The Play Date Cafe PDCC155

It's a brand new week here in The Cafe!

Many, MANY thanks to all of you who joined us for our

3rd Anniversary Celebration.  You made it a real party for sure!

Don't forget...we now announce our 

'Cup of the Week'

and Honorable Mentions

on Fridays, so simply scroll down!

Before we get to our current challenge,

we have another very bittersweet announcement to make.

This week we say goodbye to our sweet

Ruby McGuire.

Ruby came to us from the UK and inspired our players

each week, to think 'outside the box', use color

and have fun.

She is going on to pursue one of her career passions

as a life-coach and finds that she will have to make

sacrifices here in blogland to create the time she

needs to move forward with her career.

Ruby...we love you and will miss you dearly here

in The Cafe.  We wish you all the best life has to

offer and know that you will be specTACular

at all you continue to do!

This week's suggested colors are ...

Mint ... Gold ... Leather

We are so happy to welcome back

as this week's sponsor

At Technique Tuesday, we are committed to offering the most beautiful, high-quality, affordable clear stamps and paper crafting products. We are also committed to sharing the art of stamping and our enthusiasm for paper crafting through our website, blog, newsletters, and workshops. Whether you prefer a simple style or an embellished look, are a beginner or have been crafting for years, our products will help you create beautiful scrapbook pages, 

personalized handmade cards, unique gifts, and one-of-a-kind home décor items.

And someone is going to win ...

Guess who they brought with them this week?!

Oh yeah!

It's Paper Crafts Magazine 'Go-To Gal'

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 chunk 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"
 

The Play Date Cafe Design Team had a chance to

play with the terrific stamps from Technique Tuesday

this week and what a great line-up of inspiration!

So here is the inspiration 

from our Design Team...

Private Blend Designer

Connie Mercer

 Anya Schrier

 Donna Bowman 

 Private Blend Designer
Amy Tsuruta

Jaclyn Miller

 Jen Cuthbertson

Jocelyn Olson

  Lynn Adams

  Rachel Kleinman

Stacy Rodriguez

   Veronica Zalis

  Alicia Thelin





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

happening here in The Cafe.

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and

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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}

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.

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

The Play Date Cafe Anniversary Celebration Day #3

Welcome to Day #3 of the party!

We are so enjoying the entries you've share in our gallery

using the color story above.

Don't forget, we accept all types of creations here in The Cafe.

We love cards and layouts, mixed media & 3-D.

Heck, we've even had cupcakes!

To get all the details for the current challenge

and to see the inspiration from our Design Team

CLICK HERE

We are so happy to welcome two more sponsors for

our special celebration week!

One is an old 'sweet friend and the other is

brand new and a 'lucky' charm for sure!

Our friend Nicole Rixon is the owner of this

'sweet' company, providing adorable & versatile images

to suit all stamping styles.

You can find there terrific photopolymer stamps and more

at Sweet Stamp Shop

How 'sweet' to win...

{$30 Retail Value}

Viva Las VegaStamps! is the world's largest stamp manufacturer with over 19,000 individual images in their line. Stamps available from VLVS! range from vintage to steampunk, men and women to people and sayings, animals to food, architecture to insects and anything before, during or after! We pride ourselves in offering the highest quality pink deeply etched rubber stamps available. They're available mounted on wood blocks, mounted on cling cushion(for a 20% discount), or as just the rubber die(for a 40% discount). Visit vlvstamps.com today and start your very own wishlist! If you end up checking out before the 31st you're invited to use the coupon code "OCTSHIP" for free shipping

enter the code in your cart WHILE you shop, 

before you start the checkout process to take advantage of the savings!
And visit us on Facebook to keep up with all new things VLVS!" and the link to that is : https://www.facebook.com/vlvstamps 

One 'lucky' winner will receive

  

It has been so great having Design Team Alumni

with us this week and today, we welcome back

two more delightful designers who are

sure to inspire!

Andrea Ewen

 Jinny Newlin

To link up your project, visit our original

post HERE, scroll down to the end of the post

and click on the 

BLUE

'add your link'

button

We hope you will join us for this week's challenge.

