Ranger Paint Dabbers {C’est Bon}

As most of you know, I try to feature a product that I really love each Sunday for my {C’est Bon} entries. One of the products I have been having the most fun with lately is the Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabbers line. Until I started buying this fabulous product, I loved the look of paint but rarely used it. Such a mess! I’m a pretty speedy stamper, I have to be! And I’ll be honest…I’ve ruined more than my fair share of brushes because I didn’t get them washed out in time. The best thing about this product is their dabber top. It’s fabulous to use in so many ways and you can apply paint to many surfaces directly with the dabber end. I admit…I’ve gotten so addicted to this product that I now have over 25 bottles of it!

What I love about the Ranger Adirondack Paint Dabbers…

coordinates with the Ranger Adirondack inks
easy to use dabber top
easy to use without brushes
no clean-up…simply cap on lid
works on so many surfaces….wood, paper, glass, transparencies, metal, plastic, polymer clay
acid-free, non-toxic acrylic paint
beautiful opaque look
metallic options give a shimmery look…copper, pearl, silver, gold
great value
one bottle goes a long way
huge variety of colors
work so well for fun and funky styles as well as shabby and vintage ones

Ideas for using Ranger Paint Dabbers

“inking” up rubber
perfect for stamping on darker colors. With dye inks, you can’t stamp light ink on dark
painting edges of paper for a shabby or vintage look
dilute with water to create a translucent paint look. Looks great on patterned paper.
paint works wonderful on Clear Card Sheets or transparencies
perfect for covering chipboard
layer colors for a varied look
dab on top of Ranger Distress Crackle paint
use on fabric
add an opaque layer behind a transparency to easily see stamping
create your own “art style” background by dabbing on the paints in circles or creating swirls

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Supply List:
Stamps: The Birds and the Bees (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Fabriano Mediovalis notecard
Other: orange and raspberry Paint Dabbers, Sakura Glitter Pen, rhinestones by MAMBI

How to Prime the paint…
Inside the dabber, there is a mechanism to control flow. To get the paint flowing, simply turn paint dabber upside-down and press dabber end down onto some scrap paper. Squeeze bottle until paint starts to squeeze out from dabber end. You are now ready to apply your paint as desired.

Where you can find it…