Thursday, October 20, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC104



Welcome to our
2nd Anniversary Challenge
here at
The Play Date Cafe
  
We are so happy you've come by and I hope you will
help us celebrate this week by playing along.
We've always said that challenges are only here
because of YOU...the players
who choose to support us each week.  
We continue to be one of the
top, go-to color challenges
and our designers 
thank you for your support!

We have a lot of amazing 
prize information to
share with you, so please 
read through the next
information because there 
are additional ways
to win prizes this week!!!

We are thrilled to have
not one...not two...but three
fabulous sponsors for this week's challenge.

In honor of our 2nd Anniversary, 
we will be giving out prizes not only to the
'Cup of the Week'
but also to each one of the
'Fab Four'!!!

So this is great week to play as you have more
chances to win!

This week's suggested colors are:
Mauve...Egg Yolk...Artichoke

Please remember, our challenge is open to
interpretation and we love to see what you come up with!
All types of entries are welcome...
Just wait till you see what our Design Team 
have to offer you for inspiration this week!

We are so happy to welcome....


Layers of Color is the most creative new stamp company in the craft market Specializing in unique, high quality clear art stamp sets, red rubber cling art stamps made in USA. Their exclusive designs are illustrated by Laura Kirste Campbell and Nina Brackett and have a distinctively artsy and vintage style, perfect for scrapbooking, card making, mixed media and many other stamping arts. Layers of Color has been chosen as a Spellbinders Preferred Product Company and offers creative stamps that coordinate with Spellbinders Nestibilities dies.Inspiration overflows at Layers of Color with thousands of projects, in a large variety of styles. Become one of the inspired followers of Layers of Color: Boutique, Blog, Art Galleries, Facebook, Flickr, and Design Team Blogs. Discover how you can make your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!


This week's 'Cup of the Week' will receive the following
from beautiful prizes from Layers of Color...

A beautiful prize package valued at over $40!


We also welcome....
Sweet Stamp Shop is a small business out of sunny southern California that features hand drawn clear polymer stamp sets made here in the USA! The shop was started in 2011 by Nicole and Jacob Rixon with the idea that there was a space in the industry for fresh, hand drawn, clear stamps. Sweet Stamp Shop is a stamp company dedicated to creating fun and unique stamps that are easy to use and fun to color. We know how important it is to you to know the latest techniques and we are excited to share our knowledge with you. Wether on YouTube, Facebook, or a well placed 'tweet' ... we'll help you stay on top of the trends!
 
and
Our twine is made from 100% cotton, it's eco-friendly and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in 14 delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look.

This week's Fab 4 will receive
one one these fab prizes from
Sweet Stamp Shop & The Twinery...
 

Now for inspiration from
The Play Date Design Team...
























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 requirements are:
PDCC COLORS BE THE
FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
and 
THE PROJECT BE BASED ON THE CURRENT
CHALLENGE AND HAVE NOT BEEN POSTED
PRIOR TO THE CURRENT CHALLENGE DATE
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)

Ali Manning ~ New England Stamper

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) 

This group can proudly display the
'Cream in Our Coffee'
badge on their blogs!

and
 
The Cup of the Week...


 Luana ~ Wanabug Creations

Luana wins the FAB prize package 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.

18 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday! Loveeeeeeeeeee what everyone created! :):):):):):):):):):):)

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  2. Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [19 Oct 09:00pm GMT]. Thanks, Maria

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  3. Firts off all congratualtions on your 2th anniversary. Love all the creations made and ofcourse congrats to the winners. What an amazing amount of prices to win.

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  4. Happy Anniversary to you!
    Thanks so much for the 'fab four' badge - already displayed on my blog. Congratulations to the winners. I love this weeks colours and all the inspirational examples, can't wait to play along again!

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  5. Happy birthday! Beautiful colors this week!

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  6. Oh my...Girls, your cards and projects are beautiful.
    Happy Anniversary! ;D

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  7. Happy Anniversary! I love today's palette, the inspiration card/projects are gorgeous! Congrats to last weeks' winners!

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  8. Happy 2nd anniversary! Congrats to all of last week's winners! This week's colors are gorgeous and so are all the DT inspiration projects! Thanks for the chance to play along!

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  9. Congrats to to winners from last week & congrants to 2 years for you!

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  10. Just had to play along with these pretty colours.
    Happy anniversary PDC :)
    Jenny x

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  11. Wonderful colors and great inspiration - thanks.

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  12. Happy Anniversary!!!
    I really like the colors you chose!
    I will keep trying to link up, but if it still doesn't work please see

    http://wwwpeggysamusement.blogspot.com/2011/10/play-date-cafe_22.html
    I do appreciate comments!

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  13. Lovely colours girls, thank you. Gorgeous DT work. Debbiexx

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  14. Where did the months go? Knew I had to celebrate with you guys so I've made a little something! Please don't include me in the voting though as that doesn't seem fair, me having been in on the DT ;) Would love to have you all visit though :)

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  15. Happy Anniversary!!
    Gorgeous creations from the DT :)
    Love your colour inspiration and after many months of lurking, I've decided to give one of your challenges a go!
    Jan x

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  16. Thanks for picking my card for the Fab 4 - hope I have time to play this week because the colors are awesome!

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  17. Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [30 Oct 02:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria

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