The Play Date Cafe: private blend designer

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

A 'Splash' of Retro PDCC166

Oh yeah!

Ready for another good time?!

Welcome back to The Play Date Cafe

and it's a fabby week indeed!

It's 'Splash' Week

Your challenge is to use
Black and White

with a 'Splash' of

Emerald Green

Just wait till you start scrolling because our design team

have created one beautiful gallery of inspiration!

We are so happy to welcome back this week's sponsor

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

A $25 Shopping Spree!

Are you ready to meet our brand new

Private Blend Designer?

She will specialize in all types of 'lifestyle' crafts

featuring our color stories, will be uber-inspiring and we're so

blessed to have her!

Welcome ...

Ashley Bores

"Hey everyone! I am so excited to be joining such an awesome group as the newest Private Blend Designer at The Play Date Cafe! As you might have learned from the awesome contest this week, I am the proud owner of many titles and Blogger/Designer at Heartmade Life is just one of them! My family and I make our home smack dab in the middle of Central Wisconsin, where we are in a constant state of remodel and redecorating, as my husband is also infected with the DIY bug. I dabble in a wide variety of crafts and have always believed that anything handmade is truly heartmade - something I picked up from my grandparents as a little girl. I'm also in my second term as a Designer for The Twinery and I cannot wait to bring my style and skill to The Play Date Cafe!"

Now for inspiration

from our Design Team...

Alicia Thelin

Anya Schrier

Ashley Bores

Donna Bowman

Jen Cuthbertson

Jocelyn Olson

Julie Ranae

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!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

New Designers Reveal...Final Day!

We are coming to you early this week to reveal

the brand new designers who will be joining our

team here at The Play Date Cafe.

Today is the final day of our reveal

and we are really excited to share these

final two designers with you.

Here at The Play Date Cafe,

we have a spot we call the...

It is an invitation-only spot

reserved for designers who capture

our attention for what they bring to

the paper-crafting world and for what

they can add to the design aesthetic of our team.

Only a handful of designers have been asked

to fill this role & we're sure you will love

the ladies who have been invited this term.

We are honored they accepted our invitation

and are thrilled they are able to join us!

Our first PBD was introduced to you a few weeks ago

as a guest here in The Cafe. It was shortly after that

we knew she'd be the perfect addition because of

her unique style in card-making.

Please welcome...

Amy Tsuruta

"Hi, Amy Tsuruta here of Tsuruta Designs! I'm thrilled to be a Private Blend 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 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."

We add another Texan to our team as

a PBD and are very excited that she will

be specializing in layouts to inspire

more of our scrapbooking friends to share

their work in our Cafe Gallery.

Please welcome...

Connie Mercer

"I am a wife and a mom. I am also “Nini” to five beautiful “grands”. I have been scrapbooking for over twelve years and I know I will never tire of it. I hope to never lose the thrill of pretty paper

or shiny embellies!

I live on a ranch in the Texas hill country with my hubby and all of our deer, cows and armadillos. Most of my inspiration comes from the “grands”, but also from the wonder of nature that surrounds me every day. Living on a ranch has enabled me to capture unique photos that I am able to share with my family and friends. I'm also known to throw in some vintage flair when I can and monthly junkin' trips are a must!!!

Please check out my blog at http://www.craftygoodies.com "

What an amazing group of designers we have joining

us here in The Cafe. We know you will enjoy their

creative designs each week and can't wait for them

to officially start designing with us beginning

August 2nd.

We hope you plan to join us tomorrow as we say farewell

to some very special ladies...they've been a part of The Cafe

team for a l.o.n.g. time and we want to make sure you

enjoy their inspirational work once again.

Until then, please make sure you

visit our newest designer's blogs and

leave them some love...

they totally deserve it!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC130

It's an exciting week here at The Cafe!

We are super excited to welcome our newest
Private Blend Designer
Donna Bowman from The Crafty Corgi
with her first official post!

Donna Bowman

We are on the lookout for one more PB Designer
here at The Play Date Cafe, so make sure you play
along and you never know, that invitation may be
in your inbox!

This week's Cup of the Week
will win a terrific prize
from our prize vault!

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

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)

Arielle ~ Snappy Stampin'

Bird~ Birds Cards
Linda B ~ Paper Cutting Kind of Day
Lyndal ~ Dreams & Other Realities

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)

SentSue

Meadie
Rochelle
Erica
Mandy L
Gayatri
Audrey
Lynn
Dana
Helen

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Lisa ~ My Paper Tales

Lisa 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

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC128

What an exciting week here in The Cafe!

Before we get to this Amazing color story, we have some pretty

big news to share with you.

If you've been coming to The Cafe for any length of time, you know

that we have an invitation-only position here called

We are proud to announce that we have a brand new

PBD waiting in the wings. She will be starting with us during

the first challenge in May, but we wanted to introduce you to

her now so you could get to know her, but we bet you

already know her quite well!

She has been a long-time supporter of our challenge,

was recently a Moxie Fabber of the Week

and can be found frequently in your

favorite paper crafting magazines.

The Play Date Cafe Welcomes...

Donna Bowman

" I’m so excited to be a Private Blend Designer for
The Play Date Cafe!!

I’m a southern girl from Irmo, SC which is a
suburb of Columbia. I’m a high school teacher and teach computer
classes. My favorite classes to teach are Photoshop and Web Page
Design. I enjoy exercising and you can
catch me at the gym several days
a week at 5am on a cardio machine browsing through current card
making magazines. I also love to travel. My favorite places to visit are
London, England and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
I started making cards and scrapbooking in the late 1990s
when a friend
of mine introduced me to stamping. I have always loved card making
and in 2010, I rekindled my love of papercrafting. My favorite things to
make are cards and mini-scrapbooks and have recently started art
journaling. I started my current blog, The Crafty Corgi, in February
2011. I also teach card making and paper craft classes at some local
scrapbooking stores and at a local assisted living facility. I really enjoy
getting to know new people through my paper crafting hobby. I’m
always trying different styles and techniques so you never know what I
might put up on my blog next."

Our design team are so excited to have Donna with us and she is

already making herself at home as part of the family!

We'll see her first official post with us May 3rd.

Now for this week's very scrumptious colors....

Along with white

this week's suggested colors are: