Hello all! I'm thrilled to be here for ink week! How fun is this? I'm here to share about Pigment Inks!
First of all, a little education on Pigment Inks! Pigment inks are some of my favorite inks because they cover great, stamp beautifully and the colors are amazing. Because of their thicker feel, they work great for stamps where you have a solid image or fine detail! Also, because the ink "sits" on top of the paper, the lines stay very crisp! It's very important when using a pigment ink to turn you stamp up and then bring the ink to the stamp - pigment inks don't work well for smooching the stamp into the ink pad - which is a reason the MISTI is a great tool for Pigment Inks!
Today, I'm using both Avery Elle inks and Mama Elephant inks. Both inks are very similar and compliment each other very well! Some pigment inks can be a little slow to dry but both of these dry very fast - which makes them much easier to use!
The cases are great because the color you see on the pad is the color that you get when you stamp an image!
You can tell by looking through the lid that the ink is very spongy!
Here's what I mean! Check out this coverage!
This was a two stamp process - but look at that amazing coverage!! Crisp and solid!
I couldn't use my MISTI for this TINY stamp but check out how great it stamps!
Now for a fun technique that you can do with Pigment inks! I used my MISTI and stamped the first color of ink.
Then, after using the stamp once with the lightest color ink, I lightly pressed against the edges of the stamp with a slightly darker ink color. This gives a little shading - but all accomplished with ink.
Check it out!!!
I kept working my way around the cat with the balloons.
I love the texture and shading this technique yields! Also, do you notice how crisp those letters are?
Next I stamped the strings.
Then the mouse.
Now, another fun technique that you can use pigment inks for - daubing! I used a small finger dauber to add the appearance of grass. I simply stamped the image I wanted to cover up in the green ink, trimmed it out and then covered my card front. Then, I daubed the finger dauber sponge into the pigment ink pad and lightly added in some grass.
Check it out when I removed the mask!
Finally I die cut a border.
Then, I used a scalloped rectangle die to create the scalloped card front.
Lastly, I added sequins and stamped the sentiment.
I'm so glad you stopped by to enjoy ink week and learn about Pigment inks! Thank you so much and have a wonderful day!
XOXO,
Heather
