EASY DOES IT: RE-INKER PALETTES

Re-inkers are my favorite supply to use for coloring an image; they're inexpensive, available in a wide range of colors, and apply easily with a brush. I needed palettes for the re-inkers; I wanted something that had a blending area, could be closed, had a place for a label, required little storage space, was portable, uncomplicated, and inexpensive.

Thanks to a box of CD cases (DID NOT like storing UMs in CD cases), I had what I needed...Super Palettes.

Here's some SP tips:

Use only water-based dye or pigment inks in a SP; permanent inks, including those that require heat setting, are not suitable.
A SP can be used for either a single color ink or multiple colors of ink.
Place only one type of ink (i.e., dye or pigment) in a SP.
It's usually better not to put ink on both sides of the SP; the side without ink can be used to blend colors.
To apply a single color to a SP: shake the bottle of ink; remove the top and add two drops of ink along one side of the SP; brush out in a line; roll out the ink in a thin layer with a rubber brayer.
To apply multiple colors to a SP: shake the bottle of ink; remove the top and touch the tip of the ink bottle to one corner of the SP; spread the ink in a thin layer with a cotton swab; repeat in the other three corners.

Dye ink will dry over time; reconstitute with a dampened brush.

Pigment ink may become thick over time; thin either with a very small amount of water or apply with a dampened brush.
To use dye ink as a pigment ink: blend a very small amount of embossing ink in dye ink.

Label each SP with the type of ink and colors.

To clean the SP: wipe out ink with a damp paper towel; remove remaining ink with detergent and and water.

No reason to limit SPs to re-inkers...water-based markers and Twinkling H2Os are only two of the other coloring agents that work just fine in these handy palettes.