Beginners Guide to Ink Pads

Beginners Stamping Info Sheet

 

Dye Based Ink Pads

Come in a wide range of colours

Suitable for paper and card

Dry very quickly

Not suitable for embossing

 

Pigment Based Pads

Come in a huge range of colours including metallic, fluorescent and multicoloured

Pigment ink dries slowly

Suitable for paper and card – but not shiny surfaces

Suitable for embossing (lovely with a pretty pigment pad colour and a holographic embossing powder)

 

Embossing Pads

Transparent or Tinted (I prefer tinted)

Dry slowly

Specifically designed for use with embossing powders

In available in pen form

 

Solvent Ink (StazOn)

Stamps on any surface including glass, leather, card, metal

Quick drying ink

Permanent – so good for colouring your stamped image

 

Fabric Pads

Permanent Ink

Suitable for paper. Card and fabric – needs to be ironed

 

Versamark Pad

A very sticky pad which can be used for lots of techniques

Stamp and emboss

Create a resist image by stamping onto glossy card and brayer over the top dye ink

Stamping and allowing to dry with give a watermark effect – especially on darker card

Use as a glue to apply chalks and pigment powders.

 

Felt Pens

Colour directly onto your stamp with non-permanent pens

Breath on the stamp to refresh colours before stamping (eg Marvy Le Plume or Superpoints)

 

 

Handy Hints

 

Size of Pad

Ink pads are raised and so a small ink pad can ink up a large stamp – by tapping pad over stamp

 

Storage of Ink Pads

Store ink pads upside down with the exception of metallic and multicoloured pigment pads.  This will ensure that the ink stays at the top of your pad and will be ready for use.