The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC57

We wish all of our US players and visitors a

Very Happy Thanksgiving!

We are so glad you are here!

This past challenge, we celebrated

'Player Appreciation Week'

with three wonderful sponsors.

If you are new to The Cafe, we hope you will

become a follower and even better yet, a player!

We have loads of fun around here!

Before we get to this week's challenge, we have a

Design Team Call Update

As mentioned a couple weeks ago, we had close

to 120 submissions and it's taking us a little bit longer

to get through them all.  As you know, our senior DT

span from the US to the UK, so with time differences, etc

we are taking our time to make sure we really give every

consideration to each applicant...so hang in with us.

We hope to be in touch with each one in the next week or so.

Which brings us to our next bit of news to share....

One of the reasons we issued a DT call was because we

knew some of our girls would be moving on to the new

creative adventures.  Tonight, sadly....we say goodbye to

two amazing designers who have been with us for the

past nine months....

Lisa Somerville 

and 

Suzanne Czosek

These girls have been such a valuable inspiration to

all of our players and will be so missed.  Along with

their wonderful design skills, they have both been

instrumental in bringing new players and sponsors

to The Cafe.  We wish them all the best as they

continue on their creative journey and know they'll

never be too far away.

This week's challenge, which is being hosted

by Senior Designer, Sarah Anderson.

"I love the way old pegs go all browny-grey when
they are weathered and this week's color photo was
a perfect representation of that"

We are happy to welcome another fabby new

sponsor all the way from the UK....

Stamp Attack Art Stamps
has been designing and manufacturing stamps for six years. 
They focus on 'themed' plates and use unusual images

from their own private collection of ephemera

and photographs.

Stamp Attack Art Stamps 

is offering this week's winner....

Two Stamp Plates of their choice!

A wonderful prize valued at $40!!!

Each of our designers were given a stamp plate

of their choice to play with.  You've seen Sarah's

inspiration for this week and now....

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

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

'Private Blend' Designer 

Andrea Ewen ~ EwenStyle

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

 Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2

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)

Denise J ~ Stamp with Sass

Monique ~ For the Love of Paper

Tante Kathe ~ Majos Art 
Tracy Evans ~ Tracy Evans

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 )

Greta H

Samantha M

Mary B

Colleen D

Althea

Andrea M

CeeCee

Wendy

Jennie K
Nancy K

Shazi

Danielle

Jan H

Nina Dee
Melissa H

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Sally Sherfield~ Created by Sally

 

Sally wins the terrific prize package from

these three terrific sponsors:

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

 

Sally will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

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

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC56

Player Appreciation Week!

We are so happy you have joined us this week!

The Play Date Cafe Challenge would not exist 

without our regular players who continue to spread

the word, so we want to reward you all....it's

'Player Appreciation Week'!

We have 

three brand new sponsors 

and

three wonderful guest designers 

along with 

our own first-class design team 

to inspire you with the

above color story...so let's get this party started!

Your color host this week is 

Senior Designer Julie Ranae.

"Each holiday season, I am intrigued by the variety of ways

to wrap gifts. One of the most popular trends right now is

Baker's Twine!  So I took a few of my favorite

photos and combined them with these unique wrapping

elements to bring you this week's color story"

Our first sponsor this week provided our design team

with wonderful elements to create our inspirational project.

We welcome....

E.A.D DESIGNS is a family owned and operated business. 

Emily Nelson (owner) started E.A.D DESIGNS in 2002 

and in a few short years has grown into one of the largest 

retailers/wholesalers for Vinyl Lettering and Wall Art. 

 We recently launched a new scrapbooking rub-on line in 2009.

 With our passion for Crafts & Design we have been able to 

stay up on the newest and hottest trends.

We welcome DT Coordinator for EAD Designs,

Amy Castellano, as one of our trio of Guest Designers.

How about another new sponsor to The Cafe?

We welcome...

DiscountCardstock.com was launched in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Our mission is to provide great quality cardstock and 

specialty papers at discount pricing. 

At DiscountCardstock.com, we are committed to conducting

business in way that minimizes our impact on the environment. 

Our packaging wrap can be recycled 

in many cities (plastic #4), all shipping boxes used are recyclable 

and we avidly recycle all of our own box and paper waste.  

Last, but not least, we support

clean wind power via the Blue Sky Initiative in our area.

