Picture this: your new Whisper White craft ink pad arrived in your order and you are super excited to use it. For weeks, you’ve had ideas floating round in your head.
You grab your stamps, some basic black cardstock, rip off the protective packaging, open the ink pad and… GASP … Your new whisper white ink pad is dry…not just a little dry… Dry as a bone. For a moment you panic and exclaim your life is over! A little melodramatic but you really wanted to use that ink pad! ( Yes – we’ve all been there!)
Frantically, you glance around, unsure what to do. What’s that? There is a glimmer of hope peaking through the brown paper packaging on your craft table… it’s a lonely little bottle of whisper white craft reinker. It came packaged with your new Whisper White Craft Ink Pad. Tossed aside in your haste to open the ink pad. You had totally forgotten that your favourite fabulous demonstrator (that would be me) told you that the ink pad comes uninked and you have to prepare it.
You glance around the room to check that no one witnessed your mistake – if there are no witnesses it didn’t happen. RIGHT? Other than your pet, no one saw anything… you tell your beloved pet that “we will never speak of this EVER” – threaten them with withholding treats if they “talk”. An uneasy deal is struck. (if you have a cat, be warned they have no qualms about sacrificing you for their own gain. Cats don’t make deals. Kendall, my sister’s cat, NEVER keeps his end of the deal.)
Now to get on with the task of loading your ink pad with ink…
As you squeeze the ink all over the stamp pad, you notice the ink is really thick… Almost like a glue consistency… Much thicker than the usual waterbased ink. DO NOT PANIC! This is the way this pigment ink should be! It is NOT a mistake or a bad batch of ink. It is completely normal.
You remember that your fabulous demonstrator (yes that’s me) instructed you to very, very, VERY generous with your ink as it is the first time your new ink pad is fully inked. So you grab your bone folder or new embossing paste palette knives to GENTLY work the ink into the pad for a minute or two. (Note: DO NOT use anything with a sharp edge to do this as it will damage the ink pad.)
Once the ink looks like has been worked in, you add some more ink and let it sit for a few minutes before working it GENTLY into the ink pad. During these few minutes, you take the opportunity stand up, grab a glass of water and do a few stretches. (When you are creating, it’s easy to forget to stay hydrated, take breaks and change your posture regularly to avoid niggly aches and pains. You take a work health & safety break at work so why not take one while creating?)
Now your ink pad is ready! Let’s get started…
So how do you use whisper white craft ink effectively?
The first thing you need to remember is craft ink is a pigment ink so it takes longer to dry than the classic watercolour inks. So be careful not to touch your stamped image until it’s dry. Have your heat tool on hand to speed up the drying process.
Take care when you stamp to stamp straight down and lift your stamp straight back up so it doesn’t smudge. You might find your cardstock sticks to the stamp. This is just due to the type of ink. Just carefully peel your cardstock off your stamp. You can avoid this by sticking your cardstock to your table with washi tape before you stamp.
Craft ink doesn’t air dry well on coated paper such glossy cardstock, vellum, shimmery white or window sheets. It takes a very very LONG time. YES! You can use the heat tool without embossing powder to dry your ink – You can also sprinkle your whisper white craft ink with embossing powder, shake off the excess powder and heat emboss it on low heat. If you choose to heat emboss, remember to use your embossing buddy before you stamp.
Now you’re ready to get inky! If you don’t have your new whisper white craft ink pad yet, what are you waiting for? Head over to my online store to order yours today.
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