The Play Date Cafe #147

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It's time for another color story from The Play Date Cafe! This week our colors are Evergreen, Olive, Smoke and Cherry Blossom. I used a cute little Gel-a-tin's Gelly Jr. stamp called Halloween Kitty. Isn't she cute? Speaking of Gel-a-tin's they are our sponsor this week and generously provided the PDCC DT with stamps for this week's projects. They are offering a fabulous Gel-a-tins prize package for this week's winner. This color story is gorgeous and I think you can go many ways with it - Halloween, Christmas, even Valentines. I can't wait to see what you all make!

Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps, block, and embossing powders in the Gel-a-tin's Store. 

My Last Gel-a-tins Post

My 6 month term for Gel-a-tins Stamps is over this week. I'm so grateful to Bonnie and Jessica for having faith in me and asking me to be on their team - my first design team. I love the Gel-a-tin stamps and have had so much fun creating with them. I also want to say congratulations to the new design team that will be starting in May!

My project today is decorated gift box. I used a regular white jewelry box and stamped the Love Knots stamp on it for a pretty decorated gift box that does not need any wrapping paper! For more information check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. Thanks for taking a look.

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Love Knots Mini Card Set

Happy Wednesday! Today I've used the Gel-a-tins stamp Love Knots again. This time I made 4 cute and fun mini cards with matching ribbon and ink. The sentiment is from the Gel-a-tin stamp set called Merci. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Love Knots Card

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. This month I'm using the Love Knots stamp. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. Thanks for stopping by!!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Wild Things & Distress Stains

Here's my Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. For this card I used the Gel-a-tins stamp sets called Wild Things and Merci. For more information check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Wild Things & Distress Ink

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. I used a new stamp set called Wild Things and distress inks to created this CAS card. Check out the Gel-a-tins Blog for more details. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the Wild Things Stamp Set

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Country" Thank You Card

Today I used these fun papers from Pebbles called "Fresh Goods" to create this Thank You card using the Gel-a-tins stamp set called Merci. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. I think I'll also enter this as my second card in the current "Cure for the Winter Blues" Contest in the Moxie Fab World since it also uses a lot of navy. Click here to join in all the fun!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Pawsitively Cute Card

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I used the Gel-a-tins Cosmo Pups stamp set for this one. The papers are Basic Grey Sweet Threads and Out of Print. I also used a Sweet Threads die cut and Washi tape. For more info, check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Doggie Treat Bag

This is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins Post. This week I used the Cosmo Pups stamp set to create this treat bag. I plan to make these for Dusty's Birthday party at the end of the month - she'll be 12 on Leap Day!! For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. 

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Friends Furever

Here's my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I used the Cosmo Pups stamp set to create this card. I think these dogs are so cute!! For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Doggie Valentine Card

Welcome to my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. This month I'm using the super cute Cosmo Pups stamp set. Today I made a fun and easy Doggie Valentine card. For more details check out the Gel-a-tins Blog.

Here's is the full stamps set.

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - CAS Happy Cupcake Card

First of all, I just want to thank everyone for your kind words on my post from Monday. It was very comforting to read the comments from great "blogland friends". Going to workout and to work have both helped me think about other things start feeling a little better. 


Also, this is my Wednesday post but it showed up on the Gel-a-tins blog yesterday so if you want to see the details and can't find it go back to Tuesday's post. 


Here is my Wednesday Gel-a-tins card. I made a CAS card using a cupcake and this fun sentiment from the Gel-a-tins Sweet Cakes stamp set. For more details check out the Gel-a-tins blog today. Thanks for stopping by! Check back next week to see my first card with my new Gel-a-tins stamp set for February. 

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Paper Pieced Cupcake

Here is the card I made for my weekly Gel-a-tins post. I wanted to make a card with the Sweet Cakes stamp set that could be used as a Valentine. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins blog. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday Gel-a-tins - Fancy Favor Bag

It's Wednesday again and time for my weekly Gel-a-tins post. This week I created my own patterned paper using the Gel-a-tins stamp set called Sweet Cakes. I made this cute Fancy Favor bag with my patterned paper. For more info check out the Gel-a-tins Blog. 


I also wanted to share a fun blog that has been sending me lots of hits this week. I don't speak Spanish so I'm not sure what it says, but she has a fun colorful blog header and she's been featuring that rainbow card you might have read about last week. So check out this fun blog if you get a chance http://minimarta.blogspot.com/2012/01/alguna-vez-has-pintado-con-arena.html 


Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!!


Patterned paper:

Finished Favor Bag.

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Wishing You A Sweet Day" & Exciting News

I made this card with a Gel-a-tins Stamp set called Sweet Cakes. I wanted it to be girly and glittery! Check out the Gel-a-tins blog today for more info. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the stamp set I used for this card. 

For the exciting news part, I found out yesterday that I was Tuesday Trigger winner on the Moxie Fab World Blog with my Stripe-tastic card. This was fun and exciting news and a great way to start off my paper crafting year!

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Krafty" Thank You Card

Here's the card I made for the Gel-a-tins blog this week. I figured it was time to make some thank you cards for all those Christmas gifts. Head on over the Gel-a-tins blog for more details. This is my last week using the Gel-a-tins 3-D Alphas stamp set. Be sure to check back next Wednesday to see my fun new stamps for January.

Gel-a-tins Wednesday & CAS-ual Fridays

This is my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. I used Gel-a-tins 3-D Alpha and Holly Jolly Stamp Sets to create this CAS card and envelope. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog here. I'm also entering this card & envelope into the CAS-ual Fridays challenge. 

Here's my card & envelope.

CAS-ual Fridays - Holly Jolly Christmas

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Signed, Sealed & Delivered. I used a Gel-a-tins Stamp set called Holly Jolly that I think is very CAS. I added a few green and red rhinestones to the card and some red ones to the envelope - it will be hand delivered!! Thanks for taking a look and Happy Holidays!!!

Here's my card & envelope.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Ink - Garden Green, Riding Hood Red - Stampin' Up
3. Stamps - Holly Jolly - Gel-a-tins
4. Rhinestones - Queen, Co. 

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - Joy Ornament!

Today on the Gel-a-tins blog I'm showing how to make this cute and simple CAS ball ornament. I used Recollections Bright & Jolly paper, Gel-a-tins 3-D Alphabet, and Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red Ink. Thanks for taking a look!

CAS-ual Fridays - Gingerbread Couple

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge to use a misting technique on your card. Today while I was reading Card Maker magazine I saw this technique used by a Colleen Schaan on one of her cards in the current issue. She left the die on the paper after cutting it and sprayed the mist on the paper with the die on it. So that's how I got this nifty white edge around the Nestabilities scallop oval. The stamp set is called Gingerbread Cookie by Gel-a-tins. 

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Garden Green - Stampin Up
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento, Markers - Copic
3. Stamp Set - Gingerbread Cookies - Gel-a-tins
4. Die - Scallop Oval - Nestabilties
5. Spray Mist - Strawberry - Maya Road