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I am looking for ink pad recommendations. I have some distress inks and oxides and use black and brown memento for copic coloring but am looking for some good dye inks. I am leaning towards PinkFresh. But honestly I am a bit overwhelmed with the choices. Any recommendations?
My two favorites are Archival ink and Versafine Clair. They are both permanent, and my Distress inks (including the ink and oxides) take care of the water reactive dyes.
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I don’t like ink that stain my stamps, so for color, I prefer dye inks rather than hybrid or permanent anything. My newest favorites are Catherine Pooler Inks. They are foam. They work great with rubber, photopolymer, stencils, are water reactive, all the things I love to do. I have found that TE and GinaK inks tend to stain, as do Lisa Horton interference inks; I have only a few of those, and I’m picky about what I use them with/on.
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When choosing ink pads, take a long look at what holds the ink pads themselves. Stampin Up ink pads are difficult for some to use, and I've had some from other companies that don't stay shut unless I'm super-careful with them. I guess I'm suggesting that you try a couple of different styles before taking a deep dive into one label.
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These past couple years I have become a Catherine Pooler fan. I have been buying her mini pads because of storage issue. I love the bright colors and the foam pad, but I do reink them often, Ardyth is a big CP fan as well and features them in her videos and cards here.
But for black (not black for COPICS), especially fine lined and sentiment dies, I still LOVE Versafine Onyx Black.
It is overwhelming and there are so many great lines out there now. Good luck.
I really like my Catherine Poolers too. But I think the ones I use most often for stamping crisp images are my Memento dew drops. They’re so affordable and very consistent. One thing to consider: do you want matching cardstock available? In that case, Gina K or Concord & 9th would be a good bet.
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I don’t like ink that stain my stamps, so for color, I prefer dye inks rather than hybrid or permanent anything. My newest favorites are Catherine Pooler Inks. They are foam. They work great with rubber, photopolymer, stencils, are water reactive, all the things I love to do. I have found that TE and GinaK inks tend to stain, as do Lisa Horton interference inks; I have only a few of those, and I’m picky about what I use them with/on.
The Black from Catherine Pooler will stain permanently. I tried everything to clean it off a clear stamp. Stained is taking it lightly, I could no longer see through the stamp to line it up.
I am looking for ink pad recommendations. I have some distress inks and oxides and use black and brown memento for copic coloring but am looking for some good dye inks. I am leaning towards PinkFresh. But honestly I am a bit overwhelmed with the choices. Any recommendations?
I like the Simon Says Pawsitively Saturated Inks for the their bright colors. Pink Fresh for more muted colors. Altenew for their 4 color range families.
Thank you for asking, I have some Stampin Up ink pads. I was big into them, but I'm starting to venture out and I was looking for recommendations for another company that was good. I have been looking at Catherine Pooler and Concord and 9th. But Someone mentioned the memento dew drops and i have seen a few people use those on Youtube! .
I prefer any ink pads that are felt pads (I don’t care for the foam) so that helps to narrow things down some. My favorites are Pinkfresh, Lawn Fawn, and Gina K. Have been thinking about trying some of Simon Hurley inks as they are not supposed to stain your stamps.
Can I use versafine clair nocturne (black) ink to stamp images and then color with waterbased markers such as SU Stampin' Write markers?
I had been using archival ink pads if I wanted to use the Stampin' Write markers which work great with out any bleeding, but kind of a pain to clean the archival ink of the stamp as one needs a special archival ink cleaner.
Shirl, yes you can stamp with archival ink and use waterbased markers. It is perfect for any waterbased product. You can't use alcohol ink markers as the alcohol will make this kind of ink smear.
You can also emboss the versafine as it is a pigment based ink and will stay wet long enough to emboss it, then you can use anything to color once it is embossed.
I own one color of the Versfine Claire ink, a blue one, and it is very much like a pigment ink. I do like how well it stamps.
Yes, I was using the archival so I did know I could use the waterbased markers with that. I was just wanting to know if I could color the versafine clair stamped images with water based markers and without having to emboss it.
Yes, I was using the archival so I did know I could use the waterbased markers with that. I was just wanting to know if I could color the versafine clair stamped images with water based markers and without having to emboss it.
Shirl
Yes, just make sure the ink is dry. It shouldn't smear.
No problem. Thanks for letting me know, it should be okay!
Many thanks
Shirl
When I walked away, I remembered. Mary Polanco uses this ink all of the time with Arteza Real Brush pens, which are waterbased. I couldn't find a particular video. Basically she lets them dry and then colors away.
Can I use versafine clair nocturne (black) ink to stamp images and then color with waterbased markers such as SU Stampin' Write markers?
I had been using archival ink pads if I wanted to use the Stampin' Write markers which work great with out any bleeding, but kind of a pain to clean the archival ink of the stamp as one needs a special archival ink cleaner.
I just discovered this thread.
Well, I am trying to downsize but then I hear about something else...
I had always heard that Catherine Pooler inks are amazing, and I finally decided to try a few. My biggest issues with stamping are the finely detailed stamps (like some Papertrey ones I have) and ones with a lot of solid space. When hand stamping (no stamp positioner)--which is what I usually do--I don't always get enough detail (and yes, I use a thin foam underneath).
The Catherine Pooler stamps really ARE amazing for that! I compared them to my Distress pads and to Stampin' Up!, and they gave much better, smoother coverage.
That said, I didn't find they did as well with some of the "watercolor" stamp sets (I have several from Stampin' Up).
I guess it depends on what you need. I still love my Distress Oxides, but now I know I'm pulling out the Catherine Pooler inks for most of my stamping. 15 colors down, 100+ to go...oh, no!
I have a few CP inks that are great colors but the foam pads have gotten hard and crusty over time. Keeping them re-inked and juicy helps a bit but it is unlikely that I would buy more.
Mary Beth
I have a few CP inks that are great colors but the foam pads have gotten hard and crusty over time. Keeping them re-inked and juicy helps a bit but it is unlikely that I would buy more.
Mary Beth
ooh...good to know. Thanks.
I hear that the Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated inks are similar to Catherine Pooler inks. Uh oh.
I have a few CP inks that are great colors but the foam pads have gotten hard and crusty over time. Keeping them re-inked and juicy helps a bit but it is unlikely that I would buy more.
Mary Beth
interesting. I haven’t had that problem. Wonder what’s different.
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