Showing posts with label Paul Browning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Browning. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC41



The Play Date Cafe welcomes you to
the next stop on our tour around the world...
Positano, Italy.
Julie Ranae is your host this week and here
are her thoughts on this destination...

"I first became aware of this magnificent city while
watching one of my favorite movies
'Under the Tuscan Sun'.
I watch this movie quite often while I am
creating because I think the scenery is so inspiring.
I definitely have this place on my 'dream' list of
places to travel.  I hope you enjoy the
color palette taken from this fabulous hillside."

This week, we have a very, very special
guest designer in The Cafe.  If you have played
our challenge for any length of time, you will recognize
this person as one of your 'fellow players' and we
mean that literally.  He has been a friend to our
challenge from the beginning and most recently was
the designer behind the badges that you all get to
display on your blogs.
Please welcome this week's 
Guest Designer
Paul Browning.


"I live in the Northwest of the UK,
with my Civil Partner Nick and one overly
pampered Tabby Cat, Basil.  I studied graphic
design when I left school and began a small
sign making business.  In my spare time, I drifted
into art after reading Julia Cameron's 
'The Artist's Way'.  When I caught Anna Griffin
on QVC and saw how she used design principles
in crafts, I was hooked!
At a local event, I was introduced to the
'inky world' of altered art and my crafting took
a whole new turn.  Recently though, after taking a
Cathy Zielske workshop, I rediscovered my passion
for design.  I'd suddenly felt as if I'd been given permission
to work with 'clean and graphic' techniques.
You are most welcome to pop by and see my
renewed style of crafting on my little ol' blog,

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

Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design

Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations

Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot

Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2
 
Senior Designer 
Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling


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 left



The Fab 4
The Cream in our Coffee
and
THE CUP of the WEEK


Another record player 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)

Jinny Newlin ~ Soaring
Nat ~ Simply Sweet Stamping

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...


Sharon ~ Inklined to Stamp
 
Sharon wins the wonderful stamp set from


and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge.
 
Sharon will also be eligible to be a
guest designer here in The Cafe.

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

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC36




This week's colors come courtesy of Marthastewart.com
Bright and cheerful to be sure!
We think these colors are going to be
a whole bunch of fun for you to play with!

There is lots to share in The Cafe this week, so here is
just a taste to inspire you by this week's color host,
Julie Ranae of Julie's Open Window

"This week, the design team issued sort of an
'insider challenge' to one another to design something
using birdcages, or to be exact,
Tim Holtz's Birdcage Die Cut from Sizzix.
We had a lot of fun as a team seeing what we could come up
with and now we hope YOU will enjoy using this color
combo as much as we did.  You are not required to use
birds, birdcages or any specific theme...we just want to
see what you can do with these fantastic colors!"


Before we introduce you to this week's  
guest designer and sponsor we have some...

Cafe News!
Many of you have come to know a very special
friend and player to The Play Date Cafe,
To date, he is our first and only male player
who each week continues to inspire with his
fab creations all the way from Great Britain.
Well...speaking of fab...
If you scroll down the right sidebar this week, you will see
some FABULOUS NEW BADGES
which were designed by Paul just for 
The Play Date Cafe!

The first thing you will want to do is grab the NEW
'I Play at The Play Date Cafe' badge and display it
proudly on your blog sidebar.
Then if you have been recognized in any of the other
categories, you are welcome to update your badge
with the newest version.  Especially those who have
been 'The Cream in Our Coffee' as THIS BADGE
is brand new JUST FOR YOU!

Now... on to one of YOUR favorites!

We are so happy to have back in The Cafe with us,
Kelly Marie Alvarez of Lawn Fawn Designs!


We are excited to help her celebrate the launch of
her newest collection which will be released on July 8th.
You will be able to catch sneak peeks over on her blog
beginning July 6th.
So the prize for this week is...


Well, it's a mystery because 
It's one of her great new stamp sets!
Totally worth playing for?  You bet ya!

Here is Kelly Marie's inspiration for you this week:


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


Savannah O'Gwynn ~ Savannahland2


Stephanie Kraft ~ HandKrafted by Stephanie

 
Ruby McGuire ~ Ruby 2 Shoes Design


Lisa Somerville ~ Splendiferous Creations


Suzanne Czosek ~ Suzz's Stamping Spot


Senior Designer 
Sarah Anderson ~ The Art of Moodling


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

Another 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!

 The Play Date Cafe congratulates 
The Fab 4 for Challenge #35:
(in alphabetical order)

 Angie B ~ My Scraptastic World
Michele G ~ Studio MSG
Sarah A ~ Crafty Naturally
Tracy M ~ Tracy's Stamping Blog
 
The Fab can proudly display the
'I Made the Fab 4'
badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee
( honorable mentions)


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


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

Michelle wins the Stamper's Grab Bag
and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge.
 
Michelle will also be eligible to be a
guest designer here in The Cafe.

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