Thanks Karyna! Greed is by sure one of the most popular votes so far. And the baggie idea is from you. Just love how abstract a swatch it leaves yet still showing ink properties as well. 😊
You're bringing back my early Catholic education.... Hands down, I'd go with Envy. Your presentation is wonderful and I'm not really an ink person. Your hands show a very worthwhile endeavor. Good for you!
I really try to stick to the plan but sometimes an ink (or inks) call to me. I put a rule in place a few month ago....no more large ink bottles. Has to be 15 ml or less for me to purchase. The 7DS inks kinda didn't follow that rule but I knew there would be few exceptions. 😊
There goes another vote for Pride. Those sheening blues are so divinely delish! 😃 I have a selection of blue inks with sheens that I plan to swatch soon. Cannot wait to see them all together on a page. Copper or gold shimmers are my faves.
I have a sample of Pride and like it a bunch but I'm really interested in Greed and Wrath now too! I thought that Wrath was going to be quite similar to Wearingeul's Dracula but it looks actually quite different. I'm more of a shimmer than sheen person, but I do love an ink with both.
Yeh, Wrath is not like Dracula at all and, I like both of them. Greed is a different kind of olive-y green/goldish ink. I cannot say I like 1 property, shimmer or sheen, over another. I love them both.
Cool 😁 my favorite is the coloration of gluttony However I am an “emotional” inker - and the name of an ink sways me almost as much as the actual color - so as beautiful as all of those colors are … not sure if I could handle using any of those inks based on the names alone 😳 Am I the only one like this?
Oh no, these name I pay no attention to except as a label for recognition. I get what you're saying though Susan. It's why I needed to do that preamble intro before I swatched. I care about the inks only and Gluttony is definitely a beautiful red-orange.
Carol Anne there is no "proper" method to doing the baggie swatch.😆 Gotta find the way that works best for how you want it to look. I did it a totally different way for the swatches I did in my journal for 30inks in June. Some I like, some I didn't. 🤷🏽♀️
Just gorgeous, Grace! I'm a Lust kinda girl, myself. 🤭 I like the lighter blue with the pink sheen. I've got several blues with red sheen so Lust would be a good addition to my collection. Don't get me wrong, they were all lovely but I, too, need to slow down my ink purchases! Off to Cult Pens now!
Omg Lisa, those words..."I'm a Lust kinda girl" No other ink name could have evoked that response in me 🤣 😂 🤣 I get it. For me it's a blue with a sheen. Say no more. Heard from a friend that there's free shipping at Cult Pens when buying a certain number of inks. Not saying you HAVE to buy lots of inks but..... mmmmh. Enjoy!
🤣 You're so hilarious! -- Lust with its pinkish-red sheen is so gorgeous! -- Btw, I'm still trying to decide if I want to pre-order the calendar. I'm a Yes one day then a noooo-not-25-more-inks the next day. Sigh.
I just left a doctors appointment and the receptionist and the gal who took me back, loved my fountain pen! Made me want to buy some inexpensive ones to give away! 😂
Love that Pam! I think about that too, keeping a few Preppies or Jinhao minis in my bag to give away. Might have to put that in play now that you've reminded me.
I knew I had seen that swatching method from another You Tuber - fascinating!! It seems simple enough, but swatching Lust nearly got out of hand!! Would you ever consider using a folded nib to lay down the swatch? I think that way it would give you good control without having to limit the amount or having the ink spread in an unwanted direction. As for the inks, I think I would favor the Envy and Lust. I'm on a bit of a green kick!
Thing is Jim, with the baggie method I'm not after control with the swatch. I want oodles of colour in an abstract way and the properties to shine. As for Lust going off whack 😆, I've learned to embrace the flubs. The Grace of old would have been very disappointed in the Lust swatch and want to do it again. Btw, I actually use my folded nib a lot. I use it to swatch all Currently Inked inks for the month in the monthly pages of my Sterling Ink B6 notebook. LOVE. LOVE, LOVE the way it lays down colour in that precise way! And me too about greens right now,. especially the more deep and lighter olive-y toned green inks. Thanks for watching!
