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Has anyone got some advice on stamping using products like the Altenew Build a flower rose? I can’t get the ink to cover the stamps nicely. It pools. I’ve tried washing the stamps, rubbing them with an eraser, lightly sanding, changing the type of ink (I even bought the Altenew ink) and inking them with embossing ink first. All these were suggestions from either Altenew or the company I purchased the stamp from. I’m getting really frustrated as Jennifer McGuire on YouTube makes it look so easy (and possible).
Sometimes some inks just do that, so it makes me curious if you have other inks in your room to try and maybe possibly something like a Misti tool where you can have the paper and the stamp in place and re-ink the stamp in between closing the lid until you get the coverage you are looking for? (having a misti has saved more partial prints for me than anything else I have tried in the past) but, I do not have the stamp set you are working on or any altenew inks. it was just something to try.
Photopolymer stamps often have this issue. A few workarounds: 1) rub the stamp with an eraser or a nail buffer and see if that provides enough "tooth" for the ink to hang onto without pooling; 2) ink up the stamp with Versamark, then the color you want (the Versamark will "grab" the ink, and no harm to your colored pad whatsoever); 3) use a pigment pad instead of a dye ink. One of these should help...
Sometimes some inks just do that, so it makes me curious if you have other inks in your room to try and maybe possibly something like a Misti tool where you can have the paper and the stamp in place and re-ink the stamp in between closing the lid until you get the coverage you are looking for? (having a misti has saved more partial prints for me than anything else I have tried in the past) but, I do not have the stamp set you are working on or any altenew inks. it was just something to try.
Thank you I have a stamping platform and tried that. It helps but not a lot 🙂
Photopolymer stamps often have this issue. A few workarounds: 1) rub the stamp with an eraser or a nail buffer and see if that provides enough "tooth" for the ink to hang onto without pooling; 2) ink up the stamp with Versamark, then the color you want (the Versamark will "grab" the ink, and no harm to your colored pad whatsoever); 3) use a pigment pad instead of a dye ink. One of these should help...
Thank you but I have already tried all these. Sadly still doesn’t work. Maybe it’s the paper?
At the risk of appalling anyone, I have taken very fine sandpaper to polymer stamps that refused to play nice. I figured they weren't working, anyway, so what would be the harm? Usually worked...
At the risk of appalling anyone, I have taken very fine sandpaper to polymer stamps that refused to play nice. I figured they weren't working, anyway, so what would be the harm? Usually worked...
Don't necessarily worry about it looking like the stamp is covered in ink-- it will spread.
My actual tip, though, is to stand up when you stamp if you are able to do so. (Just when you're stamping the image, not the whole time.)
I often stamp something multiple times and it's still not great but if I stand up, even though I don't feel like my pressure is any different from when I was sitting, I always, always get a better result.
And I never, ever remember this tip right off the bat. ;)
I sometimes have this problem, too, and the trick I have that usually solves it is to ink up and stamp the image on scrap paper many, many, many times. After a while, it seems that the stamp will accept the ink evenly without it pooling into tiny spots on the stamp.
Don't necessarily worry about it looking like the stamp is covered in ink-- it will spread.
My actual tip, though, is to stand up when you stamp if you are able to do so. (Just when you're stamping the image, not the whole time.)
I often stamp something multiple times and it's still not great but if I stand up, even though I don't feel like my pressure is any different from when I was sitting, I always, always get a better result.
And I never, ever remember this tip right off the bat. ;)
I sometimes have this problem, too, and the trick I have that usually solves it is to ink up and stamp the image on scrap paper many, many, many times. After a while, it seems that the stamp will accept the ink evenly without it pooling into tiny spots on the stamp.
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