The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC31

It's another week and you know what that means...

a BRAND, NEW CHALLENGE!

We can tell by the fabulous number of entries

each week that you are enjoying the challenges

and boy, does that make our design team happy!

Speaking of our design team...

For the next 8 weeks or so, our designers will

be sharing with you a little about their

studios/art space/the places they create.

We also want you to know that 

beginning next week, we have 

a brand new line-up of 

celebrity guest designers

and fabulous sponsors

so you will not want to miss a week!

IMPORTANT 
CAFE NEWS

Well...it's not so much news but we have a request
we'd like to make.

Would you consider turning off 
word verification on your blog?

Our design team make an effort to visit and comment 

on every single entry, but the word verification 

prompt is making it harder to do each week.

Word verification has been causing many designer's

computers to literally 'lock up' which in turn does 

not allow us to let you know we stopped by.

You can change your blog settings to monitor 

your comments if you are using it to avoid spam.

We sincerely appreciate your consideration!

This week's color host is senior designer, Julie Ranae.

Here's her thoughts behind this week's

color story inspiration...

"I am a magazine fanatic...yes, FANATIC!

When I want to relax, a cup of tea

and a magazine are all I need  : )

I have been a collector of a variety of genres for

many years, including Martha Stewart Living.

My collection of Martha magazines go back nearly

20 years when I was a bookseller at our local

book store and this fabulous new

'home keeping/entertaining' magazine

hit the newsstands.  I was hooked!

That explains why I use a lot of the photos

from marthastewart.com for my color stories.

I still find this magazine...

VERY INSPIRING!"

 

Your host for this week's challenge is

Savannah O'Gwynn.

Let's take a peek inside her studio 'Jelly Bean Designs'...

"I love my studio...
but my studio wasn't always so great at the beginning.

I had papers on beds and stamps in the spare bedroom drawers...

things in the garage and at least five of every tool 

because I couldn't find them anywhere. 

About two years ago, my husband made 

one of our bedrooms into my studio.

I just LOVE it! 

I am in my studio about five hours a day.

I am very picky about always having everything 'in it's place'

and I try to keep it clean (there are days when I am messy!). 

My fav part would be my two desks.

One is an L-shaped white desk. It is where I create all my cards.

My other desk was created specifically for my sewing machine. 

My grandma gave me her old vanity drawers
(a gift from my grandpa)

I love this desk because it is sentimental as she loves to sew too!

If you would like to see more of my studio, 

you can check out a YouTube video on my blog!"

Here's what the rest of our designers have done to inspire you.....

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Senior Designer 

Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling

 

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

 

Senior Designer

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

The prize for this week is a Stamper's Surprise!

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 #30:

(in alphabetical order)

 Deborah ~ Cards and Things

Diana ~ Diana Evans Illustration  
Joan ~ JJ Creations
Silke Ledlow ~ My Life

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! )

Heather

Arielle
Nancy
Patty M
Lynette Kauffman
Kim Costell
Shirley
Lil Sis

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

Elise ~ Mamacow Creation

Elise wins the Designer Paper Grab Bag

compliments The Play Date Cafe.

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

Elise will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

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