@@wildlyimaginable I do love how the swatches look & turned out - sort of a "method to the madness" kind of look 🤣 With the flubs, I make all to many myself so I just go with it. I have been on the lookout for a good notebook to use with swatching what I have, so I will probably search out the Sterling Ink notebook you mentioned.
@@zeus52452 Love the 2 notebooks I use to swatch in. Will probably purchase another Sterling Ink for 2025. Btw, love that...."method to the madness". Yup. 🤓
I recently ordered Wrath, Gluttony, Pride, and Envy (I think I watched the same video as you lol) and I have to say I really love Gluttony! (Not typically an orange person, though I do also love J. Herbin Cornaline de Egypte!) And Pride would be a close second! (I do like silver shimmer!)
Hey Laura 👋🏽 Maria prolly got a few of us to get on the 7DS inks bandwagon. Love the selection of inks you chose. I'm not an orange-y ink person either but Gluttony is very deep and rich an orange.
Now Aishah, did I need all 7 inks? Nope. Did I hesitate ordering all 7? Yeh, I did. Do I regret it? Not for a dang second 🤣 Love the swatches of inks I do but as a writing ink, definitely think Greed will be one of my faves to write with in my journal. This was my 1st time ordering from Cult Pens. Will be doing that again for sure.
Love your energy! Thank you for sharing 🙂. For me; Lust and Envy, but I like them all! Could you please share where you got your dip pen; it is lovely! Thank you
Thanks Donna! Seems Lust is one of the faves in this series. Btw, I added a link in the description box for the wooden dip pen (+ the other items) I used in the video.
I have around 150 inks, and Wrath is my favorite hands down (Colorverse Witch by Starlight #2) I don't know how you got the green sheen, I've never gotten it funny enough. I use it in a double broad River City Pen Co pen, and it shades red and black with minimal shimmer even on cheap paper. Phonemonal color, I'll be buying the 50 ml next CP order.
Now I’ve gotta go and do more ink swatching on different papers to replicate the black sheen. But how in the world did I get the green??? Mmmmh….. And 150 inks! Whoa!
@wildlyimaginable yeah it's wild, and it's not so much a black sheen, it just looks like a duo shading kind of thing. Wish I could show you a picture!!
Maria did these for 30inks. They are really fun. Sloth is delicious. Socare Pride and Lust. My grandpop called it calf shit brown :P Sheen etc doesn't show well on 100gsm. Thats why I test on tomoe river too you bget both ends of the spectrum.
Your Grandpa got it right 🤣 It's a "different" colour but I like it. Thinking of inking it up in a pen for August too. I started using Col-o-ring cards early on for swatches (but also swatch on Mnemosyne and Rhodia I cut up to match the Col-o-ring cards size) for that same reason so I really get the properties initially when I get it.
Grace, this was so fun to watch! I love how you swatched the inks. Out of all the ones you did, I really like Greed and Pride!
Thanks Karyna! Greed is by sure one of the most popular votes so far. And the baggie idea is from you. Just love how abstract a swatch it leaves yet still showing ink properties as well. 😊
You're bringing back my early Catholic education.... Hands down, I'd go with Envy. Your presentation is wonderful and I'm not really an ink person. Your hands show a very worthwhile endeavor. Good for you!
Thanks Ron, I went back in time myself to the long years of my Catholic education 🥰 Seems Envy, Gluttony & Greed are the top vote getters.
Famous last words, "I won't buy any more ink." HA! I fall prey to that line, too.
I really try to stick to the plan but sometimes an ink (or inks) call to me. I put a rule in place a few month ago....no more large ink bottles. Has to be 15 ml or less for me to purchase. The 7DS inks kinda didn't follow that rule but I knew there would be few exceptions. 😊
Excellent idea.
@@litaartis2924 Those larger bottle I really don't "need"....I just want and realize that that's not good enough anymore.
Lots of writing ahead for the both of us!
Lust and Pride.
Like you, I love red/pink sheening blues.
💜 purples, and I prefer silver shimmer over gold.
