Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC112



It is our Holiday Week Challenge!
In celebration of all the festivities that will be taking
place around the world, our challenge will be a
TWO WEEK CHALLENGE.
You will have 12 days to enter for a chance at a
wonderful prize! 

This week, we are very happy to welcome

 as our sponsor.

Lil' Inker Designs with ag designs is the creative venture of two high school friends Laura Pryor, founder and owner of Lil' Inker Designs, and Ariana Grant, professional graphics artist and owner of ag designs. Laura has a creative vision, but Ariana makes these visions come to life!
They say that necessity is the mother of all invention and that's so true for Lil' Inker Designs as our very first release, Sentiment Flags, was born from the need to have a flag-ended die for sentiments for our own crafty projects! One year later we have a full line of fun and innovative quality products from Pinwheels to Fringe Flowers!  Our stamps and dies are made using only the best quality merchandise this industry has to offer and all of our products are proudly manufactured in the USA! Please visit our brand new web site at www.lilinkerdesigns.com! 


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



The designers of The Play Date Cafe
were given an assortment of stamps & dies from
Lil' Inker to create with


So now for inspiration from
The Play Date Design Team...


 Andrea Ewen


 Stacy Rodriguez


 Colleen Dietrich


Jaclyn Miller


 Jinny Newlin


Michele Gross


Savannah O'Gwynn


 Ruby 2 Shoes




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)

Tracy E ~ Tracy Evans


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) 


This group can proudly display the
'Cream in Our Coffee'
badge on their blogs!


and
 
The Cup of the Week... 

 Nicole ~ Wingin' It Crafts

Nicole wins the wonderful prize 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

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The Play Date Cafe PDCC111



Oh yeah!  It's Color Splash time once again!

What a great inspiration photo chosen by our
Jaclyn Miller.  We are also celebrating that it was
nearly two years ago that we had our very first
color splash using this beautiful color!

So your challenge this week is to use:

Black...
White...
a 'Splash' of
Teal

We are so happy to have one of our long-time
players as our sponsor....


 "Hello, my name is Cindy Coutts from Cindy Coutts Designs
Welcome to one of my favorite challenges, The Play Date Cafe. 
I am so honored to be able to sponsor this week's challenge. 
I am hopelessly addicted to anything to do with paper, stamps, ink, all of the big girl toys. I started stamping in July 2007 but didn't get very serious about it until I discovered Splitcoast Stampers. After that, it was all over with. My style is just about anything depending on what's in front of me. I currently hostess the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS every Sunday, design for Flourishes Stamps Bring Back Beautiful, and the Clean and Simple Stamping Blog (Fall to Layout). I've had the privilege to work with the finest designers in the industry being on various design teams and am heavily published. I love to inspire and share my work with others and I hope that you'll visit me sometime at my blog. I am so thrilled to be able to provide this week's prize for The Play Date Cafe participants. I have 4 wonderful kids and 1 daughter-in-law  and live in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of your challenge this week."


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

Spellbinders Labels Eighteen
{24.99 retail value}



Now for inspiration from
The Play Date Design Team...























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)

Lai-Yoke~ Walchow Design
Smilyn Stef ~ Ingenious Inkling
Vicki Z ~ For the Love of All Things Stamping


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) 


This group can proudly display the
'Cream in Our Coffee'
badge on their blogs!


and
 
The Cup of the Week...



Chupa 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

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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.


















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)

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) 


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.