The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC53

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What a week!

Not only did we have an AmAzInG number of
players, but our follower numbers increased
(which means new people are finding us).

It was a blast celebrating with not only the PDCC
DT Alumni but also the girls of the
Unity Stamp Company DT.

So today begins year #2!

What a great way to start than with everyone's
favorite...it's The Color Splash Challenge!

What is it?
It is Black & White with just a hint of a specified color
and this week, it's Burgundy.

Senior Designer Sarah Anderson is your host
this week and here's what she had to say
about this beautiful photo...

"Whilst out hunting for a photograph for this week's colour splash
I came across this image by trunkguy.
He had been playing with a colour splash app on his iphone
(so jealous, I so wanted an iphone!!) and produced this image.
 I fell in love with the colours, and I happen to love Acquilega too.
Gorgeous, gorgeous flowers!"

We are happy to welcome another new sponsor

to The Cafe....

...and just as we celebrated one year last week

Mark's Finest Papers is celebrating as well!

Here's Faith.....

"It's our 1 year anniversary!

 Mark's Finest Papers has been a dream of ours for over 10 years.

Mark and I have been trying to find a way to support my parents

and ourselves in a manner that I would be able to be the caregiver 

to them and remain a stay at home mother.
In my former life, I owned a newspaper and printing company. 

My father is a retired printing instructor. My mother is an artist. 

Markie is a wonderful helper and Speedy the Cat is our inspiration.

If you combine all these gifts together, along with love, hard work and

Mark's finance degree, we will most certainly make this a success.
We feel that all things happen for a reason, 

and when the opportunity arose, we saw this as a sign 

to move ahead and follow this path."

Wanna know what's up for grabs to this week's

'Cup of the Week'?

Brand new November release set 

Our DT was given a set of these fabby

stamps to play with.  You've had a taste of inspiration

from Sarah, now....

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

'Private Blend' Designer 

Andrea Ewen ~ EwenStyle

 Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Senior Designer

Julie Ranae ~ Julie's Open Window

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 left

The Fab 4

The Cream in our Coffee

and

THE CUP of the WEEK

Another great 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!

This Week's Fab 4...

(in alphabetical order)

Jaclyn M ~ Designs by Jax

Kate ~ Secret Scrapbooker

Lenet ~ To Scrap or Not to Scrap
Nigel ~ Freebird's Flights of Fancy

The Fab can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee...

( honorable mentions in random order )

TuKara

Libby

Tracey

Steph

Michelle M

Karen B

Ann Cox

Hannah

Fiona

Kylie

Chupa

Emily L

Smilyn Steph

Sally

Brandi

Michelle

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

  
Melissa B  ~ Creating From the Heart

 

Melissa wins the fabby prize packages from

and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge.

 

Melissa will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

Melissa, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe...Final Day of Celebration!

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We hope you have enjoyed our week-long 

celebration here in The Cafe.

With all the challenges out there, it's quite a

great accomplishment to celebrate the first

year milestone and once again, we could

not have done it without our wonderful

players, who continue to support us

and spread the word.

We have had so much fun sharing our

design team gallery with the girls of

Unity Stamps.

Today is the last day to feature their talented

design team to help inspire you to play.

The color combo above...pink, yellow & orange

come to life here with today's Unity designers...

Jessica Diedrich

and

Jimmi Mayo

If this is your first visit to The Play Date Cafe, make

sure you check out our original anniversary post

HERE

for all the details on this week's challenge.

We are sponsored this week by

You have until midnight EST tonight to enter your

project for the challenge and be eligible for our prizes.

See the original post here to link your project and

we will see you on Thursday with our new challenge!

The Play Date Cafe...Celebration Day 5!

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Two days left as our party continues!

We continue our celebration with the girls

from Unity Stamp Company.

Each day we will be featuring their talented

design team to help inspire you to play.

The color combo above...pink, yellow & orange

come to life here with today's Unity designer...

Christi Snow

 

If this is your first visit to The Play Date Cafe, make

sure you check out our original anniversary post

HERE

for all the details on this week's challenge.

We are sponsored this week by

Pop back for more inspiration
coming your way on Tuesday

with our final two
Unity gals!

The Play Date Cafe...The Party is Still On!

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We are half way through our week of anniversary

celebration and there's still more to come!

We continue to celebrate all week long with the girls

from Unity Stamp Company.

