Went and had a coffee and long chat with one of my best friends last night. She's an author (her fourth fiction novel comes out in 11 days!) and fellow artist and journaler. She had a whole bag of crafty stuff she was getting rid of, and of course...I had to take all of it. A really nice sketchbook, some blank books, beads, a couple of canvas boards that were painted on by her gran, but discarded, so they're ready to be new pictures or maybe journal covers, blank ATCs, all sorts of little paper-crafty paper bits and journal cards, most of a package of shrinky plastic sheets, and a full half-pint bottle of Liquitex liquid matte medium. Woot!
I found a place thru Amazon to order a Ranger Inkssentials Craft Sheet for only $3.20 plus S&H. It came right away but when I first opened it, I thought I'd gotten ripped off. I was expecting something more like the silpat baking sheet. This is thin, and kind of cheesy feeling. So...I went out and watched a video* about it and realized I had the right thing. But...it came just rolled up in a shipping tube, with no box or instructions, so with more research, I realized what this place is doing. They're buying this from the Ranger company, cutting it up into 15 x 18 inch pieces and reselling it. Clever. And...for less than half of what it would cost you if you bought the packaged one at retail.
*Caution: Valley Girl accent warning label.
So, I will be trying that out soon and letting you know if it's as wonderful as everyone touts.
