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Ask Maria Pigment Ink vs Dye Ink

February 8, 2012 by Maria Leave a Comment

Reader Question: What is the difference between a pigment ink and a dye ink? Is one better than the other for stamping?

  

Answer: A pigment ink is a slow drying ink that is water resistant. A dye ink (sometimes called watercolor ink) is not water resistant unless it is permanent ink and is not as color fast or fade resistant as pigment ink. Differences include the color palettes, time to dry, and transparency.

Pigment inks can be used for embossing, the process of stamping an ink image, covering it with embossing powder, and heating the powder so it rises. Dye ink just can’t match the consistency of pigment ink. You can add to this mix inks called hybrids which were designed to have the best features of pigment and dye inks.

Which type of ink you select really depends on the technique you want to achieve. Dye inks have brilliant transparent color. Pigment inks are best for embossing and if you want to stamp on a non-porous surface you’ll want a permanent ink. Most stampers have a variety of different inks to experiment and don’t forget that all these inks mix well together.

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Product Review and Giveaway: Cat’s Eye Fluid Chalk Queue Set

March 5, 2010 by FaveCrafts Leave a Comment

The Cat’s Eye shape is a popular one with rubber stampers as it allows one to ink into corners and small areas while still making it easy to ink larger stamps. This set includes 6 nesting colors. Learn more and enter to win the set here.

Contest ends March 19, 2010. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

The Cat’s Eye shape is a popular one with rubber stampers as it allows one to ink into corners and small areas while still making it easy to ink larger stamps.

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A Simple Guide to Rubber Stamping

October 5, 2009 by Maria Leave a Comment

You can become an artist with a stamp, ink, and a little color from chalks, pastels, watercolors, markers, or colored pencils! Rubberstamping is a technique used to create greeting cards, home décor items, collage, apparel embellishment and so much more.

1. You’ll need a rubber stamp or two. There are traditional wood mount rubber stamps and the next generation of stamping, the clear stamp. Clear stamps are unmounted meaning that you will need an acrylic mount to place the clear stamp image upon to stamp with it. You can also buy rubber stamp images that are unmounted. Experiment with mounted and unmounted stamps. Paper artists tend to prefer the clear unmounted since this type of stamp makes image placement very easy (you can see where you are going to stamp the image through the acrylic mounts) and storage takes up less space than the traditional wood mounted stamps.

2. Next you’ll need some ink. There are two types of basic ink. The first is pigment, which is a slow drying ink and the second is dye ink, which is fast drying. Dye inks are more colorful than pigment inks, but only pigment inks are opaque. You’ll also need pigment ink if you decide that you want to emboss an image.  There are a rainbow of colors available in both kinds of inks, but black, gold, silver, red, and blue are the most popular of ink colors.

3. Ink rubberstamp by tapping the ink pad to the image making sure the entire image is inked. Stamp directly down to your surface (paper, wood, acetate, and more). Do not rock or shake the stamp, but lift directly up. You’ll have a crisp, clean image with no smudges. Practice several times when stamping on a new surface to determine the pressure needed to get that crisp image. Note that rubber stamps do give a better detailed image than clear stamps. This is because the rubber is slightly harder than the material used to create the clear stamps.

4. Once an image is stamped you can color it with a huge variety of coloring tools. You can use chalks and pastels by brushing or rubbing the color onto the image. You can watercolor with watercolor pencils or paint, again brushing on the color. You can also use colored pencils and markers.

Rubber stamping can easily become a passion since it is so easy to do and you’ll have wonderful projects completed in less than an hour. Check out these fun rubber stamping projects:

Papercraft Butterfly Card– This is a great card to send to a friend; it’s easy to make.
Recycled Jewelry– Save the environment by recycling and reusing jewelry.
Decorative Clay Pot Patterns– Decorate your clay pots any way you wish.

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Product Review and Giveaway: Metallic Pearl Inkpads

August 28, 2009 by FaveCrafts 2 Comments

If you love to scrapbook, stamp or make homemade cards, you know the right ink is crucial. These brand new inkpads from FolkArt® of Marvy Uchida have a touch of pearl simmer. The ink is acid-free, archival and water-resistant when dry. The ink comes in 8 colors and we are giving away a set of 3 inkpads to 1 lucky winner. Read the full review and enter to win here.

Contest ends September 11, 2009. You can enter once daily, so return often to improve your chances of winning!

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