The Play Date Cafe Challenge #10

Happy New Year!

The Play Date Cafe Design Team is ready to hit the ground running with an all new challenge this week.

Before we get to our design inspiration, we want to thank our  

December Guest Designer  
Mona Pendleton of Cupcake's Creations

for inspiring us with her fabulous designs.

Look for our next guest designer coming in January!

 

This week's design host is Sarah.
Many of you have commented on how fun it has been to get to see UK-inspired creations

and we know we can always count on our Sarah's unique perspective!

Here is what Sarah had to say about this week's inspiration...

"I've been crocheting a lot recently.  When I saw a card with some tiny crocheted flowers, I decided I'd give it a go.  This week's colours come from a necklace a friend bought me earlier this year.  If you need new colour inspiration, or just want a bit of a jump start to get going on a project, looking at something you own for a colour combo should always be successful - after all, you chose the accessory/clothing because YOU liked it!!  In certain lights this necklace is more of an orange with turquoise and brown but during the transition from camera to computer it's become a more dusky pink. So your challenge this week is to use

turquoise        brown        dusky pink

as the main colours in a project of your choice."

Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

Alison ~ Stretch N' Bubbles

Julie ~ A Vintage Chic

 Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window

 

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Guest Designer for December

The prize for this week is $20 in stamping and scrapping supplies from a variety of companies.
Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge be OUR focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THE CUP OF THE WEEK & FAB 4

Challenge #9 has come to a close.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #9:

(in alphabetical order)

Hels ~ Ink on my Fingers
Lyneen ~ I am Dreaming of Castles

PetraB ~ Kunterbunt Cottage
Teresa Kline ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine

The Fab can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and The Play Date Cafe Cup of the Week...

Darlene ~ Dar's Crafty Creations

Darlene wins a $20 stamper/scrapper prize package and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Darlene will also be eligible to be 
a Guest Designer here in the Cafe.
Darlene please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

Merry Christmas from The Play Date Cafe!

The Design Team at The Play Date Cafe

want to wish each one of you a very

Merry Christmas.....

The Play Date Cafe Challenge will return on

December 31st.  Your host will be Sarah

and you are gonna LOVE what she has

in store for you!

Our winners for Challenge #9 will
be announced on Dec. 31st.

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Merry Christmas one and all!

Our design team host this week is Jules.

Here's what she had to say about her color inspiration...

"Since this challenge week takes us right up to Christmas Day, I wanted to use colors that could be used for Christmas, but that we hadn't used in a while...I decided on blue, gold and cream...more of a heavenly/angelic Christmas color scheme!  Since it brought angels to mind for me, that's just what I used for my card!  Hope you enjoy using these beautiful colors in your creations this week...
...and Merry Christmas!"

Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window 

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

Alison ~ Stretch N' Bubbles

The prize for this week is $20 in stamping and scrapping supplies from a variety of companies.
Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge BE our focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT & FAB 4

Challenge #8 has come to a close.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #8:

(in alphabetical order)

 Arielle ~ Snappy Stampin'
Deanne ~ Just Wasting Time

Heather ~ Simply Handmade by Heather 
Irit ~ Irit Shalom's Designs

The Fab can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and in The Play Date Cafe Feature Spotlight...

Sue Roddis ~ Jabberwocky

Sue AND The Fab 4 win Digi-stamps from


and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Sue will also be eligible to be a Guest Designer 
here in the Cafe.

Sue and The Fab 4...please contact Alison at Stretch N' Bubbles
for your prizes

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

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Are you having fun with the Cafe Challenge?  You must be as we had our largest number of players this past week.  I know the designers are having a ball working on creative color combos for the New Year and there are surprises coming as well.  I can tell you that we have a VERY exciting sponsor for the first challenge of 2010, so now is the time to get your feet wet and
have some fun with us!

We also have our very first Guest Designer who was chosen by our design team.  Mona Pendleton of Cupcake's Creations will be joining us for two of our December challenges.
We love her style and we think you will too!

 

This week's design host is Alison
Alison gave us an extra opportunity to be creative with a her own digi-stamp line from Stretch N' Bubbles.
We would love for you to play along with this week's challenge using this or any of her adorable images, but as always, play along with the medium you love best!  If you are new to digi-stamps, Alison has a fabulous tutorial on how easy they are to use.
You can see what is available by clicking here

Here is what Alison had to say about this week's inspiration...

When I was looking for my inspiration my thoughts kept coming back to my three favorite colors for the holiday's, Red, Lime Green, and Bright Pink. I just love the way these three colors compliment each other so well, yet they create such a fun and funky pallet to play with. I wanted to make this weeks challenge fun, light and playful.. so these were the perfect colors.. I hope you will join us in playing this week.
I can't WAIT to see what you create..

Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

 Julie ~ A Vintage Chic

 

 Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Guest Designer for December

The prize for this week is 4 digi-stamps of your choice from

Stretch N' Bubbles

Please follow the rules carefully to enter

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge BE our focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT & FAB 4

 

Challenge #7 has come to a close.
A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #7:

(in alphabetical order)

 Gloria Stengel ~ Scraps of Life 
Julia ~ Indiana Julia and Her Temple of Crafting 
Melisa Waldorf ~ ATC's & Inchies
Sammye Jo #2 ~ 62Cards

The Fab 4 can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and in The Play Date Cafe Feature Spotlight...

