Lesley's Stampin Ground

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.”

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Friday, 26 June 2026

Botanical Expressions die

Hello again my friends,

The Botanical Expressions die (#168152) has been used to cut the leaves on this card.

I placed the die on an angle to cut these leaves from Basic White card (#166781). I then dry embossed the card with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder (#167179). As I didn't want the leaves embossed I just put the white card in the folder so it embossed the top area, then repeated on the bottom area. This was then matted with Pretty Peacock card (#150886) and attached to the Basic White base card.

The frame for the sentiment and the 2 sentiments are from the Exciting Times stamp set (#167875). The frame 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). This was punched with the co-ordinating Rounded Rectangle Punch (#167880).

“Happy Birthday” and “Let’s Celebrate” were stamped with Pretty Peacock ink. “Let’s celebrate” was cut with a Nested Essentials die (#161597). The edges of the sentiments were daubered with Pretty Peacock ink, then attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The birds are from the retired Adhesive Backed Dragonflies & Birds.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Saturday, 7 March 2026

Virtual Card Making Retreat stamp set

Hi everyone,

This floral image is from one of the stamp sets from the Virtual Card Making Retreat (#170026). I had some leftover die cut pieces for this image, so stamped the image on that.

This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and heat embossed with Gold from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder.

The flowers were coloured with Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675), Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends (#155518) and Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends (#154887). For the leaves I used Pool Party Stampin’ Blends (#154894) and Summer Splash Stampin’ Blends (#163826). Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883) was used in the centre of the flowers.

I used Summer Splash card (#163798) for the green leaves and gold from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (3163772) for the smaller leaves. For the green die cut leaves, I cut this in half so I could tuck it under the floral image in 2 places.

I dry embossed the Highland Heather card front (#147010) with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder (#167179). The Beautiful Bokeh Designer Series Paper (#164607) was taped to the card front and this was attached to the Basic White base card (#166781).

The stamped flowers were attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). The leaves were attached with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (#110755).

The embellishments are the Brushed Brass Butterflies (#158136) and Two-Tone Sparkle Gems (#164633). I used the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) on the flowers.

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

CREATE. INSPIRE. SHARE.

Sunday, 8 February 2026

Delicate Whispers

Hello again everyone,

I like to make cards that could be used for either males or females like this one.

I dry embossed the Soft Sea Foam card front (#147012) with the Lovely Stripes 3D Embossing Folder (#167179), then matted it with Old Olive card (#106576) and attached it to the Basic White base card (#166781).

I stamped some of the leafy images from the Delicate Whispers stamp set (#167500) which will be available in March from the Online Exclusives. These were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) onto Lemon Lime Twist card (#144250) and I added the Clear powder from the Basics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165679) and set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). I then cut the card into strips, cut a “V” at the bottom and taped them to the card.

The die cut leaves were cut with the Delicate Whispers dies (#167505). I used Granny Apple Green card (#14714), Old Olive card (#106576) and Gold from the Textured Metallic Specialty Paper (#163772). I backed all these cards with Adhesive Sheet (#152334) to make them easy to attach to the card.

“Happy Birthday” is from one of the stamp sets from the 2026 Virtual Card Making Retreat and stamped with Old Olive ink (#147090). The ends were punched with the retired Banners Pick a Punch. The sentiment was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Sunday, 18 January 2026

Petals Of Beauty Bundle

Hello everyone,

I have used the flowers from Petals Of Beauty Bundle (#167096) to stamp onto Vellum Specialty Paper (#167099).

The flowers from the Petals Of Beauty stamp set (#167093) were stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I added the Silver Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678). This was set with the Heat Tool (#129056) and the flowers were cut with the Petals Of Beauty dies (#167095). I coloured the inside of the flowers with Stampin’ Blends - Flirty Flamingo (#154884), Highland Heather (#154887) & Fresh Freesia (#155518).

I used Soft Sea Foam card (#147012) for the leaves which were cut with Fragrant Layers dies (#167154). The card was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334).

I stamped the “Happy Birthday” & “box” from the Addressed To You stamp set (#167010) using Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052) onto the Basic White card front (#166781). This was dry embossed with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder (#167179) and matted with Flirty Flamingo card (#141421). The base card is Basic White.

The large flower was attached to the card with a Stampin’ Dimensioanl (#104430) and the small flowers with Mini Glue Dots (#103683). The leaves were easily attached with the adhesive backs.

The clear dots from the Ladybug Garden Epoxy Shapes (#167005) were coloured with Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends (#154883) before attaching them to the flower centres. Shimmer was added to the flowers using the Clear Wink Of Stella Brush (#141897).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Thursday, 18 December 2025

Greenery Lane Washi Tape

Hi friends,

With the busy time over the next couple of weeks with Christmas, I am going to have some time off, but hopefully will get some blogs posted, it just won’t be every day.

I am giving you another sneak peek today of some products available from 6th January in the upcoming Mini catalogue. The Greenery Lane Washi Tape (#166880) can be cut with the Greenery Lane dies (#166876). There are also stamps in the Greenery Lane stamp set (#166870) that co-ordinate with these dies.

I dry embossed the Vellum Specialty Paper (#167099) with the Lovely Stripes 3D Embossing Folder (#167179).

“Wishing You Well” from the Greenery Lane stamp set was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and I used the Copper powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678), then set it with the Heat Tool (#129056). The sentiment was attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The leaves were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683) and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#144108). The embellishments are from the Low Profile Sparkle Dots (#166157).

The vellum card front was matted with Pretty Peacock card (#150886). When attaching Vellum I add adhesive only where it can’t be seen through the vellum. The bases card is Basic White (#166781).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.