I've been accepted to Ranger U!  Here's the deal:

We will be hosting a full 3-day program that has so much to offer – Tim Holtz, Ranger Senior Designer and Education Director will be teaching Ink, Paints and Embossing and Suze Weinberg, licensed designer of the Melt Art® line will show how to use UTEE™ and the Melting Pot™ for your papercrafting and jewelry-making customers. Talented mixed-media collage artist Claudine Hellmuth will provide creative insight and instruction with paints, Beeswax, and fine art mediums.

The previous Ranger U program was separated into three distinct certification courses. The updated format will incorporate education of the most important aspects of Ranger’s essential product lines and will still include hands-on education of product knowledge, advanced techniques and answers to frequently asked questions from the top designers and educators in the field at Ranger’s home base in Tinton Falls, NJ. We will show you how to demonstrate, teach and sell Ranger products. You will become a “Recognized Ranger Educator” and be able to promote this achievement in a number of ways. Attendees will receive a complete curriculum filled with reference material, techniques and class instructions, a teacher’s kit of product and more! We will be opening the two sessions to 25 students per session, allowing for one-on-one assistance and attention. Make new friends, network and have fun creating at Ranger.

Yay!  I have wanted to take a class from Tim Holtz for a very long time.   His stuff is so fun and inky (and full of techniques – my favorite!)  You know that I'm obsessed with my Melting Pot, so getting to take classes with Suze Weinberg, who designed it, is going to be fantastic!  And Claudine Hellmuth is another lady who I think is so cool!  Love her work with beeswax, but I haven't been adventurous enough to try it.  She has a new line of tinted gesso out with Ranger and I'm curious to see how they differ from my beloved Golden brand gesso…

Okay, enough gushing.

For today's Sultane project-of-the-day, I thought I'd share something that uses the Ranger melting pot!  Appropriate, no?

Using the fabulous double-sided papers from the Art Quarelle collection…

ArtQuarelle

and the Ranger Melting Pot, I made this ring and these earrings…

Jewelry

People seem to think they're stone until they touch them.  Then they think they're plastic.  You should see the shock when I tell them that they're paper!  I love wearing them!

And finally, a sale…

Spend 40 Earn 10
Earn Gift Certificates just for shopping!   

With all the new goodies arriving daily, it couldn't be a more fun time to stop by for a little retail therapy! But to add earning gift certificates while you shop…This is just pure BLISS!
 
Just spend $40 and you'll receive a $10 gift certificate towards your next purchase! Even better… you'll earn $10 gift certificates for EACH and EVERY $40 amount you spend now through Saturday! 
 
To start shopping, go to www.justletmescrapbook.com.

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

56 thoughts on “Tim Holtz Sent Me An E-mail…

  • oh my gosh what a dream come true- that is aweosme girl!!! I wish I could be there too- LOL.
    Love those paper rings and earrings- amazing!

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  • oh my gosh what a dream come true- that is aweosme girl!!! I wish I could be there too- LOL.
    Love those paper rings and earrings- amazing!

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  • oh my gosh what a dream come true- that is aweosme girl!!! I wish I could be there too- LOL.
    Love those paper rings and earrings- amazing!

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  • oh my gosh what a dream come true- that is aweosme girl!!! I wish I could be there too- LOL.
    Love those paper rings and earrings- amazing!

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  • so glad you’re getting to go to Ranger U!! and I’m so jealous, I’d love to be able to do something like that!!
    and your jewelry rocks!

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  • so glad you’re getting to go to Ranger U!! and I’m so jealous, I’d love to be able to do something like that!!
    and your jewelry rocks!

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  • so glad you’re getting to go to Ranger U!! and I’m so jealous, I’d love to be able to do something like that!!
    and your jewelry rocks!

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  • so glad you’re getting to go to Ranger U!! and I’m so jealous, I’d love to be able to do something like that!!
    and your jewelry rocks!

