The Play Date Cafe: Pink Persimmon

Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC94

Gosh time sure flies, doesn't it?!!

The Cafe is proud to be one of

your favorite color challenges!

We are just six challenges away from 100!!!

There's something else we are proud of...

Our world-famous design team!!!

And this week, we want to spotlight one of our

very own designers.

She was runner-up in the

Paper Crafts Magazine
Gallery Idol Challenge...

Jaclyn Miller!!!

Even though she was runner-up, she will

still be going on the fabulous cruise!

It's a pretty amazing story and you can

read all about it here.

Congratulations girly!!!

This week's colors are another hit!

The suggested colors are...

Fudge...Goldenrod...Teal

We are really happy to have this sponsor

back in The Cafe with us...

Practicing Creativity is the result of a dream, a supportive husband, and a fantastic book called A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller. After a year of wishing and dreaming of designing stamps we made the plunge. We were determined to try, and the quote below helps remind us of our dream.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain

Our Goal First we want to provide you with fantastic designs, made with top quality materials, and great service to boot! Secondly we want you to be inspired! We hope you'll find our products as well as our design team as fuel for your inspiration.

Thank you to all of you who have encouraged and supported us!

This week's 'Cup of the Week' will enjoy...

A STAMP SET OF YOUR CHOICE!!

Our design team had a great time playing with stamp sets

provided by Practicing Creativity Designs.

Beautiful inspiration from

The Play Date Cafe Design Team.....

Colleen Dietrich

Denise January

Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

Julie Ranae

Julie Day

Libby Hickson

Michele Gross

Ruby McGuire

Savannah O'Gwynn

Tracey Kuzniak

Andrea Ewen

Please follow THE PLAY DATE CAFE 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,
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)

Kara ~ KandR Designs

Lynn ~ The Queen's Scene

Marcy ~ En Papillote Arts
Rae ~ Simply Rae

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 )

Kristii

Michelle

Nina

Jackie

Tracy

Chupa

Susan

RIta

Karolyn

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Terri ~ Life with Terri

Terri wins the fab prize package from

and can proudly display the 'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winner

please contact Michele at cookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC93

It's a great week here in The Cafe!

We begin a brand new term with a fabulous

design team...most are returning for their

second terms and of course, we have our

brand new designers as well!

Here's our current team who will bring you

amazing inspiration each week....

Senior Design Team

Second Term Designers

First Term Designers

Private Blend Designer

So there you have it!

One of the most creative design teams

you'll find!!

This week's suggested colors are:

Watermelon...Sorbet...Lime

We are really excited to welcome another great sponsor

to The Cafe ...PINK PERSIMMON\

Pink Persimmon is a clear stamp company owned by sisters Darcy McNairy and Judi Andersen. "We love stamping and crafting together. It all started with our very creative Grandma Lottie who helped foster a love of all types of needlework and crafts. Time spent together with our Grandma is something that we both remember clearly, sitting by her side as she stitched on linen towels, or made adorable felt Christmas ornaments." Judi is the creative director for Pink Persimmon and she brings a fun vintage style to her stamp designs. Darcy runs the business side, so they make a great team together. All their stamps are made in the USA with a high quality clear photopolymer material. You will love the the quality of these stamps. See all their stamp designs at their website

We share something in common with Pink Persimmon...
Denise January!

She serves on their DT as well.

This week's Cup of the Week will win..