Tag: Ranger Ink

  • BetterPress First Impressions

    BetterPress First Impressions

    But this blog post is mostly about taking the BetterPress for a spin. I own a number of plates already, because they foil fantastically well.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Floral Bauble

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Floral Bauble

    I heat embossed the images and sentiment in Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder. Then I used the layering stencils with the challenge colors.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Gifts

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Gifts

    I die cut and stenciled the faux envelope in Begonia. I arranged the presents and greenery coming out of the envelope more or less following the image on the packaging.

  • November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Spirit

    November Pinkfresh Challenge: Holiday Spirit

    For my background I stenciled Holiday Foliage with Warm Buff, Doe and Lunar Paste in Cookie Dough.

  • Flamboyant Fall Wreath

    Flamboyant Fall Wreath

    The theme of this month’s YouTube hop was Out of My Comfort Zone. So I tried alcohol inks.

  • Hello Pumpkin!

    Hello Pumpkin!

    The scene I was visualizing needed a frame of some sort. After browsing through my Spellbinders bin, I selected a die set called Essential Arches.

  • Tea-riffic Birthday

    Tea-riffic Birthday

    This is the card I’m creating in today’s video. It has this fun, wobbling effect, created with an action wobbler.

  • Distress Watercolor Pencils

    Distress Watercolor Pencils

    When I got the new Distress Watercolor Pencils, I took them all out of their boxes and rearranged them according to the order on the Ranger web site.

  • Arctic Treat Box

    Arctic Treat Box

    For the box, I’m using a Sizzix die set called Seasonal House Gift Box. It creates a super cute mini milk carton.

  • Waffle Flower Sneak Peak to April

    Waffle Flower Sneak Peak to April

    Become a member of the Sneak Peak Club to get early access to coming releases like this one.

  • Shaped Shaker Card

    Shaped Shaker Card

    Today’s card is a shaped shaker card, so I’m starting with the card base.

  • Swatching Distress Oxide Inks

    Swatching Distress Oxide Inks

    I just got the last two ink pads I was missing from the Distress Oxide palette: Rustic Wilderness and Crackling Campfire.

  • Crafty Business Update

    Crafty Business Update

    Silicon Valley in-person shoppingUnique Boutique is open 10.30 to 2.30 Monday through Friday at the Sunnyvale Senior CenterDe Anza Flea Market: October 7th, next and probably final day. Unique Boutique Craft Fair: November 3rd – 4th, Sunnyvale Senior Center

  • Oak Wreath

    Oak Wreath

    The next day I created the texture with the Pinkfresh Studio’s Stitches Cover Plate. This had the added bonus of flattening the cardstock after its bath.

  • Affiliate Programs

    Affiliate Programs

    The way affiliate programs work is that if you as a shopper click on an affiliate link, your browser saves a cookie. If you buy anything from the affiliate site within the referral window, the affiliate (blogger) gets a percentage of the sale as commission. The length of the referral window differs from merchant to…

  • Emboss Resist

    Emboss Resist

    To watercolor with the spray stains, I made sure I shook the bottles until there was no mica sludge left at the bottom. Then I unscrewed the spray mechanism and touched the stem where I wanted the color. I used brushes to push the paint where I wanted it. The first layer was very blotchy,…

  • Mini Slimline Cards

    Mini Slimline Cards

    If you’re not sure how to place flowers, there are two principles that can guide you. The first one is to place flowers around the focal point of the card. The second one is to place decorations in a diagonal. If you combine the two principles, you cluster decorations around the sentiment and let them…

  • Single-Layer Spring Card

    Single-Layer Spring Card

    At this point I really wanted to add dimension to the card. But it was supposed to be a single layer card. So instead of adding dimension, I added texture.

  • Good Affiliate News

    Good Affiliate News

    Card deck box available on Etsy right now. I’ve made my first affiliate sale on Amazon! Woot! That makes me super happy. Thank you, whoever you are! It’s going to take time, and most importantly consistency, to scale affiliate earnings. To that end I’ve created a simple social media plan. I plan on posting blog…