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Three NEW Distress Watercolor Pencil Sets: In Stock!

Who’s ready to add more color to their creative life?  Search no more!  Ranger and Tim Holtz have just released the final three sets of Distress Watercolor Pencils, making the palette complete. In addition to the final three sets, there’s also a two-piece set that includes both Picket Fence and Black Soot. These colors are included in the other sets, but since they’re used frequently for shading and highlighting Ranger has made it easy to replace these two colors. The pencil for newest Distress Shade, Scorched Timber, was released with the other Scorched Timber items and is available as a singleton. All of the above are currently available in-store and on-line at Paper Anthology!

We’re guessing that, like us, you’re going to want ALL the colors, but here’s how they’re arranged into sets. You can click the bolded text to get to each product page or click this Distress Watercolor Pencil Link to see them all!

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 4: SALTWATER TAFFY, FESTIVE BERRIES, CARVED PUMPKIN, SCATTERED STRAW, SHABBY SHUTTERS, MOWED LAWN, EVERGREEN BOUGH, CHIPPED SAPPHIRE, VICTORIAN VELVET, WILTED VIOLET, TEA DYE and GROUND ESPRESSO

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 5: WORN LIPSTICK, AGED MAHOGANY, RIPE PERSIMMON, SQUEEZED
LEMONADE, LUCKY CLOVER, PINE NEEDLES, UNCHARTED MARINER, WEATHERED WOOD, MILLED LAVENDER, GATHERED TWIGS, OLD PAPER and PUMICE STONE

DISTRESS WATERCOLOR PENCILS, SET 6: SPUN SUGAR, ABANDONED CORAL, LUMBERJACK PLAID, DRIED
MARIGOLD, FOREST MOSS, BUNDLED SAGE, BROKEN CHINA, STORMY SKY, BLUEPRINT SKETCH, DUSTY CONCORD, BRUSHED CORDUROY and LOST SHADOW

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Scorched Timber Distress Has (FINALLY!) Arrived

Calling all Distress Ink lovers! The final Distress shade -Scorched Timber*– from Tim Holtz and Ranger, has… after much delay and consternation… finally arrived at Paper Anthology! This deep, rich brown will be perfect for… well, just about everything, really! Choose from Ink Pads, Re-inkers, Oxide® Pads, Oxide® Re-inkers, Embossing Glaze, Spray Stain, Oxide® Spray, Flip Top Paint; and an Enamel Collector Pin as well as a singly-packaged Watercolor Distress Pencil. You can stop by the store to pick them up, order online (locals, choose “Pick Up In Store” to save shipping!) or email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve your favorites.

Also just arrived is the brand new four pack of Mini Distress Inks, featuring Scorched Timber packed in a set with the last three Distress Shades: Uncharted Mariner, Lumberjack Plaid and Lost Shadow. Get ’em while they’re hot!

*Between ourselves, we’re calling this one WALDO; having spent ten days trying to determine its location… :)

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New Distress Shade: Scorched Timber

Tim Holtz and Ranger are excited to announce the final new Distress color: Scorched Timber! This deep, rich shade of brown, is already on it’s way to Paper Anthology and we expect it to arrive on Tuesday (1/16/24). You can email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve yours; this gorgeous new shade will be available in all eight of the Distress products we love: Ink Pads, Re-inkers, Oxide® Pads, Oxide® Re-inkers, Embossing Glaze, Spray Stain, Oxide® Spray, Flip Top Paint; and an Enamel Collector Pin. Of course we’ll announce the arrival as soon as it gets here, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, thank you to everyone who played along in our “Guess the New Color” Giveaway, by commenting their prediction on the announcement blog post for the new shade. Congratulations to Barbara Sokollek, whose guess of, “...a neutral tone that‘s next Brushed Corduroy, either darker or lighter” was spot on! Well done, Barbara, you’re the winner of a FREE Scorched Timber Distress Oxide Ink Pad and we’ll put it aside for you as soon as our shipment arrives from Ranger!

