Stylus Tools and Tips
These tools are no longer being produced as the manufacturer, Clearsnap, closed for business in 2019. The company looks like they've been acquired but, I've heard, the new owner didn't purchase that particular tooling to make this tool. So, it looks like the best tool that will ever be made (in my opinion) for the particular use that I employed it for will no longer be around. It was great while it lasted though! Paper towels work great for what I did with the Stylus Tool and can achieve about 90% of what these tools did but your fingers get a lot inkier with paper towels and one can't get into the details like the little sponge Stylus tips.
Stylus Tools are great. I would call them Coloring Wands if I were Clearsnap
(the manufacturer) but I'm not. These plastic wands are lightweight and are great for applying color to scenes and cards.
Just pop in the Colorbox Stylus Tool tips and you are ready to color.
"Tips on Tip Care": With dye-based inks, we like to designate a different tip for different
color families. For example, each handle is double sided which means it holds two foam tips. One tip
can be for blue tones, another for green, yellow, red, black, brown, etc. To clean them we just dab
the tips off on a piece of paper to remove excessive ink and just store them in a sealed plastic bag until
future use. They will not be "clean" but they do not need to be since they will be used with similar colors.
Keeping them in a sealed bag, such as a Ziplock, will help to keep the tips from drying and hardening. With this
type of usage, it is almost like having a stamp pad on a stick/wand. Scroll down the page for ordering options.
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