CHA 2016 - Recap 1 (Ranger)

Hello everyone! I'm back from CHA, and after appeasing the family with some quality time, and then sorting and editing tons of photos, I am finally doing my first blog post about my time there. And what a time it was...the best CHA ever!!! Here is a quick, although long, synopsis of my time in the Ranger Ink booth.

This was my first day on the job! Everyone in the booth was so super nice to me, oh my gosh, I cannot tell you in words what this time was like for me...SUPERB!!! All the people I met, and rehashed with, mixed with working with a bunch of great Ranger loot, made this experience AMAZING!!!

This was my demo cart! It had my name on it, and was loaded with everything I could possibly need to demo with! I almost cried when I saw my name! SWOON!!!

So many people came by and visited and listened to my blabbing about the goods. I demoed Perfect Pearls Powders, Paint Dabbers, and Dye Inks. I even got to play with the new colors.

 Ranger even did a video of me demoing...don't judge!!! ;0) Thank you Ranger!

And Marjie Kemper did a Periscope Video of me as well, and even saved it to YouTube. Thank you Marjie!!!

 

Dyan and her glorious pose! She was so gracious to share her demo place with me! I called myself the "Chair Filler"...like at the Oscars...when a star goes to the bathroom, someone sits in their space until they come back so it is never left empty for the camera. That is what I was! ;0) When Dyan and Dina went to lunch, I filled their chair! What a blast!!!

And this fantastic lady, Dina, also shared her space with me! She is pure joy, and I enjoyed watching her work! Thank you Dina!!!

There were lots and lots of sample boards all over the booth, and here are a few with my work. Sorry for the fuzzy photos, but I'll be showing you tutorials with these later on with much better photos.

Specialty Stamping Paper

 

Liquid Pearls

More Liquid Pearls

Watercolor Paper and Stickles

Stickles

And then there was many, many more! I could stare at the samples all day...always my favorite samples to see. 

 

Dyan

More Dyan

Dina

This painting Dina created was my favorite! If they had an auction for it, I would have maxed my credit card for it...LOVE!!!

I adored Dina's samples too. Love her bound books!

Wendy! I loved her samples. How I didn't get a photo with her, or with Tim is beyond me. I was so crazy busy, and missed many photo opportunities.

There were lots of Tim samples everywhere...so gorgeous.

 

 

Tomorrow, I'll be back to show you the Ranger Designer Challenge pieces...it was a thrill to be included. I'm sorry I didn't get pics of all the Ranger employees...they made this the most wonderful experience ever, and I thank them from the bottom to the top of my heart! 

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

My CHA Schedule and Huge News!!!

 

I hope all of you have had a super merry Christmas, full of blessings galore!  I sure have, and truthfully have been celebrating one of the best Christmas gifts ever,  after I received a call from a certain somebody asking me to be a part of some huge things!!! I am still pinching myself to see if I wake up from the sweetest dream ever. So here goes...OH MY GOSH...I will be demoing for Ranger along side of Tim Holtz, Wendy Vecchi, Dina Wakley, and Dyan Reaveley in the Ranger Ink Booth at the CHA Mega Show in Anaheim!!! Yes me!!! No one has ever been asked to do this until now!!! Can you believe it?!! I still can't! I am floored Tim asked me! I am humbled like never before! My mind is blown! I will probably be a bumbling idiot, and be fired after 10 minutes, so please please please wish me good thoughts!!! If you are at the show please come see me and give me a hug! I need moral support! 

And...OH MY GOSH...I am participating in the Ranger Designer Challenge at the show!!! To say I am thrilled is an understatement! I've always wanted to participate, and I've been up to my eyeballs drawing blueprints, testing, designing, engineering, and all that jazz, (Really I've been playing!!!) and hopefully by next week I will have a finished piece to display! ;0)

Thank you Tim Holtz (Everything craftily good has been because of you!) and Ranger Ink for having faith in me, and giving me this opportunity. Thank you to all the Signature Designers at Ranger for wishing me well and spurring me on, especially Wendy, who has always been a cheerleader for me!  I will do my best not to let you all down. 

AND...I will be participating in the Designer's in Action at the show, and will have a booth showcasing my work along with some of the greatest Designers in the industry. I can't wait to meet up with all of them again!

AND...I will be demoing in the Designer's in Action area for Maya Road showing a bunch of the new dies they have started making. 

AND...I will be demoing in the Scotty Booth for Eileen Hull, showing some of her new flower dies and a super new cool tool she has coming out. 

My CHA schedule is below and also on my calendar page, so if you are at the show, please come see me! I love to meet new people and make new connections, and love to see old friends again! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the support this year and past years, and thank you for all the good wishes for the upcoming CHA Mega Show!!!

2016 CHA Mega Show Schedule:

Designer's In Action Showcase

Exhibit Hall

The Artful Maven - Pedestal #7

Saturday, Jan. 9 - Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016

Items Displayed Everyday

Designer's In Action Demo

Exhibit Hall

Maya Road Dies

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Demo for Ranger Ink

Exhibit Hall

Booth #621

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016:  12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Monday, Jan. 11, 2016: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Demo for Eileen Hull

Exhibit Hall

Scotty Booth #330

Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016: 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Designer's In Action Greeter

Exhibit Hall

Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!