Monday, June 18, 2012

The Summer of Color: Week Two!


Welcome to Week Two of The Summer of Color 2: Ice Cream Inspirations!

And um, yeah . . .  . What a week it was . . . with 113 links at the time of the draw, a frenzy of activity on our Flickr and Facebook pages and some unexpected play on Pinterest, it looks like we're well on our way to a crazy, fun-filled and decidedly delicious Summer.

And did you see all the amazing work created with Rainbow Sherbet in mind? Everything from journal pages to canvases, ATC's, art boxes, origami, digital art, photography, baby booties, quilted blankets, tea towels, altered florals and, believe it or not, fingernail art was represented. I'm so impressed by all the kindness and creativity here and want to thank you for sharing your time, talents and energy . . .

Now On With Week Two!
As of today, you may link your work inspired by the Flavor Mint Chocolate Chip. To do so, simply copy the direct link from your blog or Flickr page and paste it into the widget below. You will have the entire week - until Sunday June 24th (Pacific Standard Time) - to do so. Those who link their Mint Chocolate Chip creations below will also have a chance to win this fabulous giveaway:

3 pages of clip art from TJ Designs Alice in Wonderland collection, an 8 x 10 pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper, a pack of Strathmore Acrylic Artist Trading Cards, 3 decorative tags from Basic Grey, 3 tubes of Stickles glitter in Star Dust, Waterfall and Green, Craft Smart craft paint in Chocolate Brown and Mint Green, a set of Martha Stewart glitter and glue tinsel, 2 Sakura Gelly Roll pens (from the "Ice Cream Smooth" collection) a sprinkling of clear, pale blue and iridescent Swarovski crystals and - can you believe this? - a pack of Mint Chocolate Chip gum.

Ready, Set, Go!
Link your Mint Chocolate Chip now:



And Who Won Last Week's Giveaway?
So glad you asked! The Random Number Generator did it's magic and the winner of our Rainbow Sherbet prize package is . . . .


Congratulations! Please email your address to KDvanvalkenburghatmsndotcom and I'll mail it right off.

So, What About Week Three?
Your next color prompt - from Monday June 25th to Sunday July 1st - is:

Baseball Nut!

"A smooth, vanilla flavored ice cream swirled with a black raspberry ribbon and loaded with cashews"
-Baskin Robbins


I can't wait to see what you do with this one . . . .

Thank you & have fun!
Kristin xo

62 comments:

Shahrul Niza said...

The ice-cream gets yummier and yummier, Kristin!. Congrats Piarom for your winning. I'm going to visit everyone soon. Hugs.

helena said...

Loving the total difference in colour palatte each week Kristin

Deepa Gopal said...

Congratulations Piarom!!!!
Baseball nut! lovely hues...mmm about to wear my creative cap :)

K J D said...

Lucky you Piarom :)

Wow! Never heard of this flavour but I am liking the sound and look of it already!

Karenx

manomij said...

Yum yum mouth watering stuff!
ManonX

Diana Taylor said...

This is a new one on me but I'm looking forward to getting started on it. Love your minty banner and am really enjoying the challenges - thanks for hosting.

JansArtyJunk said...

LOVE your minty choccy banner Kristin!
Wahoo!...Congratulations Piarom!!!!
Now, I've never heard of baseball nut, but it looks delish...will make a start on next weeks challenge ;)
Jan x

WrightStuff said...

Mmmmm looks so delicious! Baseball nut is a new one on me too - I want some!!

Mandy said...

amazing prize...i loved looking at everyones rainbow sherbet and looking forward to checking out the brown and mint artworks...thanks lovely girl for all that you do and insppire...xxx

Becky said...

I've never heard of Baseball Nut ice cream, but it looks DEE-LISH! Black raspberry and cashews--yum!

Looking forward to seeing everyone's creations. :)

bluegiraffe (Sherry) said...

Tried to link my blog posting just now- not sure it's working. Anyway, I enjoyed working with the "mint chocolate chip" colors so much!

Diane said...

I loved working with the mint choc. chip, and this week's color is just as fun--I didn't even know there was such a flavor--great combo!
Congratulations Piarom!!

Sharon said...

Just added my Mint Choc Chip - loved creating with those colours. And can't wait for next week although I've never heard of that flavour but it sounds yummy!!

Harvest Moon by Hand said...

Congratulations on winning, Piarom! What a variety of colors and flavors of ice cream each week! Had never heard of Baseball Nut ice cream until this morning. Now I need to think about what to make this week.

Trixie said...

Loveing it...though not to clear on what colors "Basebal nut would be. Black Rasberry is til one of those that could be so many things. So I assuming this year you are leaving a lot of things to OUT interpretations of things???

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Piarom. :)

That is super exciting that quite a lot of us are taking part in this event. I love seeing the entries and visiting the blogs to discover new Artists and make friends.

You rock and I look forward in seeing what everyone comes up with in the second week. Loving the imaginative color prompt, will see what inspires me this time round. xx

Have a blissful week everyone and keep on rocking the ice cream color way. :)

Christine said...

never heard of this flavour, but off to give it a try!

Danni said...

I've never heard of 'baseball nut', but it looks and sounds so good that I want to find a Baskin Robbins and try it out!

joanna said...

Thank you Kristin :) and congrats to Piarom!
xoxo

Šolanje na domu-Waldorf said...

Congrats to Piarom! :) Another fun week to explore the entries. Fantastic giveaway! THanks Kristin! :)

Anonymous said...

Congratualtions to your lucky winner! This is a new flavor for me but sounds delicious and has lovely colors. I am off...

Denise said...

Congrats. to the winner.Having a great time with My summer of color art journal.Thank you Kristen

Anita said...

Fabulous colors for next week!

Joyce said...