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Ranger’s New Distress Color… What Will it Be?

Ranger’s first NEW Distress Color of 2024 will be announced next Saturday, January 13th, and Paper Anthology will be stocking ALL of the fabulous Distress products in this new shade:

Distress Ink Pads and Reinkers

Oxide Ink Pads and Reinkers

Distress Spray Stain

Oxide Spray 

Distress Flip-top Paint

Embossing Glaze

Collectible Pins

AND… new this time, an individually packaged Distress Watercolor Pencil in the new shade.

Ranger is also releasing a brand new four pack of Mini Distress Inks, featuring the new shade packed in a set with the last three Distress Shades: Uncharted Mariner, Lumberjack Plaid and Lost Shadow.

If you’d like to reserve any variety of the new shade sight unseen, you can email elisabeth@paperanthology.com now; or STAY TUNED because we’ll be posting the new color as soon as the announcement is made. The new items should be in-stock and available to purchase in-store or online sometime within a week or so of the announcement date. Don’t worry, we’ll let you know when they arrive!

While we’re all waiting to see what the new shade will be, how about a little contest? (Because NO, even Ranger Retailers have NO idea until the official announcement is made!) We’re giving away one free Distress Oxide Ink Pad in the new shade, to the person who’s guess is closest to the shade in the comments section of this blog post BEFORE midnight on January 12, 2024. One entry per customer, if there are multiple equal answers we’ll choose a winner randomly.

Ready… Set… GUESS!!!

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Lost Shadow: NEW Distress Color

Tim Holtz and Ranger are excited to announce another beautiful brand new Distress color: Lost Shadow, a soft, subtle and sophisticated shade of grey, is already on it’s way to Paper Anthology and we expect it to arrive on Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime, we’ve added it to our online inventory and you can purchase it; we will ship it out to you the minute it arrives. Or, locals, choose “pick up in store” and you can come and get it the minute it’s available. Alternatively, you can email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve your choices. Of course we’ll announce the arrival as soon as it gets here, so stay tuned!

This gorgeous new Distress color will be available in all eight of the Distress products we love – Ink Pads, Re-inkers, Oxide® Pads, Oxide® Re-inkers, Embossing Glaze, Spray Stain, Oxide® Spray, Flip Top Paint; and an Enamel Collector Pin!❤️

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New Distress Color? Yes, Please!

Ranger and Tim Holtz are very excited to announce another brand new Distress color to love: Lumberjack Plaid! This bold, rich red will be perfect for Christmas and beyond… and yes, we’re already imagining it in a Buffalo Plaid context! This new Distress color is available in all eight of the Distress products we love: Ink Pads, Re-inkers, Oxide® Pads, Oxide® Re-inkers, Embossing Glaze, Spray Stain, Oxide® Spray, Flip Top Paint; and an Enamel Collector Pin! Stop by the store to pick them up, order online (locals, choose “Pick Up In Store” to save shipping!) or email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve your favorites. 

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NEW Distress Color: Saltwater Taffy

Ranger and Tim Holtz have announced the newest addition to the Distress collection and it’s a beauty! Saltwater Taffy is a beautiful orangey pink… (or pinkish orange?!) …and we’ve got the entire collection on order, arriving at Paper Anthology any day now! Choose from: Distress Ink Pad, Distress Re-inker, Oxide Pad, Oxide Re-inker, Embossing Glaze, Spray Stain, Oxide Spray, Flip Top Paint and a beautiful Enamel Collector Pin! Email elisabeth@paperanthology to reserve your faves!

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New Distress Color: Prize Ribbon

NEW DISTRESS COLOR: PRIZE RIBBON

The newest Distress Color from Tim Holtz and Ranger has been announced! Prize Ribbon is on its way to Paper Anthology, expected to arrive on Monday and will be listed for sale online ASAP. We’ll be getting the full line: Distress Ink Pads and Reinkers, Oxide Pads and Reinkers, Embossing Glaze, Flip-top Paint, Spray Stain, Oxide Spray and the Collectible Enamel Pin. Email elisabeth@paperanthology.com to reserve your favorites!

