Ranger's Easter Egg Designer's Challenge! Day 4

 
This week, we are presenting the results from Ranger's Easter themed Designer's Challenge: we gave craft eggs to some of our favorite designers and crafty employees, and asked them to decorate the eggs for Easter using Ranger products.

Tim Holtz:

• Inkssentials Surfaces Metal Foil Tape Sheets
• Adirondack Alcohol Inks
• Inkssentials Cut n' Dry Foam
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Sprocket Gears

Tim's steampunk egg began as a paper mache egg, which was covered in pieces of Metal Foil Tape.  Texture and holes were added, and then the metal was inked with Alcohol Inks using Cut n' Dry Foam.  Finally Tim burnished off the inks to create an industrial look, and the idea-ology gears were added as a finishing touch.

 

Alain Avrillon:

• Stickles - Waterfall
• Melt Art™ Melting Pot®
• Melt Art™ Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel™
• Melt Art™ Heat It Inks
• Melt Art™ Mold N' Pour
• Inkssentials™ Cut N' Dry Foam
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium - Matte

Ranger's Sales Director and Extreme "Stickler" Alain Avrillon dipped a styrofoam egg in Waterfall Stickles, and then used Multi-Medium to glue on a bunny made from UTEE and Heat It Inks.  (There is a video on the Ranger website that shows how this adorable bunny was made.)

And for those of you who can't get enough of Alain's Extreme Stickling antics, we will be presenting a brand-new installment of the series on Monday, so watch this space!

We at Ranger hope you all have a hoppy Easter and Passover weekend!  Enjoy!

Ranger's Easter Egg Designer's Challenge! Day 3

 
This week, we are presenting the results from Ranger's Easter themed Designer's Challenge: we gave craft eggs to some of our favorite designers and crafty employees, and asked them to decorate the eggs for Easter using Ranger products.

Debbie Tlach:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Black Gesso
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint - Blank Canvas, Dab of Yellow, Landscape Green, Classic Teal, Dash of Red, Smidge of Blue
• Perfect Pearls - Sunflower Sparkle
• Vintaj Glaze
• Stickles - Star Dust

Debbie made this stunning Russian-style egg by applying Claudine Hellmuth Studio Black Gesso to a carvable egg, and she hand painted her flowers with Studio Paints, accenting with Perfect Pearls and Stickles.

Bonnie Egenton:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints - Sky Blue, Yellow Pastel, Painterly Pink
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Brushes
• Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Inkssentials Heat it Craft Tool
• Liquid Pearls - Orchid, Mint Green
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium - Matte
• Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders and Vagabond Machine

Bonnie started out with craft foam and cut out egg shapes.  She ran them through the Vagabond machine in Embossing Folders and gessoed them, before painting with Studio Paints and Liquid Pearls. She then formed the eggs into a wreath by gluing them in a circle with Multi-Medium.

Patti Behan:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Brushes
• Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Lemonade
• Vintaj Patinas - Opalite, Ruby, Jade, Onyx, Moss, Amethyst
• Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Tim Holtz idea-ology - Foliage, Memo Pin

Patti gessoed a Styrofoam egg and then painted it with an Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber.  The cheerful idea-ology Foliage accents were colorized with Vintaj Patinas.

Only one more day of Designer Eggs to go!  But don't crack under the pressure, there's plenty of time to be inspired before Easter!

Ranger's Easter Egg Designer's Challenge! Day 2

 
This week, we are presenting the results from Ranger's Easter themed Designer's Challenge: we gave craft eggs to some of our favorite designers and crafty employees, and asked them to decorate the eggs for Easter using Ranger products.

Jenni Bowlin:

• Inkssentials Mini Misters
• Inkssentials Glossy Accents
• Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Reinker - Stick Candy, Cough Syrup, Lemon Drops
• Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabber - Malted Milk
• Jenni Bowlin for Ranger Dye Ink Pad - Stick Candy

Jenni painted wooden eggs with her Malted Milk Acrylic Paint Dabber, and accented them with colorful butterflies.  The butterflies were made by mixing various reinkers with water in the Mini Mister and giving them a spritz.

