Lesley's Stampin Ground

Friday, 13 February 2026

Product Of The Month

Hello again,

Each month there is a new Product Of The Month which in Australia you can get for $9 with a $125 order. February’s product of the month is the beautiful Painted Illusions 12”x12” Designer Series Paper (#167977), which I have used on the background on this card.

The strips of DSP were attached to the Pretty Peacock card (#150886), then this was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I stamped the vases from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) with VersaMark (#102283) onto Pretty Peacock card and Lost Lagoon card (#133686). I added the white powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). An Inspiring Imperfections die (#165166) was used to cut the vases.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756). I stamped the words separately by covering the other word with a post it note when inking the stamp, so I could punch each word separately using the Three Banner Punch (#167050). Pretty Peacock ink (#150083) was used to stamp the sentiment.

The vase on the right was taped to the card and I used Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) to attach the other vase & sentiment. The embellishments are from the Low Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Sunday, 26 October 2025

Kintsugi Inspirations

Hi friends,

A really simple fancy fold card today using the Kintsugi Inspirations Suite Collection (#165172).

I cut the full length of Kintsugi Inspirations Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165159) 10cm wide and scored at 5cm at one end and 11.5cm at the other end.

The Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) - 10cm x 7.5cm, was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170). This was attached to the top flap (5cm piece) of the card.

The vase from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). I cut this with a Peace On Earth die (#165924).

I made a small slit at the bottom of this to thread the Gold Striped Mesh Ribbon (#165599). The die cut piece with the vase was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

“Happy Birthday” is from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set (#164608) and cut with a Stylish Shapes Die (#159183). This was taped on top of the vase.

I stamped part of the vase on the inside with Misty Moonlight ink (#153118).

Wrap the ribbon around the card and tie in a bow.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 4 August 2025

One Sheet Wonder

Hello stamping friends,

Have you heard of a One Sheet Wonder? This is when you use one sheet of Designer Paper, cut it into various sizes and use each piece on a different card. I am using the gold & white design from the Kintsugi Inspirations 12”x12” Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165159). Below are the sizes I cut for this page.

I have used one of the pieces cut 13.4cm x 9cm, and this was matted with Gorgeous Grape card (#147011), then attached to the Basic White base card (#166781)

The vases from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) were stamped with Gorgeous Grape ink (#147099) and Highland Heather ink (#147103). These were cut with the Inspiring Imperfections dies (#165166). This stamp set & die is also available in the Inspiring Imperfections Bundle (#165167), which gives you a 10% saving.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Year Of Flowers stamp set (#165367). This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I added the Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). I used the More Messages die (#165472) to cut the sentiment.

The gold rectangle is the middle of the smaller frame from the Sentimental Framing dies (#165476). I dry embossed this with the Joined Together Embossing Folder (#165170). The gold is from the Textured Metallic 12”x12” Specialty Paper (#163772).

I taped this gold and the Highland Heather vase to the card. The Gorgeous Grape vase & sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

I will show more cards from this One Sheet Wonder in the coming weeks.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Inspiring Imperfections bundle

Hi again everyone,

The Kintsugi Inspirations Suite Collection (#165172) is one of my favourites at the moment. This includes the Inspiring Imperfections Bundle (#165167) which is where you will find these vases & bowl.

The bundle consists of the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) and Inspiring Imperfections die (#165166).

One vase was stamped with Highland Heather ink (#147103) onto Basic White card (#166781). The other vase was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) on Gorgeous Grape card (#147011), and I used the White powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165679). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056). The bowl was heat embossed with Gold Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678). These were cut with the dies.

For the card front, I cut an arch from the Basic White card using one of the Everyday Arches dies (#164629). I then embossed the card with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170). I dry embossed a piece of Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) with the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder (#165559). I attached this Gold Foil to the back of the card with the arch, then matted this with Gorgeous Grape card. I attached this to the Basic White base card.

The white vase & bowl were attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and the other vase was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Friday, 6 June 2025

Inspiring Imperfections

Hello again friends,

These vases are from the Inspiring Imperfections Bundle (#165167) which consists of the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) and Inspiring Imperfections dies (#165166).

The vases were stamped onto Coastal Cabana card (#131302) with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the white powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165679) for one vase and Gold powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678) for the other. These were cut with an Inspiring Impressions die.

The card front is from the Irresistible Designs Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165305). I coloured this using Blending Brushes (#153611) with Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052), Coastal Cabana ink (#147097), Daffodil Delight ink (#147094) and Azure Afternoon ink (#161663). This paper has a UV-coated pattern which resists ink so you can see the pattern once you apply the ink. There are 3 different designs in the pack. The card front was matted with Coastal Cabana card and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) was dry embossed with the Mini Corrugated 3D embossing folder (#165559). This was taped to the card front and the vases were attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108) and tape.

“Happy Birthday” is from the Loveliest Tree stamp set 163714) and stamped with Coastal Cabana ink, then cut with a Mixed Labels die (#164652). Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals were also used to attach the sentiment. The embellishments are the beautiful Flower Accents (#165171).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Inspiring Imperfections Bundle

Hi again friends,

I have used products from the beautiful Kintsugi Inspirations Suite Collection (#165172) for this card.

The Gold Foil Sheet (#132622) was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170) and attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The arch was cut from Basic Black card (#121688) using the Everyday Arches dies (#164629). This was attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The vases from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) were stamped with Real Red ink (#147084) and Secret Sea ink (#165285). These vases were cut with the Inspiring Imperfections dies (#165166). The red vase was taped to the card front and I used Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) for the other vase.

“With Love” from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set (#165243) was stamped with Real Red ink and cut with the More Messages die (#165472). This was attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots & Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 26 May 2025

Inspiring Imperfections Bundle

Hi friends,

The gorgeous Kintsugi Inspirations Suite Collection (#165172) has been used for today’s card. Included in this collection are the Inspiring Imperfections Bundle (#165167), Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder (#165170), Flower Accents (#165171) and Kintsugi Inspirations 12”x12” Specialty Designer Series Paper (#165159).

I used a die from the Inspiring Imperfection dies (#165166) to cut the blue & gold Designer Series Paper for the vase. I stamped the flower and one bowl from the Inspiring Imperfections stamp set (#165161) with Poppy Parade ink (#147050). The other bowl was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I added the Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678), then set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). The bowls and flower were cut with the dies.

The Basic White card front (#166781) was dry embossed with the Joined Together 3D Embossing Folder, and matted with Poppy Parade card (#121694) then attached to the Basic White card base.

“Happy Birthday” from the Loveliest Tree stamp set (#163714) was stamped with Poppy Parade ink and cut with the More Messages die (#165472).

The vase, bowls and sentiment were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430), and I used Mini Glue dots (#103683) to attach the flower.

The embellishments are the Flower Accents.

One of the designs in the DSP with the vases, bowls & flowers can be cut using the dies.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.