Scrapping with Inks

I want to use a little bit of stamping and inking techniques in my scrapbooking but I don't know what the difference is between pigment inks and dye inks. Is there one I should be using over the other? Thanks (once again) for your help!

Melissa

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Rob & Melissa Brown
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Okay well the difference is pretty simple. Dye based inks are water based and dry very quickly. They are good for doing lots of stamping and it needing to dry quickly. Pigment inks are a slower drying pigment. Usually good for embossing as they stay wet longer, great for doing direct to paper, and they just take a little longer to dry. Of course you can heat set them, and use an embossing powder to get a really cool effect.

Hope I could help!!

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~~Marebear~~

Marie gave a great explanation. I'll add one tidbit of info, though. Dye based inks, since they are water based, will run if your project gets wet. Pigment based inks, since it's a pigment ink, will NOT run if your project gets wet. I try to used pigment based inks if I'm stamping on my layouts. But, as someone pointed out to me, if my layout gets wet, whether or not I use pigment ink, the paper and pics are probably going to be ruined anyways. I've heard that sometimes dye based inks will fade over time, where as pigment based inks won't, but I don't know if it's true or not. HTH!

I say find you some stamps and ink pads and stamp away! I use my stamps to make background papers and embellishments. Plus, if you mess up, it's ok. That's why there's two sides to every piece of cardstock. LOL

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Deb in AR

Thank you both!

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Rob & Melissa Brown

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