Hey everyone!
So unless you haven't been following me recently or missed a ton of my posts, I've made a bunch of cards and videos using my Distress Reinkers:
More Easy Watercolor with Distress Reinkers | Honey Bee Cap & Gown
Watercolor DieCuts with Distress Reinkers | Waffle Flower Rustic Rainbow
Easy Rainbow Palette with 3 Distress Reinkers | CZ Design Pride Wafer Dies
Custom Embossing Paste with Distress Reinkers | SSS Fading Hearts Slimline Stencil
Shimmer Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Look For the Rainbows Take 5
Shimmer Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Wildflowers Stamp Set Take 6
Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Flower Cluster Wood Mount Stamp
Emboss Resist Gradient Background with Distress Reinkers | SSS Dandelion Messages Take 3
Emboss Resist Distress Reinker Backgrounds | SSS Spring Blooms Background
Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | SSS Organic Fruits Stamp Set
Slimline Distress Reinker Watercolor Card | Trinity Stamps Slimline Doodle Garden
Watercolor with Distress Ink Refills | CZ Design Color Wheel Stamp
Yeah - a bunch!!
SO - it was high time for me to finally LABEL the tops of my bottles of Reinkers. I have them all stored in a container (and before that they were all on little shelves for the IKEA pegboards but it was harder to see and access them since I use them so often) but when you're looking down at the bottles there's no way to tell which color is which. All the dye-based AKA original Distress Reinkers come in glass bottles with bulbs and droppers.
I went onto Ranger's website and if you scroll down to the very bottom there's a "Organize Your Ranger Products" link - and they have a TON of different downloads that you can print off to organize and label all the things.
I downloaded the Distress Color Palette Reinforcers and printed them off using my Canon Pixma printer. It handles card stock so I printed them onto Neenah Classic Crast Solar White 80lb card stock (I could have printed them onto the 110lb instead but the 80lb was fine IMO).
Once they're printed out you need to punch out the centres with a 1/2" circle punch:
I would trim up to each line with scissors, then punch out the centres of the circles with the 1/2" circle punch - it's easy to line up as the colors are paler on the inside of each circle.
Then I punched out each one using a 3/4" circle punch, and had my little pile of reinforcers for each color.
This is where you MIGHT want to have them printed on thicker card stock - but again the Neenah 80lb was fine for me and none tore etc. You'll find when you're putting the reinforcer over the bulb that the bulb goes slightly "outward" towards the base of the cap. That's a good thing. You just need to gently pull the bulb to the side and press the reinforcer down, working your way around the perimeter of it.
Once it's been worked around that slight "bulge" of the bulb keeps the reinforcer in place and won't come off. Then repeat the process for the remaining Reinkers.
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SO glad I did this. It took some time but being able to see at a glance which color is what will save me even MORE time when I'm crafting.
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