Each day we will be featuring their talented

design team to help inspire you to play.

The color combo above...pink, yellow & orange

come to life here with today's Unity designers...

Natalie Dever

and sharing with us once again....

Brooke Lien

If this is your first visit to The Play Date Cafe, make

sure you check out our original anniversary post

HERE

for all the details on this week's challenge.

We are sponsored this week by

Pop back for more inspiration
coming your way on Monday

with The Unity Girls!

The Play Date Cafe...Day Three of our Celebration!

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Here we are at Day Three of our Celebration!

We will be celebrating all week long with the girls

from Unity Stamp Company.

Each day we will be featuring their talented

design team to help inspire you to play.

The color combo above...pink, yellow & orange

come to life here with today's Unity designers...

 Wendy Chang

and

 Julie Lacey

If this is your first visit to The Play Date Cafe, make
sure you check out our original anniversary post

HERE

for all the details on this week's challenge.
We are sponsored this week by

There's even more inspiration
coming your way on Sunday

with The Unity Girls!

The Play Date Cafe...Day Two With the Unity Stamps Design Team

Here we are at Day Two of our Celebration!

We are partying all week long with the girls

from Unity Stamp Company.

Each day we will be featuring their talented

design team to help inspire you to play.

The color combo above...pink, yellow & orange

come to life here with today's Unity designers...

Brooke Lien

and

Lesley Langdon 

If this is your first visit to The Play Date Cafe, make
sure you check out our original anniversary post

HERE

for all the details on this week's challenge.
We are sponsored this week by

Join us on Saturday for even

more inspiration

with The Unity Girls!

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC52

It's our

One Year Anniversary 

and we are 

celebrating!

Whether you are just joining us or have played

along with us since the beginning

we thank you!

Without players, a challenge cannot
successfully exist, so your continued support
means the world to us and to our sponsors.

There's plenty of eye candy to inspire you to play.

Our talented design team are here as always

and

we welcome back our fab DT alumni

and as if that weren't enough, we are giving you

a daily dose of inspiration

with our guest designers from

Unity Stamp Company.

That's right...instead of just one post to hold you over
for the week, we will be featuring designers from

The Unity Design Team

each day throughout this week's challenge.

Before we get too far, don't forget that we have a

design team call going on right now!

For all the details, click here!

Now let's get this party started!

This week's sponsors are favorites in the
paper-crafting industry, to be sure!

and here is what you could win...

A set of 15 'Itty Bitty's from Unity Stamp Co.

A set of Five Chipboard Alphabets from Cosmo Cricket

This week's color story comes from the owner of
The Play Date Cafe, senior designer, Julie Ranae...

"Choosing the colors for this week's challenge was pretty
easy for me. I wanted something bright and fun,
colors that spark the idea of celebration.
YOU get to choose which combo of colors to use
from this gorgeous photo...orange?  pink?  yellow?
Thanks to marthastewart.com, mission accomplished
and may I just add in regards to our One Year Anniversary...
thanks to the world's best design team, our sponsors and you,
mission accomplished!"

We are so happy to welcome today's

guest designers from Unity,
AJ Otto.

and

Shemaine Smith

Unity Stamps provided a set of 'Itty Bitty's' for each
of our current design team to play with.
You saw Julie Ranae's inspiration piece above and now.....

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

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

 Returning Alumni

Sandi ~ The Paper Trail / Celticwoman

'Private Blend' Designer 

Andrea Ewen ~ EwenStyle

Our First 'Private Blend' Designer  

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2

Returning Alumni
Julie ~ A Vintage Chic

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

HERE'S TO A SWEET CELEBRATION!!!

Senior Designer 

Sarah Anderson ~ 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 left

The Fab 4

The Cream in our Coffee

and

THE CUP of the WEEK

Another great 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!

This Week's Fab 4...

(in alphabetical order)

JMartin ~ Stampin' Scrapper

Keva Brown ~ Hownowbrownkow

Linda L ~ A Happy Scramper

Maria ~ Maria's Merry Makings

The Fab 4 can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee...

( honorable mentions in random order )

Melissa H

Angela

Faye

Smita

ZMatuza

Paul B

Joanne

Janet Swan

Karen H

Clare

Kim Wilson

Rudlis

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Stella  ~ A Little Bit of the Things I Enjoy

 

Stella wins the amazing prize package from

and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge.

 

Stella will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

Stella, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com

to receive your prize.