What white cardstock do you recommend with prismacolor pencils? What ink?

[ladybug4233]

Hi there,

I am jsut wondering what type of white cardstock do you recommend I use with prismacolor pencils and baby oil? Also, what type of ink do you recommend? Is CTMH ink okay? What black do you recommend?

Thanks,
Candie

[jazzytobi]

I was using my "Copic" paper with pencils/gamsol (i use Koh-I-Noor woodless pencils) and I wasn't happy with the blending.. It seemed too hard. Then one day, because I was lazy, I stamped an image using Momento Black ink onto cheap smooth white cardstock (from my LSS) and it blended like a dream. I was so surprised!

[schlozb]

I use Momento or Brilliance ink with my prismacolor pencils. I tend to use the Momento more though, because the Brilliance is a pigment ink and either needs to dry for a long time or be heat set.

As for paper, I use SU Whisper White, Gina K. Pure Luxury cardstock or I have had luck with the Georgia Pacific cardstock sold at Walmart (though I haven't been able to find this recently).

HTH!

[CreativeCritter]

I use Strathmore Ultimate White cardstock and Palette ink. I've never had a problem with the blending or with my ink bleeding.

[just_v]

My preference is for Memento Tuxedo Black ink (I also like their brown for a vintage look) and Gina K's Pure Luxury in the base weight. Blends like a dream!

V

[whoistracy]

I prefer PTI's white cardstock. BUT I've found you can use any white, they just all blend differently.

As far as inks go, I use Palette inks and don't have trouble with smearing. I like that they dry quickly.

[wdiosa]

I use Stampin' Up's whisper white cardstock and StazOn ink. I blend with Gamasol.

[jackie1]

I prefer to use the Gina K pure luxury paper and the memento tuxedo black ink for my prisma and OMS. I have tried other paper and ink and this is the combination that I have found that works best for me, I also like the fact that I can use the same paper and ink with my copic's.

[JulieHRR]

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Originally Posted by ladybug4233

Hi there,

I am jsut wondering what type of white cardstock do you recommend I use with prismacolor pencils and baby oil? Also, what type of ink do you recommend? Is CTMH ink okay? What black do you recommend?

Thanks,
Candie

I answered in your other thread, but, I adore Neenah Classic Crest 80 or 110# for colored pencil and every other coloring medium, with the exception of watercolor (watercolors seem to work best for me with Fabriano or bonafide watercolor paper).

As for ink . . . well, I can honestly say I've never done the baby oil thing (or the gamsol thing, for that matter) with colored pencils, but with strictly colored pencils, I like many inks, including A Muse Black, Staz-On Jet-Black, Palette Noir, Adirondack Pitch Black, etc. These are all dye-based, as opposed to pigment.

Pigment ink is thicker, takes longer to dry, and therefore enables you to thermal emboss the images with embosing powder (creating glossy raised lines). Because of the pigments, it also tends to be much more fade-resistant in sunlight, than dye based inks are. But, you will need to allow them time to dry--sometimes overnight--or speed heat set it with a heat tool if you're in a hurry to start coloring. ;)

HTH!