Terry Horvath:

• Inkssentials Manila Cardstock
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Tissue Tape
• Inkssentials Glue n' Seal - Matte
• Distress Stain - Antique Linen
• Distress Stickles - Picket Fence

Terry started out with a styrofoam egg and paper mached it with Glue n' Seal and Tissue Tape.  She then gave it a wash of Antique Linen Distress Stain and used Picket Fence Distress Stickles to add some sugary sparkle to her flowers.

Wendy Vecchi started out with a paper mache egg and used the following to make her magnificent creation:

• Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Inkssentials Heat it Craft Tool
• Inkssentials Blending Tool with Foam and Felt
• Inkssentials Wonder Tape
• Inkssentials Glossy Accents
• Adirondack Pigment Ink Pad - Snow Cap
• Archival Inks
• Perfect Pearls Mists
• Adirondack Snow Cap Mixative
• Adirondack Alcohol Ink
• Distress Stains
• Distress Stickles
• Distress Inks
• Distress Markers
• Inkssentials Surfaces Specialty Stamping Paper

If you are still scrambling, trying to come up with some ideas for Easter décor of your own, never fear!  We have even more egg-citing creations to share tomorrow!

Ranger's Easter Egg Designer's Challenge! Day 1

 
We at Ranger hatched a really egg-cellent idea for an Easter themed Designer's Challenge: we gave plastic and styrofoam eggs to some of our favorite designers and crafty employees, and asked them to decorate the eggs for Easter using Ranger products.

Ready to see the results?  Then let's get crackin'!

Teresa Natividad:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Black Gesso
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Artist Brushes

Teresa painted her egg with Black Gesso, and once dry, she used colored chalks to draw her design.

Susan Baldwin:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints: Blank Canvas, Sky Blue, Landscape Green, Dab of Yellow, Yellow Pastel, Sable Brown
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium - Matte
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Artist Brushes
• Tim Holtz by Sizzix On The Edge Die - Twigs
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Tissue Tape - Composer

Susan paper mached a plasic egg using paper towels soaked in a mixture of water and Multi-Medium.  Next, she painted the egg with Studio Paints, cut twigs from cardstock and painted them Sable Brown.  She wrapped Composer Tissue Tape where the colors met on the egg, glued the twigs on top with more Multi-Medium, and then painted forsythia flowers on the branches using Dab of Yellow and Yellow Pastel Studio Paints.

Claudine Hellmuth:

• Claudine Hellmuth Studio White Gesso
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Multi-Medium - Matte
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Artist Brushes
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky-Back Canvas - White
• Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints - Modern Red, Classic Teal
• Assorted scrap newspaper and papers to create the paper mache bunny
• Photocopy of handwriting to paper mache the egg

Claudine made a paper mache bunny and painted him with her Studio Paints.  She paper mached a plastic egg to create an Easter basket complete with a Sticky-Back Canvas handle.  Sticky-Back Canvas accents were added to the basket and painted with Studio Paints.

Stay tuned!  We've got even more great egg designs for you to lay your eyes on tomorrow!

Designers' Challenge 2012: Day 4

 
This week, we have been posting pictures of Ranger's Designers' Challenge entries from CHA Winter 2012.  Our designers were given identical paper mache dress forms and we asked them to decorate them using Liquid Pearls and Stickles.

Let's see the fabulous results!

Debbie Tlach

Tammy Tutterow

Brian Van Liew II

Wendy Vecchi

Colleen Verardi

Dina Wakley

Suze Weinberg

Thanks for checking out all of the great entries in this year's Designers' Challenge!  We hope you found it inspiring and have come away with some great ideas for rockin' those Stickles and Liquid Pearls in your projects!

Designers' Challenge 2012: Day 3

 
Today and throughout the remainder of the week, we will be posting pictures of Ranger's Designers' Challenge entries from CHA Winter 2012.  Our designers were given identical paper mache dress forms and we asked them to decorate them using Liquid Pearls and Stickles.

