I know that you can't see me...
but I'm wiggling around & giddy...
FINALLY it's time...
I'm soooo very excited to introduce
my 3 new archival inks
and
3 new coordinating embossing powders...
I'll start with
the "official" Ranger press release...
now here's a closer look
at the beautiful new inks...
as you know,
flowers are MY THING...
so I chose these colors
based on some really pretty flowers...
in honor of my grandmother's favorite flower...
first up is
pink peony...
hey...I can hear you...
you know who you are!
lol...
hahaha...
you win!
for those of you who have asked me for
a pink ink
for a
L O N G T I M E...
a V E R Y
L O N G
TIME
and I said NO...
this one is for YOU!
you'll see the pink peony ink
the coordinating pink peony embossing powder
you can see that the star is shiny & the sun has more texture and develops a darker color when frosted crystal is mixed in...
it doubles both your color options and
surface effects/texture too...
(shiny or more matte with cool texture)
I like the 50/50 ratio...
half frosted crystal, mixed with an equal amount of any of the colored embossing powders...
ok...I will admit...
pink peony is beautiful!
I think my Mimi would be very happy...
I have fond memories of picking flowers at my grandparent's home...
my grandfather would take me outside to choose which to pick, while she made us dinner...
I have always LOVED flowers &
I would run to bring them to her...
I remember her shaking the ants off the peonies before we could bring them in the house...
ants must like peonies?
note to self...google that...
next is
tiger lily...
it's a great vibrant orange...
again, I used the tiger lily ink
the embossing powder (right from the jar)
mixed with tiger lily...
the color is summery & so pretty...
looks exactly like a tiger lily!
thanks to Jim...our Ranger chemist!
he nailed it!
I know I shouldn't have a favorite...
BUT...
take a closer look at
violet...
it's absolutely GORGEOUS...
I used violet archival ink on the flower pot, violet embossing powder on the star & the frosted crystal mixed with violet embossing powder on the sun...
can you see why I LOVE violet?
I thought it would be fun to show the same flower used with each of the 3 new colors...
and for each sample I used the coordinating embossing powder on the little heart...
here's pink peony...
and tiger lily is next...
and violet...
keep in mind that you can vary the intensity of the color by varying the amount of ink you apply...
a little ink will give a softer, lighter color...
more ink gives a deeper darker color...
I like to use both shades on a project...
I kept the violet pretty light for the top layers...
you'll see that the bottom layer is darker...
it's peeking out at the top...
these 3 new colors fit right into my archival palette...
and work with all the current colors...
with tiger lily...
work with all 3 new colors...
they are my most used "GO*TO" colors for background stamping & stenciling...
to lightly shade the pink peony...
and...I LOVE IT!
really makes pink peony pop!
did you notice that I used the
vertically inside &
horizontally outside the oval?
and then there's violet...
I know nothing about the color wheel...
I totally don't get it...
YIKES...
I guess I really am addicted
here's another sample tag, using both...
yes please...
combined with these 3 new colors,
give us so many new color combos to play with...
I have had a blast making samples...
and I haven't even shared the fun I had,
using these 3 new colors
for making backgrounds
with rubbing alcohol yet...
they are awesome...
and wait til you see these colors used with
so very cool!
LOTS of fun posts are coming...
your local stores can order these
inks, embossing powders and reinkers
starting TODAY!
just ask them!
clicking the colored links
will take you to online shopping...
and I'm sure they will be ordering
ASAP TODAY too!
I can't wait to hear what you think...
do YOU have a new favorite archival color?
I hope you're thinking of some
fun new archival color combos you'd like to try...
3 new archival colors...
3 new embossing powders...
and reinkers too...
just what we need to
make art!
wendy