Lesley's Stampin Ground

Monday, 9 November 2026

Arched Elegance Hot Foil Dies

Hello again friends,

Another beautiful Hot Foil Die is the Arched Elegance Hot Foil Die (#170693) which I have used for today’s card.

I hot foiled the floral arch and extra flowers & leaves with the Black Stampin’ Hot Foil Roll (#170710). The outline of the floral arch and the extra flowers & leaves were cut with the cutting dies. The dies don't cut the inside of the floral arch so I fussy cut that.

I die cut the arch in the Basic White card (#166781) from another die from the same set, then dry embossed the card with the Rustic Check Embossing Folder (#168442). I attached this white card to a piece of the Shimmering Stripes Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168197) using Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). This was then matted with Gorgeous Grape card (#147011) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The flowers were coloured with Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends (#155518) and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends (#154887) with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883) for the centres. Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends (#154885) were used for the leaves.

I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) to attach the floral arch to the card front and the individual flowers & leaves to the Shimmering Stripes Specialty DSP.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Birthday Shoutout stamp set (#169840) and stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink (#147099), then cut with a die from the Stitched Stocking dies (#168230). The sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The card was finished by adding the Pearl Adhesive-backed Faceted Dots (#169862) and using Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) on the flowers.

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Sunday, 8 November 2026

Shining Stars Dies

Hello & welcome friends,

The beautiful Shining Stars Dies are unfortunately sold out, so I hope you had a chance to get them. I have made Christmas cards with the stars so thought I would make a Congratulations/birthday card with the with them today. These dies are very versatile for a variety of celebrations.

I dry embossed the Basic White card front (#166781) with the Swirls Of Magic Embossing Folder (#168179), also a very versatile folder. This was matted with Shaded Spruce card (#147006) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The 3 larger stars were cut from Azure Afternoon card (#161728), Shaded Spruce card (#147006) and Cherry Cobbler card (#121681) and the small stars from Daffodil Delight card (#121680).

The large stars were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) for the small stars.

“Congratulations” from the Timeless Celebrations stamp set (#169853) was stamped with Shaded Spruce ink (#147088) and cut with a Timeless Celebrations die (#169858). This was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) to add some glimmer to the dots on the embossed card front and to the 3 small stars on the larger stars.

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

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Saturday, 7 November 2026

Branched Out Messages stamp set

Hello friends,

I haven’t done a lot of actual stamping lately, (with all the hot foiling), so today I have made this quick & easy card using the Branched Out Messages stamp set (#168601) which is the Novembers Product of the Month.

I stamped the leaves with Lost Lagoon ink (#161678) onto Basic White card (#166781). I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Real Red ink (#147084) using the Stampin’ Positioner (#167768), then re-stamped it with VersaMark (#102283) and added the Clear powder from the Basic Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056).

The card front was matted with the Red from the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168548) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The flowers were cut using the Detailed Flora Die’s (#168664) which are available from the Paper Pumpkin add ons. I used the red & gold from the Timeless Metallic Specialty DSP. The flowers were attached to the card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and the gold centres were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The three tiny stamped flowers were stamped with Real Red ink.

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

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Friday, 6 November 2026

Fern & Flora Bundle

Hello again friends,

These floral images are from the Fern & Flora stamp set (#167739) and stamped with Basic Black Hybrid Ink (#166648).

I stamped 3 of the same floral image and coloured them with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883) and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Blends (#154885). They were cut with the Fern & Flora dies (#168991).

I used Granny Apple Green card (#147014) and Lemon Lime Twist card (#144250) backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) for the detailed leaves cut with the Timeless Celebrations dies, which are included in the Timeless Celebrations Hybrid Embossing Folder (#1169858).

I attached the Gold Striped Vellum Specialty Designer Series Paper (#169735) to a piece of Basic White card (#166781), then this was matted with the Gold Paper from the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper (#169548). I also cut another piece of this gold paper with a Nested Essentials die (#161597) and attached it to the card front.

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

The sentiment is from the Branched Out Messages (#168601) which is the Product of the Month for November and while stocks last. This was stamped with Crushed Curry ink (#147094) and cut with a die from the Stitched Stocking Dies (#168230). The sentiment was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

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

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Thursday, 5 November 2026

Verdant Filigree Hot Foil Dies

Hi friends,

The Verdant Filigree Hot Foil Dies (#170713) have been used for the leaves and flowers on today’s card.

I used the Green Stampin’ Hot Foil Roll (#170555) for the leaves and Gold Stampin’ Hot Foil Roll (#170066) for the flowers. The co-ordinating cutting dies from the set have been used to cut the leaves & flowers.

“Thinking Of You” is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies (#170042) and also using the Gold Hot Foil.

I attached the Gold Striped Vellum Specialty Designer Series Paper (#169735) to a piece of Basic White card (#166781), then matted this with the Timeless Metallic Specialty Designer Series Paper (#168548). The base card is Basic White.

The leaves were taped to the card front. The flowers & sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

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Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Dandelion Glow Hot Foil Dies

Hello & welcome,

I love playing with new products and there are lots of new products now available from the Online Exclusives and Hot Foiling, including the Dandelion Glow Hot Foil Dies (#170699).

Also new are the Spring Assortment Stampin’ Hot Foil Rolls (#170708) which includes the light green, pink and white. I have used the white foil for the little pieces on the background. This green card is from the Spring Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#169832).

I used the pink & green foil for the dandelions and they were cut with the co-ordinating cutting dies.

“Thinking Of You” is from the Classic Greetings Hot Foil Dies (#170042) and I used the Copper Stampin’ Hot Foil Roll (#179553) then cut with the co-ordinating cutting dies.

The base card is Basic White (#166781).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.