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Every year Ranger holds a designer challenge where they give the artists and designers a handful of supplies and restrictions and challenge them to make something. In this video you’ll see gorgeous artwork from Anna Dabrowska, Tim Holtz, Dyan Reavely, Mackie Mulane, Kaz Hall, Jim R. Hankins — “the Gentleman Crafter” and more.
Which one’s your favorite?
This is a longer, more extensive video than the private one Tim did for us the first morning. Ranger invited us to join a small group of their biggest retailers before the trade show opened on the second morning, and that’s what this video is.
So if you want to see and learn even more about the Distress Paint, check out this video! You’ll also see how to color the Rock Candy Dry Glitter!
Tim Holtz Kraft Core Core’dinations line, Shattered — it works a little different from others. Take a look!
Tim Holtz has some great new die cuts and he shares them with us, along with some fun ways to use them, in this video.
In this video Tim Holtz shares his new stamps from Stamper’s Anonymous and tells the story of how most of them came about! We also look at some projects made with the stamps for a bit of inspiration!
In this video we focus on so many blow-your-mind projects people made with Tim Holt’z newest Idea-ology products! You will be inspired!!
The videos from the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show for winter 2013 start now! First off is one I know will generate tons of excitement! Tim Holtz’s Distress Paint is awesome and Tim demonstrates what you can do with it in this video.
I have a huge drawer full of paint already but Tim let me try these paints after we shot our video and I love how easy it is to get this paint all over a large surface in no time, especially if you use a Blending Tool to spread it. And it spreads so smoothly, and that’s really nothing compared to the other great features that make Distress Paint so unique!
Is the changing of the season and weather having an impact in your page designs?
Are you more aware of nature lately?
I know I am, and it’s manifesting in my scrapbooking.
Every day this month I’m blown away by our stunning cloudy skies. And for the last two pages I’ve made, I’ve turned to my folder of soft organic patterned paper for my backgrounds, looking for blues and greens.
Both times I found I don’t have any.
Guess why?
The scrapbook industry has been all about the geometrics lately; chevron, especially. But even the “natural” patterns have strong lines and angles: herringbone and honeycomb. Our patterned papers with clouds look like graphic computer generated modern structures instead of natural organic puffs.
I’m not complaining. I love them too.
But what do we do when our story is about something softer, peaceful…more natural?
This is a great time to break out your inks and sprays, stains, and paints.
These technique-oriented products are great for making backgrounds that are organic. Things that are organic and found in nature tend to have these characteristics:
You could describe most techniques and their results the same way. Why not let this month’s change in the weather inspire your scrapbooking? Pull out the ink and sprays!
Shine On,
P.S.> I combined 7 different techniques to make a nature background for my most recent page. I am in love with all the layering, the movement, and the balance of quieter energy. I love it so much I decided to show you how to do it! With all the different techniques I share in this week’s video you’ll find you can adapt them to lots of different stories and supplies.
This video is for our Paperclipping Members.
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Last week I got to attend Ranger University and got certified as a Ranger U educator. It was an amazing workshop — three 9-hour days where we learned 80 different techniques!
See the tags and bags hanging from my organizer in the photo above? Those are the samples I made, one for each of the 80. So I’m excited to share with Paperclipping Members my understanding of how to use all their MANY different technique-oriented products, but in the way I work best…
I’m going to shares ideas for how to translate those products and techniques into modern scrapbooking. You most often see them used for vintage projects, but I like to use them for every day scrapbooking, which is not vintage.
And as usual, I’ll share broad concepts so you can adapt the techniques for a variety of projects, styles, and uses so you don’t feel trapped to copy whatever I choose to do.
But I want your help. I’m curious to know which of these different types of products you’re most interested in. I admit up front that I will ultimately choose the ones that I end up using for layouts and projects I’m most inspired to start making. But your votes will help me prioritize, so I’d love to hear!
Which of these products are you most interested in learning to use?
Just for fun, here are my pictures from the event…
Don’t forget to vote for your Ranger technique hopes and dreams! :) What do you most want to learn?
When Tim Holtz told me he has Sizzix making electronic die cuts for the eClips I almost died. Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but I find it crazy exciting! Not only can you cut around the intricate stamps, but you can cut away insides to either pop out holes or create dimensional layers! You can shadow the stamps, too. We got the folks at Sizzix to demo it for us!