Thursday, July 5, 2012

The Play Date Cafe Welcomes Amy Tsuruta!



We are so happy to have you back in The Cafe
once again this week!

It was a super exciting race to the finish as those who were
able to get their submissions in for our
DESIGN TEAM CALL
did just that!
We received nearly 90 submissions & are excited about the
possibilities to come.
We want you to know that each submission is carefully considered
as we know what each design need is here on our team.

The question ALWAYS asked after a call is...
'Will we hear something back even if we are not accepted?'
The answer is absolutely yes!!
Just give us time as we need to make sure all of those who
will be accepted respond back once our decisions are made.
We hope to have the final seven chosen by the weekend.

Now for this week's suggested colors


Gold...Nude...Silver 



We are thrilled to be announcing that our next

Private Blend Designer
will be...

Amy Tsuruta

"Hi, Amy Tsuruta here of Tsuruta Designs!  I'm thrilled to be a guest designer here at The Play Date Cafe!  I live in the fabulous state of Washington with my 2 lovely kids.  I'm engaged to thee most spectacular guy that absolutely supports my obsession of crafting:)  I work full time for a design firm located in Seattle so I do most of my crafting on the weekends.
I've been actively blogging since November 2007 and love the paper crafting community.  There is so much inspiration out there!!!  I'm currently on the following Design Teams:
I'm so very thankful for the design teams that I am on AND my former design teams.  I continue to learn new things, meet new people and have been thoroughly enjoying myself through the process.  I love to inspire and BE inspired."

Amy will officially be joining us with our first challenge
in the month of August but will be a guest once more
in July.  We are thrilled to have her!


We are happy to welcome a very awesome sponsor
to The Play Date Cafe


My Creative Classroom is an online arts and crafts learning center. Our interactive and in-depth courses are instructor led and filled with wonderful projects and techniques to help you get the most out of your supplies. Our Summer Semester starts June 25th with over 35 classes to choose from.  We are continuing our Christmas in July theme with an entire week of classes devoted to the holidays! My Creative Classroom has a little bit of everything for everyone.  We are offering classes on the Cricut, mixed media, rubber stamping, scrapbooking, sewing and more!  Don't miss out on some wonderful classes starting this Summer:
We are excited to be sponsoring The Play Date Cafe Challenge. You can view our entire class list on our website at My Creative Classroom. You can also view classes on our Facebook Page too! One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.....Good Luck!


The prize for our 'Cup of the Week'

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


 
Jinny Newlin


 Stacy Rodriguez


 Ruby McGuire


Colleen Dietrich
 

Alicia Thelin


  Savannah O'Gwynn


Donna Bowman






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) 

15
Sherri M
25
Angie H
31
Rachel wk
41
Lalo
56
Jean

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

and
 
The Cup of the Week...




Maureen ~ Mama Mo Stamps


Maureen 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

9 comments:

  1. woot woot Amy :) always love your work!!!
    AWESOME DT inspiration!!!!

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  2. Yay, Amy ROCKS! SO glad to see her on board in the Cafe! :D

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  3. Woohoo! Congrats, Amy! So happy to see her as the new DT!! Love the new challenge and the design team's inspiring work!

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  4. Excited to have made the Fab 4 for the first time. Thank you. Jenny

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  5. Big congrats Amy can't wait to see your designs! Love what the DT has done this week!

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  6. Soooo very exciting to be a guestie and can't wait until August when I join this fab team as a Private Blend Designer!

    Awesome inspiration from the team! I {heart} this color combo!!!!

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  7. Congrats Amy great to see you here. And thank you very much for picking me amongst the others as fab.. I'm on holiday but just read it.

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  8. I can't believe that I am Cup of the Week! I proudly added the badge to my blog :) You made my day!!! What an honor, thank you!

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  9. I love all the teams designs. This is also a great color story if you have a dancing daughter like me. Blessings!

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