Lesley's Stampin Ground

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi friends,

I have used the Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper (#166957) on today’s card.

This design is gold & white but I chose to colour just the background leaving the flowers & leaves. I used Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675), then added glimmer on the Bubble Bath with the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897).

“Happy Birthday” from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (#170026) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The sentiment was cut with a Paradise Garden die (#167120). I also cut a piece of Bubble Bath card (#161727) with the same die, cut it in half and attached the 2 pieces to the sentiment.

The DSP was matted with Bubble Bath card and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781). The sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The (retired) Brushed Brass Butterflies were attached to the sentiment.

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

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Saturday, 21 February 2026

Friendly Foliage Bundle

Hello friends,

I thought I would start the day with cleaning my craft table (it always needs tidying), but didn't get far when I came across some left over products from previous projects and thought they would make a lovely card, so here is the card. By the way, the table still isn't tidied, but I was happy with the card.

I stamped the leafy image from the Friendly Foliage stamp set (#167021) with VersaMark (#102283) onto Very Vanilla card (#166785). I added the Copper powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was cut with dies from the Friendly Foliage dies (#167023).

The Crumb Cake card (#121685) was cut with a Textured Notes die (#165555). I attached the leafy image to this with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The Very Vanilla card front was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing folder (#161600), then matted it with Coastal Cabana card (#131302) and attached to the Very Vanilla base card.

The flower is from the stamp set from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat (#170026). This was fussy cut from the larger image. This was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708) and coloured with Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675) and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883). A Stampin’ Dimensional (#104430) was used to attach the flower to the card. The leaves were cut with a die from the Fragrant Layers dies (#167154) using the Pastel Shimmer Specialty Paper (#167198). These were attached with Mini Glue Dots.

“It’s Your Day” is from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) and this was also heat embossed with Copper powder. A Textured Notes die was used to cut the sentiment. A die from the Fragrant Layers dies was used to cut the Pastel Shimmer Specialty Paper for the banner behind the sentiment. Stampin’ Dimensionals were used to attach this to the card.

The Textured Notes dies are retiring but are still available at a reduced price (in Australia), and while stocks last.

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

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Friday, 20 February 2026

Delicate Dreams Designer Series Paper

Hello again everyone,

There will be a new range of products available early March from the Online Exclusives, including the beautiful Delicate Dreams Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167498). Some of the images in this pack have matching dies in the Delicate Whispers dies (#167505). These flowers are cut from the DSP with the dies.

The card front is from the Mixed Up Patterns Designer Series Paper (#166992) and I matted this with Mossy Meadow card (#133683) and attached it to the Basic White base card (#166781). I attached the strip of the Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (#166912) to the card front.

“Happy Birthday” is from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set (#170026). This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and the Copper powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) was added and set with the Heat Tool (#129056). A die from the Paradise Garden dies (#167120) cut the sentiment.

The flowers and sentiment were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The fine leaves were cut with the Delicate Whispers dies using Earthen Toned Metallic Specialty paper (#165901) and Textured Metallic Specialty paper (#163772), both backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334).

The embellishments are from the 2025-2027 In Color Flat Pearls (#165192).

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

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