Check out this beautiful new project by Richele Christensen on the Ranger website! You will learn how to create a stunning ATC using Adirondack Alcohol Inks, Inkssentials Surfaces Sticky-Back Canvas ATCs, Archival Ink, Liquid Pearls, and everyone's favorite: Inkssentials Surfaces Shrink Plastic!
Happy New Year, everyone!! So let's see a show of hands: how many of you have made New Year's Resolutions to finally organize your craft space?
Wow, that's a lot of you!
Never fear, Ranger is here to help. We have a plethora of organizational products and tools that will help you to sort your crafting stash.
For example, we have the Inkssentials Craft Spinner (which can be stacked up to three tiers high) for keeping your Ink Blending Tools, Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Paint Dabbers, Adirondack Alcohol Inks, Stickles, re-inkers and more within easy reach:
We also have free, printable labels available for download from our website, so you can label the sides of your ink pads for easy retrieval:
We even have blank color charts that you can fill in with the colors of inks, paints, Stickles and more that are currently in your collection:
Our fans are pretty clever and innovative when it comes to organizing and storing their favorite Ranger products, too! Check out some of these great ideas that we found online:
Christie Hund affixed a metal strip under her crafting cabinets and attached all of her Stickles bottles using magnets. Gravity keeps the Stickles ready to use at any time!
Ron Wilhelm has a different solution for upside-down Stickles storage: PVC couplings glued together in a honeycomb-like arrangement!
Ron uses PVC pipes to hold Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers, too!
So let us know, Ranger fans: in what clever ways do you store and organize your favorite Ranger goodies? Let us know and on January 6th we will select a winner, who will receive:
...a Tim Holtz idea-ology Trinket Case AND...
...a Tim Holtz idea-ology Cargo Case!
Post pictures of your crafty solutions on our Facebook wall, too! We'd love to see them, and you just might inspire a fellow Ranger fan to get organized in 2012.
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! OK, we know some of you like to wait til the last minute, but... this is it! This IS the last minute! So let's get these holiday ornaments all wrapped up for 2011, yes? It's the final day of Ranger's 12 Days of Ornaments!
Diane Spiak's 2011 bauble was created with:
Debbie Tlach painted a glass ball with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso and dripped Stickles in Christmas Red, True Blue, Eucalyptus, Waterfall, Star Dust, Platinum and Lagoon, and Ice Stickles in Arctic Ice, Grape Ice and Crystal Ice.
Well, that does it for this year's ornaments, everyone! We hope we inspired you to create some ornaments of your own and to share them with your friends, family and loved ones. Don't forget to leave comments on Friday's post and yesterday's post in addition to today's, because we will be drawing winners once we're back in the office on Monday.
Happy holidays to all!!
Tomorrow's Christmas Eve?! Already?! But we still have so many ornament ideas to share with you! Well, we'd better get started then. Here it is: Ranger's eleventh day in our 12 Days of Ornaments series!
Today we are showcasing the talented men of Ranger Industries, so let's hear it for the boys!!
Brian Van Liew II's amazing upcycled Graffiti Spraypaint Cans and Stencil ornaments were created with:
Marc Elepano used glycerin and water to create a snowglobe ornament, filled with shrink plastic snowflakes! He used:
Don't forget to leave comments on the post from Day 10 as well as today's post: we will be selecting prize pack winners as soon as we return to the office after Christmas. But we'll be back tomorrow to wrap it all up with our final day of ornament inspiration!
Welcome to Day 10 in Ranger's 12 Days of Ornaments series! Only two days left to get all those ornaments crafted before St. Nick arrives! (No pressure or anything...)
Teresa Natividad's pearly, dimensional Geo ornament was created with:
That's not ribbon wrapped around Bonnie Egenton's ornament: it's embossing powder on top of Wonder Tape! This deceptively easy project was made with:
Graphic designer Lisa Bihuniak's typographic ornaments were created with:
Congratulations to our newest winner from yesterday's post: Bunnyfreak!