Our second Guest Designer is Discount Cardstock.com's

DT Coordinator, Tami Mayberry

How about one more brand new sponsor?!!

We have embellishments

We have cardstock

Now for the stamps!

We welcome...

Wilson Designs stamps features all hand drawn designs that are 

geared towards the modern crafter!
We keep our finger on the pulse of whats new in the stamping 

world and really listen to what our customers want so we can
produce the best products we can! 

Our stamps are made here in the US from quality 

photopolymer and stamp like rubber!
No beading or pooling of ink on our stamps!
If you place an order during the PDCC week 

we will ship for only $2.50!

Rounding out the trio of Guests Designers is

Wilson Designs Creator, Kim Wilson

 All of these wonderful sponsors are providing some

pretty fabby prizes...here's what you could win...

Five Sets of Vinyl Rub-Ons

from EAD Designs

Cardstock Collection

from Discount Cardstock.com 

 

 'Snowy Wishes' stamp set

from Wilson Designs 

We are very excited to share that 

each sponsor's Design Team 

is also playing along with us

this week, so make sure you visit

each of our guest's blogs!

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

 'Private Blend' Designer 

Andrea Ewen ~ EwenStyle

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

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)

Chupa ~ Random Acts of Creativity

Julie Day ~ J Day Designs

Kate ~ Secret Scrapbooker
Therese ~ Lostinpaper

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 )

Sue Allen

Smitha

Sanda

Faye

Lin

SleepySTP

Jo Hooper

Donna

Linda
Ashley Newell

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Michele Gross~ Studio MSG

 

Michele wins the fab stamps set from

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

 

Michele will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

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

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC55

It's time for another 'challenge'...literally!

Are you ready to tackle these amazing colors?

Before we get started, we want to

thank you

for the overwhelming interest in our

open spots on our Design Team.

Our Senior Designers now have the task of

pouring over the 118 submissions that came in.

For those of you who did apply, we want you to know

that we hope to have decisions and contacts made

no later than November 30th.  We will let you

know one way or another.....

So hang tight!

Your host for this week's challenge is

Senior Designer, Sarah Anderson

"This architects' office is just around the corner from me so I pass it regularly 
and I've always found the choice of paint colours intriguing.  
Recently it had a fresh coat of paint, and combined with seeing a brightly coloured card 
on a blog I thought 'why not try these colours for our challenge?!'  
When you look at them within a design palette, they are essentially 
two shades of blue and three of red, so, why not give it a go?"

How about yet another new sponsor to The Cafe??!!!

Innovative Stamp Creations offers deeply etched realistic images, 

specializing in nature elements and the faces of women.

They are generously offering this to our 'Cup of the Week'... 

Joining us as our Guest Designer this week is

ISC's owner, Betsy Griffin.

"In 1999 I was work force reduced and could not find 
the ideal part time job  and decided to stay home 
and become a full time mom. 

One day I decided to make invitations for my son’s 1st birthday. 
After a visit to a craft store was said and done, 
I had purchased $100.00 worth of stamps/pads/more!  Not quite sure how to use them, 
I decided to buy a couple of rubber stamp magazines 
and they turned out divine. 
One thing lead to another and it has been a dream come true!

Before ISC, I made card samples for Sonlight Impressions 
and was an Event Coordinator for a local Michaels craft store. 
Most recently, I accepted a part time social worker position 
helping low income families. 

I consider myself a mixed media artist and 
thoroughly enjoy altering anything and everything! 

The smaller the surface the more my creative juices flow."

Not only did ISC generously provide beautiful images

for our own DT to create with,
but they are also offering our followers 

25% off a purchase made by Nov. 14th.
Just use coupon code playdate25 Offer

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

 Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

'Private Blend' Designer 

Andrea Ewen ~ EwenStyle

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2

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)

BonnieRose ~ A Life Unrehearsed

Clare B ~ Clare's Creations

Emily K ~ My Little Slice of Bliss
TuKara ~ Twory Tukary

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 )

HIMCR

Kristy

Stephanie

Debbie C

Chupa

Suze

Julie Day

Margaret

Emily L
Mary V

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Paul B  ~ The Artsiders

 

Paul wins the fabby prize from

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

 

Paul will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

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

with your mailing address to receive your prize.