The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC23

What inspires you to create?
Is it a sight or a sound?
What about a scent or a taste?

This week we thank the folks at
Martha Stewart.com for this fabulous
inspiration photo.

You're welcome to use either

cream or white for your project.

Throughout the coming months, we have

a number of fabulous guest designers joining

us here in The Cafe.

This week, we welcome

Arielle Gordon of 'Snappy Stamper'.

Arielle was a

'Cup of the Week' winner and you'll see why!

Welcome Arielle!

This week, it's a British Invasion!

Both our senior designer Sarah Anderson

and team member Ruby 2 Shoes are hosting.

Here's Sarah's thoughts about her creative process:

"Blue has been my favourite colour since primary 

school but funnily enough I rarely use it in cards.

I noticed that for all the other Play Date challenges 

which featured blue, I have crocheted or sewn, 

so this time I decided to challenge myself 

to make a card.  I still had to get my paint out though

as all my 'blue' inkpads lean towards teal.  

However, it was only this week 

that I discovered that some people didn't realise 

that you could use paint on stamps.  

If you've never tried, why not give it a go?  

I used a piece of cut n dry foam to apply 

a baby blue and a bright blue to my stamp,

then added layers to my card 

and finished with some stitching."

Now...meet Ruby 2 Shoes
Your design team host for this week!

I started stamping about 20 years ago

(oh my goodness, that sounds awful out loud!) 

I then got into die cutting and 

left stamping behind a bit.

More recently I’ve started to combine the two. 

I found it quite difficult to get back into stamping

because my ideas were a bit old fashioned,

but since starting my blog I have been inspired

by so many other stampers out there. 

They’ve made me realise that you can stamp cards

and still make them look contemporary!  

I  love playing along in challenges.

They really push me to think outside of my usual designs;

There is nothing as satisfying as starting out 

with a piece of white card

and playing with papers, ribbons and inks! 

I tend to put a little piece of me into 

every card I make.

I’m addicted, I absolutely love it!

Here's what our other designers have done to inspire you.....

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland

 

'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

 

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Arielle Gordon ~ Snappy Stamper

Guest Designer

The prize for this week is a Designer Paper Grab Bag

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 Fab 4
The Cream in our Coffee
and
THE CUP of the WEEK

Another challenge 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 congratulates 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #22:

(in alphabetical order)

Linda B ~ Card Challenges & More
  Melissa H  ~ My Paper Obsession

Teresa Kline ~ Enjoy the VA Sunshine
Tracy Evans ~ Craft Addicts

The Fab can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee

( make sure you see this talent, too! )

Aussie Loz

Sue Lelli

Lori Stokes Wright

Nancy Hendel

Jan Hennings

Deb

Barbara Washington

Paul B

Jaclyn Miller

CinnamonSally

 

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

Magdalena ~ Axes Designs

Magdalena wins a Designer Paper grab bag and can proudly display

the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

Magdalena will also be eligible to be 

a Guest Designer here in the Cafe.
Magdalena please contact me at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address