Yummy! Pink and Cream.HMMMMMM.........

sugar Creek said...

well congrats to the winner this week and Wow there was some amazing stuff out there huh?! Ok I've never had this flavor, but yea I wanna lick the screen!! lol!xx

Lesley said...

Congrats to the winner this week. How yummy to receive such a generous giveaway.
All the art I have seen so far is amazing and so diverse.
You ROCK Kristin.
This weeks flavor was fun can't wait now to do next weeks.
Lesley
PS is there a link to Pinterest for this, I must have missed links I didn't realize there were other pages to post.

JessiVille said...

You know Kristin, These ice cream cones are not helping my diet! LOL! Having fun and enjoying all the art!

peggy gatto said...

I am having a yummy time, thanks!!!

scrapwordsmom said...

Looks so YUMMY!! I DO love Baseball Nut to eat, too:)

I finally posted Rainbow Sherbet in the FB group and intend on posting in blog. I have Mint Chip background painted. I think I'll work on today.

Love all the fun here, Kristin!!!

Anonymous said...

This is a new flavour for me, too!!

Jo Murray said...

Congratulations to the winner. This is quite a challenge and a new flavour to me, but it looks yummy.

Tracey FK said...

Thinking Baseball nut is a rather weird name, and sure haven't seen it here in Australia... but the colours are pretty gorgeous... my mind is whirring..xx

Caz said...

I've never heard of baseball nut but it sounds amazing :-D

Anonymous said...

My mint chocolate chip is up and I blogged about it yesterday - had more fun with it than i expected!!! Now good - I'm caught up - some time to decide how to deal with black raspberry and cream....hmmmmm
http://krisatlarge.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/raiding-the-stash-mint-chocolote-chip-anyone/

BJ said...

Wow this sure is a new flavour on me! Love the colour combination though and have made up my butterfly ATC already. Got a bit more adventurous this week too. Thanks for the great challenges. BJ

Linda said...

I don't eat a lot of ice cream but I may have to try it...for inspiration purposes only of course. ;)

Deborah Verhoeven said...

The idea of mint chocolate chip sounded so yummy in all our summer's heat, I had to try it.

Fishcake_random said...

Another fun week Twinkle, Thank you so much I am really enjoying myself!

Jen xo said...

congratulaions to the winner this wek, im loving the colors that you are choosing Kristin :)

Jenny said...

Another fun week Kristin... big congrats to Piarom... and just LOVE the next weeks color combo... how incredibly delish...

Hugs
Jenny x

carol l mckenna said...

Thanks, Kristin ~ fun, fun, fun ~ Baseball Nut should be really a creative stretch ~ thanks for hosting ~ wishing you a great week ~ ^_^ (A Creative Harbor)

Anonymous said...

Congrats to the winner!
I've started something for this already..but I think these colors deserve two creations ;)

Anita Van Hal said...

Congrats to the winner! What delicious colors! And thank you Kristin for doing this again! I LOVE participating and checking out all the wonderful entries! So much creativity in our group! Love and hugs!

Kathy said...

I've posted week 2 Yay! really who knew there was mint chocolate gum! lol
Having fun.. thanks Kristin!!
Kath
xx

Unknown said...

Mmmmm, lovbe the idea of mint choc gum! It is one of my favourite flavour combinations as well as colours.

Next week is going to be an interesting one to do, creams and deep pink/purple.

PiaRom said...

love these minty aqua colors alot!! this was soo much fun! Thank you Kristin ♥♥♥

Annie Claxton said...

Thanks for the inspiration Kristin, really go my mojo going! Looking forward to next week - and rally wish I knew where to buy Baseball Nut icecream....

Unknown said...

I had fun creating so I can participate in your party. Thank you and have an amazing day!
Nora

Peace said...

I'm having such a great time thinking up ideas and hunting for the right colors! Just enough pressure to keep me motivated, haha! Thanks so much Kristin. :OD

Unknown said...

I finally finished my art for this week and linked my blog. I am working on the next color and still enjoying this challenge. Thanks Kristin.

Chris said...

Love love love Chocolate mint chip icecream... my favourite yum.
Thanks for the challenge Kristin <3

Unknown said...

Thanks for this challenge! I had a lot of fun using mint green -- not a usual color for me.

Paty said...

I thought I had signed up before week 1 started. Do we have to sign up each week? Maybe I just didn't look for my name hard enough. Anyway, enjoyed this week's color and look forward to next weeks!

Donna said...

I hope my link works for the Mint Chocolate Chip post on Flicker!!
I haven't had time to blog!
Thanks!!

Annie Claxton said...

oh dear I just noticed I managed to put my link on twice - I thought it hadn't gone on properly, I'm such a techno-klutz! Sorry Kirstin and thanks again for letting me play! Annie x

Netty said...

Loving the new yummy colors. Will pop the mint choc chip and this one together on my blog as soon as complete. Have been on holiday so am a bit behind. Hugs Annette x

Joyce said...

Hi everyone! great challenge (thanks Kristin) - i've just left my link for Week 2. I've been checking out everyone's week 2 and they are so great! Joyce :-)

Becky Dunham said...

Oh yummy! I am going to have to try this one! I finally got caught up - yay! Posted both week 1 and 2 on FB and linked them up here! Thanks for these fun challenges Kristin!

Jane said...

Thank you so much for this fun challenge! Mint Choc Chip is my Sons favourite - my children have also decided we have to try every flavour :)

Ann-Margaret {Ann-Margaret's Visions} said...

I'm having the best time with this challenge!! Love this weeks yummy colors...can't wait to do something with RASPBERRY!! :)

bluegiraffe (Sherry) said...

My digital collage is dedicated to my son, brother, nephews, and my late father--all of them baseball nuts!

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