The Play Date Cafe: June 2012

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The Play Date Cafe - DT Call ends in One Week!

SUPER BIG APOLOGIES
for not having the winner's list posted as scheduled.
You will now find them listed below
this week's challenge.
Thanks much for your patience!!

Well how about this most creative color story from our

coordinator, Jaclyn Miller?!!

It's so visually interesting with amazing colors pulled

to challenge you. We don't do four colors very often,

so have lots of fun with these!

This week's suggested colors:

Cotton Candy ... Ruby ...

Citrus ... Dusk

ONE WEEK REMAINS

on our Open DT Call!

We would love for you to consider being a part of

one of the best design teams on earth with one

of the most inspiring challenges around!

For all the details, just click HERE

This week, our 'Cup of the Week'

is going to win a fabby prize

from our prize vault

and there are LOTS of goodies

in there right now!

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Ranae

Alicia Thelin

Savannah O'Gwynn

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)

Kelly L

Samantha
Tina
Wanda

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)

Glee
11
Vickie O

Angie

Michelle W45

Marlena
56

Hannelie
57

Tracy

Lisa A

108

Bethany S
110

Marisa
117

Jennifer H

120

Lyndal

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Kerry Louise ~ Creative Work is Play

Kerry Louise wins a terrific prize 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, June 21, 2012

The Play Date Cafe - Design Team Call Continues

Yep! It's that time again!

Welcome to The Play Date Cafe and this week,
it's everyone's favorite

'Color Splash'

This week, we are asking you to create using

Black ... White ... Blue

A quick reminder that we are right in the middle of a

We would love for you to consider being a part of

one of the best design teams on earth with one

of the most inspiring challenges around!

For all the details, just click HERE

This week, we are happy to welcome back a fun sponsor

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...

Along with their sponsorship, they are sharing their

DT Coordinator with us as a guest designer . . .

Karen Taylor

You can read all about Karen when she guested with us
in May by clicking HERE

Our team thanks Want2Scrap for providing the beautiful

pearls and gemstones you see on each project below

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Donna Bowman

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)

Arielle

Deborah
Judith
Tara

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)

Veronica Z
20
Meadie

Jenny

Beth

Lynn
48

Beverly
62

Lisa

Lyndal

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Audrey ~ Pink Ink Originals

Audrey wins a terrific prize 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, June 14, 2012

The Play Date Cafe & Design Team Call

It is a very special time here at The Play Date Cafe

as we extend an invitation for our

Do you enjoy designing with color?

Do you enjoy challenges?

Do you enjoy being an inspiration to others?

We are looking for designers who love to

creative specializing in:

Cards ... Layouts ... Mixed Media ...

Knitting ... Crocheting ... Home Decor ...

even Creative Baking

The term is for Six Months

(August 2012 - January 2013

Along with creating weekly projects inspired by our

color stories, you will also be instrumental in choosing the

winners & honorable mentions each week

along with spending time visiting the blogs of our players.
There are wonderful opportunities to receive products
from our terrific sponsors and they will be yours to keep!

We are searching for fun, creative people with an active blog

and the capability of taking crisp, clear photos

INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS ARE WELCOME

If you would like to apply,
please follow the instructions below carefully

Submissions must include:

Three creations that show who YOU are as a designer

A list of your current/past design team experience

(no experience is required)

A list of creative credits such as publications/features

Your name, address, phone, email & blog address

If you are interested in the role of

*Sponsorship Coordinator

please share any experience you might have for this position

Because of the number of
submissions we receive,
we are not able to click
to additional links to a resume,
then to a blog, then to creative credits, etc.
Please make sure the information you send
is visible on your email.
Please do NOT send resume pdf files or
ask us to go to your blog for all the details.

Send photo files & above requested information to

julieranae@hotmail.com

and place DT submission on the subject line

Submissions accepted between June 14th & July 1st.

NOW FOR THE CHALLENGE!

Our suggested colors for this week...

Azure ... Raspberry ... Blackberry

We are happy to welcome back this week's sponsor

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