The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC110

Welcome back to another week here in The Cafe.

Let's get right to this week's 

suggested colors:

Lime Green...Royal Blue

Crystal Blue...Red

This week, we welcome back to The Cafe...

DRS Designs - a family owned company since 1950 - 

boasts hundreds of original rubber
stamp designs. All images are available fully mounted, completely unmounted or mounted
on cling cushion and are proudly hand crafted in the USA. 

Our rubber stamp collection includes a wide assortment of images including sentiments for all occasions, easy
background designs and fun technique stamps such as our 

stained glass and plaid designs.

The DRS Designs website features a huge card sample gallery, online demos and tips, a secure shopping area and more. Be sure to visit our daily blog with posts from our fantastic

design team for inspiration and ideas.

 This week, our Cup of the Week will win..

Our designers were so very creative using

stamp images from DRS Designs.

Ruby McGuire

Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

 Stacy Rodriguez

Colleen Dietrich

 Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

Denise January

Michele Gross

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 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)

Deb ~ My Craft Room Creations

Hilde~ Flickr Group
Mynnette ~ On a Stampage

Tricia ~ SCS Gallery

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) 

Klaudia

Anja
Maria & Simeon

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

Anya ~ Life is What You Make It

Anya wins the fun stamp set from

and can proudly display the 

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC109

Welcome back to another challenge in The Cafe!

We hope that you enjoyed an opportunity to create for

an additional week as we took a break during the

Thanksgiving holiday.

The designs that were entered were absolutely stunning

using the bold colors of the season.

This week, we soften things up just a bit.

Jaclyn Miller, our Color Story Coordinator, brings us

the suggested color palette of:

Smoky Purple

Blush

Champagne

 We are so happy to welcome back...

 as this week's sponsor.

Sweet Stamp Shop is a small business out of sunny southern California that features hand drawn clear polymer stamp sets made here in the USA! The shop was started in 2011 by Nicole and Jacob Rixon with the idea that there was a space in the industry for fresh, hand drawn, clear stamps. Sweet Stamp Shop is a stamp company dedicated to creating fun and unique stamps that are easy to use and fun to color. We know how important it is to you to know the latest techniques and we are excited to share our knowledge with you. Whether on YouTube, Facebook, or a well placed 'tweet' ... we'll help you stay on top of the trends!

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

Our design team have used a variety of stamp

sets provided by Sweet Stamp Shop 

in our projects

Oh what fun!!

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

  Michele Gross

 Ruby McGuire

 

Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

 Stacy Rodriguez

Colleen Dietrich

 Jaclyn Miller

Jinny Newlin

 Julie Ranae

 Denise January

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 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)

Ann Y ~ KingstonMama Crafts

Kara~ KandR Designs
Karin ~ Peppermint Patty's Papercraft

Lori ~ Just Ducky

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) 

Ellen

Annie Rose
Sally J
Deb
Broni
Anitra
Trinh
Michelle M
Lucille K
Anya

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...

Jackie R ~ Rockwell Designs

Jackie wins the Shopping Spree from

and can proudly display the 

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC108

You've done it again!

You *WoWeD* us once again with your creativity

for last week's 'Color Splash' Challenge!!

We know you love it and it shows!

Thank you for playing along and taking

Black and White with a 'Splash of Color'

to a whole new level!

This week, we are bringing you another fabulous

color story that will take us through the

Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S.

So....

This challenge will be a 

TWO-WEEK CHALLENGE

You have 13 full days to play!!!

This is a great opportunity to enter more than once

as well...so we look forward to what you'll make

using Jax's suggested colors of .....

Maroon...Copper...Tumeric

We are so thankful for the support of our sponsors and

are so happy to have back...

Lawn Fawn is a small company from Southern California that specializes in clear stamps that are both fun and lively.  

Our stamps have been seen in the pages of
Paper Crafts, CARDS, Take Ten, and Creating Keepsakes magazines with many more publications to come.
At Lawn Fawn, we love stamps that are truly one of a kind.  All of our stamps feature original designs that have been created just for you; even our fonts have been customized to perfectly coordinate with each set.  And to give you the best stamp experience possible, our stamps are manufactured in the USA 

with high quality photo-polymer.
Visit us anytime at lawnfawn.com to browse our latest products, order at our online store, or simply find inspiration!
We hope our stamps make you smile! 


The winner of this challenge 

will receive...

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Denise January

Michele Gross

 Ruby McGuire

Savannah O'Gwynn

Andrea Ewen

 Stacy Rodriguez

 Colleen Dietrich

 Jaclyn Miller

 Jinny Newlin

 Julie Ranae

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 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)

Ann Y ~ KingstonMama Crafts

Danielle D~ Danielle Daws
Samantha ~ Samantha's Cards

Tracy ~ Created by Tracy

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) 

Kate

Patrice
Carole
Lisa
Donna B
Barb
Kathryn
Karen B
Jenny M
Helen B
Karen C
Libby

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and
 

The Cup of the Week...



Tenia ~ Jazzy Paper Designs

Tenia wins the Shopping Spree from

and can proudly display the 

'Cup of the Week' Badge

Cup of the Week Winners

please contact Michele atcookingwithmsg@msn.com

with your mailing address to receive your prize.