There goes another vote for Pride. Those sheening blues are so divinely delish! 😃 I have a selection of blue inks with sheens that I plan to swatch soon. Cannot wait to see them all together on a page. Copper or gold shimmers are my faves.
This was fun to watch ❣️ I've been super into olives lately, so Greed. Envy was so great too!
Thanks Gailyn! Greed is def one of my faves in this bunch. Think that might be the one I'll ink up for August (85% sure 🤣)
Envy followed by Lust and then Greed 👌🏾
Lust and Greed are top vote getters right now. Thanks for watching Iva! 🥰
These are fantastic... Thank you for sharing them.
Thanks Pricilla for watching! 🥰
I have a sample of Pride and like it a bunch but I'm really interested in Greed and Wrath now too! I thought that Wrath was going to be quite similar to Wearingeul's Dracula but it looks actually quite different. I'm more of a shimmer than sheen person, but I do love an ink with both.
Yeh, Wrath is not like Dracula at all and, I like both of them. Greed is a different kind of olive-y green/goldish ink. I cannot say I like 1 property, shimmer or sheen, over another. I love them both.
Cool 😁 my favorite is the coloration of gluttony
However I am an “emotional” inker - and the name of an ink sways me almost as much as the actual color - so as beautiful as all of those colors are … not sure if I could handle using any of those inks based on the names alone 😳
Am I the only one like this?
I definitely relate to this. The name definitely weighs in and contributes for me!
Oh no, these name I pay no attention to except as a label for recognition. I get what you're saying though Susan. It's why I needed to do that preamble intro before I swatched. I care about the inks only and Gluttony is definitely a beautiful red-orange.
Your baggie method is so creative, I had not seen it. I am trying it, and there is a learning curve to getting it to look good!!
Carol Anne there is no "proper" method to doing the baggie swatch.😆 Gotta find the way that works best for how you want it to look. I did it a totally different way for the swatches I did in my journal for 30inks in June. Some I like, some I didn't. 🤷🏽♀️
I would love lust and sloth. Pick out 7 pens and ink them all :)
I do love that idea of inking them all up. You're the 1st who voted for Sloth. That coppery red sheen is gorgeous.
Lust is my first pick! Followed by Envy ❤
Wow, Lust gets another tick. I wish Envy wrote more green but that sheen takes over. Gorgeous nonetheless. Thanks for watching! 😊
Just gorgeous, Grace! I'm a Lust kinda girl, myself. 🤭 I like the lighter blue with the pink sheen. I've got several blues with red sheen so Lust would be a good addition to my collection. Don't get me wrong, they were all lovely but I, too, need to slow down my ink purchases! Off to Cult Pens now!
Omg Lisa, those words..."I'm a Lust kinda girl" No other ink name could have evoked that response in me 🤣 😂 🤣 I get it. For me it's a blue with a sheen. Say no more.
Heard from a friend that there's free shipping at Cult Pens when buying a certain number of inks. Not saying you HAVE to buy lots of inks but..... mmmmh. Enjoy!
cult Pens is a great place to buy Diamine inks. Great prices. Thus you need a lot of ink to get free shipping!
True. I didn't get the free shipping but buying all the bottles together was the only way it made sense for me.
Wrath is my favorite, I will keep an eye out for it.
Ooh someone else likes Wrath. I love it too!
Ohhhh! I now have Envy! 😉😂 Maybe Gluttony took a lunch break.
🤣 You're so hilarious!
-- Lust with its pinkish-red sheen is so gorgeous!
-- Btw, I'm still trying to decide if I want to pre-order the calendar. I'm a Yes one day then a noooo-not-25-more-inks the next day. Sigh.
My favorite are Lust and Pride.
Wow, Lust ink is fan fave so far.
I just left a doctors appointment and the receptionist and the gal who took me back, loved my fountain pen! Made me want to buy some inexpensive ones to give away! 😂
Love that Pam! I think about that too, keeping a few Preppies or Jinhao minis in my bag to give away. Might have to put that in play now that you've reminded me.
@@wildlyimaginable seriously, I was so sorry I did’t have some! 😂
@@followyourbrush 😕 Time to stock up.
