die to cut 2 sides, then repositioned the die to cut the other 2 sides.

The letters & “birthday” were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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Thursday, 26 June 2025

Nests Of Winter Designer Series Paper

Hi friends,

I fussy cut these birds from the Nests Of Winter Specialty Designer Series Paper (#164183).

The card front is the Cloud Cover from the Flower Garden Foils 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#165511). This pack includes Pretty In Pink & Strawberry Slush colours with 2 different designs in each colour. I wrapped the retired Metallic Edge Ribbon around the card front, then attached it to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I used 2 of the smaller banners from the Party Banners dies (#165264) to cut the Strawberry Slush Foil and Basic White card. I dry embossed the white banners with the Pressed Flowers Embossing Folder (#165614). I taped the white banners to the Strawberry Slush banners, then these were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The birds were attached on top with Mini Stampin’ Dimensioanls (#144108).

The sentiment is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set (#165523). These are 2 separate stamps, each with the “tail”. So when I inked “Happy” I avoided inking the tail, then I stamped “birthday” so it looked like one stamp. This was stamped with Strawberry Slush ink (#165286). A Beautiful Butterflies die (#164614) was used to cut the sentiment. This was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The Embellishemnts are from the Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems (#165615).

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Sunday, 8 June 2025

Party Banners Dies

Hello again friends,

The Party Banners dies (#165264) are great for making banners for all occasions as well as using for cards. I have made this welcome banner which I have hung in the front entry of our home. The largest banner die is 17.8cm x 13.7cm (#7”x5-3/8”) so quite a large size. With 14 different sizes of banner dies you can make you banner any size to suit your requirements.

I used the largest banner die for the Highland Heather card (#147010) for the background. The slightly smaller dies were used for the Gorgeous Grape card (#147011) and the Designer Series Paper. This is a retired paper. We all have excess of DSP that needs to be used, don't we.

I dry embossed the DSP with the Mini Corrugated 3D embossing folder (#165559) and the Highland Heather card with the So Swirly embossing folder (#163791). I taped these banners together.

The letters are cut from Gold Foil Sheets (#132622). I don’t have the Party Alphabet dies (#165263) which would have been perfect. (I cut these with an Electronic cutter).

The butterflies are cut with dies from the Beautiful Butterflies dies (#164614) using Highland Heather & Gorgeous Grape card.

The flowers are from the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape (#165269). I must be obsessed with this tape as I have used it on so many projects.

I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683), Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) to attach the flowers, leaves, letters & butterflies to the banners. The Flower Accents (#165171) were attached to each butterfly.

I threaded the Gold Ribbon from the Gold & Silver 1/8” Trim Combo Pack (#161633) through the banners to hang it.

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Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Party Banners dies

Hello again friends,

The Party Banners dies (#165264) have been used to cut the 3 different size banners on this card. There are 14 different sizes of the banners, plus other dies to create holes in the set.

I cut the base for the card front with one of the banners from Gorgeous Grape card (#147011). For the back of the base card I cut the Gorgeous Grape card 15.3cm x 10.5cm. I scored the top at 1.5cm and I attached the cut out banner to this to form the card. I cut the 2 pieces of Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper (#162593) with the banner dies and taped them to the base card.

The Thankful Garden Bundle (#165526) includes the Thankful Garden stamp set (#165526), Thankful Garden dies (#165533) and the Thankful Garden Decorative Masks.

The flower from the Thankful Garden stamp set was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). This was coloured using the masks with Blending Brushes (#153611) and the following inks - Fresh Freesia (#155611), Highland Heather (#147103), Gorgeous Grape (#147099) and Shaded Spruce (#147088). The floral image was then cut with the co-ordinating die.

“Celebrate” is from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set (#165198) and stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink. A Beautiful Butterflies die (#164614) was used to cut the sentiment. The flowers & sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

I attached a strip of the DSP inside, as shown in the photo above. This is also visible when the card is closed.

The embellishments are the Purple Fine Shimmer Gems 162611). Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used for some glimmer on the flowers & leaves.

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

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Monday, 2 June 2025

Blooming Phrases stamp set

Hello friends,

All the stamped images on today’s card are from the Blooming Phrases stamp set (#165523). There are 8 sentiments with a “tail” at the end. I used the tail for the stems of the flowers then stamped the flowers and leaves.

I cut the Basic White card (#166781) and Blueberry Bushel card (#146991) with the Party Banners dies (#165264).

The “Thinking Of You” stamp has the “Thinking of” on the top line and “you” underneath. I just inked the “thinking of” and stamped it along the top of the banner, then inked “you” and stamped it vertically for something different. I used Blueberry Bushel ink (#147138).

For the flowers I used Daffodil Delight ink (#147094), Peach Pie ink (#163810) and Bubble Bath ink (#161664). The stems & leaves were stamped with Pool Party ink (#147107).

I taped the 2 banners together then attached them to the Floral & Gingham Vellum Specialty Designer Series Paper (#164713). This was attached to the Basic White base card. The embellishments are the Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs (161954) and are currently still available on the Last Chance Products, while stocks last.

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Saturday, 24 May 2025

Party Banners Dies

Hello again,

I have used the Party Banners Dies (#165264) on this scrapbook page. There are 14 different sized banner dies so would be suitable for making large banners, scrapbook pages or cards, making them very versatile. The largest die is 17.8cm x 13.7cm (7”x5-3/8”) and the smallest 4.4cm x 3.2cm (5–11/8” x 1-1/4”).

I cut the photos as well as the Night Of Navy card (#106577) and Cherry Cobbler card (#121681) with the dies. These were attached to the Mixed Media Florals Designer Series Paper (#164638).

The flowers & leaves are from the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape (#165269). (I seemed to be a bit obsessed with this tape). I attached the tape to the Basic White card (#166781) and cut the images with the Extraordinary Flora Die (#165244). These were then added to the page with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

I used the Mini Alphabet dies (#162934) to cut the letters from Night Of Navy card. These were glued to the page with the Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

Another product I love is the new Metallic Textures Rub-Ons (#165270). These are the silver leaves on the page. These may be easily missed in the catalogue so check them out on Page 124. These rub ons are so easy to use. Just cut out one of the many images, remove the backing, place the silver/adhesive side on the paper and rub with your finger until the image transfers to the paper. Remove the top layer to reveal the beautiful image. This pack contains both gold & silver rub-ons.

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