Lesley's Stampin Ground

Saturday, 11 July 2026

Pretty Poinsettia Bundle

Hello friends,

Here is my first Christmas card for the year. I have used the Pretty Poinsettia Bundle (#168147) for the beautiful flower and sentiment.

The Pretty Poinsettia Dies (#168146) are impressions dies which gives extra embossing. I used Poppy Parade card (#121694) for the flower and Peaceful Pine card (#167692) for the leaves. I attached each of these layers with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The centre of the flower was cut from Gold Foil (#132622) and this was attached with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

“Christmas Joy” from the Pretty Poinsettia stamp set (#168140) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and Gold Powder was used from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678), then set with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was cut with a Stylish Shapes Die (#159183). Another circle was cut with a Spotlight On Nature die (#163580) and I attached the poinsettia to that with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

I dry embossed a piece of Basic White card (#166781) with the Swirls Of Magic Embossing Folder (#168179) and matted this with Peaceful Pine card. The DSP is from A Stitched Season Designer Series Paper (#168223) and attached to the embossed card. The card front was attached to the Basic White base card.

The circle with the flower was taped to the card and the sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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Friday, 10 July 2026

Botanical Glow Hot Foil Bundle

Hello everyone,

The wait is over!! The Stampin’ Hot Foil System (#170012) is now available to purchase. This will give your projects a luxurious, elegant and brilliant shine. When you purchase the system anytime for the remainder of 2026 you will have free access to the Metallic Magic Craft Class ($53 value) to learn all about this foiling system which uses heat, pressure, special dies and foil rolls.

I love the simplicity of the Botanical Glow Bundle (#170057) which includes the Botanical Glow stamp set (#170054) and the Botanical Glow Hot Foil Dies (#170056) used on today’s card.

I stamped the leaves onto Basic White card (#166781) using Lost Lagoon ink (#161678). I then used the Gold Foil (#170066) for the leaves. The Basic White card was matted with Pretty Peacock card (#150886) and attached to the Basic White base card.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Scalloped Blooms stamp set (#167639) and I stamped this with Pretty Peacock ink (#150083). I punched the sentiment and Pretty Peacock card with the Rounded Rectangle Punch (#167880). These were taped together then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

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Thursday, 9 July 2026

Light Pink Foil

Hello again,

I have been playing again with the Stampin’ Hot Foil System (#170012) so today I have used the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die (#170041) which is one large die. This system is available to order tomorrow 10th July which is very exciting.

I used the Light Pink Foil (#170068) on Bubble Bath Two-Tone card stock (#166676). The Two Tone card is recommended with the foil as it has a smoother finish. This was matted with Berry Burst card (#144249) and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781)

As I didn't want to cover too much of this beautiful foil design, I just added a small sentiment. I used Gold Foil (#170066) for the label from the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies (#170064), then this was cut with the co-ordinating die. This set has both Hot Foil Dies and co-ordinating dies that cut. The sentiment from Friendly Foliage stamp set (#167021) was stamped with Berry Burst ink (#147143). The label was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The embellishments are retired Strawberry Slush & Pretty In Pink Gems.

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

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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.”

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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.”

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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.