Lesley's Stampin Ground

Monday, 21 September 2026

Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies

Hello friends,

This beautiful butterfly is from the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies (#170045) and I have used the Gold Stampin’ Hot Foil (#170066).

This butterfly was foiled onto the Red from the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168548) and cut with the co-ordinating cutting die.

The brickwork from the Echos Of Detail Hot Foil Dies (#170048) was also hot foiled with Gold on Very Vanilla card (#166785). On another piece of Very Vanilla card I used a die from the Beautifully Celebrated Dies (#166974) to cut the “window”, then dry embossed the card with the (retired) Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder. This was attached to the card with the bricks, then matted with Real Red card (#106578). The base card is Very Vanilla.

For the leaves I used a die from Nature’s Symphony with Gold Foil Sheet (#132622). I only used part of the leafy image. I used Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) to attach the leaves to the card.

“Best Wishes” is from the Elegantly Wrapped stamp set (#168474) and I stamped this with VersaMark (#102283) and used the Gold Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). A Stylish Shapes die (#159183) was used to cut the sentiment.

The sentiment & butterfly was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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Sunday, 20 September 2026

Lustrous Leaves Hot Foil Dies

Hi everyone,

I am back after a couple of really busy days, so I’m sorry for my absence. Today I am using the Lustrous Leaves Hot Foil Dies (#170558) with Gold Stampin’ Hot Foil (#170066).

I used Peaceful Pine Two-Tone card (#167698), Crushed Curry card (#131288) and Cherry Cobbler card (#121681) for the leaves. I used the Two Tone card for the reverse image as this is smoother and works better for the reverse image. All the leaves were cut with the cutting dies from the Lustrous Leaves Hot Foil Dies. When I foiled the reverse image there is some excess gold around the edges so I cut the smaller leaves from that foil. I don't like to waste any of this beautiful hot foil.

The sentiment is from the retired Beautiful Motifs stamp set and stamped with Peaceful Pine ink (#167679).

I used the (retired) Eyelet Blooms Die for the Very Vanilla card front (#166785) and matted this with Peaceful Pine card (#167692) and attached it to the Very Vanilla base card.

I stamped the vertical strip of Very Vanilla card with an image from the Echos Of Detail stamp set (#170046) using Basic Beige ink (#163806). This was matted with Crushed Curry card. The sentiment was matted with Peaceful Pine card.

The leaves were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

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Thursday, 17 September 2026

Aspens Of Gratitude Alternative

Hi everyone,

I have used one of the cards from the Aspens Of Gratitude Paper Pumpkin Kit to make this quick & easy Christmas card.

I used the Copper Stampin’ Hot Foil (#170553) for the deer from the Graceful Evergreen Deer Hot Foil Dies (#170566) and also the sentiment using the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies (#170592). The deer and sentiment were cut with the co-ordinating dies.

I attached the sentiment and 2 of the deer to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and the other 2 deer were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used to add some glimmer to the pine trees.

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

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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi friends,

A pretty card with lots of gold including the Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168599) which is September’s Product Of The Month.

For the Basic White card front (#166781) I used the now retired Eyelet Blooms Die, the added the strip of the DSP to the left side.

The Gold Foil Sheets (#132622) were used for the leaves, and cut with a Nature’s Symphony Die (#166925). I attached these to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

“Happy Birthday” is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies (#170042) and I used the Gold Stampin’ Hot Foil Rolls (#170066). This is using the Reverse Plate (#170043), then cut with the co-ordinating cutting die. The sentiment was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The gold Flower Accents (#165171) were added to finish the card.

The card front was matted with Peaceful Pine card (#167692) and attached to the Basic White base card.

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

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Tuesday, 15 September 2026

Lily Of The Valley Bundle

Hello & welcome,

I have used the Lily Of The Valley Bundle (#167943) on today’s card.

I stamped the floral images from the Lily Of The Valley stamp set (#167937) with Fresh Freesia ink (#155611) and I coloured the flowers with Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends (#155518) and the leaves with Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends (#154885). These were cut with the Lily Of The Valley dies (#167942).

The 2 detailed die cut pieces were also cut with the Lily Of The Valley dies using Blackberry Bliss card (#133682) which was backed with Adhesive Sheets (#152334).

“Happy Birthday” is from the same stamp set, stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink (#147092) and cut with a Scalloped Blooms Die (#167646).

The card front is from the Valley In Bloom Designer Series Paper (#167935) and matted with Blackberry Bliss card, then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The stamped floral images were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The Shimmering Dots (#167949) were added to the card.

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

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Monday, 14 September 2026

Aspens Of Gratitude Paper Pumpkin Kit

Hi again friends,

Each month there is a new Paper Pumpkin Kit available and this month it is the Aspens Of Gratitude. I have made the 2 cards from this kit with a slight variation on each. The beauty of these kits is that you can assemble the cards exactly as shown in the instructions of the kit or change them to suit you.

The card fronts are printed with the trees, then the other elements are added.

I stamped the leaves from the stamp set which is included in the kit with the Early Espresso ink, also included in the kit. I then fussy cut the leaves and coloured them with the Golden Glow Shimmer Brush (#167662).

The sentiments are stamped with the Early Espresso ink. “Best Wishes” is from the Elegantly Wrapped stamp set (#168474) and the “Thank you so much” is from the kit.

The sentiments, leaves and brown die cut pieces were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals and Mini Glue Dots, all from the kit. The embellishments are also from the kit.

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

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