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Pigment inks naturally stay wet longer. It is so you can add embossing powder to it before it dries. You either need to set it with embossing powder, or use a dye based ink pad.
does dye based ink come in colors like silver and white, that show up on dark envelopes? thats my problem.
Hmmm would you consider embossing it? That will dry it right up. What kind of paper are you using? Maybe it isnt pourous enough? Like for instance the metallic card stock that you cant print on an ink jet - maybe you cant use actual ink on it either.
Oh its not hard AT ALL, you stamp it, sprinkle it with clear embossing powder, then use a heat gun to melt the embossing powder. Then the imagine you stamped is raised so it gives it texture too. Some people use other methods to "melt" the powder (ie an iron, toaster etc) but i recommend the heat tool personally.
is that ok to use on outside envelopes (that will be mailed?) or will it fall off, do you think?
Yup its ok to used on outside envelopes, it cant really fall off cause its sorta almost burned into the paper. Miss. Mascara did it for her STD envelopes http://www.weddingbee.com/2009/03/26/saving-the-date-part-3-the-envelopes/
this is EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. thanks SO much. my life is infinitely better. now, to find time to emboss things.
Yeah, the heat tool is pretty cheap (about $20) and it works pretty fast and easy!
All you have to do is stamp the image, sprinkle embossing powder to completely coat the ink, tap off excess and then heat the image until the powder hardens and becomes glossy.
This is a good video tutorial to give you an idea of what you would need to do:
If you do end up embossing, I would recommend getting white embossing powder rather than clear if you are stamping on dark paper. You will get a better "true white" than if you used clear powder with white ink.
Thanks for the tip on the white powder if you are using dark colored paper, I have never used dark colors yet but was thinking of starting soon.
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OK - i got some stamps and stamp ink from paper source and the ink does not dry! i was going to use them to stamp a single silver stamp on the outside of my invitations, but the ink won't ever dry, so it would smear.
is this normal? what am i doing wrong? this is the ink i'm using and i'm using a rubber stamp.
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