The Play Date Cafe

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Retro Influences in The Play Date Cafe

Oh what lovely colors, don't you think?

We're so glad you joined us this week here in The Cafe.

It's time to get started on another week of beautiful

entries for our gallery using....

This week's suggested colors are...

Maroon ... Poppy ... Soft Jade

We are happy to have back a terrific sponsor

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. Our Spring Semester is just beginning with over 100 workshop classes to choose from.We have just announced the addition of our Library and Foundation category! The Library features retired classes at 40-50% off their original price and our Foundation classes help you get started on your crafty journey right away!

Here's a sampling of our Workshop classes:

We are excited to be sponsoring Word Art Wednesday Challenge. You can view our entire class list on our website at My Creative Classroom. You can also view classes on our Facebook Page too! One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.....Good Luck!

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

Now for inspiration from

our Design Team...

Alicia Thelin

Anya Schrier

Donna Bowman

Jen Cuthbertson

Lynn Adams

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

Please link up your project below

and have fun!

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 Monday night as we

announce the 'Cup of the Week'

and Honorable Mentions

here in The Cafe!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

To the {Mom} in Your Life

Hello and it's great to see you here in The Cafe.

Mother's Day is this coming Sunday here in the U.S.
Our Color Story Coordinator Jaclyn Miller came up
with really fun elements to share this week's colors,
which honor many of the *mom's* in our lives.
We hope whoever YOU honor on YOUR Mother's Day,
you will play along with us this week.

This week's suggested colors are...

Steel Blue ... Peach ... Apricot

We welcome back our monthly 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!

Our Cup of the Week will win

Now for inspiration from

our Design Team...

Alicia Thelin

Anya Schrier

Donna Bowman

Jaclyn Miller

Jen Cuthbertson

Julie Ranae

Lynn Adams

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

Please link up your project below

and have fun!

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 Monday night as we

announce the 'Cup of the Week'

and Honorable Mentions

here in The Cafe!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

It's 'Color Splash' Time!

Oh yeah....It's that time again!

Color Splash Week

here in The Cafe

For those who may be new to the 'splash' challenge,

simply create a project using

Black & White with a 'Splash' of our designated color.

This week's splash is ...

Black ... White ... Magenta

Look who's back as this week's sponsor!

FreckledFawn.com is a lovely online shop filled with

washi tape, wood chips, paper clips and more!

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

Now for inspiration from

our Design Team...

Alicia Thelin

Anya Schrier

Donna Bowman

Jaclyn Miller

Jen Cuthbertson

Julie Ranae

Lynn Adams

Rachel Kleinman

Veronica Zalis

Please link up your project below

and have fun!

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 Monday night as we

announce the 'Cup of the Week'

and Honorable Mentions

here in The Cafe!

The Cup of the Week, Fab 4 & More!

It's time to announce the

'Cup of the Week'

'Fab 4'

and

'Cream in our Coffee'

for Challenge #179

Anja

Beretta / Jean / Joyce / Michelle

Kailash

Tiya-B

Stacey

Sue

'Cup of the Week' winners,

please contact

julieranae@hotmail.com

with your email/mailing address

and we'll get your prize on it's way.

Congratulations to all of our

players for beautiful entries in our gallery!

Make sure you play along with our current challenge

beginning at 12:01am EST each Thursday!

Thursday, April 25, 2013

So {Very} Original

Welcome to another colorful week here in The Cafe!

Before we move on to the suggested colors for this week,

we have a fond farewell to share.

We have been blessed to have
Ashley Bores as our Private Blend Designer

since the first of 2013.

Her unique style of from paper crafts to crochet

and beauty in between has been such an inspiration

to our players, introducing our challenge to many new folks.

Ashley's last PBD entry is this week and we wish her

all the best as she looks forward to some pretty fabulous

things in her creative future.

We hope you will take a moment to wish her well

and thank her for the creativity she has shared with us.

She knows the door is always open!

This week's suggested colors are...

Grass ... Rose Petal ... Hibiscus

We are always happy to see
this week's sponsor

Our twine is made from 100% cotton (and some of our twine is twisted with gorgeous metallic string!) and made in the USA. Whether you're gift wrapping, crafting or tying up baked goods to give to a friend, our baker's twine adds a fresh, yet nostalgic look to any project at hand! Our baker's twine comes in an assorted array of delicious colors and is uniquely twisted against a bright white hue, creating an eye-popping burst of color and a creative embellishment! Our twine has lots of color which lends to a fun, candy-striped look.

We recently used a fun color combo from The Twinery

and are happy that those same colors are the prize

package for this week's
'Cup of the Week'