I remember making these the last series. I don’t use stamps often but it is convenient to have if I need them. Thank you for the reminder that I need to make more lol
Hi Amy 💗…..great idea! … I don’t have any stamps so I will definitely check out your video on foam stamps.I always look forward to your videos…I’ve shared your videos and recruited a friend to get creative with me…we had fun with your alcohol inks. Still have to try the Pom Pom clips! …thanks again have a great week! Stay safe and healthy!
Thank you for your sweet comment :) You should check out the stamp videos I have because you can make most any stamp you want and they are more special because they are yours and yours alone :) I am glad you found a crafting buddy, that makes creating so much more fun :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
If you click on my icon and use the search bar to look up foam stamps or just stamps you will find many videos for this project :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thank you so much I remember when you did the other ones are I think this will be easier to handle also thank you and God bless and please have a amazing day
I have been given about 40 mini dye ink pads. I also have about 20 mini chalk ink pads from the 1$ bins at ac Moore years ago. All of my mini ink pads are all dried out. Do you think putting the hand sanitizer on the dried out ink pads would revive them? Could I add my own ink to them? What if I tried to change the color of the original ink pad? Thank you Amy. I so appreciate your video each week.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) If you have pads you are going to throw away, it is worth trying a bit of glycerine and water for water based pads or rubbing alcohol for solvent based pads :) That should work if they are just dried out, but if you have used up the ink the only way to get more color is to reink them :) I hope this helps :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Amy I love your series. I never thought of using food coloring to make a ink pad. Is it better to use the gel food coloring or it doesn't matter? I have some would die and pigments ink pads(love the colors / no longer make.) how to can I revive them? Tyfs and your creativity.
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I think the gel works better, but I do not even know why I think that :) If you have pads you are going to throw away, it is worth trying a bit of glycerine and water for water based pads or rubbing alcohol for solvent based pads :) That should work if they are just dried out, but if you have used up the ink the only way to get more color is to reink them :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I think I would like these smaller ink pads more than the large ones. I'm going to get around to making some of these--just because it looks fun :) We have two dollar trees in our local area, and they have both removed a lot of the great products (like crafting and stationary) that I depended on. They have replaced many, many items with $3 and $5 items that I know I won't really use. So my days of dollar shopping are sadly over. Is this happening everywhere?
Thank you for your sweet comment :) Our Dollar Tree does not have the $3 or $5 items yet, but I have heard it from lots of people that they have the more expensive sections now :( tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I have not tried it with water color, but it would be worth trying if you have water colors on hand :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hi Amy. I was all ready to comment that it was your cancellation stamp but you got there first lol Can't believe a year has gone by already Thank you for the video Had no idea you could make your own ink pads Would be fun to make your own colour shades Take care :)
Thank you for your sweet comment :) It was a dish drying pad from the dollar tree, any thin sponge would work fine :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
I would use this on old ink pads if I was not going to but the reinker at a later date :) If you are going to throw the ink pads away you might as well try this and see how it works, that is the fun of creating, just play around with it :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thank you for your sweet comment :) It might not be thick enough to hold much ink, but you can try a thin sponge with felt on top, that might work better :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Hi Amy! Another inspiring video! Are you still taking requests for DIY craft tools/embellishments/etc. that you could puzzle out for us? I have a good one for you: Do you remember the coated papers we used to emboss/die-cut and then sand off the coating? I think the brand name was Core-dination (sp?) Papers. Well, it has gotten very hard to find (I've heard from Stacey Parks, of SMS, it isn't manufactured any longer. Eek!) and I have some dies with embossing features that I want to use with it. I'm concerned a layer of just acrylic paint would come off in pieces when sanded. Maybe it could be mixed with something?
Thank you for your sweet comment :) I will give it a ponder :) The paper was just a plain colored card stock with a white core, at the time solid color was something advertised as special, and then when the embossing was started the white core paper became a specialty paper, lol :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
@@aljohn The version I saw had a lighter version of the coating color in the core, not white. For example, red over pink or golden yellow over pale yellow. And I have seen a couple that have different colors for the coating and the core: one was navy coating over pale grey and the other was a distressed -looking (almost like worn denim) grey coating over black.
I have been working on it this morning and I will have the video on making your own Tuesday after next :) I work a week ahead so next weeks is already done :) Thank you for the suggestion, it really was fun working it out, I needed that :) I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thank you for your sweet comment :) Yes, it is food color gel (the kind that does not have any sugar in it, just color) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Can the same formula be used for reinkers as for the ink for these pads? I have quite a few dried out pads (used the glycerine trick, they're too far gone to revive that way) and the reinkers for them are no longer available. How do I get them to match colourwise (or is it a trial and error process)??
If your pads are all used up and you cannot get the reinkers you want, this will give you use of those pads instead of throwing them away :) Matching would be trial and error, but you may come up with colors of your own that you like even better :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy
Thanks for your reply Amy. I've been researching different methods online, even the CMYK mixes (yikes, looks complicated but challenging - I have a lot of dried up spenk inkjet cartridges that I feel could be reconstituted). Currently soaking dried up felt tips in a little water to get colour bases, it's all an experiment/trial and error but that's the fun!! Love your channel and inspiration, x
