Lesley's Stampin Ground

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Fragrant Layers Sympathy card

Hello everyone,

I seem to be using the Fragrant Layers Bundle (#167155) a lot lately and today I have made a variation of one from a few days ago but for a Sympathy card.

This is a larger card as I used a full A4 sheet of Basic White card (#166781) and folded it in half. I dry embossed the card front with the So Swirly Embossing Folder (#163791). I cut 4 pieces with a die from the Natures Symphony dies (#166925) for the woodgrain pieces and these were taped to the card front.

The flowers were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) which was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The inside of the flowers were stamped with Bubble Bath ink (#161664) and the leaves with Soft Sea Foam ink (#147102). Lemon Lolly ink (#161666) was used for the flower centres.

The sentiment is from a retired stamp set (Painted Glass) and this was also gold heat embossed. A die from the Everyday Arches (#164629) was used to cut this. The retired Cross Of Hope dies was used for the cross using Gold Foil (#132622).

The flowers & sentiment were all attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 16 March 2026

Simply Beautiful Bundle

Hello friends,

You don’t need a lot on a card with large images like this flower & leaves from the Simply Beautiful Bundle (#166980).

I stamped the flower from the Simply Beautiful stamp set (#166958) with VersaMark (#102283) onto Poppy Parade card (#121694). I added the White powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056).

For the leaves from the same stamp set I stamped them with VersaMark onto Granny Apple Green card (#147014) and added Clear powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders and heat set this. If you just stamp onto coloured card with VersaMark you will get a darker image of the same colour, so by adding the clear embossing powder you get an embossed image in the same colour but darker.

The flower & leaves were cut with the Simply Beautiful dies (#166964). I flicked the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) on the flower & leaves to get spots of glimmer.

The card front is from the Garden Poetry Designer Series Paper (#167113) and matted with Poppy Parade card, then attached it to the Basic White card front (#166781).

The flower was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the leaves with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

“Thinking Of You” is from the same stamp set and stamped with Poppy Parade ink (#147050). This was fussy cut, then attached with Mini Glue Dots and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

The retired Traditional Sparkling Sequins were added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Sunday, 15 March 2026

Paradise Garden Bundle

Hello & welcome,

I have used 3 of the 2024-2026 In colours that will be retiring in May, when we will have 5 more new in colours. The colours I have used are Shy Shamrock ink (#163808), Petunia Pop ink (#163811) and Pretty In Pink ink (#163807).

The stamp set used for all the images is Paradise Garden (#167114) and the dies are from the co-ordinating Paradise Garden dies (#167120). These are part of the Paradise Garden Bundle (#167121). This set of dies also has a hybrid embossing folder which means you can use the folder and a die to cut and emboss at the same time, or you can use the embossing folder as normal which is what I have done on the Basic White card front (#166781).

The card front was matted with Petunia Pop card (#163802) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The leaves and 2 larger flowers were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The sentiment and smaller flowers were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). I added glimmer to the flowers & leaves with the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897). The embellishments are from the retired Charming Day Shimmer Faceted Dots.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Saturday, 14 March 2026

Fragrant Layers stamp set

Hello again friends,

I was very happy with the results of this card in neutral colours using the Fragrant layers stamp set (#167150).

I stamped the outline of larger floral image and the individual flowers with Pecan Pie ink (#161665) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). I then stamped the inside of the flowers with Crumb Cake ink (#166787), the leaves with Basic Beige ink (#163806) and the flower centres with Darling Duckling ink (#165277) - stamped off.

The card front is Woodgrain Wonders Designer Series Paper (#167428) and matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726). The base card is Very Vanilla.

I cut the 2 woodgrain pieces from Pecan Pie card using a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925). These were taped to the card front.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Loveliest Tree stamp set (#163714) and stamped with Pecan Pie ink. I cut this with a Stylish Shapes die (#159183) and also taped this to the card.

The flowers were fussy cut, then I cut the larger image in 2 pieces. All the flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

Glimmer was added to the flowers using the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897). The Antique Pearls (#164679) were added to finish the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

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.”

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Thursday, 12 March 2026

Delicate Whispers

Hi friends,

The Delicate Whispers Bundle (#167506) has been used for the flowers & stamped leaves on this card.

The Soft Sea Foam card front (#147012) was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (#161600) and matted with Timid Tiger card (#165298) then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I stamped the strip of Basic White card with images from the Delicate Whispers stamp set (#167500) using Soft Sea Foam ink (#147102). This was taped to the card front.

I cut the Basic White frame using a Scalloped Wishes die (#167452) and I glued this to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

The flowers from the Delicate Wishes stamp set were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the Copper powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678) which was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). These were cut with a Delicate Whispers die (#167505).

I used Stampin’ Blends to colour the floral images - Timid Tiger (#165291), Peach Pie (#163827), Daffodil Delight (#154883), Granny Apple Green (#154885) and Lemon Lime Twist (#161682). The flowers were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensional (#144108) and Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

“Congratulations” from the Loveliest Tree stamp set (#163714) was stamped with Timid Tiger ink (#165278) and cut with a Paradise Garden die (#167120). Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to attach the sentiment to the card.

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used to add glimmer to the flowers. Pearlized Faceted Circles (#166978) were added to finish the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.