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My question is: Do you mainly use your Black stamp ink or do you use your colors? I have the entire color families (last set) from Stampin Up and the only one I seem to use in my Black. I feel I have wasted all this money on the colors that I don't use. I would say that 98% of my colors have never been touched. So what do I do now?
I find myself only using black for either outline stamps, or sentiments....and not always the sentiments. I find that now that i have all of the SU! pads, I use them A LOT. A lot more than I ever thought I would. I guess it depends on what you are stamping. :-) Everyone has their own technique preferences.
I found that I used mostly the neutral colors, especially for outline stamps so I bought all the color families in Stampin Spots and bought full size neutral stamp pads. This works great for me. Even when I want to ink up a background stamp, my stampin spots work.
I use my black for images I want to color and my colored for Background stamps, sentiments, and solid images.
I don't have all the colors but I do have plenty. Just depends on what you are using them for. You could probably sale some of them on the B/S/T forum if you wanted to unload and get a little of your money back!
I use hundreds of colors. Thousands maybe, LOL. I love solid image stamps and 2-step stamping so I call it "Stamp-n-Go." No coloring, the ink pad does all the work for me. If you are big on outline stamps and coloring, you might want to sell colors you will never use.
Mary Beth
Just finally finished my SU full size ink pad collection! I love having them available. I also have all the spots and all the markers, each has their own uses. I do love my Black inks though, I think I have 5 right now in regular rotation ;)
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I use hundreds of colors. Thousands maybe, LOL. I love solid image stamps and 2-step stamping so I call it "Stamp-n-Go." No coloring, the ink pad does all the work for me. If you are big on outline stamps and coloring, you might want to sell colors you will never use.
Mary Beth
I am with you Mary Beth... I can't have enough colors! While running KSS, I also have 2 small boys and I wish I had the time to color (Ha!) .... so... 3/4 Step Stamping.... lets the ink do all the working for me ... a great way to make your own designer paper too!
Happy Stamping!
It depends on whether I'm going to color the image in or not, If I'm coloring in, I always stamp in black (usually stazon). I've gotten away from SU! Basic Black because it's not a true black, but I will use it with my blender from time to time.
I do love my watercolor pencils but I feel that the majority of my colors just sit there. I guess I should have gone with the spots instead of the full pads.
I use my black for images I want to color and my colored for Background stamps, sentiments, and solid images.
I don't have all the colors but I do have plenty. Just depends on what you are using them for. You could probably sale some of them on the B/S/T forum if you wanted to unload and get a little of your money back!
Yup......what she said! I use my black or a dark color for coloring images in but when it comes to stamping something that I'm not going to color in then I use my colors. Think about stamps like two or three step stamps......you'd only use color with those. Usually stamps that are more solid.
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For line images to colour, I usually use black, sometimes grey or brown. But I use my coloured pads all the time, I couldn't imagine not having them. I have mostly ColorBox chalks and pigment, but also quite a few Brilliance. I use them for sentiments, for chalking edges, for stamping solid images, and sometimes for line images if I emboss them so I can use wet colour, or else un-embossed just colouring with dry pencils. I've only got into solid images fairly recently, whereas I've used various coloured pads for some years.
But each to their own - if you find you don't really use them, there's nothing wrong with that if you're happy with they way you work. And if you really don't use them, not a lot of point in keeping them.
I use black, browns, and greys for outlines when coloring. I have almost all of the SU colors in classic and craft. If had to do it over again, I'd only buy the colors I use most often as some colors I never use. But, there is something to be said about being able to just reach up and grab any color that suits my fancy.
I thought I didn't use my colors very much until I started listing how I use them and I now see why I have a couple hundred stamp pads. I use them for solid stamps, shadow stamps, 2-step stamping, outlines when I don't want to color in the image and when I do color the image, distress looks, edging, and more.
hum...I use my ink pads on every single project I do. With that said...I rarely use SU! black. I always wipe the edge of my top layer with one of the main colors in that layer. I think it just makes for a finished look. Sometimes I wipe the edges sloppily...so it's more of a distressed look. I also use the ink pads a lot to make my own backgrounds...or polkadots....instead of using designer paper. I never dreamed anyone wouldn't use their ink pads all the time! I don't like the SU! black...it's too purple...so I use Palette Noir Black or Stazon Black.
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