Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Claire to host this week and she has a fun clean and simple challenge for us to work with:

Fresh and fruity - but in a clean and simple style! I  - couldn't resist another Celebratory Sips creation, with a focus on citrus fruits for today's card - take a look:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

There's really not much to this one: a clean white card base, stamped in Cloud Cover with a retired sentiment from the 'Sweet Citrus' stamp set, and three glasses, one orange, one lemon and one lime adorned with fruit slices, fussy cut from the designer paper and popped up on dimensionals and a selection of sequins and enamel dots in coordinating colours from my collection to finish:

Doesn't that look so refreshing?! So what fresh and fruity creations do you have up your sleeve? We'd love you to share them with us, just remember to keep them clean and simple, which we define as:

• Lots of clean 'white' space (it doesn't have to be white in colour - just free of pattern)
• Minimal layers
• Minimal embellishments

This should be the overriding focus of your card - the fruity theme runs secondary to this.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

Enjoy your day; it's Father's Day here in the UK today, so we will be celebrating one of the best here in the James household. I'll be back soon with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: 

CELEBRATORY SIPS 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)

CLOUD COVER CLASSIC STAMPIN' INK REFILL (£5.25)

Happy Monday everyone! I have a couple of quick posts today with cards I made last week and can't wait to share! The first is using the fab layout over at Hand Stamped Sentiments:

 I still can't put that Celebratory Sips designer paper down!! Today's creation is still all about the purple tones too - take a look:

 Here's the low-down on today's card:

Another couple of fussy cut glasses, this time accompanied by two panels of another of the patterns in the pack. I used the back and front of the same sheet, and diecut them using one of the rectangular dies from the Nested Essentials Dies, cutting each one in three passes, with a partial diecut each time to enable me to keep the edge pattern and elongate the shape - this is a great way to get more out of a basic shape die. I finished my cardfront with a diecut 'celebrate' cut with one of the Wanted To Say Dies:

The Wanted To Say Dies are one the Last Chance page on the website and if you don't already have them, I can highly recommend them - they are so useful! I finished the inside of my card using a sentiment from a retired set called 'Sip Sip Hooray' which coordinates perfectly with these new papers:

I stamped my sentiment slightly wonky, so stamped it again onto a label cut with the die that I used to create those long panels on the front of my card and added that to the inside of my card (shh - don't tell!) Another fun card to add to my stash!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Back shortly with my second card in its own post; until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

CELEBRATORY SIPS 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)	WANTED TO SAY DIES (£11.10)	STYLISH SHAPES DIES (£28.00)	NESTED ESSENTIALS DIES (£32.00)	PURPLE FINE SHIMMER GEMS (£7.50)	BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)
GORGEOUS GRAPE A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)

Today I'm sharing a card made with more of the bits and pieces I cut from my Celebratory Sips papers yesterday - this one is a much more clean and simple version using the sketch over at Sunday Stamps this week:

This is a great sketch that can be dressed up or kept simple - love it! I'm also linking up over at TGIF Challenges and Inkspirational for a second entry too. The composition of the block is similar to the ones I made for yesterday's card, but this time I decided to focus on the colour:

I added lots of sparkle with a selection of enamel dots and sequins from my stash and finished with a tiny 'congratulations' sentiment that I took from the retired 'Sweet Songbirds' stamp set, that finishes with this wording inside the card:

I think I'll be using this sentiment a lot with the Celebratory Sips papers, especially on a clean and simple card. The Celebratory Sips papers have so much potential, whether cocktails or mocktails are your thing, they are perfect for a celebration!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

CELEBRATORY SIPS 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)

GORGEOUS GRAPE CLASSIC STAMPIN' PAD (£8.50)

I've had a very indulgent day in my craft room trying to get ahead with a bunch of design projects, but I couldn't resist making something for fun too so I have a quick post to share a card I made for a few challenges:

The ladies over at TGIF Challenges have a product spotlight on the Celebratory Sips Suite and what better way to celebrate with the Inkspirational team than with cocktails? The layout over at Just Add Ink was perfect for something I wanted to try with the Celebratory Sips designer series papers (I turned the sketch through 90 degrees) so I grabbed my paper snips and set to work! Here's my card: 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

The Celebratory Sips designer series paper pack is full of vivid, watercoloured patterns featuring blocks, cocktails, fruit, flowers and more - everything you need to get the party started! I fussy cut a quartet of blocks, then layered these with various smaller images of fruit, glasses, bottles and jugs cut from another sheet, co-ordinating the colours for each panel:

I used another of the patterns as a matting layer and picked up the Cloud Cover colour to use as the base for my diecut sentiment from the (retired) Wanted To Say Dies, which I popped up on dimensionals and placed across the middle between the blocks. A few co-ordinating sequins from my stash complete my card.

Whilst this post may be quick, the card was a labour of love and did take me a little while - a triumph of fussy cutting, if you will and not a stamp set in sight for this one!

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used:

CELEBRATORY SIPS 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER (£11.75)

WANTED TO SAY DIES (£11.10)

BASIC WHITE A4 THICK CARDSTOCK (£16.00)

CLOUD COVER A4 CARDSTOCK (£14.00)