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I am new to SU and love it hooked. (I would say since 4-2 and have already about 10 sets and 3 more on the way.) I wanted to know the easiest way to stamp the larger stamps. Should I rub the ink pad on the stamp or should I tap the ink pad on.
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I have found the best way for me is to roll my rubber brayer over my ink pad, and then roll it over my background stamp. It gives a smoother look than tapping and is less wear and tear on the stamp pad than rubbing. I hope this helps!
I have really made a mess of some of my stamp pads by rubbing them on the stamp! I get great coverage that way but my pads are starting to fray on the edges!
I have found the best way for me is to roll my rubber brayer over my ink pad, and then roll it over my background stamp. It gives a smoother look than tapping and is less wear and tear on the stamp pad than rubbing. I hope this helps!
Amanda, that's a great idea. Would dye ink be better than pigment??
I use the brayer so there is better and quicker coverage.
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If you love SU then you will find their pads work well when you lay the stamp down on your surface and then I tap with the ink pad, not rub. I then lay the paper on top and rub carefully. If the paper is down and stamp on top, lots of times the whole image doesn't transfer on the really big stamps.
Which brayer do you use.....the foam or the rubber one?
Rubber -- the beige one, which I believe is the hard rubber attachment. The foam one would sink into the crevices of the image and likely give you a muddy imprint when you stamped onto your paper.
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Rubber -- the beige one, which I believe is the hard rubber attachment. The foam one would sink into the crevices of the image and likely give you a muddy imprint when you stamped onto your paper.
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Okay, so we've established that the brayer is used with the rubber attachment ... But, (not to sound stupid or anything) how do you ink it up? I've never used a brayer but seen it written about around this site. So, do you just roll it on your ink pad (Classic or Craft) and then onto your stamp?
Okay, so we've established that the brayer is used with the rubber attachment ... But, (not to sound stupid or anything) how do you ink it up? I've never used a brayer but seen it written about around this site. So, do you just roll it on your ink pad (Classic or Craft) and then onto your stamp?
That's exactly how I do it, just roll the brayer (with the rubber attachment) over an ink pad to ink it up (I've used both classic ink and craft ink with it) and then roll the brayer over the background stamp. It really does give such nice, even coverage.
Your questions aren't stupid at all, by the way. I think I waited to use my brayer just because I was wondering about those same things that have been asked about in this thread. It's much better to ask than to let your brayer sit in the cabinet unused (like a certain trefoil poster I know ;) ).
Your questions aren't stupid at all, by the way. I think I waited to use my brayer just because I was wondering about those same things that have been asked about in this thread. It's much better to ask than to let your brayer sit in the cabinet unused (like a certain trefoil poster I know ;) ).
This is exactly why I love this website! Answers to my numerous questions. Thanks so much!
I've always been hesitant to use my brayer because I'm afraid of "wasting" ink. But I never thought about avoiding the wear & tear on my ink pads. And they really are starting to fray. I think I'll go ahead and try the brayer next time I use a BG stamp. Thanks!
A brayer is the way to go. After you ink the brayer and roll it on your stamp, turn the brayer over and use the handle edge to rub over your cardstock. Here is another thread discussing this same topic. Forums at Splitcoaststampers
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I do what diane617 said. I call it "spanking" the stamp. I just spank the ink pad on the big stamps. I then put the paper on top of the stamp and press down with a piece of scrap paper or a folded piece of grid paper. I rub along entire surface. This does a great job! Good Luck!
I also "spank" the ink pad on my bg stamps and then lay my cardstock on top of the stamp to get it lined up. I then use the edge of my bone folder to "scrape" across the cardstock to ensure that I make contact with the entire surface of the stamp. I've found this to work much better than running my fingers across it. At a recent stamp camp where no one had brought their bone folders, we used the dull side of a butter knife for the same effect!
I've always been hesitant to use my brayer because I'm afraid of "wasting" ink. But I never thought about avoiding the wear & tear on my ink pads. And they really are starting to fray. I think I'll go ahead and try the brayer next time I use a BG stamp. Thanks!
Did you use the tapping method or the rubbing method to result in frayed pads?
Thanks for the brayer tip! I've not tried that before, but I will now. I've always just 'tapped' my ink onto my BG stamps, and haven't had any problems.
Another good tip I just learned, when using the BG stamps, instead of running your fingers over your cardstock and chance getting ink on yourself and smearing your card, use your bone tool to rub the card stock onto the stamp.
I just tried the brayer method and what a difference! I'm hooked! I've always rubbed my ink pad across the BG stamp and achieved mediocre results (while causing my ink pads to fray). You get much better coverage with the brayer and the stamped image is beautiful! I just tried it with the Floral BG stamp. I still like the "butt stamping" method as far as applying the BG to the cardstock!
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I don't have many full sized inkpads, but I've used my reinkers with my brayer.
I put a piece of waxed paper on top of scrap paper (the ink seeps through the waxed paper just a tiny bit!), and then put a few drops of ink onto the
waxed paper to ink up my brayer. I LOVE the results of using the brayer to ink up my background stamps! If you have the ink spots, like I do, they leave lines and funny marks on the background image, and they get tattered pretty quickly, poor things!
After I have inked up the stamp, and I have put my cardstock on top of the stamp, I place a piece of scrap paper on top. Then I brayer over that to get equal pressure on the cs.
I will have to use all of these tips, I have a few background stamps but have never had much luck getting a good image out of them so I just don't use them maybe I will have better luck using these tips.TU
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After I have inked up the stamp, and I have put my cardstock on top of the stamp, I place a piece of scrap paper on top. Then I brayer over that to get equal pressure on the cs.
As mentioned before.....use rubber brayer to ink the BG stamp...lay CS on the rubber, place a scrap paper over that...but then I use my acrylic brayer to rub over the card to transfer the image. I like this much better than fingers or bone folder. I've also begun using my acrylic brayer to fold my CS in half. put the edges together as with any fold, then start where the two edges meet, and roll the acrylic brayer up to where it will crease.....then roll across the crease a few times.....no more unevenly creased cards : )
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Inking BG stamps
Bone Folder
good info
