Play Date Cafe #50 - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Okay not really... With temps in the 80's in September we are having a beautiful fall!  This weeks challenge at the PDCC involves using holiday colors to go along with our beautiful stamps form Elusive Images.  The color challenge this week is Green, White and Melon.  I was lucky enough to receive the Christmas Tweetings Stamp Set to play with.  I created this:




When I saw the sweet birdhouse and wreath I knew the needed to be set out on display in a window. :)

The color inspiration photo was selected by Julie  for the Play Date Cafe challenge this week:. 

We have a fab sponsor this week at the PDCC.  Elusive Images is our sponsor and they are providing not only a prize for the winner of the PDCC but also a prize for each of the fab four winners!  Five opportunities to win!

I am also excited because my good  friend Lesley is part of the Elusive Design Team. So be sure to stop by her blog Crafty Love n Hugs and say hi!

Our special guest designer this week is Glenda Waterworth, owner of Elusive Images stop by the  Elusive Design Team blog and see what the design team created!  Stop by Glenda's blog and see the beautiful project she created for the challenge.

The Play Date Cafe design team:

Sarah Anderson

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn
Andrea Ewen

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

Hope to see you in the Cafe!

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #49

Sarah selected  the colors for the Play Date Cafe challenge this week.
 

Another fun mix of colors to play with this week. The design team also had a second challenge this week to use a technique called Clipped Corners provided by our sponsor this week Technique Junkies.

I started with this card and had about 4 different backgrounds before I decided on this background. The flowers felt like they went with my temples and Buddha.  

After I finished my first card I realized that the technique called for only one corner to be clipped. So I created another card with this beautiful angel from Stampington.  

I am not going to include all the stamp credits and paper credits, but if you have questions about any of them, drop me a line and I will look them up for you. :)

Onto our wonderful sponsor this week:  Technique Junkies. I am always seeing the techniques from TJ on blogs and love the different techniques that are used. 

Technique Junkies is offering a wonderful  prize for the winner of the challenge. A three-year online-only subscription. The winner will have access to the online 2009, 2010, and 2011 issues. (Valued at 29.95)

Pat Huntoon is the owner of Technique Junkies and our guest designer this week, go see what she created using the technique and colors. Her blog is Pat Stamps.

Play Date Cafe Design Team

Sarah Anderson

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn
Andrea Ewen

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

Thanks for stopping by and look forward to seeing your entries in the challenge!

Suzz

PDCC #47 Part II

I decided to play with the PDCC colors this morning again. :)  Challenge #47  was to use turquoise, real red, leaf green and black and white.

I pulled out another Paperbag Studios set as inspiration for my Christmas card.

Love this little Christmas tree with the music underneath. After I pulled it out and saw the music under the tree, I knew I had to pull out my CHF music background and use it in the same colors.

The paper is Webster's Pages, perfect fit for my red in the card. The birds are from a bird cube from B Line Designs. (Everyone needs a bird cube!)

Fairly simple layering of different sizes and shapes of papers. Accent the tree with some of my favorite Memory Box pearls and done!

Products not mentioned so far: Versafine Deep Lagoon, Versafine Black Onyx, Adirondack Meadow, May Arts Silk Ribbon.

Hope you have a beautiful Sunday! We are off to church and SRE and then back to clean the house. Ugh.

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #46

This week is a color splash week at the Play Date Cafe.  Julie selected  the inspiration photo:. 

Stunning photo! The color splash is where you create your project with black, white and/or grey and add a splash of color from the accent colors provided. This week you can choose one of the splashes to add to your black, white or grey. 
We have a really fun sponsor this week at the PDCC:

Creative Cuts & More is a leader in the die cutting industry. We offer a huge variety of bags, boxes, cards, labels, frames and shapes, including many that are exclusive to CC & Bazzill Smoothies, Bazzill Canvas and Metallic cardstocks plus felt, velvet paper, chipboard and acetate.

Check out our blog and the gallery at Creative Cuts & More for more ideas to inspire your creativity.

Website: http://www.creativecutsandmore.com/

Blog: http://die-cut-diva.blogspot.com/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parker-CO/Creative-Cuts-and-More/129268965389

The prize is a wonderful assortment of products:

Creative Cuts & More provided the design team with some lovely wedding inspired prodcuts to create our projects from.

I chose to create a set for the bridesmaid and grooms as their thank you gift.

All stamps are  from Hero Arts. Love the new large flourish! The ink is Versafine Smokey Grey.  The pink dye ink is Memento Rosebud (my favorite pink dye ink).

The tulle has become so addictive to me. I am finding so many fun uses for it. (I confess I also picked up some white tulle to dye any color I want.)

Go check out the  other wonderful entries from the rest of the design team:

Play Date Cafe design team

Sarah Anderson

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn
Andrea Ewen

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

Love the color splash challenges as everyone's entries are always so fantastic.

Suzz

Card Patterns Sketch 74 & PDDC 39 Colors

This week's sketch at Card Patterns has lots of lovely layers. Something I love to do! I also wanted another pass at the colors at the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week because they are so pretty.  So what do you get when you take this beautiful sketch:

add the inspiration colors:

and get this...

Products:

• Ranger Distress Inks Pumice Stone
• Hero Arts - Poppies (Clear and Wood)
• EK Success Border Punch
• Hero Arts - Cling Flourishes
• Hero Arts - Shadow Ink - Soft Sand
• Derwent Watercolor Pencil - Golden Brown
• Versafine Pigment Ink - Black Onyx
• Marvy Uchida - Butterfly Punches
• Pearls

Well I hope you are going to have a fabulous weekend. We are having a birthday party for my youngest today. I have a few projects on my desk which I hope to get the idea/inspiration on how to finish. :)

Have a lovely day!

Suzz

Play Date Cafe Challenge #38

Look at these lovely flowers!  Hand picked by Sarah!  What beautiful colors for the challenge at the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.

Not only do we have these beautiful colors to work with for this weeks challenge we also have a special sponsor.  Our fantastic sponsor this week is Artistic Outpost .

The Artistic Outpost design team is also playing along with the Play Date Cafe challenge this week.

Go check out the Artistic Outpost blog and  the AO design team! 

For my cards this week I used the lovely Bloom and Grow set. The seed packet stamp is so fun as the center is left empty so you can place any other image in the middle to create your own customized flower pack. I have ideas for the future about creating little seed packs for my MIL as she is always planting new flowers in her garden.

While playing I always make so many scraps, so I decided to move on and use the another stamped image and create another card to share.  

The ribbon flower on this card was created from Pink Paislee trim. I rolled it up to create a flower and hand cut a few leaves. I think it turned out fun.

Products:

• Artistic Outpost - Bloom & Grow
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Wood Grain, Floral
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Ranger Embossing Powder -Lettuce
• Pink Paislee - Trim
• Ranger Distress Inks - Dusty Concord
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Watercolor Pencils
• Glitter
• Glue Pen
• American Crafts Ribbon
• Versafine - Imperial Purple
• EK Success Punch
• Toothpicks
• Twine

The rest of the Play Date Cafe design team also created some beautiful projects using the inspiration colors and  Artistic Outpost Stamps. 

Sarah Anderson

Stephanie Kraft

Ruby 2 Shoes

Savannah O'Gwynn

Julie Ranae

Lisa Somerville

I am really looking forward to a week of lime green, lilac and purple cards!  I anticipate a bouquet of cards!
Suzz