Play Date Cafe is Getting me Organised!

Hi there.  It’s Play Date Cafe time.  First up I have my project and then I’m sad to say I have some goodbyes to say :o(

Today is the start of me getting more organised in my studio.  I saw the latest PTI Rolodex goodies last month and had to get some.  I have wanted a rolodex system since FOR-EVER…. yes really!  This gave me chance to do two things; get more organised and play with dies/stamps in preparation for my Rolodex system!  Woohoo!

So here is what I created..



Very basic I know but I want to keep this simple otherwise I won’t keep it up! I die cut the little tabbed dividers and stamped them using the PTI Polka Dot Basics in colours to match the cardstock.  I then stamped the wording in black.

I then die cut the central tabbed Rolodex card, cutting off the top so that I could use it to file into my system.  (I’m waiting for my actual blank Rolodex cards to arrive).  On this I stamped (in Ranger Distress Ink ‘Tumbled Glass’) the grid and added the little image from our inspiration colour story to the left.  I shrunk the image down to 1.75cm height x 2.2cm width so that I could print it off and stamped the little black border around it before cutting it out and sticking it onto my card.  As these aren’t the proper Rolodex cards I needed to round both corners so that they matched with my Corner Chomper (set at 1/4”).  To finish all I had to do was add a little hand-drawn heart and my design details and ta-da, one colour story ready for filing for later use.

What do you think of our new PDCC watermarks?!  Our very own Jaclyn Miller designed them, aren’t they funky!


My pink looks extremely bright here, but it is actually the colour of the story.  We have sun for a change so it’s come out brighter, but hey…I’m not complaining, not after all the rain we’ve been having!

We have lots of new people joining us as you may have seen over at the main PDCC blog but we also have some that are leaving us.  Pop on over to the main blog for details of the new girls joining us next week, you will be SO impressed.

Sadly though we are losing some real gems. I thought I would share one of my favourite projects for each of you..(in alphabetical order, I couldn’t pick one to be first lol)

Colleen Dietrich – my favourite card of Colleen’s is actually her one from last week, I just love it. Colleen is one of the sweetest people I have met in blogland, this card sums her up!


Denise January – I just love Denise’s cards, her design and layering are beautiful. This card made my jaw drop, isn’t it divine! She costs me a fortune in PTI!! ;o)


Jinny Newlin – The Queen of Dressy Bows! Jinny always inspires me. I just love reading how she puts things together, she makes me want to dig out my sewing machine!! Check out that bow, isn’t it fab!



Savannah O’Gwynn – I LoVe Savvy’s cupcakes and this one is my favourite! I know we will be ‘friends owl-ways’! Thanks for being such a great friend Savvy!


I’m really truly sorry to see you girls go, I will miss you all (let’s stay in touch!)  It’s been so much fun getting to know you all.

I hope you join in the fun with us over at The Play Date Cafe.  We’d love to see what you come up with for this week’s happy colours. For details of the challenge and prize pop on over to the main PDCC blog and prepare to be inspired.

Hope the sun shines for you wherever you go!

Hello Honey!

It’s Play Date Cafe day and we have some pretty, cheerful colours for you to play with…



I used the new PTI honeycomb stamps and dies and the butterfly is PTI too.  I LOVE popping out the inserts of these dies, they are soooo fun!



That graphic is gorgeous, isn’t it!

We have the fabulous Teri Anderson guesting with us today, I just LOVE her style, it’s so fun and happy!

This week we are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, for more details visit our main PDCC blog.

Pop over to the Cafe for all the deets and our DT line up, you will be impressed.

Play Date Cafe & Some Neutrals for a Change!

*Edited to add info*  I've had techie issues so haven't been able to do an update

Hi there.  I’m back!  It’s been a very busy week/end and I haven’t had much time to play lately so I’m glad it’s The Play Date Cafe day because I had an excuse to get creative.  Here I am with a card that was a real challenge for me….to start with. I always dread the ‘pastel/pale’ challenges because as you can probably tell I like to live life out loud in full colour!!  However, once I got it into my head that I could add a pop of colour with another neutral, in this case black, I found the card came together really quickly.

We have the fabulous Amy Tsuruta guesting with us this week and some wonderful news too, pop on over to the Play Date Cafe to find out more. 


The colour palette is gold, silver and nude, eek!  I encourage you to have a play with this even if they aren’t your normal colours to go to because it’s really good every now and then to push out of our comfort zones.


Our sponsors this week are My Creative Classroom.


Pop on over to the main PDCC blog for information on the prize on offer and to see how my other teamies created beautiful projects with these colours.  Hope you have a great few days, I will be back with a new project at some point over the weekend.

Until then, have fun!

Ciao for now!

