I thought I'd tell you a little about the different inks that are available in the Stampin' Up! range. Part 1 today features our Classic Inks.
Stampin' Up! Classic Ink Pads have a waterbased dye ink that soaks into the paper and dries quickly. A great ink for stamping. The classic inks are available in all 48 colours from our four colour families, plus the In Colours and neutrals. Lots of gorgeous colours to choose from to coordinate perfectly with your cardstock and other supplies.
Ink Pad Design
Lots of thought has gone into the design of our Stampin' Up! ink pads. I had taken it all a bit for granted until I started investigating. Some clever cookies out there! Here are just a few of the facts and features I discovered.
Classic Ink Pads have linen fabric covering the felt pad to provide an even distribution of the ink.
Our stamp pads have a flip-top design that stores the inking surface upside down, so the ink is at the surface of the pad when you flip it over and are ready to use it. Handy!
The actual ink pad itself is raised so that the plastic casing doesn't get in the way when inking up larger stamps such as background stamps.
The lid is flexible so that when closed it can be pressed into the ink pad, forming a little pool of ink on the lid that you can dip a blender pen, brush or aquapainter in for colouring.
Refill bottles are available if your ink pad needs refreshing. Just add some drops.
Stamping with our Stampin' Up! Classic Inks is lots of fun, and can be a great aspect to incorporate into your scrapbooking.
The journalling on strips reads:
At Poppy and Maddy's ... in September '08 ... giggling ... zany ... wobbly tooth just hanging ... happy ... laughing ... and then ... fleetingly ... a moment of quiet reflection ... and I wonder ... what you were thinking ... my beautiful girl.
This double layout includes some stamping using Chocolate Chip ink, Elegant Eggplant Ink and the elegant swirl from the Baroque Motifs stamp set.
On the left layout I've stamped the swirl on the base cardstock (Creamy Caramel) then placed some vellum over the top with my typed quote for a subtle way to tie it in with the facing page.
The edges of the journalling strips have been sponged with Chocolate Chip ink too.
The "... and I wonder ...' strip in the picture above has not yet been sponged and helps illustrate what lovely depth a bit of sponged ink can add to a project.
You can use a cut wedge of sponge ... (a bulldog clip protects your fingers from getting too inky) ....
... or use a sponge dauber, both options available from our Stampin' Up! product range.
Stay tuned over the next few weeks for some information about Craft Inks and Staz On Ink.
Cheers, Sue
The colours you have chosen add a lovely warmth to the layout! What sweet photos of Hannah!
Posted by: Miriam Thomas | 02 October 2009 at 09:13 PM
Really informative article Sue. Well done and I'm sure lots of people will find it very helpful. Great to see all the photos with it as well
Di
Posted by: Di Gill | 03 October 2009 at 10:09 AM