Do you enjoy sponging on your projects? Do you hate throwing away your sponges because they get you all inky? Do you not have enough room to store a sponge for each color ink pad OR the patience to dig through them to find the color you need?
A friend of mine, Deborah, discovered a wonderful trick to Save Your Sponges!
Cut your sponge into six or eight wedges. I usually like cutting a sponge into six wedges. (A wedge is the same shape as a piece of a round pie – a triangle shape.)
1. Use them on your projects (one color of ink per sponge wedge) until the end of your crafting session for the day.
2. THEN rinse them out under running tap water!
3. Let dry. Now I usually have 2-3 sponge wedges drying by the kitchen sink. 😉
Quick &Easy!
Most ink colors wash right out and leave a clean sponge. Even if the sponge is stained with a darker color of ink, the color will no longer transfer to another project. This way you can Save Your Sponges until you cannot stand how they look. Then let your children use them since they are not clean and pretty any more. Or you can throw them away then. But you can get LOTS of use out of each sponge wedge!
Happy Sponging!
Nendy Kerr