We will be giving away over 15 prizes packages

and you won't want to miss it!

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

happening here in The Cafe.

Come *LIKE* us on Facebook

and

Follow us on Twitter

@ThePDCC

The Play Date Cafe Anniversary Celebration Day #2

Welcome back to Day #2 of our Anniversary Celebration!

We hope you joined us yesterday as our uber-talented Design Team

shared their beautiful inspiration using the color story above.

If not, you can simply click HERE

to not only see the beautiful design work, but also the

fabulous sponsors who are joining us all week

and our Alumni designers who joined in the fun!

We LOVE the reaction to the new look here in
The Cafe and we want to thank our
Color Story Coordinator & Senior Designer, 
Jaclyn Miller!
She is the creative mind behind the design
and we just love it.  We're glad you do too!

Today, we welcome back 

another fabulous sponsor!

 Freckled Fawn is an online shop specializing in

washi tape.  With over 300 different styles, you have

plenty of options to indulge!

You know what they say...

"Careful...it's a sticky situation!"

Someone is going to win

The Play Date Cafe Prize Vault 

is also sharing prizes

from the following companies...

Today we welcome back two more 

Alumni Designers and it's a joy to have them with us!

Mona Pendleton

Libby Hickson

To link up your project, visit our original

post HERE, scroll down to the end of the post

and click on the 

BLUE

'add your link'

button

We hope you will join us for this week's challenge.

We will be giving away over 15 prizes packages

and you won't want to miss it!

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

happening here in The Cafe.

Come *LIKE* us on Facebook

and

Follow us on Twitter

@ThePDCC

The Play Date Cafe PDCC152

Ooo LaLa!

Oh yes...It's 'Color Splash' time here in The Cafe!

If you are new to the color 'splash' theme, it's simply

Black...White...

and a 'splash' of one color

and this week it's 

PLUM

We have one of the most creative design teams

in the color challenge world and we are extremely excited

to be have a new addition!

Please leave a little love in the comments for ....

Rachel Kleinman

"Hello! My name is Rachel Kleinman and I am the young author of RWKrafts. I am currently living in New Haven, Connecticut but lived most of my life in Phoenix, Arizona. I enjoy my evenings relaxing with my hubby Matt and my fur baby collection Meeko, Peanut, and Pumpkin (a dog and two guinea pigs).  I hold a full time job as a case manager for adults living with schizophrenia, and squeeze crafty time in on the weekends.

My first “scrapbook” was made in 2004 and I have been making collages since I was in single-digit years. My latest obsession is stamping and card making, which took off in 2010. My blog started in 2011 and I have absolutely loved getting to know the paper crafting community. It is such an honor to be a part of Play Date Café and to continue to meet such amazing and talented people!"

We are also very happy to have another new sponsor with us...

Freckled Fawn

Freckled Fawn is an online shop specializing in washi tape. 

With over 300 different styles of decorative tape, 

you have plenty of options to indulge. 

Careful, it's a sticky addiction! 

In addition to sponsoring a challenge at the Play Date Cafe, 

we are offering a special FREE shipping promotion. 

Simply use the code "PlayDateCafe" at checkout 

and you will receive free shipping 

(for domestic AND international orders). 

The code must be entered at checkout and will expire October 11.

This week's winner will get

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Rachel Kleinman

 Lynn Adams 

Stacy Rodriguez



Veronica Zalis 

Alicia Thelin

Private Blend Designer

Connie Mercer

 

Anya Schrier

 

Donna Bowman

 

 Private Blend Designer 

Amy Tsuruta

 

Jocelyn Olson

 

 Julie Ranae

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)

Chupa

Brenda

Claire

Welmoed

   

The Fab 4 can proudly display the

'I Made the Fab 4'

badge on their blogs!

The Cream in our Coffee...

( honorable mentions in random order) 

12

Anita

14

Stempelomi

26

Geri

33

Ignas
50
Jessica
53
Allyson
55
Tina
69
Tracy

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

Audrey - Pink Ink Originals

Audrey wins the shopping spree 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