Lesley's Stampin Ground

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Garden Textures Specialty Foil Sheets

Hi friends,

The Garden Textures 12”x12” Specialty Foil Sheets (#167125) has 3 beautiful vibrant colours - Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel and Shaded Spruce - and I have used them on this card.

The card front is from the Delicate Dreams Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167498). I cut a piece of the Berry Burst Foil with a die from the Stylish Shapes dies (#159183). I cut this square in half from corner to corner and attached them to the DSP, then attached the card front to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The Blueberry Bushel Foil was cut with a die from the Paradise Garden dies (#167120). The Shaded Spruce Foil was cut with a die from the Forever Florals dies (#167443). I cut this leafy piece in half and attached it to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The Blueberry Bushel Foil was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The flowers from the Paradise Garden stamp set (#167114) were stamped with Berry Burst ink (#147143) and cut with the Paradise Garden dies. These were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots & a Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

“Celebrate” is from the Blooming Phrases stamp set (#165523) and stamped with Blueberry Bushel ink (#147138). A die from the Paradise Garden dies was used to cut the sentiment and this was taped to the blue foil.

The embellishments on the flower centres are retired Garden Gems.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Tuesday, 3 March 2026

Garden Poetry Suite Collection

Hi again everyone,

From today a large range of new products are available from the Online Exclusives including the Garden Poetry Suite Collection (#167127) which I have used for this lovely bright card.

The flowers, leaves and sentiment are all from the Paradise Garden stamp set (#167114). These were stamped with Shaded Spruce ink (#147088), Azure Afternoon ink (#161663), Berry Burst ink (#147143) and Coastal Cabana (#147097).

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with the Paradise Garden Embossing Folder (#167120). This is a hybrid embossing folder which means a die fits into the folder and cuts & embosses at the same time. It can also be used just as an embossing folder as I have used here.

The DSP is from the Garden Poetry Designer Series Paper (#167113) and attached to the card front. The card front was matted with Blueberry Bushel card (#146991) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The sentiment, flowers leaves and the blue foil from the Garden Textures Specialty Foil Sheets (#167125) are all cut with the Paradise Garden dies (#167120). The blue foil and some of the flowers were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) for the leaves and the Azure Afternoon flowers.

The retired Charming Shimmer Faceted Dots were added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

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.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Cutest Crew Bundle

Hello & welcome,

How cute are these puppies from the Cutest Crew Bundle (#167149). There are also kittens & birds included in the set which are all very cute.

The pups from the Cutest Crew stamp set (#167146) were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (#132708) and coloured with Stampin’ Blends - Pecan Pie (#161674), Smoky Slate (#154904), Crumb Cake (#154882), Poppy Parade (#154958), Daffodil Delight (#154883), Shy Shamrock (#163825) and Bubble Bath (#161675). This image was cut with the co-ordinating Cutest Crew die (#167148).

The card front is from the Wood Grain Wonder Designer Series Paper (#167428) and matted with Pecan Pie card (#161726) then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The 3 strips of Pecan Pie card were also cut with the dies and attached using the Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

“Happy Birthday” is from the Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (#170026) and stamped with Pecan Pie ink (#161665). A Paradise Garden die (#167120) was used to cut the sentiment. I cut the “V” at each end by hand.

The sentiment and puppies were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Love what you do and share what you love.

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Friday, 27 February 2026

Splash Of Sparkles Specialty Designer Series Paper

Welcome,

A pretty card using the gorgeous Splash Of Sparkles Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167200). This pack has gold or silver foil on each of the designs along with a mix of beautiful colours.

I cut 5 pieces of the DSP - 2cm x 8.5cm and attached these to the Basic White card (#166781). This was matted with the Gold from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). If you are wanting to save some of this specialty paper, cut a piece from the middle to use on another project, leaving a border for the matting.

“Thinking Of You” is from the Friendly Foliage stamp set (#167021). This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold Powder from the Metallic Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder. I cut the sentiment with a die from the Fragrant Layers dies (#167155). This die cuts a fancy fine border plus the inner piece. This was taped to the card.

The flowers are from the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape (#165269) which was adhered to a piece of Basic White card, then cut with the co-ordinating Extraordinary Flora die (#165244). These were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The Flower Accents (#165171) were added to finish the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

Nature’s Symphony Dies

HI again friends,

I am trying to increase my supply of masculine cards, so here is one using the Nature’s Symphony dies (#166925).

For the card front I used 3 of the designs from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (#163393) and attached them to the Tungsten Paper from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). This was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The leaf was cut with a die from the Nature’s Symphony dies using Mossy Meadow card (#133683) which was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334), making it very easy to attach to the card.

The “wood grain” piece was also cut with a Nature’s Symphony dies using from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper. This was attached with Stampin’ Dimensioanls (#104430).

“Happy Birthday” from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used Silver powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder. A die from Fragrant Layers (#167154) was used to cut the sentiment.

The Natural Matte Dots (#167510) were added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.