Lesley's Stampin Ground

Sunday, 10 December 2023

Hello Irresistible Designer Series Paper

Hi crafty friends,

The Hello, Irresistible Designer Series Paper (#161139) and the Irresistible Blooms Bundle (#161150) have been used on this card today.

I cut a large and small circle using the Stylish Shapes Dies (#159183) from the designer series paper. The middle size circle was cut from Pretty Peacock card (#150886). I cut the circles in half and taped them together with the half circles offset.

The Basic White card front (#159228) was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (#161600), then matted with Pretty Peacock card and attached to the Basic White base card.

I attached the half circles to the card front. I added a strip of Pretty Peacock card along the middle. The sentiment is from the Go To Greetings stamp set (#158763) and stamped with Melon Mambo ink (#147051). I used a die from the Timeless Arrangements (#161525) to cut the sentiment.

The flowers from the Irresistible Blooms stamp set (#161140) were stamped with Melon Mambo ink and cut with the co-ordinating Irresistible Blooms Dies (#161149). These were attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The leaves, using Lost Lagoon card (#133686), and backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) were also cut with the Irresistible Blooms dies.

The trio of embellishments are from the Blooming Pearls (#162238).

This bundle and designer paper are from the Online Exclusives, along with a great variety of products. If you would like to see all of these products go to https://www.stampinup.com.au

You will also find the Clearance Rack and the Last Chance retiring products from the current mini catalogue.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Saturday, 9 December 2023

Biggest Wish

Hello friends,

I love using dies and embossing folders for my cards and find it very hard to do just stamping, so here is a card which looks like it is just stamping. However I have used some dies to cut masks and then I used an embossing folder once the stamping was done.

I cut a rectangle from a piece of scrap paper using a die from the Deckled Rectangles (#159173). I placed the outside piece of the mask on the Basic White card (#159228) and applied the Daffodil Delight ink (#147094) with a Blending Brush (#153611). I also cut another rectangle with the next size Deckled Rectangles die. I attached this to the card and covered the yellow with the piece cut from inside of the first mask. This left a border area which I used Starry Sky ink (#159212) and this was also done using a Blending Brush.

“Happy” from the Biggest Wish stamp set (#155052) was stamped with Crumb Cake ink (#147116) and “Birthday” was stamped with Starry Sky ink. I used the Stamparatus to stamp the words making it easy to get the words straight.

I used the Timber 3D Embossing Folder (#156406) to dry emboss the Basic White card front, then this was matted with Starry Sky card (#159264). The base card is Basic White.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Brushed Gold Cards & Envelopes

Hello again friends,

I am so pleased to see that the beautiful Brushed Gold Cards & Envelopes (#162177) aren’t retiring, and I have used these for this easy but elegant Christmas card.

The large star is cut and embossed with the Stars At Night Hybrid Embossing Folder (#162006). To do this you place the die into the embossing folder along with the Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) and run it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (#149653) as usual. I attached this to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

The sentiment is from the Hope & Peace stamp set (#159773). I stamped this with VersaMark (#102283) and added Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder (#155555) then this was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). A die from the Stars At Night was used to cut the sentiment as well as a piece of the Gold Foil. These were attached just to show a piece of the gold at the top. Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) were used to attach this to the card.

To finish this very easy card I added the Adhesive-Backed Star Trinkets (#162010).

There are some great bargains available with the retiring of the mini catalogue. Check out the details of the Last Chance products here https://www.stampinup.com.au

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Earthen Textures

Hello stamping friends,

I have used the Earthen Textures Bundle (#161514) for todays card.

I stamped the pot with Pecan Pie ink (#161665) and the leaves with Granny Apple Green ink (#147095) and Calypso Coral ink (#147101). These are from the Earthen Textures stamp set (#161504). The pot was fussy cut and the leaves are cut with the Earthen Textures dies (#161513). The Daffodil Delight card (#121680) was used for the die-cut leaf. This was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) before cutting.

The 3 strips of Basic White card (#159228) were dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (#161600). These were attached to the Basic White card front which was matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726), then attached to the Basic White base card.

The pot and Granny Apple Green leaves were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimenionals (#144108). I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) to attach the Calypso Coral leaves.

“Happy Birthday” from the Go To Greetings stamp set (#158763) was stamped with Pecan Pie ink and cut with a Cracker & Treat Box die (#159182). Mini Stampin Dimensionals were used to attach the sentiment.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Tuesday, 5 December 2023

Autumn Leaves

Hello friends,

These leaves are cut with the Autumn Leaves dies (#162185).

I coloured some (retired) Shimmery White card with Pumpkin Pie ink (#147086), Daffodil Delight ink (#147094), Granny Apple Green ink (#147095) and Crumb Cake ink (#147116). I added the inks with a Water Painter (#151298) then sprayed it lightly with water to allow the colours to blend. Once this was dry I cut the leaves with the Autumn Leaves dies. The veins of the larger leaf was cut from Rose Gold Specialty Paper (#159139) which was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) and attached to the leaf.

Another Autumn Leaves die was used for the rows of dots on the Very Vanilla card front (#106550). I used Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) to attach the leaves to the card.

“Happy Birthday” was cut with a die from the Wanted To Say dies (#161594), also from the Adhesive Backed Rose Gold Specialty Paper.

I daubered the edges of the card front with Pumpkin Pie ink, then this was attached to the Very Vanilla base card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 4 December 2023

Artistic dies

Hi & welcome again my friends,

I am back after a lovely relaxing holiday so ready to get back into my craft room with the lead up to Christmas. Here is a super easy card using the Artistic dies (#155371).

I scored the top and bottom of the Basic White card (#106550) using the Paper Trimmer (#152392) with the scoring blade.

I used the Holographic Trio Specialty Paper (#161744) for the floral image cut with the Artistic die. This paper was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) making this detailed die-cut piece easy to adhere to the card. The edges of the card front was daubered with Berry Burst ink (#147143), then attached to the Berry Burst card (#144249).

“Thinking Of You” from the Go To Greetings stamp set (#158763) was stamped with Berry Burst ink and cut with a Cracker & Treat Box die (#159182). I attached this with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The Iridescent Adhesive-Backed Discs (161954) were added to finish the card.