The Play Date Cafe: My Creative Classroom

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Longing for Spring PDCC167

Welcome back to The Cafe.

Can you tell we are 'Longing for Spring'?

These colors will definitely put you in the mood!

Our suggested colors are:

Fuschia . . . Sprout . . . Canary

It's a bittersweet week as we say farewell to two ladies

who have brought so much inspiration to you.

Stacy & Jocelyn

Stacy came to us as a Private Blend Designer

and continued on the journey for over a year.

Jocelyn joined us this past term & has inspired many

of our players to 'go digital'.

We wish both of these friends the best as they continue on

in their creative journeys and as they simply 'do' life.

This week, we welcome back

a very fun sponsor

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 Spring Semester is just beginning with over 100 workshop classes to choose from.We have just announced the addition of our Library category! The Library features retired classes at 40-50% off their original price. So far we had added 20 classes with more to come in the spring. They range from Cricut classes to mixed media to card making and everything in between. A little something for everyone! Here's a sampling of our Workshop classes:

Artful Cards
Baby Shower Ensemble
Embossing Enamels
Card Design Workshop
In and Out Easter Eggs
and more!

We are excited to be sponsoring The Play Date Cafe. You can view our entire class list on our website at My Creative Classroom. You can also view classes on our Facebook Page too!

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

Now for inspiration

from our Design Team...

Alicia Thelin

Anya Schrier

Donna Bowman

Jaclyn Miller

Jen Cuthbertson

Jocelyn Olson

Lynn Adams

Rachel Kleinman

Stacy Rodriguez

Veronica Zalis

You can stay up-to-date with all that's

happening here in The Cafe.

Come *LIKE* us on Facebook

and

@ThePDCC

Join us again Friday night as we

announce the 'Cup of the Week'

and Honorable Mentions

here in The Cafe!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Play Date Cafe Anniversary Final Day!

It has been

ONE MAJOR CELEBRATION

over the past 5 days and today we say

THANK YOU

once again for being such a fan of our color challenge!

Over $300 in prizes have been offered this week,
so you MUST come play!

To get all the details of the current challenge

and to see amazing inspiration from our

Design Team, CLICK HERE

A new color story will be coming your way

this Thursday, but until then, we have

THREE MORE FANTASTIC SPONSORS

who are sharing prizes with our players this week.

Hello and welcome to The Craft's Meow! My name is Lisa Hjulberg and
I'm the owner of The Craft's Meow. Opening this store is a dream come true for me...
I'm following Henry David Thoreau's advice to Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined. I've imagined this for a very long time!

We offer an array of stamp sets designed by some of the best artists in the business! The variety means we have something for everyone!

What a fun stamp set for one of our Winners

{$15 Retail Value}

What a terrific opportunity for one of our winners

And OH what a bundle of goodness here

{$45 Retail Value}

It has been such a fabulous celebration!
We are so appreciative to all of our sponsors.

This challenge would not be what it is without a
FIRST CLASS DESIGN TEAM
&
THE PLAYERS THEY INSPIRE

Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Here's to the future & lots more fun!

~ Julie Ranae

Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Play Date Cafe Welcomes Teri Anderson

It is time for another FAB color challenge here in The Cafe.

Before we get to it, a quick update to let you know that shortly,

we will be sending out official invitations to the designers

who were chosen from our recent Design Team Call.

Narrowing down 88 submissions to fill a mere 7 spots

was hard ... it always is.

We are super excited about the talent that will be joining

us the first week in August, so please stay tuned!

This week's suggested colors are ...

Caribbean Blue

Shoreline

Sunshine

Another Guest Designer is joining us this week

and we are thrilled to have ...

Teri Anderson

"Hi! I’m Teri! I am a 30-something maker of all things paper related from out West! Cards, scrapbook pages, tags… you name it, I’m there. I make something nearly every single day. I’m a Go-to Gal for Paper Crafts magazine, and I’m on a number of design teams. I spent a good chuck of last year teaching at conventions around the country for Technique Tuesday. I was also lucky to teach for Paper Crafts magazine in the Caribbean as part of their paper crafting cruise last Fall. When I’m not making stuff, I’m going spending time with family, friends and two fluffy dogs. I am going to concerts, taking pictures and planning my next road trip.

I blog at terisplace.wordpress.com"

This week's sponsor is a definite fave.....

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!

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

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Stacy Rodriguez

Ruby McGuire

Colleen Dietrich

Alicia Thelin

Donna Bowman

Jinny Newlin

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)

Alyson M

Butterfly
Meisha
Wendy F

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)

Pauline

Maureen M
18

Lisa
21

Tracy

Michelle W
54
Kelly L

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Kara Lynne ~ Kara Lynne's Card Designs

Kara Lynne 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, 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'