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  • paper bling thing!
    namaste
    melina
    living creating & appreciating
    my blog
    I design for Color Me Daisy
    Haute Artist Instructor

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  • paper bling thing!
    namaste
    melina
    living creating & appreciating
    my blog
    I design for Color Me Daisy
    Haute Artist Instructor

    Reply
  • paper bling thing!
    namaste
    melina
    living creating & appreciating
    my blog
    I design for Color Me Daisy
    Haute Artist Instructor

    Reply
  • paper bling thing!
    namaste
    melina
    living creating & appreciating
    my blog
    I design for Color Me Daisy
    Haute Artist Instructor

    Reply
  • I have a huge thing for Tim Holtz…all based on his talent of course. Can anyone attend Ranger U or do you need an invite? If so can’t someone hook me up?

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  • I have a huge thing for Tim Holtz…all based on his talent of course. Can anyone attend Ranger U or do you need an invite? If so can’t someone hook me up?

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  • I have a huge thing for Tim Holtz…all based on his talent of course. Can anyone attend Ranger U or do you need an invite? If so can’t someone hook me up?

    Reply
  • I have a huge thing for Tim Holtz…all based on his talent of course. Can anyone attend Ranger U or do you need an invite? If so can’t someone hook me up?

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  • Oooh, that sounds like fun, hope you learn a lot of new techniques and get nice and inky 🙂

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  • Oooh, that sounds like fun, hope you learn a lot of new techniques and get nice and inky 🙂

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  • Oooh, that sounds like fun, hope you learn a lot of new techniques and get nice and inky 🙂

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  • Oooh, that sounds like fun, hope you learn a lot of new techniques and get nice and inky 🙂

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  • Congratulations! Maybe we’ll have you as our teacher in the near future!!
    Marjorie
    -HarajukuChic @SIS

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  • Congratulations! Maybe we’ll have you as our teacher in the near future!!
    Marjorie
    -HarajukuChic @SIS

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  • Congratulations! Maybe we’ll have you as our teacher in the near future!!
    Marjorie
    -HarajukuChic @SIS

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  • Congratulations! Maybe we’ll have you as our teacher in the near future!!
    Marjorie
    -HarajukuChic @SIS

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  • Congrats on the invite to Ranger U! I wanted to apply but we have a wedding to go to! Maybe in the spring!

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  • Congrats on the invite to Ranger U! I wanted to apply but we have a wedding to go to! Maybe in the spring!

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  • Congrats on the invite to Ranger U! I wanted to apply but we have a wedding to go to! Maybe in the spring!

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  • Congrats on the invite to Ranger U! I wanted to apply but we have a wedding to go to! Maybe in the spring!

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  • omg!! congrats Julie, wow to learn from these amazing people is just mindblowing.

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  • omg!! congrats Julie, wow to learn from these amazing people is just mindblowing.

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  • omg!! congrats Julie, wow to learn from these amazing people is just mindblowing.

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  • omg!! congrats Julie, wow to learn from these amazing people is just mindblowing.

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  • Super congrats Julie, I am so happy for you! I knew there were GREAT things in store for you! More to come, I’m sure! =)

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  • Super congrats Julie, I am so happy for you! I knew there were GREAT things in store for you! More to come, I’m sure! =)

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  • Super congrats Julie, I am so happy for you! I knew there were GREAT things in store for you! More to come, I’m sure! =)

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  • Super congrats Julie, I am so happy for you! I knew there were GREAT things in store for you! More to come, I’m sure! =)

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  • wow. ranger u? how fantastic for you! i can’t wait to see what you learn!!

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  • wow. ranger u? how fantastic for you! i can’t wait to see what you learn!!

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  • wow. ranger u? how fantastic for you! i can’t wait to see what you learn!!

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  • wow. ranger u? how fantastic for you! i can’t wait to see what you learn!!

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  • OK Julie, you need to have a class on these! so cool!

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  • OK Julie, you need to have a class on these! so cool!

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  • OK Julie, you need to have a class on these! so cool!

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  • OK Julie, you need to have a class on these! so cool!

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