The Play Date Cafe: April 2012

Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC129

It's time for a brand new challenge here in The Cafe!

Talk about rich, saturated color.....

This week's suggested colors are:

Dusk...Magenta...Seedling

We are really happy to welcome back a terrific sponsor

to The Play Date Cafe....

Established in 1989, DeNami Design has been known for a timeless style featuring simply elegant art. From our extensive line of quality rubber stamps to the newer line of coordinating scrapbook papers, we specialize in stylish and sophisticated products. These delightful designs are easy to mix and match for a designer look on all your paper arts.

In addition to providing a wide range of products, we also have an extensive collection of project ideas. We strive to continually provide you with new inspiration both on our website and our blog. We hope you'll check them out!

Several of their designers were able to play along
with our beautiful color story,
so make sure you stop by the
DeNami Design Blog and take a peek!

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

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Jinny Newlin

Ruby McGuire

Stacy Rodriguez

Alica Thelin

Savannah O'Gwynn

Colleen Dietrich

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)

Audrey ~ Pink Ink Originals

Jean M~ Stampin' Scrapper
Kelly L ~ You and Your Big Dreams
Sara Z ~ One Day at a Time

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)

Lesley

Deb
Kate
Virginia
Lidka
Steph L
Lucille
Patricia
Marjolein
Ann Cox
Amy
Robin
Bethany

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Kara Lynne ~ Kara Lynne's Card Designs

Kara Lynne wins the fabby prize 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:

This week's Cup of the Week will win a

fabby embellishment grab bag
from the PDCC Prize Vault!

Now for inspiration from

The Play Date Design Team...

Julie Ranae

A Double-Dip ....

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)

Abby L ~ Midwest Memories

A.L Romero~ A.L Romero Art & Design
Dani C ~ Dani Cavalcante Scrapbooking
Rebecca D ~ Paper Primrose

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)

Silke

Melissa
Lidika
Sue W
Kelly G
ET
Kailish
Veronia Z
Larissa

This group can proudly display the

'Cream in Our Coffee'

badge on their blogs!

and

The Cup of the Week...

Lin ~ Sending Hugs

Lin 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 12, 2012

The Play Date Cafe PDCC127

Welcome back in to The Cafe and what a great week for you
to join us! This is one fun color story and we're excited to see
what you'll do!
Remember...we accept pretty much any creative ideas for our
challenge...just take a look at the fabulous 'apparel' offering by
our own Jinny Newlin below!

This week's suggested colors are...
Daffodil...Hydrangea...Kiwi...Cherry

It's time to 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!