The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC27

We are so looking forward to sharing this week's

'color story' with you.  It just says Spring, doesn't it?!

We are extremely excited to welcome back to

The Cafe our guest designer for another week,

Jen Tapler.

If you missed her last week, you can click here

and read all about her and her creative experiences.

Our senior designer, Mona Pendleton has chosen

this fabulous color inspiration for you to play

with this week and can we just give a BIG

shout out to her husband Scott for creating

the fabulous graphic for Mona's color photo.

Your design team host this week is Stephanie.

"When I first saw this week's color inspiration

photo, I knew immediately what I wanted to create,

which was a card for teacher appreciation week.

That isn't always the case for me, though.

I find color challenges, well...'very challenging'.

I used to avoid them, unless the colors were in

my comfort zone.  Now, I enjoy them because

they help me grow as a designer."

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

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

 

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland

Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window


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
The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced during the next challenge.
ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY!
We want you to enjoy this challenge.
Interpret the colors the way you see them.
We do not use specific card stock color names or brands.
Break out of the box and have fun!

The main requirement is:
PDCC COLORS BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals.
You are welcome to combine challenges,
but we do ask that:
1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used
2. OUR colors are the focus of the card.
See complete rules on sidebar at right
We are so happy to have you play along with us!
Your link MUST go directly to your entry for the week
All others will be deleted
see complete rules on sidebar on right



 

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 #26:

(in alphabetical order)

Chupa ~ Random Acts of Creativity
Karen B ~ The Bald Dragonfly
Margaret ~ Paperwanderings
Vicki Dutcher ~ All I Do is Stamp

The Fab 4 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! )

Laura

D Jackson
Kim C
Tina
Kirsty

Tracy E
Vicki B
SmilynStef

The Play Date Cafe Cup of the Week...

Sue Lelli ~ Card Therapy


Sue wins the 'Starter Pack' from
last week's sponsor, Mod Podge Rocks.

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, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC26

It is time for challenge #26 here in The Cafe.

Lots happening here this week...
We have a fabulous celebrity guest designer
and a really fun sponsor,

so let's get right to it, shall we?!

This week, we are thrilled to have

Mod Podge Rocks as our sponsor!

Amy Anderson is the awesome host of this

fun and fabulous blog and she is offering this

great Mod Podge 'Starter Pack' to our

'Cup of the Week'

for this challenge.

This starter pack reminds us all that...

'it's not your mama's Mod Podge'!

There are just so many fabulous formulas

for more projects than ever.

Make some time to pop over to

Mod Podge Rocks and tell them

The Play Date Cafe sent you  : )

This week's celebrity guest designer is

Jen Tapler

of Jen Tapler Designs.

You may know Jen from...well...

She hates 'tooting her own horn' but

here she is to introduce herself:

"Aloha!  

I am so honored and excited to be playing

along with the Play Date Cafe girls this week!

I live on the beautiful island of Maui

with my husband Joel and my 3 year old son, Dean.

I've been scrapbooking and stamping 

for a couple of years now and am 

completely addicted to all things paper!

I am currently on the design team for

Verve and Clear and Simple Stamps

as well as Paper Craft Planet.

I am really into hybrid papercrafting

(digi meets traditional)

and serve on the Hybrid Creative Team

for Sweet Shoppe Designs and

Libby Weifenbach as well as a freelance

designer for Kelleigh Ratzlaff Designs

and Crystal Wilkerson.

I host the Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

'Scrappy Sunday' over at PCP.

I enjoy spending time with my family,

hanging out at the beach, hiking, surfing, camping,

paddleboarding and just enjoying the beauty of

our island home."

The color story this week was chosen by

Julie Ranae.  Inspired by the fabulous

Sundance.com catalog, yummy eye-candy for all!
"Feel free to use silver or gray along with
clay, cream and turquoise-y blue.
IT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION
so have fun!"

Your design team hostess-with-the-mostess

Savannah O'Gwynn

"I love color challenges. It makes me think outside the box.

However, the hardest thing for me when working with color 

challenges, is picking which sketch 

I would like to use. I had three sketches this week--so it 

was hard to pick one that would showcase the colors well:}"

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

 'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot 

Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

Please follow the rules carefully to enter.
Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced during the next challenge.
ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge. 
Interpret the colors the way you see them. 
We do not use specific card stock color names or brands.
Break out of the box and have fun!  


The main requirement is:
PDCC COLORS BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. 
You are welcome to combine challenges, 
but we do ask that:
 1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used
2. OUR colors are the focus of the card.

 See complete rules on sidebar at right

We are so happy to have you play along with us!
Your link MUST go directly to your entry for the week
All others will be deleted

see complete rules on sidebar on right

  

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 #25:

(in alphabetical order)

Andrea M ~ Work in Progress
Kathe ~ Majos Art
Lynette ~ Netter's Notables
Michele Gross ~ Studio MSG

The Fab 4 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! )

 Tamie Camp

Tenia
Nancy K

Cathy
Georgia M
Janis
Kirsty
Valonda L
Dawn T
Banu

Agata
AgnieszkaBe

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

Lisa V ~ Mimi G. Gallery

Lisa wins the fabulous stamp set from
last week's sponsor, Lawn Fawn Designs.

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

Lisa will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in the cafe.

Lisa, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC25

Every week, Julie does a magnificent job of coordinating us all,

promoting the cafe, and putting this blog post together.

But this week she's been really poorly sick with a nasty flu bug

so I'm in charge and praying everything goes smoothly.

And that Julie gets better very quickly!