"Everyday you guys surprise me with more great ornament ideas. I am just wowed."
For a chance at winning a Ranger prize pack of your very own, just hit the lil' "comment" button below and show us some holiday love! We will be announcing the winners from Days 10, 11 and 12 after Christmas when our Ranger "elves" are back in the office... so you have even more days to get those great comments in! Good luck!
On the 9th day of Christmas, Ranger gave to me..... more great ornament ideas for all my tree-trimming needs!
Susan Baldwin's filmstrip-inspired ornament was created with:
Debbie Tlach's Poinsettia Pocket ornament was made using:
Terry Horvath's reindeer snow globe ornament was created with:
What great ornaments today! You know what else is great? Winning prizes just for leaving comments on our blog posts! The lucky winner from yesterday's post is Karen Linkogle:
"When I decorate my tree my favorite part is remembering the history of the ornaments. I love hanging the ones that my children made and seeing them now as adults and remembering how they were when they created the ornament. Haley will certainly be celebrated for years to come on her Christmas tree! Thanks for the warm fuzzies and for reminding us how special it is to craft with our children! PS I love the ornaments!"
Thanks, Karen! We couldn't agree more, and we hope you have fun creating memories with the Ranger goodies that we will be sending you.
Sunday Funday! Hello Ranger fans! We are happy to present Day 6 of our 12 Days of Ornaments! (Wow, halfway through already?!)
Kelly Schwartz created a lovely monogram ornament with:
Cindy Rescorl made this 3D ornament by diecutting multiple ornaments, folding them in half and gluing them together with Wonder Tape. She used:
We'll be selecting our winners from the weekend's ornament posts tomorrow morning, so be sure to post a comment if you haven't already done so! You could win a prize pack from Ranger just for leaving a comment on our blog!
Happy Saturday, everyone! We're back with more craft-acular Ranger goodness for your ornament-making pleasure! Welcome to Day 5 of our 12 Days of Ornaments!
Cindy Rescorl made this dazzling rosette ornament with:
Terry Horvath's wishful star ornament was created with:
We'll be announcing the winner from yesterday's ornament post on Monday, so be sure to leave a comment on that post, as well as on this one, for a better chance at winning a Ranger prize pack!
Welcome back! We're rolling right along with Ranger's 12 Days of Ornaments, with some beautiful treats for you on Day #3:
Cindy Rescorl's clever ornament has three Shrink Plastic ornaments hanging inside of the glass bulb, with homemade "snow" on the bottom! She created it with:
Terry Horvath created a pair of matching ornaments with a musical theme. On the larger one, she used Cindy's technique to create snow from Distress Crackle Paint, along with:
Congratulations to our winner from yesterday's Ornament post, Retta!
"Very Pretty! Keep them coming, Ladies :) I haven't had time to make ornaments. I need to wrap presents first. In the meantime, I'll admire yours, if that's okay :)"
Leave a comment for a chance to win a Ranger prize pack of your very own!
Welcome to Day 2 of Ranger's 12 Days of Ornaments! Today we have some decorated paper mache pieces to share with you.
Susan Baldwin's Oval Box Ornament sings praises of Joy with:
Bonnie Egenton's dazzling star ornament was made with:
Congratulations to our first 12 Days of Ornaments prize pack winner: Elizabeth C.!
"Oh my goodness, what a lovely gift pack! I think this is a great carry-on from the 12 Tags. From the time it came out I have had such a jones for the Memory Glass items--I think I have every size, and lots too!"
Thanks, Elizabeth, and thanks to everyone who left a comment on yesterday's post. Remember to post every day during the 12 Days of Ornaments to maximize your chances of winning a Ranger prize pack of your own!
Are you busy crafting your holiday ornaments these days? Please feel free to post photos of your handiwork on our Facebook page! We'd love to see your work and share it with all of our fans!
