How to refill your blender pens

How about a helpful hint today? I’m sure some of you have seen this recipe before but with the new Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils I thought it would be a good time to post it again. When my blender pens are not wet enough to give me the best blending look possible it’s time to refill the pens. In order to do this I remove the tips with a pair of tweezers or my fingers.

Then I remove the connector on one end of the pen with a pair of pliers. Inside the pen is a foam tube.
Here is the recipe:

1 oz. glycerin (2 tbsp)
2 oz. distilled water
¾ teaspoons alcohol

I mix it in a larger bottle and store it for future use.

Take out the foam tube and either drip the solution into the foam tube or soak the tube in the solution. If you need to use the pen soon you can drip the solution into the foam tube. I prefer to soak them for about 1/2 hour. You can feel the difference in the weight when they have absorbed enough of the solution.

Replace the tips and let them sit 15-20 minutes and you are ready to use them. Be sure that you put the black connectors back on firmly. They should snap twice before they are in place and they should meet the barrel of the pen. NO GAPS!

You can use the Blender pens with the ink pads, reinkers and watercolor pencils on a variety of mediums (Very Vanilla, Whisper White and watercolor paper.

So now you are ready to purchase those Watercolor Pencils from Stampin’ Up! Click the shop logo to take you to my web page to make that purchase.