The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC101

The week's seem to be flying by, don't they?

Each week, it is one tough decision to limit our
winners and honorable mentions down to what we do.
This week was NO EXCEPTION!
What a beautiful gallery you provided with all
the inspiring creations.
Thank you for helping us celebrate challenge #100!

Here we are with another amazing color story

from our Color Story Coordinator, Jaclyn.

Such rich colors indeed.

Her suggested colors are:

Wine...Smudge...Leather...Parchment

Now it's up to you to interpret what those

colors mean to you!

That's what we love about our challenge....

colors are subjective in many ways and we

like it that way for our challenge...so have fun!

This week, we welcome a new sponsor to The Cafe...

Paper and Such is an online store that just opened in May of 2011.  Shortly after opening, we decided to debut our own stamp line, and it's been nothing short of exciting.  Our stamps are clear photopolymer, and are made right here in the USA!  Our HOT SHOT line is a line of chicken stamps - if you haven't seen them, be sure to check them out.  We carry a variety of stamps and supplies to suit everyone's style, and we are constantly adding to our inventory with new manufacturers.

This week's Cup of the Week will receive....

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

 Michele Gross

 Ruby McGuire

Andrea Ewen

 Stacy Rodriguez

Colleen Dietrich

Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

Julie Ranae

 Julie Day

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE 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, 
they must be limited 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)

Anna-Karin ~ Layers of Ink

Elena~ Just Me.

Fiona ~ Made by Fee

Kate ~ Secret Scrapbooker

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) 

Kathy

Therese
Anja
Kara
Pauline
Lynne
Helen
Samantha
Kelly

St-Karamelka

Susan Joyce
Dawn
Michelle

Charlotte

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

Giovana ~ A Place to Praise & Craft

Giovana wins the gift certificate from

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

Cup of the Week Winner

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC100

Welcome to Challenge #100!

Congratulations!

It is because of YOU that we are
celebrating this very cool milestone!
Each week, you play and inspire us
to continue to bring you one of the
best color challenges around.
 
We've gone through a change or two, but
the challenge has always been the same...

to be inspired

and

have fun!

It's only fitting that we welcome back
one of our favorite sponsors to The Cafe
on such a celebratory week.
 Kelly Marie Alvarez has been a friend of
ours since she first started her fabulous
stamp line and we are thrilled to have
them with us once again....

Lawn Fawn is a small company from Southern California that specializes in clear stamps that are both fun and lively.  

Our stamps have been seen in the pages of
Paper Crafts, CARDS, Take Ten, and Creating Keepsakes magazines with many more publications to come.
At Lawn Fawn, we love stamps that are truly one of a kind.  All of our stamps feature original designs that have been created just for you; even our fonts have been customized to perfectly coordinate with each set.  And to give you the best stamp experience possible, our stamps are manufactured in the USA 

with high quality photo-polymer. Visit us anytime at lawnfawn.com to browse our latest products, order at our online store, or simply find inspiration!
We hope our stamps make you smile!

How would you like to win this!!!

Our designers want to thank 

Lawn Fawn Stamps

for providing rubber stamps for all of our

designer this week.

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Day

Michele Gross

 Ruby McGuire

 

Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

Colleen Dietrich

Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

 Denise January

 Stacy Rodriguez

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE 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, 
they must be limited 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)

CreaMaria ~ Made by Creamaria

Jacqueline~ Jacquline's Craft Nest

Linda Beeson ~ PaperCutting Kind of Day

Rochelle ~ Two Tears in my Bucket

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) 

Eli

Marlena
Yenni
Pauline
Shobana
ET
Kelly
Veronica

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...


 
Anya ~ Life is What You Make It

Anya wins the shopping spree from

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

Cup of the Week Winner

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC99

It's another fabulous week here in The Cafe.

We welcome all of our new players who are just

finding us and we thank our faithful friends

who continue to support our challenge each week.

We are just one week from a very big milestone

and it is all because of you! 

This week, we officially welcome our new

Private Blend Designer, Stacy Rodriguez.

Stacy brings a very unique perspective in 

papercrafting and will be our

'layout specialist'.

You will also see her cardmaking designs

and I'm sure she will share her mini-books with

us as well...we are thrilled to have her!

This week, we are welcoming another

wonderful sponsor to The Cafe...

Paper Makeup Stamps is a little company started by professional make-up artist Katie Cotton. An endeavor to bring her love of beauty, paper and card making together resulted in a company that prides itself on offering un-mounted deeply etched red rubber stamps and accessories!

Paper Makeup Stamps offers various styles of stamps from numerous artists to suit your taste. They also offer a wide array of unique quotes and sentiments in various sizes. Not a rubber girl? Almost all of their images can be purchased in digital format. And just like any great beauty bag, Paper Makeup Stamps carries lots of essentials and accessories to simplify and beautify your card-making! So browse around and do a one stop shop!

This week's Cup of the Week Winner

will receive...

Our designers want to thank 

Paper Makeup Stamps

for providing rubber stamps for all of our

designer this week.

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Stacy Rodriguez

Julie Day

Michele Gross

 Ruby McGuire

 Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

Colleen Dietrich

Jaclyn Miller

  Jinny Newlin

 Julie Ranae

Denise January

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE 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, 
they must be limited 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)

Anna-Karin ~ Layers of Ink

Erica Beth~ Pink Buckaroo Design

S Min0 ~ I'd Rather be Stamping

Samantha ~ Samantha's Cards

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) 

Bronwyn

Vicki
Andrea
Julie
Simone
Julia
Vickie Z
Anya
Amy

Tina

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

 Anitra ~ Stamping While They Sleep

Anitra wins the shopping spree from

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

Cup of the Week Winner

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.