The Play Date Cafe: December 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC112

It is our Holiday Week Challenge!

In celebration of all the festivities that will be taking

place around the world, our challenge will be a

TWO WEEK CHALLENGE.

You will have 12 days to enter for a chance at a

wonderful prize!

This week, we are very happy to welcome

as our sponsor.

Lil' Inker Designs with ag designs is the creative venture of two high school friends Laura Pryor, founder and owner of Lil' Inker Designs, and Ariana Grant, professional graphics artist and owner of ag designs. Laura has a creative vision, but Ariana makes these visions come to life!
They say that necessity is the mother of all invention and that's so true for Lil' Inker Designs as our very first release, Sentiment Flags, was born from the need to have a flag-ended die for sentiments for our own crafty projects! One year later we have a full line of fun and innovative quality products from Pinwheels to Fringe Flowers! Our stamps and dies are made using only the best quality merchandise this industry has to offer and all of our products are proudly manufactured in the USA! Please visit our brand new web site at www.lilinkerdesigns.com!

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

The designers of The Play Date Cafe

were given an assortment of stamps & dies from

Lil' Inker to create with

So now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Andrea Ewen

Stacy Rodriguez

Colleen Dietrich

Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

Michele Gross

Savannah O'Gwynn

Ruby 2 Shoes

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)

Carla ~ Carla's Stamping Spot

Lisa~ My Paper Tales
Kristi ~ Kristi's Paper Creations

Tracy E ~ 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)

Stephanie

Debra D
Rochelle

Keilly

Lin
Rema

Danit
Chunyuan

Vicki O

Vicki Z

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Nicole ~ Wingin' It Crafts

Nicole wins the wonderful prize from

and can proudly display the

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Play Date Cafe PDCC111

Oh yeah! It's Color Splash time once again!

What a great inspiration photo chosen by our

Jaclyn Miller. We are also celebrating that it was

nearly two years ago that we had our very first

color splash using this beautiful color!

So your challenge this week is to use:

Black...

White...

a 'Splash' of

Teal

We are so happy to have one of our long-time

players as our sponsor....

"Hello, my name is Cindy Coutts from Cindy Coutts Designs.

Welcome to one of my favorite challenges, The Play Date Cafe.

I am so honored to be able to sponsor this week's challenge.

I am hopelessly addicted to anything to do with paper, stamps, ink, all of the big girl toys. I started stamping in July 2007 but didn't get very serious about it until I discovered Splitcoast Stampers. After that, it was all over with. My style is just about anything depending on what's in front of me. I currently hostess the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS every Sunday, design for Flourishes Stamps Bring Back Beautiful, and the Clean and Simple Stamping Blog (Fall to Layout). I've had the privilege to work with the finest designers in the industry being on various design teams and am heavily published. I love to inspire and share my work with others and I hope that you'll visit me sometime at my blog. I am so thrilled to be able to provide this week's prize for The Play Date Cafe participants. I have 4 wonderful kids and 1 daughter-in-law and live in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of your challenge this week."

This week, our Cup of the Week will win...

Spellbinders Labels Eighteen

{24.99 retail value}

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

Stacy Rodriguez

Colleen Dietrich

Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

Denise January

Michele Gross

Ruby McGuire

Julie Ranae

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)

Heather ~ House Built of Cards

Lai-Yoke~ Walchow Design
Smilyn Stef ~ Ingenious Inkling

Vicki Z ~ For the Love of All Things Stamping

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)

Kelly

Sally J
Anitra

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Chupa ~ Random Acts of Creativity

Chupa wins the shopping spree from

and can proudly display the

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize

Thursday, December 8, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC110

Welcome back to another week here in The Cafe.

Let's get right to this week's

suggested colors:

Lime Green...Royal Blue

Crystal Blue...Red

This week, we welcome back to The Cafe...

DRS Designs - a family owned company since 1950 -

boasts hundreds of original rubber
stamp designs. All images are available fully mounted, completely unmounted or mounted
on cling cushion and are proudly hand crafted in the USA.

Our rubber stamp collection includes a wide assortment of images including sentiments for all occasions, easy
background designs and fun technique stamps such as our

stained glass and plaid designs.

The DRS Designs website features a huge card sample gallery, online demos and tips, a secure shopping area and more. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our fantastic

design team for inspiration and ideas.

This week, our Cup of the Week will win..