Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC134



Welcome back to The Cafe!

We are so happy you stopped by and we hope you enjoy
creating with us this week.

We cannot TELL YOU ....
how difficult it was for our team to narrow down
our choices for winner & honorable mentions
this past week.  You guys really used the patriotic colors
to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend and we are so
honored that you chose to spend some of your holiday
with us.

We just love our Color Story Coordinator, 
Jaclyn Miller!
Check out the fabulous photos that accompany these colors.
So creative!

This week's suggested colors are:

Apricot...Canary...Latte...Rose

We also love our design team and they have created an
amazing variety of projects using this week's colors,
so we hope you are ready to create along with us.
Don't forget, we encourage to create any type of
projects you'd like using our colors as the main theme.
Cards ... layouts ... mixed media ... 
digital art ... knitting ... 
crochet ... baking ...
We'd love to have you play along!

This week, our Cup of the Week will win something
pretty fantastic from the Play Date Cafe prize vault!



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

Jinny Newlin

 Denise January

Stacy Rodriguez

 Donna Bowman 

Alicia Thelin

 Savannah O'Gwynn

Colleen Dietrich



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)



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) 

29
Mona

36
Tracy Evans

42
Chrissy L

55
Lisa A

58
Margo

65
Jen A

72
Debra

85
Cheryl

92
Kelly G

101
Dani C

108
Tiffany


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

and
 
The Cup of the Week...


Ann Cox ~ Creative Antics


Ann wins the terrific 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, May 24, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC133


It's another 'colorful' week here in The Cafe.

What a terrific 'splash' week we had with our
last challenge.  We always know it's your favorite
because of the number of entries that come into our
gallery.  Our designers pour over each one and put
in their votes for our 'Cup of the Week' and the
'splash' remains one of the most difficult to judge
because they are ALL FANTASTIC!


This week's colors are simply....

Baby Blue...Denim...Cherry

We are happy to welcome back this week's sponsor




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


We are excited to have the Mr. Cricut Crazy Design Team
participating in our challenge so make sure you stop by
The Mr. Cricut Crazy Blog!

We thank our sponsor for providing stamp sets
for each of our designers to use so...


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






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)



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) 

19
Elena

24
Joyce M

30
Julie S

36
Meadie

38 
Sanketi

46 
Chrissy L

66
Nancy IA

79

Paula J

80
Gail G

110
Robin K

 117 
Ivy

128 
Kelly H

132
Rachel P 


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

and
 
The Cup of the Week...


Virginia Lu ~ Yes, Virginia....


Virginia wins the terrific 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, May 17, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC132



It's 'Splash' Week here in The Cafe.

Before we get to our challenge, we want to send
VERY SPECIAL HAPPY WEDDING WISHES
to our Senior Designer
Ruby McGuire !!


Ruby is getting married on Friday, May 18th
and we are so very happy for her.
We can't wait to see honeymoon photos!


If you are new to the 'Color Splash' there are two things you
need to know before you get started.

1...It's become one of THE most popular 
& favorite challenges
hosted by The Play Date Cafe

2...The focus is simple.

Black...White...and a
'SPLASH' of Mustard Yellow

The 'splash' MUST be some shade of yellow
{ALL OTHER COLORS WILL BE DELETED}

We are really excited to share a brand new sponsor
with you here at The Cafe and a terrific guest designer!


Hello! My name is Karen Taylor.
.
I am lucky to have two children Jessie and Douglas. I have been blessed with two grandson's, a granddaughter and another
on the way.

I have been a paper craftier for six years but creating 
has always been a part of my life.
I was raised by my grandmother who taught me the love of creating. Inspired by her 1930's scrapbooks
I love all things vintage and old. When I am at home you can find me in my studio.I love to create very special layouts, cards and altered items my mini pieces of art.
I have been lucky to have work with major paper craft companies including Spellbinders Paper Arts,Best Creations, Inc, Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker to name a few and in magazines, on TV (Local TV segments, Creative Memories TV Show, Terri O Show, QVC, Home Shopping Network US and Canada and was published in a book last year as well as work in catalogues and at the Craft and Hobby Association Show for the last six shows. For the past two years I have been a VIP speaker at Midland Memory Expo speaking along side Cardmaker magazines Editor Tanja Fox, Creating Keepsakes Creative Editor, Megan Hoeppner and NikkiSivlis, Scrapbook Paper Company owner just to name a few.
I currently am the Design Team and Social Media Coordinator for Want2Scrap and a Spellblogger for Spellbinders Paper Arts
 
  
This week's brand new sponsor is...

  
Your leading site for all your scrapbooking needs. We specialize in bling, acrylic albums, chipboard albums and album kits as well as laser designs, designer paper and ribbons.
Make sure you visit the Want2Scrap blog!


Our ' Cup of the Week' winner will receive...

 

We thank Want2Scrap for for providing each of our designers
with fabulous 'bling' this week!
Make sure you visit our blog !

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


Savannah O'Gwynn


Colleen Dietrich


 Jinny Newlin

 Denise January


Jaclyn Miller


 Donna Bowman


Alica Thelin


 Stacy Rodriguez


  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)



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...



Fiona {Fee} ~ Made by Fee


Fee wins the fabby prize from


Simon Says Stamp

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