Lesley's Stampin Ground

Thursday, 8 January 2026

Fragrant Layers

Hello again everyone,

This floral image is from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150). This is a Two-Step set where you can stamp the outline image, then colour the inside with another stamp. However I have chosen to colour the image with Stampin’ Blends. It’s great to have options.

The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708) onto Basic White card (#166781). The flowers were coloured with Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675), the leaves with Pool Party Stampin’ Blends (#154894) and the flower centres with Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends (#161673). I chose these colours as they are the colours in the Pastels Shimmer Specialty Paper (#167198) which I have used on this card. The floral image was fussy cut.

The Bubble Bath card front from this specialty paper was dry embossed with the Beautiful Pattern 3D Embossing Folder (#167097) and matted with Basic Black card (#121688). The Lemon Lolly and Pool Party shimmer papers were cut with a die from the Nested Essentials dies (#161597). These were taped to the card.

“With Love” from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set (#165243) was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and cut with a Beautiful Butterflies dies (#164614).

The floral image and sentiment were attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). I cut some leaves using dies from the Fragrant Layers Dies (#167154) using Pool Party card (#124391). I added some extra colour to the leaves with a Sponge Dauber (#133773) & Pool Party ink (#147107). These were attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was used to add glimmer to the floral image. The Pearlised Faceted Circles (#166978) were the embellishments added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper

Hello again,

One of the beautiful DSPs in the new Mini Catalogue is the Lovely & Beautiful Specialty Designer Series Paper (#166957). One side of the designs have gold foil like on this delicate flower design.

I matted the DSP with Fresh Freesia card (#155614) then added the triangle of DSP on top. This is actually the reverse side of the same DSP.

The flower & leaves are from the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera Pack (#166980). These are vellum sheets with a variety of pre-cut images, also including gold foil. The flower was attached with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and I used Mini Glue Dots (#103683) to attach the leaves.

“Birthday Wishes” is from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756). This was stamped with VersaMark (#102283) and Gold Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powders (#165678) was added and set with the Heat Tool (#129056). This was punched with the Labelled With Love punch (#163569) and attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

The Flower Accents (#165171) were added to the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

Beautifully Adorned Ephemera pack

Hello friends,

I’m back in the craft room for a short time again today after another morning of cleaning. You know those jobs that keep getting put off, but can’t put them off any longer.

Here is a pretty card using a variety of products and no stamping at all. I also choose not to add a sentiment for now.

The Very Vanilla card front (#166785) was dry embossed with the Beautiful Pattern 3D Embossing Folder (#167097). The edges were daubered with Garden Green ink (#147089) then attached to the Very Vanilla base card.

The gold frame is from the Beautifully Adorned Ephemera Pack (#166980). This was attached with Mini Glue Dots (#103683).

The bird is from the Softest Spring Mix & Match Puffy Stickers (#166986). This is adhesive backed. The leaves & flowers are from the Extraordinary Flora Washi Tape (#165269) and the Greenery Lane Washi Tape (#166880). The Extraordinary Flora Die (#165244) and the Greenery Lane dies (#166876) were used to cut the images. These were then attached to the card with Mini Glue Dots.

Before die cutting the Washi tape, they were attached to Basic White card (#166781) and Window Sheet (#142314).

The retired Earth Tones Shimmer Gems were added to finish the card.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Monday, 5 January 2026

Beautifully Celebrated

Hi again,

I haven’t had a lot of time to get into the craft room, so when I had a small window of opportunity today I made this easy card using new products available from 6th January. The Beautifully Celebrated Bundle (#166965) was used for the leaf and the fancy shape cut outs.

I stamped the leaf from the Beautifully Celebrated stamp set (#166968) with VersaMark (#102283) and added the Gold Powder from the Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder (#165678). The Heat Tool (#129056) was used to set the powder. I stamped this on the Pastel Shimmer Specialty Paper (#167198). This pack contains Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly & Pool Party coloured paper. I added some subtle colour to the leaves with the Pool Party Stampin’ Blends (#154894). This Pool Party paper & the Gold Foil (#132622) were cut with the Beautifully Celebrated dies (#166974).

Another gorgeous paper is the Splash Of Sparkles Specialty Designer Series Paper (#167200) which I have used for the card front and matted with Gold Foil. This was attached to the Very Vanilla base card (#166785).

The die cut Gold Foil was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430). “Happy Birthday” is from the Simply Said stamp set (#163756). This was also gold embossed on the Pool Party shimmer paper. A Textured Notes Die (#165555) was used to cut the sentiment, then I attached it with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Friday, 2 January 2026

Charming Day

Hello friends,

Today I am using 2 products on the Last Chance list, so these are available while stocks last. They are the Flower Garden Foils Specialty Paper (#165511) and the Charming Day Bundle (#166136).

I stamped the floral image from the Charming Day stamp set (#166126) with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708) onto Basic White card (#166781). The flowers were coloured with Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends (#161675) and the leaves with Pool Party Stampin’ Blends (#154894). This floral image and the die cut leaves were cut with the Charming Day dies (#166135). Pool Party card (#124391) was used for the leaves and this was backed with Adhesive Sheet (#152334).

I used 3 of the papers from the Flower Garden Foils Specialty Paper (#165511) for the background. These were attached to the Basic White base card. The floral image was attached to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430).

Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) was added to the floral image. The embellishments are Pearlized Faceted Circles (#166978).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.

Thursday, 1 January 2026

Fragrant Layers

Happy New Year to everyone,

I hope 2026 goes a bit slower as it doesn’t feel that long ago that we welcomed in 2025.

There will be new products available from 6th January from both the new Mini Catalogue and Online Exclusives. Here I have used the Fragrant Layers Bundle (#167155) which will be available from the Online Exclusives.

Firstly I stamped the floral image from the Fragrant Layers stamp set (#167150) onto Basic White card (#166781) with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). This stamp set is a Two-Step set, so the flowers were stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink (#147052), the leaves with Summer Splash ink (#163809) and the flower centres with Lemon Lolly ink (#161666). I then cut the outline floral image with a Fragrant Layers die (#167154) from Flirty Flamingo card (#141421). This card was dry embossed with the Exposed Brick 3D Embossing Folder (#161600). This was attached over the stamped image, then attached to the Basic White base card.

The sentiment is also from this stamp set and stamped with Flirty Flamingo ink. This was cut with a Fragrant Layers die. As this die cuts the inside & outside in separate pieces, I used Adhesive Sheet (#152334) on the back making it easy to attach the fine outside piece to the card.

I added glimmer to the floral image with the Clear Wink Of Stella (#141897) and the embellishments are from the Adhesive-Backed Dragonflies & Birds (#162743).

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

INSPIRE. CREATE. SHARE.