The Play Date Cafe

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC123

Welcome back to The Cafe!

Are you ready for a bold & bright color story this week?

Our Color Story Coordinator, Jaclyn Miller brings such a

wonderful variety for us each week.

If bold is 'out of the box' for you, go ahead and it give it a try!!

This week's suggested colors are:

Teal...Electric Green...Tangerine...Jeans

We are happy to have back as this week's sponsor...

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.

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

Our designers want to thank DRS Designs

for providing rubber stamps for all of our

designer this week.

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Alica Thelin

Denise January

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)

Emilie ~ Emilie's Scrapbook

Gitte~ Blomsterbox
Judy1223 ~ Judy's Card Corner
Stephanie W ~ Sweet Steph

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)

Jen

Rochelle
Hannelie
Julie K

Monika D

Veronica Z
Lea L
Hellemor
Betty

Lucille

Katie
Jean M
Jennifer
Christine

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Lisa ~ I'm in Haven

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, March 8, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC122

Welcome back to another wonderful challenge here in The Cafe.

We can't thank you enough for continuing to support us each week.

There has been an influx of brand new players over the past month

and we are so excited to have each one of you play along!

Another tough choice for our designers as they choose their
favorites from last week. The colors really brought out
the best in all of our entries!

This week our suggested colors are:

Charcoal...Ash...Butter

We welcome back this week's sponsor...

In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best online selection of Rubber Stamp, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Card, Card Making and Paper Crafting products in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouse so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price!

Happy customers are the heart of our business.

We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door!

This week's Cup of the Week wins...

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Ranae

Ruby McGuire

Savannah O'Gwynn

Stacy Rodriguez

Alica Thelin

Colleen Dietrich

Denise January

Jinny Newlin

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)

Amy C ~ Scrapping Mommy

Anitra~ Stamping While They Sleep
Eli ~ Cards by Eli

Mloda ~ Tonac w papierach

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)

Monika D

Anita
Anya

Didre

Julie Tucker-Wolek
Chupa
Lyndal
Lisa

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Allyson ~ Laughadaisy

Allyson wins the terrific stamp set 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, March 1, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC121

Oh my goodness!!!

Can we just tell you that we are just blown away by the

amazing creations that were placed in our gallery this

past week? We welcome all who are new to our challenge

and invite you to come in, relax and play because you

are in fantastic company.

If you are a Beginner or Seasoned:

Card Maker

Scrapbooker

Altered Artist

Digital Stamper

Knitter or Crocheter

Jewelry Maker

Baker

or Anything That Uses Color

You are welcome here in

The Play Date Cafe.

We invite you to take copy and paste our badge

on your blog and thank you for all

your support of our challenge.

This week's suggested color names from our

Color Story Coordinator are...

Mojito...Peony...Sand

We are reaching in to The Play Date Cafe Prize Vault
and have a terrific stamp set from Sweet Stamp Shop
for one creative winner!

Retail Value $14.95

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Ranae

Denise January

Jaclyn Miller

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)

Amy C ~ Scrapping Mommy

Chupa~ Random Acts of Creativity
Marlena ~ Marlena is Faithfully Crafting

Mona ~ Cupcake's Creations

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)

Barb

Emilie C
Cyndi

Sanketij

Maria F
Anna-Karin
Lisa
Marcia
Janny
Lyndal
Rachel P
Tiffany S
Vickie Z

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Jean Martin ~ Stampin Scrapper

Jean wins the generous prize from
Theresa Momber

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, February 23, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC 120

It's another fabulous week here in The Cafe!

Before we get to this week's color story we just have to say

a BIG thanks to all who played with last week's color splash.

We know it's everyone's favorite challenge and you made it

extremely difficult on our design team to choose a winner

and honorable mentions....so congratulations to ALL!

Now to this week's suggested colors:

Baby Blue...Orangesicle...Basil

We are really happy to welcome another wonderful stamp designer

as our sponsor here in The Cafe...

Theresa Momber

"Hello! My name is Theresa Momber and I am so happy to be sponsoring The Play Date Café this week. I am a designer and illustrator for Gina K Designs where I have my own line of stamp sets. My designs range from realistic scenery to fun, whimsical and elegant stylization. You can find 100’s of tutorials on my blog, Crafting The Web."

Theresa is generously giving this week's

Cup of the Week Winner....