So here is my quick tutorial on how to dye skittles in 6 easy steps...

1. Gather your skittles, alcohol ink, a bag-ette (mini baggie) and a paper towel

2. Bag you skittles, often I like to use a couple of colors because sometimes the base color will show though.

3. Drop 6-7 drops of Ranger Alcohol ink in the baggie. Experiment with mixing colors.

4. Shake - Shake, Shake, Shake. Shake, Shake, Shake. Shake your skittles

5. Pour your newly dyed skittles on a paper towel to dry.

6. Ohh and Ahhh, aren't they pretty?

Now who wants them? Let me know in a comment and I'll draw for a winner of these wild plum beauties Sunday at 3pm (PST)

So I was directed to the Cricut MB by a post on the CKMB. I stayed a while and noticed that allot of the threads were frothing about "Skittles" I thought that's weired because most SBers prefer chocolates, don't they? Any, why would you put something so sticky on a card or page anyway? Never the one to just mind my own business and walk away, I poked around a bit, eventually I realized they were talking about these little acrylic bubbles you can glue to a page and it looks like a clear, glistening brad. They're really cool. (Some places call'em Baubles or Dew Drops) The next day, since I was at Michael's desperately seeking the new Cuttlebug folders and the Series 11 stamps, I popped by the floral sections because I too need Skittles. Baaa.... Baaa.... Baaa... oh... what was that?


Anyway....since they were on clearance, I bought one of each of the pink(light and dark mixed), yellow (three shades) and blue (light blue, clear and frosted). For two bucks each. I came hope and sorted my skittles, reveling in the bargin.




Then something called to me. "Tigardlilly.....there's more...." And what to my wondering eyes should appear, but threads about dyeing skittles, my dear! Uh huh, you can dye skittles with Ranger Alcohol Inks! (You know they come in 24 colors, plus you can mix them!)




I went back to my Michael's to buy more, but only the blue was left, so most of my creations are on the blue/white skittles.



Which brings me to my point, if any of you shop at MY Michael's; STAY AWAY FROM MY SKITTLES!!!!!! They mine, Mine, MINE. I'm serious; I called them. I call them all, in the entire metro area. NO, state. NO All of them. They're mine, they're all mine.