The Summer of Color 5: Week Three. . .

"All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul - when you look at it, 

it's looking back at you."

- Uniek Swain

And Colorful It Was!
Pinks & orange, Pinks & orange! It was a virtual circus around here full of bold pops of color and whimsical takes on the rather ruckus palette that was on show last week. Isn't it fun to see the variety that's out there, all based upon the same basic color group? I Lovity-love-love what you did with it, and can't wait to see how you attack the next challenge!

But I Digress:
If you're reading this for the first time, please know that you're welcome to join us at any time. Each week stands on it's own, so if you're itching in jump in, do it! If you want to read all about it, pop over here for the event details, over here to join our Facebook group and over here if you want to peruse our Flickr pool. On social media, our hashtag is #TheSummerofColor5.

This Week:
We'll be working on our third - of six - weekly color palettes. It's elegant, rather royal and most likely a challenge (um, at least it was for me). But hey, that's what we're here for, right? So are you ready for it?! Yes? Okay, without further adieu, our palette for Week Three of the SOC5 is. . . .

1 Purple + 1 Purple + 1 Yellow

And remember: you can create anything at all that you'd like, as long as you're using your favorites from the colors above. Oh, and below: 

Get Your Copy Here

So I Did Another Video:

Wanna see what happened when I played with Week Three's purples n' yellow? You do? Okay, here we go. . . . 

Oh! And Wanna See The Next Giveaway?
Dugh. Of course you do. Here it is:

{Two leather-bound Poppin mini notebooks, a few pages of vintage children's illustrations, a gorgeous stencil by Balzer Designs, three Caran D'Ache Caran D' Ache Neocolor 1 and 11 (water-soluble and wax pastel) crayons, two Gel Xtreme pastel rollers in purple and yellow, one package of iCraft Deco Foil, two bottles of Liquid Pearls in Hydrangea and Daffodil, two Acryla Gouache paints in Lilac and Red Violet, three sets of washi tape and several iridescent confetti stars}

And Last Week's Winner?

Yes, of course! The winner of last week's pretty, pretty package goes out to none other than. . . .

Michelle Mathey from Pigment of My Imagination!

(please note: all winners will be selected at random via a Random Number Generator. 

The photos / proof of each week's winners will be on file and happily sent to anyone who would like to see them.) 

Congratulations Michelle! Please email your address to Kdvanvalkenburgh@msn.com and I will happily send your package right out. 

Now, on with the show! 

Please link your Week Three pieces to the widget below. To qualify for the purples n' yellow giveaway, simply copy and paste the direct link (from your blog, Facebook, Flickr, Instagram - or any other feed that can be linked here) to the widget below. You have until this Sunday (10:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time) to do so. Only one link per person, please.

Now Get Arting!

Have so much fun and we'll see you here again next week, Monday the 29th, for Week Four's tricky Palette (there's a surprise in this one!), Giveaway, PDF, Video and Randomly Drawn Winner. Okay? Okay! 

See you then! 

Colorful Kisses,

Kristin xo

The Summer of Color: Week Six . . .

"There shall be eternal Summer in the grateful heart"

- Celia Thaxter

I'm sitting on a redwood deck overlooking Big Bear Lake, CA as I write this. We arrived over the weekend for a few days of cool weather, mountain air and family time. And although there's so much to love, what I'm noticing more than anything else is the deeply saturated color around here. The blues sparkle more, the greens beg for my attention and last night's sunset seemed to actually be on fire. Okay, I know I'm a bit color-obsessed right now, but I don't care. I'm grateful for the awareness of it. And what I've come to find over our Summers together is that color, in and of itself, just makes me happy. Thank you for for joining this color quest and helping me discover this. I - and it - would not be the same without you.

As we head into our last prompt for The Summer of Color 4: Smudge, Splash & Pop, I hope you'll agree that the community and connection we've fostered has been as much fun as the creating. Your spirit and talents are an inspiration and I want to thank you from the bottom of my color-laden heart for sharing them with us here, in our Flickr pool and on our Facebook page. We have one week left to share our color creations with one another and I for one hope that this is our busiest week yet. If you've yet to join us, make this your time. After all, I've saved one of the best palettes for last. You could even say that I found inspiration from Summer itself. . . .

This Week:
We'll be working on our sixth - of six - color palettes. Your prompt will include two main colors along with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of a third. As ever, you may create anything at all, as long as it's based upon the colors of the week. So, ready for our last challenge? Here we go:

Raspberry & Tangerine

with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Lemon

To see examples of the color Raspberry, click here.

To see examples of the color Tangerine, click here.

To see examples of the combination of the two, click here. 

Then What?

You know the drill. Create anything you'd like in Raspberry & Tangerine (with that Smudge, Splash or Pop or Lemon) and link it to the widget below. To qualify for the Raspberry and Tangerine drawing, please copy and paste your direct blog link or direct Pinterest, Facebook or Flickr feed (or anything else that will link ;) by this Sunday, (10:00 am Pacific Standard Time), July 20th. Only one link per person, please.

Ready? Okay then, Go!



And Our Last Giveaway?
Don't miss your chance to win these little pretties:

Two sets of Recollections alpha embellishments in the colors, a few decorative napkins for collage, three large Amsterdam Acrylic tubes (4.1 oz) in Primary Magenta, Gold Yellow and Nickel Titan Yellow, a gorgeous 6 x 6 stencil from Balzer Designs, a package of 3mm Hot Fix Swarovski Crystals, three tiny Distress Inks in (can you believe it?) Pickled Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed, a large (8 oz) jar of Satin Mod Podge and, finally, a sprinkling of loose Swarovski crystals in clear and clear iridescent. 

Love it? As a matter of fact, I (for the first time this Summer ;) just created a journal page using bits of the napkins shown above. Pop over to my Instagram page to see if you can find them. 

Wait. Who Won Last Week's Giveaway?

Yes, that. The randomly selected winner last week was . . .

Anita Mistry from itsamistrydesignstudio

Congratulations Anita! Please email your address to Kdvanvalkenburgh@msn.com and I'll mail off your goods as soon as I get back into town.

And Next Week?

Well, you don't want to miss this one. We'll see you here next Monday as we reveal:

* The winner of the Raspberry & Tangerine giveaway

* Your SOC 2014 Artist Badge and . . . 

* Information (well, just a tease really) about next year's Fifth Anniversary of the SOC!

Eeeeeeee!
See you then,
Kristin xo