Let's see the fabulous results!

Tim Holtz

Terry Horvath

Sharon Laakkonen from Prima Marketing Inc.

Daniela Mozo

Lisa Pace

Dyan Reaveley

Check back tomorrow for the final 7 pieces in this year's Designers' Challenge!

Designers' Challenge 2012: Day 2

 
Today and throughout the remainder of the week, we will be posting pictures of Ranger's Designers' Challenge entries from CHA Winter 2012.  Our designers were given identical paper mache dress forms and we asked them to decorate them using Liquid Pearls and Stickles.

Let's see the fabulous results!

Paula Cheney, from 7 Gypsies

Richele Christensen

Vintaj Design Team

Bonnie Egenton

Marc Elepano

Claudine Hellmuth

Check back tomorrow for more creative inspiration!

Designers' Challenge 2012: Day 1

 
Happy Tuesday, everyone!  Today and throughout the remainder of the week, we will be posting pictures of Ranger's Designers' Challenge entries from CHA Winter 2012.  Our designers were given identical paper mache dress forms and we asked them to decorate them using Liquid Pearls and Stickles.

Let's see the fabulous results!

Debi Adams, from Sizzix

Alain Avrillon, from Ranger (Watch him make this Stickled creation in the debut episode of Extreme Stickling!)

Patti Behan

Jenni Bowlin

Linda Cain

Shari Carroll from Hero Arts

Check back tomorrow for more awesome Designers' Challenge entries!

Greetings from CHA!

Greetings from CHA Winter 2012!  We have a few pictures from the Ranger booth that we wanted to share with you today:

Our fabulous "What's New" wall, featuring Dylusions, Distress Markers, Liquid Pearls, Inkssentials Clear Fabric Medium, Inkssentials Collage Glue Stick, Ice Stickles, Inkssentials Surfaces Specialty Stamping Paper, Melt Art Texture Treads, Vintaj Patinas and more!

Our Designer Challenge for this show was to decorate a paper mache dress form with Liquid Pearls and Stickles.  (Those of you who watched Alain's Extreme Stickling episode will no doubt recognize the dress form on the far right!)

The other side of our Designer Challenge display.

Wendy Vecchi demos in the Ranger booth.

Debbie Tlach demonstrates Melt Art.

Tim Holtz's demo was mobbed!!

If you're at CHA, please stop by Booth #1338 and say hello!  We always love to hear from our fans.

The Ranger Great Pumpkin Challenge! Day 4: The Finale!

 
Recently, we sent some plain ol' craft pumpkins to some of our favorite designers and asked them to create fabulous fall centerpieces out of them using Ranger products.  We've been revealing the beautiful results over the past few days, and today is the grand finalé!

This is what the pumpkins looked like before:

And after.....

 

Tim Holtz's pumpkin:

Tim used Inkssentials Surfaces Metal Foil Tape Sheets, Adirondack Alcohol Ink, Adirondack Alcohol Blending Solution, Adirondack Ink Applicator Tool and Felt, and Archival Ink in Jet Black to create his pumpkin.

 

And, as a special bonus, we gave a pumpkin to Ranger sales director Alain Avrillon.  Alain isn't your everyday crafter, so let's see what he came up with:

Alain coated his pumpkin with Orange Peel and Green Stickles, and accented it with Claudine Hellmuth Studio Sticky-Back Canvas in Natural, Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint in Landscape Green, Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber in Bottle, UTEE and Glossy Accents.

Now, Alain is a BIG fan of dipping things into the giant vats of Stickles that can be found throughout the Ranger factory:

In fact, some of you may remember that he was published in the July/August 2006 issue of Somerset Studio for his Stickled letter "D":

So, we've decided that trying to hold Alain back is a lesson in futility.  Thus, we are excited to announce a new feature on the Ranger blog:

Yes.  Extreme Stickling.  Every week or so, Alain will be dipping random objects into the vats of Stickles, and we will be filming the process and photographing the results for your viewing pleasure.  Stay tuned, you won't want to miss this!!