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NEW Holiday Jumpstart: Christmas Roses

Holiday Jumpstart: Christmas Roses, now available in the Paper Anthology Design Etsy Shop, is our newest holiday card kit, which features Hero Arts’ Christmas Roses white embossed for you on white cardstock; as well as pressure embossed Floral Vines panels; and a sleek “Happy Holidays” sentiment that’s been diecut from gold cardstock. Five different color recipes using Ranger Distress Oxide shades have been provided or choose your own favorite ink combinations.

Paper Anthology’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kits are our pre-packaged kits that include everything you need (except adhesive and blendable inks) to complete FIVE copies of an original holiday card design. This edition is called “Christmas Roses” based on the card’s beautiful blooms. Available only in the Get your copy of Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit: Christmas Roses, only available in the Paper Anthology Etsy Shop. While you’re there, check out our other kits for holidays, birthdays and occasions!

Don’t we all adore the IDEA of making holiday cards throughout the year, instead being overloaded in November and December? But sometimes it’s hard to be inspired during the “off-season”. This pre-packaged kit features everything you need (except adhesive and blendable inks) to complete five beautiful, detailed and colorful cards, including complete written instructions (not pictured, but included!) five unique color recipes and a nice big photo showing all five colorways for reference.

This kit contains:

Five pre-stamped and white embossed Christmas Roses panels
Five pressure embossed Floral Vines panels
Five pre-diecut gold cardstock Happy Holidays sentiments
Five gold glitter cardstock panels
Fifteen golden half-pearl accents
Complete step-by-step instruction sheet with large color photo
Accent pictures showing detail of color blends and cutting
Five different color recipes using Ranger Distress Oxide or Distress Ink shades
Five white top-fold A2 cards

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Holiday Jumpstart: Celebrate the Season

Say hello to our March Holiday Jumpstart: Celebrate the Season. When it arrives, everything in your kit is silver or white, which means that you can add literally ANY colors you love to make this design truly your own. Details about the five specific blends of Ranger Distress Oxide Inks used on the samples are provided, but this technique will work with literally any two analogous colors of blend-able water-based inks you’d like to use!

Paper Anthology’s Holiday Jumpstart Card Kit is our pre-packaged kit that includes everything you need (except inks, adhesives and optional dimensional paint drops) to complete FIVE copies of this new original holiday card design. It’s called “Celebrate the Season” because of the elegant two-part sentiment (pre-cut for you with Altenew’s Christmas Season die set). The debossed panels are made with Altenew’s Starry Pattern 3-D Embossing Folder, which resembles (to Lauren, at least!) stylized snowflakes.

This kit is available for $25 in-store and online; CLICK HERE to go directly to the product page. Locals, be sure to choose the “LOCAL PICK UP ” option at checkout to save on shipping and we’ll keep it behind the counter until you’ve got time to pick it up.

Don’t we all adore the IDEA of making holiday cards throughout the year, instead being overloaded in November and December? But sometimes it’s hard to be inspired during the “off-season”. Paper Anthology’s Christmas Card Club is a wonderful solution, but it fills up quickly, and what if you can’t make it to the store one Friday night per month? Here’s an additional, self-paced option that works entirely on your schedule.

This pre-packaged kit features everything you need (except inks, adhesives and optional dimensional paint drops) to complete five beautiful, colorful, clean and simple cards, including complete written instructions, suggested ink colors, and a nice big photo for reference.

This kit contains:

  • Five silver metallic cardstock background panels
  • Five white debossed squares on which to add your own choice of colors
  • Five pre-diecut silver shimmer “Celebrate the” sentiments
  • Five pre-diecut silver glitter paper “Season” sentiments
  • Enough white ribbon to wrap around five panels
  • Complete step-by-step instruction sheet with large color photo
  • Recommended ink colors for Ranger Distress Oxides or Distress Inks (your own favorite ink can be substituted)
  • Five top-fold white A2 cards