Hi Lois! I've never had a problem with the ink drying before I had a chance to stamp it on the cardstock. I do keep my ink pads pretty juicy so maybe that helps too. Back in the "old days" I used to huff on the stamp to moisten the ink before stamping but I found it worked just as well without the huffing :-)
Thank you! I don't usually wash my daubers unless they have been really, really used. I try to use the same dauber for similar shades of a color. If I need a clean dauber, I just rinse it with running water and press it to a dry paper towel to remove any leftover ink and water. The daubers will be stained but once rinsed and dried, can be used again for other colors.
Was so inspired and impressed with your video and finished card this afternoon that I went off and made it straight away. Pleased with the results. Thank you for taking the time to make the video and sharing it with us.
Thanks Jules! It's kind of addicting, you'll want to try lots of different color combinations :-) It's also pretty with various shades of the same color too. Have fun!
Hi Natalie! I've never had a problem with the ink drying before I stamped. Back in the old days, I used to "huff" on the stamp to remoisten the ink before stamping. I got tired of that and found it worked just as well without the heavy breathing :-)
This is such a brilliant way to color stamps. I've never been happy with coloring stamps using markers. Thank you so much! Can't wait to give it a try.
Thank you Kate! Sometimes the markers work well on stamps but sometimes they are a little "streaky". Daubers are great - hope you have fun with your projects :-)
Lovely and creative card. Never thought about using the sponge daubers. I am so excited to use my Swallowtail stamp now. Thank you so much for sharing!
I'm sure your friend loved the card you created for her :-) I just gave away my last one today, need to make a pile more ;-) Thank you for recommending my videos too!
I have watched a lot of videos using this stamp. THIS is the most BB UU TT full! I have a few homemade daubers made with PVC pipe and makeup sponges. Now I want to think about ways to use this technique with other stamps (I don't have this particular one). Thank you so much for sharing!
thank you for sharing this technique. I was trying to do it with markers, but was not totally happy. Now I can make that b'day card I want to make like I want it.
Just lovely :-) I haven't the big butterfly yet but will try it with my tree stamps. Do you have to wash the daubers before using on different shades or do they dry enough not too transfer providing you keep one dauber per colour family? Thank you .
Gorgeous! I have the StampinUP sponge dauber and have not used them yet. do you save one dauber for each color family or wash them after use? Thank you.
Hi Deborah, I do wash them but not after each use. I try to use the same dauber for the similar blues, greens, yellows, etc... but not one for each color. I tried that at first but found it easier to use them for similar colors :-)