Vickie P and the TH platform

I don't follow "celebs" so I don't know who she is. Last name, please? I can use more craft videos to watch while I exercise.

I noticed that too! I've never seen her use it before.

It puzzles me why some of the other YouTubers don't use it. Like no one at all! Do you wonder if there was more to the story that insiders know, and lots of people were mad at Tim? This and the timing of his leaving Ranger adds to my curiosity.

I know, right? It happened so suddenly, and the PR made it seem mutual and congenial. But reading between the lines, and looking at events since make me wonder. Purely speculation on my part.

This thread is the perfect convergence of my two favorite crafters! Ask me anything you want to know. I''m practically a stalker (just online, don't worry, Tim!)

Correcting my statement to say that characterizing TH as leaving Ranger may not be entirely correct. He "stepped down" as Creative Director. But now they're all about the other designers, not him. He mentioned that he had to fight hard to get the Oxides produced, and that Ranger didn't understand why anyone would want it. It's one of the single most successful crafting items ever. Possibly another piece of the puzzle.

I just went on a big rant about stars. Vickie is a sweetheart. Stay a sweetheart Vickie. Pretty please! She is so very talented. I don't sub to her channel but when I catch a video I start binge watching other videos.

That is amazing that Ranger didn't think Tim's Oxide's were not going to sell well. I don't go out and buy the latest greatest. I wait a few months. I just recently bought two of Tim's inks and the first time I used them I was like "These are heavenly!" I am planning to get some more. I also want to add that I think those inks are more formulated for my kind of style. I don't want anybody to go out and buy the inks, bring them home and say "Well, I don't think these are heavenly."

I haven't seen a lot of people use Tim's platform either. To be fair I haven't seen a lot of platform's get any use. Most stamper's I watch are still using acrylic blocks. I wonder if it is because it takes longer to get the platform's ready. Maybe, it is easier to use the blocks when filming videos.

I've noticed that Kristina Werner hasn't been using the Misti lately either. I wonder what happened, because she used to use that thing all the time.

Really?     I haven't watched it yet.  "Who knows" is right. 

Thanks for the link, joblackford!

On the Ranger topic, I was resisting the new distress oxide ink pads. I have a ton of ink pads, but maybe I will buy one and see why everyone is excited about them.

Scrapnnana, I have a ton of ink pads too but these are a MUST have. They really are completely different than any other ink pad out there!

I was at Michaels and forgot to get a distress oxide ink pad. Not happy. They are a bit of a drive. I needed something for another project. I knew there was something else I needed.

Thanks! Good to know. There is a Hobby Lobby closer and in an area where I am more likely to shop.

I have noticed that she, Jennifer McGuire, and a couple of others pimp the Misti pretty hard in a lot of their videos. Jennifer McGuire had a video a little while back where she pretty much stated that she wasn't even going to try another positioner.  I felt it was really unprofessional of her, and just badly done. She totally lost my respect after that, and I had watched her for a long time.