ink brands
 

Does anyone have a favorite ink besides Stampin Up and why?

:) tammy

Ranger - love their Distress Inks, perfect for sponging and shabby/vintage stamping; Alcohol inks for creating backgrounds

Clearsnap - Fluid Chalk Inks, are quick drying and give full even coverage

Palette - Hybrid Inks, give the bed of both worlds with a blend of dye and pigment ink - great for all sorts of surfaces

Hope that helps. :D

I'm going to second the Palette inks. They are wonderful inks pads, versatile, and work wonderfully on glossy card stock and with watercoloring.

I also love Brilliance ink pads. They sparkle. I love sparkle, but not glitter. Go figure. Opalites are also sparkly, but I only have reinkers, no pads yet.

For multi-colored pads, I like Kaleidocolor, but I have to admit, I haven't tried any others. I love the KC pads because the colors are vivid and turn out so well on paper.

SU!, I love their color range, but can't stand the way their pads work (the package). I own bunches of them, and still fight with them every time I use them.

Alcohol inks are fabulous, too. I love them for a multitude of reasons, but the biggest is because the colors are so pretty and the backgrounds always come out beautiful.

Michelle

thanks!!!!!
 

Thank you for the info!!! Keep it coming!
:) Tammy

Ditto Lisa.

I love Versafine ink pads. Wonderful clear, crisp line images... great for watercoloring. Very easy cleanup. Easy to use design also.

I love the colors of the Paper Salon dye ink pads - and they are styled like the old SU pads so they don't warp, etc. The only drawback is that they don't have reinkers for them. I contacted the company and they wanted to know if I was an artist or a shop owner....no one else had ever asked them for reinkers for their pads and they wanted to know why I wanted them! :rolleyes: Needless to say, I haven't bought more of the pads for that reason, but I sure do like the pads I have....

I love Ranger Distress inks. I don't do anything fancy, mostly do "normal" stamping with them that results in images that look like those stamped with any other dye ink. I love the faboo colours they come in, the great size, and the price is right! I also like that I can do the occasional technique with them if I want.

Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink is another fave -- great colour selection, beautiful finish, and a perfect impression every time!

Ranger's Archivers Black - just invested in the humungous pad, and love the true black. Plus you can watercolor with it. My SU basic black is worn right out, but I don't think I'll replace it.

I also really like my Brilliance pads for their quick drying time, ability to stamp light colours on dark CS, and shimmer, but they evaporate so quickly I stopped using them because I was worried about the pad drying out halfway through a project or something silly like that. Now I have the reinkers for the colours I own, I have no excuse for not using them!

what store to find these? don't really like to order stuff online. TIA

I don't have a store reference for you because I do all my craft/stamping shopping online since I only have one small LSS nearby, and they don't have a lot of variety. Our Michaels is 30 miles away and has very limited stamping department IMO.

I got my Versafine pads at Joann.com during their inkpad sales. Also, .com has a very large selection of all kinds of inkpads and wonderful service.

Sorry this doesn't really help you much. A new Target Superstore is opening this summer about 3 miles from my house and I can't wait to see what they are going to carry.

My top picks are:

Versafine (Onyx Black) and Memories ink black. (I NEVER use my SU! black pad for anything anymore ... it's the pad the boys use when they stamp.)

Clearsnap Queues and Clearsnap Cat's Eyes (fluid chalk inks)

Hoping to order the Palette inks soon and give those a try! :)

I agree with you on both of those. I use those type of inks but use them mostly to distress.
Becky Woods