I knew I had seen that swatching method from another You Tuber - fascinating!! It seems simple enough, but swatching Lust nearly got out of hand!! Would you ever consider using a folded nib to lay down the swatch? I think that way it would give you good control without having to limit the amount or having the ink spread in an unwanted direction. As for the inks, I think I would favor the Envy and Lust. I'm on a bit of a green kick!
Thing is Jim, with the baggie method I'm not after control with the swatch. I want oodles of colour in an abstract way and the properties to shine. As for Lust going off whack 😆, I've learned to embrace the flubs. The Grace of old would have been very disappointed in the Lust swatch and want to do it again.
Btw, I actually use my folded nib a lot. I use it to swatch all Currently Inked inks for the month in the monthly pages of my Sterling Ink B6 notebook. LOVE. LOVE, LOVE the way it lays down colour in that precise way! And me too about greens right now,. especially the more deep and lighter olive-y toned green inks. Thanks for watching!
@@wildlyimaginable I do love how the swatches look & turned out - sort of a "method to the madness" kind of look 🤣 With the flubs, I make all to many myself so I just go with it. I have been on the lookout for a good notebook to use with swatching what I have, so I will probably search out the Sterling Ink notebook you mentioned.
@@zeus52452 Love the 2 notebooks I use to swatch in. Will probably purchase another Sterling Ink for 2025. Btw, love that...."method to the madness". Yup. 🤓
Thank you for a fun and unique video!
Hey Rita 👋🏽 Thanks for watching! 🥰
I recently ordered Wrath, Gluttony, Pride, and Envy (I think I watched the same video as you lol) and I have to say I really love Gluttony! (Not typically an orange person, though I do also love J. Herbin Cornaline de Egypte!) And Pride would be a close second! (I do like silver shimmer!)
Hey Laura 👋🏽 Maria prolly got a few of us to get on the 7DS inks bandwagon. Love the selection of inks you chose. I'm not an orange-y ink person either but Gluttony is very deep and rich an orange.
Cult Pens is a dangerous place 😅 I love it. They're pretty inks. I have Wrath. I like Greed and might add it to my next order.
Now Aishah, did I need all 7 inks? Nope. Did I hesitate ordering all 7? Yeh, I did. Do I regret it? Not for a dang second 🤣
Love the swatches of inks I do but as a writing ink, definitely think Greed will be one of my faves to write with in my journal. This was my 1st time ordering from Cult Pens. Will be doing that again for sure.
Lust is my favorite from them.
Wow, Lust ink is pulling ahead in votes for favourite. It certainly is a beautiful ink.
Love your energy! Thank you for sharing 🙂. For me; Lust and Envy, but I like them all! Could you please share where you got your dip pen; it is lovely! Thank you
Thanks Donna! Seems Lust is one of the faves in this series.
Btw, I added a link in the description box for the wooden dip pen (+ the other items) I used in the video.
Gluttony and greed🧡💛
Gluttony is def a fave of mine too. Greed is growing on me tho.
I have around 150 inks, and Wrath is my favorite hands down (Colorverse Witch by Starlight #2) I don't know how you got the green sheen, I've never gotten it funny enough. I use it in a double broad River City Pen Co pen, and it shades red and black with minimal shimmer even on cheap paper. Phonemonal color, I'll be buying the 50 ml next CP order.
Now I’ve gotta go and do more ink swatching on different papers to replicate the black sheen. But how in the world did I get the green??? Mmmmh….. And 150 inks! Whoa!
@wildlyimaginable yeah it's wild, and it's not so much a black sheen, it just looks like a duo shading kind of thing. Wish I could show you a picture!!
Maria did these for 30inks. They are really fun. Sloth is delicious. Socare Pride and Lust. My grandpop called it calf shit brown :P Sheen etc doesn't show well on 100gsm. Thats why I test on tomoe river too you bget both ends of the spectrum.
Your Grandpa got it right 🤣 It's a "different" colour but I like it. Thinking of inking it up in a pen for August too. I started using Col-o-ring cards early on for swatches (but also swatch on Mnemosyne and Rhodia I cut up to match the Col-o-ring cards size) for that same reason so I really get the properties initially when I get it.