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Friday, October 28, 2011

Quick & Easy Organizing Tip - Distress Stain

Hi Everyone!!!

Happy Friday!!!!!!

I hope you've had a wonderful week so far and are preparing for a super weekend.  I spent yesterday (my b-day) with DH...we went and explored Grabill - a small amish community not far from Fort Wayne.  We checked out an Antique Mall where I found a goodie I'll share with you next month as well as an antique flower frog and a few vintage postcards which I will again share with you when the time is right :)  We also hit a vintage style general store, a bulk food store and Michaels (woo hoo!). 

Today I wanted to share a quick and easy way to help organize your Distress Stains.  I keep all of my stains in a couple of vintage game boxes that fits on a shelf right above my desk.  I love how accessible they are but it's a pain in the butt trying to find the color I want....  I have to lift each bottle up to see which color is which.  Not convenient at all so I decide to do something about it.

I cut out lots of little circles from some white labels I had laying around.  I used my 1/2" circle punch which fit perfectly on the lids!

Distress Stain Labels 001

I placed a label/circle on each lid; removed the lid from the bottle and inked it up!

Distress Stain Labels 002

And now at a glance I can choose just the right color....

Distress Stain Labels 003

You could put the color initials on each label as well but I go more by color than name so I skipped that step.

Now I don't have to waste anymore time trying to figure out which bottle of ink I need.

I have to tell you I have started using the Distress Stains for watercoloring my images instead of the Distress Ink Pads.  I find that using the stains instead of the pads is so much quicker and easier.  I either dab my Niji Waterbrush on the DS dabber or pounce a small pool out on my non-stick craft mat if I'm needing larger amounts of ink.
It's my new favorite way to color stamped images!

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15 comments:

  1. Art From The heartOctober 28, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Great idea for those distress stains.
    I've been to Grabill several years ago,really enjoyed the visit.
    Hugs

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  2. DinahsoarOctober 28, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Great idea for the stains and great tip about coloring images..now I have a reason to buy the distress stains.

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  3. GailOctober 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    i don't have these ..but great idea never the less..as always roni..tfs..loves ya

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  4. Elaine AOctober 28, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    A great idea Roni. I just need to go out and buy some stains - LOL! I'm so glad you enjoyed your day yesterday.

    Elaine Allen

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  5. Cindy Lietz, Poolymer Clay TutorOctober 28, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    Great tip! I've dabbed paint onto the lids when they were white, but the sticker is the perfect solution for those black lids. Thanks for the idea!

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  6. oldecrowOctober 28, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    Thanks for such a terrific idea! It's like "duh", Why didn't I think of that!
    Wanda
    Olde crow Mercantile

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  7. CherOctober 28, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    I did this too but used a small flower punch...they look so cute! great idea!

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  8. CreateologyOctober 28, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Super important...Happy Birthday yesterday! Sounds like you had a wonderful day of celebrating.
    Brilliant idea for your Distress Stains. The color dots also give inspiration that is lacking otherwise. Happy inking...

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  9. VicOctober 28, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Glad you had a great birthday! I did the punched circles on my first set and the I used adhesive re-enforcements on the rest!

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  10. SmilynStefOctober 28, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Love this idea ... need to do something similar for ink labels too ... thanks for the inspiration.

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  11. pookyOctober 30, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    Awwwwwww...sorry I missed your b-day! Happy Birthday Roni;))))))
    I did this tip with my glimmer mist, it works great! Don't have any stains....yet..hehe

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  12. Caroline D.October 30, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    LOL Great minds think alike... I did the exact same thing a couple months ago when I bought the whole set of stains. I did the same thing with my glimmer mists.

    Your birthday day sounded wonderful... glad you had some fun! Happy Halloween!!

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  13. SandraNovember 1, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    Thanks for this great idea. I started right away. Just struggling the get the label of the backer :).

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  14. Heidi SmithNovember 2, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    I did the same thing a few weeks back and it's been MUCH easier to find them. they needed to have come with this on them!

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  15. CarolynNovember 3, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Great tip!

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Thanks for your thoughts and comments!