But you know what happens when you let your British design team
colleague take charge?

She spells 'colour' ...hmm, can I say 'correctly?', 

or shall I be diplomatic 

and say 'the non-American way' ;)

I'm also thrilled to introduce you to this week's

 'celebrity' Guest Designer and this week's sponsor , 

Kelly Marie Alvarez,

of Lawn Fawn Designs.

"Hello! My name is Kelly Marie Alvarez.
I live in Orange County, California with my sweet hubby, Mike,
and my lovable and quirky dog, Putter.
I am the owner of Lawn Fawn,
a photopolymer clear stamp company,
and I absolutely love my job!
I have been making cards since I could hold a Crayola crayon. I love fun and bright design that makes people smile and knowing that I could possibly make someone's day brighter is the best inspiration."

Kelly is offering this FANTASTIC set of
Lawn Fawn Images for our winner this week!

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE... 

It's  'Colour Splash' challenge time again ... inspired by the photo above.

'Colour Splash' is simply black & white with a 'little bit' of colour.

And this week's colour is  

orange

The Play Date Cafe offers a 'Colour Splash' challenge

every six weeks or so.  So let us know how you like it!

Kelly Marie Alvarez ~ LawnFawn

Now, I also want to introduce you to the lovely
Suzanne Czosek

our host designer this week

"I started stamping around 4 1/2 years ago with a good friend of mine. 

She introduced me to this wonderful hobby. 

Stamping has brought to me a wonderful creative outlet where

I get to use my creative side to create something that I can

share with family and friends. The on-line aspect of sharing

my work has brought me so many friends around the world

which is a big part of the enjoyment for me as well."

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

Make sure you visit each of their blogs for the inspiration

behind their creations...

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Here's a joint effort from

Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling

and her four year old nephew Tully!

 

EDIT:

Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling

better late than never!!

 

Please follow the rules carefully to enter.
Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced during the next challenge.
ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge. 
Interpret the colours the way you see them. 
We do not use specific card stock colour names or brands.
Break out of the box and have fun!  


The main requirement is:
PDCC COLOURS BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colours, please limit them to neutrals. 
You are welcome to combine challenges, 
but we do ask that:
 1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used
2. OUR colours are the focus of the card.

 See complete rules on sidebar at right

We are so happy to have you play along with us!
Your link MUST go directly to your entry for the week
All others will be deleted

see complete rules on sidebar on right

  

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 #24:

(in alphabetical order)

Barbara ~ Magic Delights
Cathy ~ Papier Girl
Gayle Page-Robak ~ A Stamper's Touch 
Kathryn Berthiaume ~ Scrap Happy

The Fab 4 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! )

Beverly G

Cheryl W
Debbie M 
Gladys
Kirsty
Lori T 
Lyn
Nancy 

Paul B

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

 Nance ~ Snap, Scrap & Dazzle

Nance wins $15 in digital stamps

from Kristen Powers Ink

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

Nance will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in the cafe.

Nance, please contact Sarah on crinkldy.sarah@hotmail.co.uk
and she'll let Kristen know you're the winner
then hop over to Kristen's etsy shop to choose your prize

 

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC24

Who wouldn't love to have this lovely bouquet of color

on your dining room table?!

A very exciting week here in The Cafe as we welcome

'celebrity' Guest Designer & sponsor, 

Kristen Powers.

Kristen is an artist/illustrator and has designed rubber

stamp images for a number of years. She's recently
launched a new line of clear stamps,
hand-carved and digital images available
through her blog, Kpink.

Along with Mona's fabulous color selection above,

we were also inspired to use a digital-stamp image

designed by Kristen, especially for The Play Date Cafe.

You will know these images by their fun 'Cafe' theme.

A few of our designers created cards with general rubber

stamps to give you a variety of ideas using this week's colors.

Now...meet Lisa Somerville

Your host for this week's challenge.

"I started stamping about 8 years ago and like many people 

I was introduced through a 'home party'. So I bought a few 

things just to help out my friend who was the hostess.

  I bought an Iris Cart to store my stamping supplies,

thinking I'd have enough room. 

Little by little, one stamp led to two, then three, 

you get the idea.  I outgrew my Iris Cart rather quickly.  

I now have a wonderful studio where I create.

Barely a day goes by where you don't find me 

stamping late into the night!  

Stamping has brought out my creativity and 

brought some wonderful friendships into my life."

  

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

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland

'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

  
Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Sarah ~ The Art of Moodling

The prize for this week is $15 

in digital stamps

from Kristen Powers Ink.

Please follow the rules carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday
The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced during the next challenge.

ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAY! 
We want you to enjoy this challenge. 
Interpret the colors the way you see them. 
We do not use specific card stock color names or brands.
Break out of the box and have fun! 

The main requirement is:
PDCC COLORS BE THE FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colors, please limit them to neutrals. 
You are welcome to combine challenges, 
but we do ask that:
 1. The PDCC name and/or photo is used
2. OUR colors are the focus of the card.
 

See complete rules on sidebar at right

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 #23:

(in alphabetical order)

Evelyn S ~ Beyond Just Black & White
Kim Howard ~ Basement Stamper

Melissa ~ Melissa's Paper Creations
Sally ~ Cinnamon Sally Designs

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! )

Brenda

Monica

Sema

Victoria

Kathe

  Magdalena

Trinh

Jaclyn M

Karen B

Kate

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

 Maddy Hill ~ Mad Imaginations

Maddy wins a Designer Paper grab bag and can proudly display

the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

Maddy will also be eligible to be 

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