Alice Wertz ~ Alice's (Little) Wonderland

Alice wins a $25 stamper/scrapper prize package and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Alice will also be eligible to be a Guest Designer 
here in the Cafe.
Alice please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

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The Christmas Season has begun and  
The Play Date Cafe is ready!

To get in the spirit, the Cafe has been decorated but even more exciting are the surprises we have for you.  Next week, our very first guest designer joins us AND we have a
wonderful sponsor for the challenge.

You can also look forward to unique giveaways, which begin this week....so let's get to it!

This week's design host is Sandi.
Here is what she had to say about this week's inspiration...

Is it already time for me again?  LOL, oh boy, 3 of my favorite colors!  How ever you celebrate this holiday season, these colors just work and are fun to play with.  Deep luxurious red, Forest Green and Crisp Winter White.  I cannot wait to see what you come up with, so I hope you will play along with us.

I also invite you to visit my blog for a very special giveaway in honor of this week's challenge!

Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

Alison ~ Stretch N' Bubbles

Julie ~ A Vintage Chic

 Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

The prize for this week is $25 in stamping and scrapping supplies from a variety of companies.
Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge BE our focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT & FAB 4

 

Challenge #6 has come to a close.
A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #6:

(in alphabetical order)

 Chupa ~ Random Acts of Creativity 
Marcy ~ The Ardent Scrapper

Michele ~ Miche's Niche
Paul ~ The ArtSiders

The Fab 4 can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and in The Play Date Cafe Feature Spotlight...

Teresa Kline ~ Enjoy the Virginia Sunshine

Teresa wins a $25 stamper/scrapper prize package and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Teresa will also be eligible to be a Guest Designer 
here in the Cafe.
Teresa please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

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  Happy Thankgiving to All!

Yes, we include our friends from around the world

as we are reminded it is good to give thanks for all things!

Our design team host this week is Sarah.

If you visit her blog The Art of Moodling,
you might just recognize this week's colors.

Here's what Sarah had to say about her color inspiration...
The colour choice came from an early step on a journal page I was working on.  I scanned the page at certain intervals.  I'm sure I read somewhere once that your journal pages can be a good prompt for other creative work that you do.  When you're playing in your journal you sometimes use colours that you wouldn't naturally put together.  I've taken a section of a journal page, identified the colours, then used them in
different proportions in this ATC.
The orange has become the main colour with
dashes of blue and green,
something I wouldn't have produced without this prompt!
 

 Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

  
Alison ~ Stretch N' Bubbles

Julie ~ A Vintage Chic

The prize for this week is $25 in stamping and scrapping supplies from a variety of companies.
Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge BE our focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT & FAB 4

Challenge #5 has come to a close.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #5:

(in alphabetical order)

 Arielle ~ Snappy Stampin 
Hels ~ Ink on my Fingers

Ms Plum ~ Gunns Lille Hobbykrok
Teresa Kline ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine

The Fab 4 can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and in The Play Date Cafe Feature Spotlight...

Peggy Gatto ~ Peggy's Mixed-Up Art

Peggy wins a $25 stamper/scrapper prize package and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Peggy will also be eligible to be a Guest Designer 
here in the Cafe.
Peggy please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

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We are so glad to welcome our  
newest designer Julie Campbell from 

A Vintage Chic

Here's what Jules had to say about the inspiration

for this week's challenge:

Hello!  So excited for my first week at The Play Date Cafe!  I've enjoyed playing along with the challenges since the very first week, and am so looking forward to all the new challenges coming up!  While looking through scores of photographs for some inspiration, this one just leaped out at me!  Being a vintage girl at heart, I fell in love with the beautiful vintage-looking perfume bottles.  The colors really drew my eye--I love that light blue next to the purple...a little bit of silver, some soft and lovely white all around...just felt like a lovely color combination for me to work with!  Hope you enjoy it, too!  Looking forward to seeing all your beautiful creations.
Have fun!

Here are projects from our other designers to help inspire you.....

 Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

 Alison ~ Stretch N' Bubbles

 

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

The prize for this week is $25 in stamping and scrapping supplies from a variety of companies.
Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
Cafe Spotlight will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge, so interpret the colors the way you see them. We are not using specific card stock color names nor brands for our challenges, so you can really break out of the box and have some fun. What we do ask is that the colors that are in the challenge BE our focal colors...when using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. You are welcome to combine challenges, but we do ask that 1. They be used for the first time here 2. You mention in your post that you are playing (better yet, display our color challenge photo) and 3. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

See complete rules on sidebar at right

TO LEAVE A COMMENT, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO WINNERS SPOTLIGHT

THIS WEEK'S SPOTLIGHT & FAB 4

 

Challenge #4 has come to a close.
A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU so please, PLEASE play with us again!

          The Play Date Cafe is pleased to present 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #4:

(in alphabetical order)

 Crystal ~ Bead Happily Ever After

Diane ~ 1Card Creator

Paul ~ The Artsiders
Steph C ~ Where'd All my Money Go

The Fab 4 can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

and in The Play Date Cafe Feature Spotlight...

Mona ~ Cupcake's Creations

Mona wins a $25 stamper/scrapper prize package and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

  Mona will also be eligible to be 
a Guest Designer here in the Cafe.

Mona please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com 
with your mailing address

CONGRATULATIONS & MANY THANKS 

TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!