The Play Date Cafe: March 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC125

It's that time again!

It's 'Color Splash' Week in The Cafe!

Our team just loved this vintage-style photo and it's the

first time we've ever done another 'neutral' as our splash.

For this challenge, you MUST use...

Black...White...and a 'splash' of Brown

This week's prize is 5 yards of all 18 colors

of stunning baker's twine from....

provided by The Play Date Cafe prize vault.

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Ranae

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE RULES

{on our left sidebar} carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday

The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced

during the next challenge.

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.

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)

Anja ~ Scrappietoo

Karen B~ The Bald Dragonfly
Karen L ~ My Cup Runneth Over
Michelle B ~ My Passion for Crafting

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)

Rema

Tania
Emilie
A.L. Romero
Jen M
Barbara M
Vicki O

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Monika D ~ M.A.D. Stamper

Monika wins the shopping spree from

and can proudly display the

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Julie Ranae atjulieranae@hotmail.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize

Thursday, March 22, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC124

Welcome back in to The Cafe!

How cool is this color story graphic??!!

Our Jaclyn Miller does such a fantastic job, doesn't she?!

If you appreciate her color stories as much as our designers do,

we hope you'll leave her a little love when you visit this week.

We also love the suggested color names from Jax

and this week's are:

Raspberry...Harbor...Honey Mustard

This week we have a very special guest & sponsor with us here in The Cafe.

Meet Tanner Bell

"Tanner here! I'm so happy to be sponsoring
The Play Date Cafe Challenge..
I'll bet you never expected a 13 year old guy to be your sponsor this week! Here's a little about me...I started crafting with the Cricut in 2010, when I was in 5th Grade.

I ordered it from HSN after seeing cards that my friend's grandma made! It seemed like it took FOREVER to arrive. I wanted to know all there was to know about it, so I Googled 'Cricut' and watched YouTube videos and thought 'I can do that!'
So I started doing my own videos in March 2010! I am thrilled to say that to date, I have 601 Subscribers and 60,000+ Channel views.
I've worked SUPER hard! January 1st, 2011 was a Life changing day! Emma from My Creative Time asked ME to be on her FIRST Design TEAM! WOW. So, I had to design a Blog... I used a Blogger template. Once I got my feet wet, I asked Veronica from Vk Design Co to make it look AWESOME!

In late December 2010, I contacted Kathy from Peachy Keen Stamps to ask if she could make some dog stamps for me. Little did I know, she would be working with me to this day as my manufacturer.

I featured a segment on my blog while called "Wake up with Tanner". I did it five days a week, at 5am, EACH day before school :) I put TONS of effort into everything I do! Before I could do a 'real' stamp release, I knew I needed a team and I brought on some of my favorite people to help me and and Mr. Cricut Crazy was born! We do a new release EVERY month and it's all going great!

I'm grateful for all the help that has come my way because quite honestly, my mom doesn't stamp...she doesn't craft...but she sure does love me!
Come visit my blog Mr. Cricut Crazy...I'd love to meet you!"

Tanner did one of his famous YouTube videos to go along
with his project, so check it out HERE !!

This week, Mr Cricut Crazy is offering our Cup of the Week...

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Savannah O'Gwynn

Stacy Rodriguez

Alica Thelin

Colleen Dietrich

Denise January

Jinny Newlin

Jaclyn Miller

Ruby McGuire

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE RULES

{on our left sidebar} carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday

The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced

during the next challenge.

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.

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)

Emilie ~ Emilie's Scrapbook

Lisa~ I'm in Haven
Tenia ~ Jazzy Paper Designs
Vicki ~ All I Do is Stamp

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)

A.L Romero

Karen
Sue

Vanessa

Jennifer H
Laura L
Kerry

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Veronica ~ So Many Stamps, So Little Time

Veronica wins the shopping spree from

and can proudly display the

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Julie Ranae atjulieranae@hotmail.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC123

Welcome back to The Cafe!

Are you ready for a bold & bright color story this week?

Our Color Story Coordinator, Jaclyn Miller brings such a

wonderful variety for us each week.

If bold is 'out of the box' for you, go ahead and it give it a try!!

This week's suggested colors are:

Teal...Electric Green...Tangerine...Jeans

We are happy to have back as this week's sponsor...

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.

Our 'Cup of the Week' will win...

Our designers want to thank DRS Designs

for providing rubber stamps for all of our

designer this week.

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Alica Thelin

Denise January

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE RULES

{on our left sidebar} carefully to enter.

Deadline for prizes is 11:59pm EST on Tuesday

The 'Cup of the Week' will be announced

during the next challenge.

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.

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)

Emilie ~ Emilie's Scrapbook

Gitte~ Blomsterbox
Judy1223 ~ Judy's Card Corner
Stephanie W ~ Sweet Steph

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)

Jen

Rochelle
Hannelie
Julie K

Monika D

Veronica Z
Lea L
Hellemor
Betty

Lucille

Katie
Jean M
Jennifer
Christine

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Lisa ~ I'm in Haven

Lisa wins the shopping spree from

and can proudly display the

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Julie Ranae atjulieranae@hotmail.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize

Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC122

Welcome back to another wonderful challenge here in The Cafe.

We can't thank you enough for continuing to support us each week.

There has been an influx of brand new players over the past month

and we are so excited to have each one of you play along!

Another tough choice for our designers as they choose their
favorites from last week. The colors really brought out
the best in all of our entries!

This week our suggested colors are:

Charcoal...Ash...Butter

We welcome back this week's sponsor...

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best online selection of Rubber Stamp, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Card, Card Making and Paper Crafting products in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouse so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price!

Happy customers are the heart of our business.

We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

This week's Cup of the Week wins...