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Help! I'm new to scrapbooking. I have been making cards for quite a while. I have been using SU inks. I am confused on which ink I should be using for scrapbook pages and why, do I need two different kinds of inks, one for scrapbooking (craft ink) and one for cards? Any help or advise would be great.
Thanks!
Classic inks are dye inks. They soak into your paper or cardstock and dry very quickly. Many people favor them for cards because of the quick dry time - you don't have to worry about smearing when staming lots of images close together in a short period of time. A downside is that you can't see a light-colored ink stamped on dark cardstock. They also fade over time.
Craft inks are pigment inks. They sit on top of the paper or cardstock, and have a long drying time (unless set with a heat gun). They can be easy to smear if you're not careful! However, the long drying time makes them good choices for embossing. They're preferred for scrapbooking because the color stays truer over time. Also, you can see a light-colored ink on dark cardstock.
I hope that helps!
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Classic inks are dye inks. They soak into your paper or cardstock and dry very quickly. Many people favor them for cards because of the quick dry time - you don't have to worry about smearing when staming lots of images close together in a short period of time. A downside is that you can't see a light-colored ink stamped on dark cardstock. They also fade over time.
Craft inks are pigment inks. They sit on top of the paper or cardstock, and have a long drying time (unless set with a heat gun). They can be easy to smear if you're not careful! However, the long drying time makes them good choices for embossing. They're preferred for scrapbooking because the color stays truer over time. Also, you can see a light-colored ink on dark cardstock.
I hope that helps!
I generally use my dye inks unless I'm using a technique that specifically requires craft ink. I had read somewhere that dye inks fade at about the same rate as photographs, so unless you're spending big bucks and having your photos printed on archival paper, the fading really isn't an issue.
Well, I'm not sure about all classic inks lasting as long as photos. I look at cards done within the last YEAR and can see fading, particularly with lighter colors, and done with glossy cardstock. If I were doing scrpbook ages, especially heritage pages, I'd be using an archival ink, whether it's pigment or archival dye ink.
Well, I'm not sure about all classic inks lasting as long as photos. I look at cards done within the last YEAR and can see fading, particularly with lighter colors, and done with glossy cardstock. If I were doing scrpbook ages, especially heritage pages, I'd be using an archival ink, whether it's pigment or archival dye ink.
I'm definitely not saying that's absolutely true - just a rule of thumb I'd heard somewhere. I know that anything done on glassy seems to fade pretty quickly in my experience (and I don't think we're supposed to use glossy on SBs anyway because of acidity or something). With SBs, the pages are not going to be stored in direct sunlight or handled as frequently as cards, so should last longer. HTH!
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