The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC29

Are you ready for some COLOR??!!

Any idea what this is?

What an amazing color inspiration photo chosen by

Senior Designer, Sarah Anderson.

Sarah is our resident mixed-media designer and

as a team, we know exactly why this would be her

choice to share with you this week.

Here's what she had to say, short & sweet...

"When I saw this photograph of 'peeled paint', 

I just fell in love with it!"

Our design team went all out with these colors,

but before we share their creations with you,

let's meet this week's
celebrity guest designer.

We are super excited to have

 Heidi Van Laar
in The Cafe this week.

"Hello there, I'm Heidi, a stay-at-home

mom of 3 beautiful boys.  I'm married to an

amazing and super supportive man for 11+ years

and live in southern Washington.

I have always loved art and used to work as 

a graphic designer.  I started scrapbooking in

2002 after my oldest was born.

That morphed into card making and now it seems

I don't have time to scrapbook anymore!

Over the past year, I have been published in a variety

of Paper Crafts publications and have some work

coming out in future issues of CARDS.

I currently design for Caardvarks and GCD Studios.

Your designer host for this week is our own

Lisa Somerville.

Here's how she approached this week's challenge:

"When I saw this week's challenge, I wasn't sure

what I was going to create.  The color combination

surely was a challenge for me, as they aren't colors

I use together often.  Once I picked a technique

using the colors as a background, and found the

perfect image, the card came together rather quickly.

That's the great thing about challenges, they give you

that needed push to work outside of your comfort zone."

Here's what the rest of our designers have done to inspire you...

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Senior Designer

Mona Pendleton ~ Cupcake's Creations

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland

 Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

The prize for this week is a Designer Paper Grab Bag

Please follow the 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 requirement is:
PDCC COLORS BE THE 
FOCUS OF YOUR SUBMISSION
When using additional colors, please limit them 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 right

The Fab 4

The Cream in our Coffee

and

THE CUP of the WEEK

It's getting harder and harder for our team to
choose a limited number of players to recognize.

A very warm thank you to all who entered.

This challenge is only successful because of YOU
so please, PLEASE play with us again!

 The Play Date Cafe congratulates 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #28:

(in alphabetical order)

Jeri Jo ~ Aunt JJs
Michelle2 ~ Happy Stamper
Nancy K ~ Happy Heart Studio
Tenia Nelson ~ Jazzy Paper Designs

The Fab can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee

( make sure you see this talent, too! )

KathrynB

JeanFB
CherylW
Teresa Kline
Victoria
Tracy MacD
Evelyn
Michele Gross

ErinT

Isha
 StefH

  and The Play Date Cafe Cup of the Week...

Cath ~ Inky Fingers

Cath wins the Designer Paper Grab Bag

compliments The Play Date Cafe.

and can proudly display the 'Play Date Cafe Winner' Badge.

Cath will also be eligible to be a

guest designer here in The Cafe.

Cath, please contact Julie Ranae at julieranae@hotmail.com
with your mailing address to receive your prize.