Lesley's Stampin Ground

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies

Hi everyone,

I am so excited to announce that Stampin’ Up! are introducing the Stampin’ Hot Foil System which will be available to purchase from 10th July. You can create metallic foil accents on your projects and on today’s card I have used 3 different products using Silver Foil (#170067). Gold Foil (#170066) & Light Pink Foil (#170068) are also available.

The butterfly is from the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies (#170045). There are also masks available - Butterfly Flight Decorative Masks (#170076) to colour the butterflies and are included in the Butterfly Flight Bundle (#170065). After applying the foil I coloured the butterflies (there are 5 butterflies on the one die) with Blending Brushes (#153611) and Fresh Freesia ink (#155611), Highland Heather ink (#147103) and Gorgeous Grape ink (#147099). These were then cut with co-ordinating dies.

The brickwork is from the Echoes Of Detail Hot Foil Dies (#170048) and “Thank You” is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies (#170042). I used Gorgeous Grape Two Tone cardstock (#166664) for the sentiment. This was also cut with the co-ordinating die.

I matted the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168197) and the card with the foil brickwork with Gorgeous Grape card (#147011) and attached these to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The butterfly and sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The embellishments are from the retired Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.

This Stampin’ Hot Foil System is easy to use and gives such a beautiful shimmer and shine to your projects.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Bordered In Beauty

Hi & welcome,

I have used dies from both the Bordered In Beauty dies (#167556) and the Extraordinary Life dies (#167718). You might look at these dies and think they are more suited to memory keeping but they can definitely be used for cards as well.

I used 2 of the dies from Bordered In Beauty dies to cut the top & bottom of the Basic White card front (#166781). I then dry embossed this with the Fern & Flora 3D Embossing Folder (#167744).

The DSP is from the Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper (#167553). I cut the “page” using an Extraordinary Life die and this was attched to the white card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The leaves are from the Floral Flight Accents (#167558) and attached to the card with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755). The butterfly is from the Gilded Wings Accents (#169953) and attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

“Best Wishes” is from the July Product Of The Month - Begonia Belle stamp sets (#168592) and stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052) and cut with a Bordered In Beauty Die. This was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The embellishments are the Pearlised Faceted Circles (#166978).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 6 July 2026

Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper

Hi everyone,

The Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper (#167752) is a pack of black & white designs which you can use as is or colour, which I did on these vases of flowers.

I fussy cut the images before colouring with Stampin’ Blends - Lost Lagoon (#161680), Peaceful Pine (#167668), Smoky Slate (#154904) and Balmy Blue (#154830). I also used the new Shimmer Brushes - Crisp Cantaloupe (#167661), Hydrangea Hue (#167663) and Peaceful Pine (#167665). These shimmer brushes colour and add shimmer at the same time.

I cut the Crisp Cantaloupe from the 2026-2028 In Colour Pearlised Specialty Paper (#167766) with a Scalloped Blooms die (#167646). This was attached to the Basic White card front (#166781) which was dry embossed with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder (#167179). This was matted with Basic Black card (#121688), then attached to the Basic White base card.

The vases of flowers were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The sentiment from the Greetings For All Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#164862) was added with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. The embellishments are from the 2026-2028 In Color Dots (#167546).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Sunday, 5 July 2026

Fragrant Layers

Hi everyone,

I have used the flowers from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) on this card.

The flowers were stamped with Basic Black Hybrid Stampin’ Pad (#166648) onto Basic White card (#166781). These were coloured with the following Stampin’ Blends - Lemon Lolly (#161673), Daffodil Delight (#154883), Darling Duckling (#165288), Golden Glow (#167682) and Shaded Spruce (#154903). This card and the Basic Black card (#121688) were cut with the Everyday Arches dies (#164629). They were taped together then attached to the Daffodil Delight base card (#121680).

“Thinking Of You” is from the Phrases & Frames stamp set (#167581) and stamped with Shaded Spruce ink (#147088). The frame around the sentiment is from the Exciting Times stamp set (#167875) and stamped with the Basic Black Hybrid Stampin’ Pad. The co-ordinating Rounded Rectangle Punch (#167880) was used to punch the sentiment.

The butterfly is from the Extraordinary Life stamp set (#167713), stamped with Basic Black and coloured with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends. An Extraordinary Life die (#167718) cut the butterfly. The sentiment & butterfly were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The retired Traditional Sparkling Sequins were added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Friday, 3 July 2026

Valley In Bloom Designer Series Paper

Welcome again everyone,

This beautiful DSP is from the Valley In Bloom Designer Series Paper (#167935).

I cut the designer paper and the Bubble Bath card (#161727) with Nested Essentials dies (#161597).

I attached another piece of the DSP to the bottom of the Basic White card front (#166781), then this was matted with Bubble Bath card, and attached to the Basic White base card.

The sentiment is from the Phrases & Frames stamp set (#167581). This was stamped onto Granny Apple Green card (#147014) with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the White powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). A Words & Wishes die (#167894) was used to cut the sentiment. The small banners were attached to each end of the sentiment, then this was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Ferns & Flora Bundle

Hi again friends,

A pretty card today using the Ferns & Flora Bundle (#167745), which consists of the Ferns & Flora stamp set (#167739) and Ferns & Flora dies (#168991).

I stamped 2 images of the floral stamp with Smokey Slate ink (#131291) onto Basic White card (#166781). These were coloured with Stampin’ Blends - Bubble Bath (#161675), Berry Burst (#161681) and Granny Apple Green (#154885). I used the dies to cut the stamped images as well as the leaves. The leaves were cut from Granny Apple Green card (#147014) and Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912).

The white card front was dry embossed with the beautiful Floral Spray Embossing Folder (#167946).

I stamped the butterflies from the Bordered In Beauty stamp set (#167555) with Berry Burst ink (#147143) onto Bubble Bath card (#161727). The white embossed card was taped to the Bubble Bath card, then this was attached to the Basic White base card.

The sentiment is from the Exciting Times stamp set (#167875) and this was stamped with Berry Burst ink. The stamped “frame” is also from the same set and stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was punched with the Rounded Rectangle Punch (#167880).

The stamped floral images and sentiment were attached with Stampin Dimensionals (#104430). The leaves were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#144108). The embellishments are the Dreamy Flowers (#167916).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.