Stamp at Lindas

What would be the colors of ink that are closest to the original Red and Green for Christmas?

This question was asked by Deb. She will receive a package of our Sweet Treat Cups for FREE!  (pg.7 in the Holiday Mini Catalog)   Your question may be chosen for my blog and if it is, you will receive a gift of a SU product.  Just submit your question to stampatlindas@hotmail.com   

Traditionally when I joined SU 11 years ago, everyone used Glorious Green and Real Red as their Christmas colors. At the time, I did not have either one of these colors.  I had Garden Green and Rose Red so used them for my Christmas Cards.  These two colors have alot more blue in them and I really liked the results.  As you can see by the new Designer Papers by SU, traditional and nontraditional colors are now being used for Christmas.  It is fun to "think out of the box" and I love the challenge.

Deb also asked what color of blue should be used in making snowflake cards.  My preference is Night of Navy or Not Quite Navy.  Use these by either stamping the snowflake in these colors onto Whisper White, Shimmery White or Very Vanilla cardstock or stamping snowflakes directly onto Night of Navy or Not Quite Navy using our Whisper White Craft pad, Very Vanilla Craft pad or any of our new Shimmer Paints found in the new Holiday Mini.  The Shimmer paints can be found on page 27 in the mini and the other ink pads and cardstock are found in the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog on pages 155 -159.

Thanks Deb for submitting your question.  Christmas will be here before you know it.  Have some fun and try new colors that appeal to you.

What is the best way to store the ink pads?

One of the nicest features of our Stampin' Up! ink pads is that they automatically store upside down.  That help keeps the ink at the top of the pad so inking up a stamp should be easier.  However if you have a VersaMark pad which is sold by SU, but not a SU product, you should store it upside down.

Stampin' Up! just offered this information about their Stampin Spots.  They are hand filled with ink and are filled to the brim, so it is not recommended that they be stored upside down.  Storing  them upside down will cause leaking.

I want to thank Sharon for asking this question.  I hope it is helpful to all of you.  And Sharon receives a package of our Sweet Treat Cups for FREE! (pg.7 in the new Holiday Mini)  If you have not received a Holiday Mini and would like one, please email me at stampatlindas@hotmail.com 

Questions and Answers

Jody asks what the difference is between Classic ink and Craft ink.  Thanks Jody for the question.  This was confusing to me when I first started stamping, but SU has made it easy for us.  

Classic Ink is a water based dye ink which dries quickly and is used for basic stamping.  Basic Black, Basic Brown and Basic Gray are made  with a waterproof dye and will not bleed when watercoloring.

Craft Ink is a pigment ink that dries slower. You may have to heat set it or sprinkle clear emboss powder over it for quicker results.  (You can actually emboss in all of our 48 colors by stamping with craft ink and embossing with clear embossing powder.)  Craft Ink is more archival safe than the Classic Ink, so it can be used for Scrapbooking.  You can also use Craft Ink to stamp onto fabric and wood.   Since it is a thicker ink you may have to refill it more often.  I have found it to be a more vibrant ink when dry, you just have to be patient when waiting for it to dry.

You can actually watercolor with both inks.  Before Leadership in January 2009,  I only used  the dye inks for watercoloring, however they showed us that you can also use the Craft ink for watercoloring and I love it.  The colors again are more vibrant, but do not blend as much as the Classic inks.

I have a few customers who will not use anything else but Craft Ink,  but for basic, quick stamping you cannot beat our wonderful Classic Inks.

Don't wait.....give both of them a try using the same project so you can personally compare the results.   Enjoy!!!

Jody recieves a FREE! package of the new Printed Window Sheets from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

My First Stamping Question

I am so excited to answer my first stamping question which was asked by Sharon.  By the way, she received a package of our new Printed Window Sheets Pg.10 of our Occasions Mini FREE! just for submitting a question on my Blog.  Thank you Sharon!

Anyway, Sharon wanted to know which ink works best when stamping onto Vellum.  My first response is to use Stazon pg. 190 because it is best for stamping onto non-porous surfaces.  It dries quickly and is easy to work with.  It is a permanent ink, so be careful not to get it on your clothing.

In addition, I have use Basic Black, Basic Gray and Basic Brown all found on pg. 153.  You do need to let it dry for a little while, but it also does quite well.   When using these inks, you should turn the vellum over and color on the back side because these inks are not as permanent as Stazon and may bleed.  All of them have a lovely effect.  Tomorrow I will post a card using the Basic Brown ink. I chose it because it went well with the DSP.   Check back tomorrow to see another example of this technique.  

And remember.......submit a question.....I can't wait to give away another FREE! gift.

Do you have a stamping or scrapbooking question?

Is there something you are having trouble making or is there a technique you need help on?  Or do you have a stamping related question?   I would love to hear from you and them post the question and answer here on my blog.   I will be posting a question and answer each week.  So email or call and let me know of any thing I can help you with, and if I don't know the answer.......I will find out the answer.  If I choose your question, you will receive a FREE gift from me as a special Thank You for helping make my  blog an interesting one.     Linda