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Play Date Cafe #126

Hi everyone, are you looking forward to the Easter break?  We are, it will be lovely to have some family downtime.

Today we have some wonderful new colours over at The Play Date Cafe for you, they are really fresh.  As soon as I saw them I immediately thought of a very old Amy Butler scrapbook pad that I had ( I think it was called ‘Lotus’)  I went very clean and simple with this card.  Using various papers I created a wallpaper effect that I adhered onto a piece of white cardstock, then I added a large stripey grosgrain bow (SU!) before pop dotting the panel to the card base. I added a flower that I die cut using Sizzix Flower 3d die and added  a little pearl that I attached with glossy accents. I stamped and hand cut the sentiment (PTI) and that was it.  The papers are quite busy so I tried to keep it as ‘clean’ as possible.  All in all a pretty quick card to make.  I think if I was doing it again perhaps a bit of stitching would have given it a bit more definition and interest.

Here is our gorgeous inspiration picture. 

Mmmm look at that yummy bag in the bottom right hand corner of that collage, me love!!
I look forward to seeing what you create.  Maybe you will have some extra time this weekend to play??

We are being sponsored by The ScrapCake this week so pop on over to our main Play Date Cafe Blog to find out more, and to get some beautiful inspiration from the rest of the PDCC girls.

Have fun!

PDCC 124

Hi there and welcome to all of my new followers!  I hope you enjoy popping by here from time to time :)

Just a quick post from me today.  You won’t have me waffling on for a change lol.  It’s Play Date Cafe time and we have some really pretty colours for you this week.  I went for a simple look this week..


Here’s our inspiration picture..

A great sentiment too!

On to our fab sponsors this week, Mr Cricut Crazy

For more details of the prize you could win and how to play along with us pop on over to the main Play Date Cafe blog and be inspired by the rest of the DT too.

Ciao for now!

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PDCC & some bliss!

Hi there

Sorry I’ve been MIA lately.  I had to work on my business accounts that took FOREVER and I’ve also been full on with work so there just hasn’t been a minute to blog.

Today I’m popping in to share a card with you for The Play Date Cafe’s latest challenge colours.

I added a pop of black because it was just a bit too pale for me otherwise.  I don’t do pale very well as you all probably know by now lol. There is a bit of black on the inspiration pic too, if you look veeeery closely!

Our sponsor this week is Melanie Muenchinger who designs for Gina K, so make sure you pop on over to our main PDCC blog to see the prize that’s up for grabs.

We are also welcoming a new member to our team, she will be a wonderful addition!  I won’t spoil the surprise here, pop over to PDCC and see who it is, and then pop by to give her a very warm welcome!

Suggested colours this week are Robin Egg, Lilac and Bisque.


You will love our DT line up of projects this week, they’re all fab!

Have fun, and I promise to try and be a bit better at blogging this week!!

ps – a quick supply list in case you want it… the stamps and dies are all PTI with the exception of the lilac one which is from Memory Box.  The ink on the dressform is Archival and the paper by Prima Marketing.  Any questions on specific details just drop me an email or leave a comment.

Play Date Cafe Colour(Color) Splash!

Yay, it’s time for our Colour Splash over at The Play Date Cafe!  I used to find these really challenging but the more I do them the more fun they are.  I thought I’d go a bit more elegant with my card this week. I haven’t done step by step instructions for a while so thought I’d do that below.

• Cut a panel of black cardstock to cover the card base as shown above
• Die cut four white squares using zig zag PTI die
• Using black ink stamp four different patterns onto the white squares and attach with pop dots to card base
• Die cut and stamp a label and attach to card base using pop dots
• Stamp flower in Spiced Marmalade distress ink and stem in Peeled Paint distress ink
• Cut around edge leaving a border and tie with orange ribbon, attach to card base with pop dots
• Die cut border die in orange cardstock and attach to card as shown
• Stamp sentiment onto white cardstock, cut to size and adhere to card base
• Add crystals to finish

Here’s the fun inspiration pic of our colour splash.  So to be eligible to win you must use black, white and a splash of orange.  What ideas could you come up with?  There are so many.

I could have made loads of these, but stopped at this plus one in purple and pink, as shown below.  You could make them in so many colour combos and they work as well for birthdays, congrats cards as they would for sympathy cards, just by toning down the colours used.


Which one’s your favourite?  Mine’s the black and white one!

Pop on over to the main blog to see what all of my fab teamies have been up to.  We have The Scrapping Cottage sponsoring us this week.  I have a wonderful die cut set from them that I used for this wedding cake for a PDCC a while back and my daughter Natasha,

 aka Rock Chick Tink just used it for one of her cards too.  Really fun to use!


Hope you get some time to join in the fun with us.  We love seeing what you create each week, you inspire us all!






Card One

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Card Two

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