Lesley's Stampin Ground

Monday, 1 December 2025

Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hello again,

I usually go for the traditional Christmas colours but I do like this Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165990).

I attached the 2 pieces of DSP to a piece of Gold from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772), then this was attached to the Basic White Base card. (#166781).

The label is from the Foiled Frames & Labels Ephemera Pack (#165616). The “Season’s Greetings” is from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208). These sentiments have an adhesive backing, so just peel off the back and adhere to the label. The label was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

I added the Gold sequins from the Traditional Sparkling Sequins (#165875).

Such an easy but elegant card.

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Thursday, 6 November 2025

Delicate Pines Bundle

Hello again my friends,

A beautiful layered card using the Delicate Pines Bundle (#166074). This bundle includes the Delicate Pines stamp set (#166067) and the Delicate Pines dies (#166073).

I stamped the large “pine snowflake” with Pretty Peacock ink (#150083) and the smaller one with Lost Lagoon ink (#161678). I then stamped the “flower” with Daffodil Delight ink (#147094) on the smaller “snowflake”. These were cut with the Delicate Pines dies and attached them together with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144103).

I cut the detailed small & large pine leaves with the dies. I used Pretty Peacock card (#150886) for the larger leaves and Gold Foil sheet (#132622) for the small ones. For the pine cones I used Pecan Pie card (#161726) for the base and Tungsten Foil from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772), which was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334).

The card front is from the Silent Snowfall Specialty Designer Series Paper (#166062) and this was matted with the Pretty Peacock card, then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The “snowflakes” were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The pine cones and detailed pine leaves were all attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The detailed pine leaves are double ended, so I cut them in half before attaching them to the card.

“Merry Christmas” is from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208). These are pre-cut sentiments with Gold foil. The embellishments are from the Faceted Snowflakes (#166077). The twine is from the Black & White & Gold Bakers Twine (#166005).

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Wednesday, 29 October 2025

Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hi again friends,

Sorry for my absence for the last few days but have been unwell, so this morning I finally spent a short time in the craft room. So here is an easy but elegant Christmas card using the Modern Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165990).

I cut the trees from the DSP using a Stylish Shapes Die (#159183), then with a larger die cut the Gold Foil Sheet (#132622).

The card front is from the Silent Snowfall Specialty Designer Series Paper (#166062). This paper is already embossed. This was matted with Gold Foil Sheet.

I wrapped the Twine from the Black & White & Gold Twine (#166005) around the Large Gold Hoop (#166004) then attached it to the back of the cardfront. This was then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The 2 circles were attached together then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The sentiment is from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208) and attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The Flower Accents (#165171) were added to the card.

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

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Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Patterned Tags dies

Hi friends,

I have made some tags today using the Patterned Tags dies (#165910).

One of the dies cuts the full tag which I have used for the back of the tag. There are 3 dies with different designs - flowers, stripes & leaves that I used for the front.

For the front tags, I used Adhesive Sheet (#152334) on the back of the card, making them easy to adhere to the back tag. The card I used is Real Red (#103578), Basic White (#166781), Pretty Peacock (#150886), Lost Lagoon (#133686), Blueberry Bushel (#146991), Silver Foil Sheet (#163387) and Gold Foil Sheet (#132622).

For the greetings (top 3 tags) I used the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208) and Christmas Words Collage Hybrid Embossing Folder (#165912) for the bottom 3.

Before Embossing the words with the Christmas Words Embossing Folder, I applied Crumb Cake ink (#147116) on the inside of the front of the folder. I placed the card on the other side and closed the folder and embossed as normal. This gives a subtle outline around the words. I then used the die to cut the words. If you don't want to add the ink, you can cut and emboss at the same time with this hybrid folder.

The greetings were attached to the tags with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

Some retired trim was threaded through the holes of the tags.

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Friday, 3 October 2025

Delicate Pines Bundle

Hi everyone,

I do like the traditional colours for Christmas cards, so here is another one with red, green and a touch of gold.

The stamp set for the “snowflake pines” and the flower is Delicate Pines (#166067). I used Shaded Spruce ink (#147088) and Real Red ink (#147084) to stamp the images. These were cut with the Delicate Pines dies (#166073). For the flower I stamped 2 images and attached them together with a Mini Glue Dot (#103683). The small Gold Foil (#132622) and Shaded Spruce (#147006) pine leaves were also cut with the dies. I used Adhesive Sheet (#152334) on the back of these 2 pieces of card.

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder (#164049), then matted with the Shaded Spruce card. This was taped to the Basic White base card.

The Banners are cut with the Party Banners dies (#165264) using Real Red card (#106578) and Shaded Spruce card. After cutting the Shaded Spruce banner, I cut it in half and taped the pieces to the top and bottom of the Real Red banner. The banners were attached to the card.

The large “snowflake” was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the flower was attached with a Mini Glue Dot. The small detailed pine leaves were added.

A red sequin from the Traditional Sparkling Sequins (#165875) was added to the centre of the flower. The sentiment is from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208). This pack contains 6 adhesive backed sheets of pre-cut Christmas sentiments, with Gold foil for the sentiments.

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Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Metallic Textures Rub Ons

Hi again everyone,

The beautiful gold wreath is from the Metallic Textures Rub-Ons (#165270). There are both gold & silver in the set and they are very easy to apply to your card.

To apply these rub ons, cut the design from the sheet, peel away the backing sheet, and place the back (or silver side) to the card. Rub the image with your fingers until the image transfers to the card. Peel away the paper to reveal the completed image.

I then cut this with one of the Spotlight On Nature dies (#163580).

The DSP is from the Regal Distressed Specialty Designer Series Paper (#164037) and matted with Cherry Cobbler card (#121681). A small strip of Cherry Cobbler card was attached to the card and the sentiment from the Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (#166208) was attached on top with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

The flower was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink (#147083) using a stamp from the Delicate Pines (#166067). I stamped the flower twice and cut it with a Delicate Pines die (#166073). Using the same die, I cut a piece of the green All Seasons Velvet Specialty Paper (#166063). These 3 pieces were attached together with Mini Glue Dots (#103683), offsetting each one slightly.

The circle was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and the flower with Mini Glue Dots. The embellishments are the Flower Accents (#165171).

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

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