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- You can make your own ink for pennies to revivie your dried up pigment and chalk inkpads. It's easy and fun. Watch the video to lean how and be sure to visit my blog thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com Music credit (if music is present in video) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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This is an amazing recipe! I didn’t have gouache so I used cheap acrylic paints that I had lying around. A small blob of paint, drop of glycerin and rubbing alcohol on a makeup sponge and it made the best homemade stamp ink. I’m not a frequent “stamper” so I could never justify buying too many colours. This recipe means I can have unlimited colour stamp inks. I don’t know how long it will last without drying up but since I don’t do it too often I can just make how much I need. Thank you so much.
Glycerine is also good for rubber around the car doors ,refrigerators,deep freezer,keeps it supple.
In case you haven't tried; when you are making a darker green that looks almost grassy, use black instead of blue. Grass is a combination of yellow and black. Being an artist that loves paint as a medium, I found early in my career that nature reflects combinations of the surrounding area. The ground is usually a dark brown or black. Just a tip. Great info!
That makes sense. I also love color(& realize this is super dated thread) except blue grass{altho I think it'd be blue+black+ a touch of green...)
Watching you just makes me happy! I can tell you love art and helping others afford it! Thank you from a fan in Michigan who can't wait to see what you will teach next!
thank you!
No it is not on its own but if you heat set it (with an iron on fabric or heat gun on paper) it will be much better and you might be able to watercolor over it or wash it then. You can always use embossing powder with it to make it waterproof too!
You can't really make pigment, you need to mine it (these are inorganic compounds from minerals such as iron) or you can buy powdered pigment from an art supplier, it is very expensive and in most cases quite toxic (colbolt, cadmium, lead) you will not save money doing this, most of the pigments in inkpads are synthetic, as are the pigments in the student grade (cheap!) gouache I recommend. If you decide to work with pigment powders take all safety precautions and wear a ventilator mask.
Really, really helpful video Linsday! I desperately wanted to make my own ink pads from existing art supplies rather than buying loads more, so I used your method on my DIY sponge stamp pad which I made from an old eyeshadow palette and some make-up sponges. I've linked to this video from my video, which shows me having fun making stamps and ink pads. Hope that's OK and I hope you enjoy seeing my DIY! Video is currently uploading so hopefully it will be up soon... Thanks again Lindsay, love all your videos!
I luv this very helpful
TOTALLY WORKS - I just tried it! I didnt have Gum Arabic so I used a drop of white glue to give it more slip and glossiness. I also added a wee bit more Glycerine, because I scraped of the decomposing foam off an ancient ink pad, and I glued down a new piece of foam and so I wanted to soak the whole thing. Its totally embossable too - cos I tried that too - so so so stoked - you are a genius and I think I watched almost all your videos in one go~!
Hi Hazel, I don't have any stampmaker videos, I've tried several times but the lights I need to use for my videos over expose my stamps. I do have some written tutorials on my blog tho, see the link in the video description and you can search "stampmaker" one you are there. Send me a message if you have trouble, there is a learning curve with that thing!
You are so knowledgeable! I learn a tremendous amount by watching your videos!! Thank you very much for making them!!! Don't ever stop. 💖
chalk ink is more matte looking and is quick drying. Omit the glycerin and add a few drops of water to make chalk ink:)
I'm amazed with how closely you matched the colors. It was really impressive.
Awesome! Thanks for the info and for all your videos. I watch them over and over trying to absorb all the knowledge you share.
This is a little different from what I tried in the past. I used a bowel and ended up with a pudding instead of ink because I had too much of each ingredient. Thank you so much for the demo. You've done it again!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this tutorial. I, like you, would be happy to buy refills if they were readily available (I found your video while searching for stamp reinker), but now I feel quite confident about mixing my own.
I even considered experimenting with the pigment ink from my inkjet printer.
Thank you so much for showing. Can't afford to buy a lot of stamp pads. Just bought a box of cheap paint and glycerin and now have more colors with diy pads. Love watching your tutorials xxx hugs from Europe
Hi Lindsay . I just love clever people !!! Thank you so much :))
Thank you for all your wonderful videos. All useful, but most of all for your lovely presentation and friendly, happy character.
Thank you sooo much!!! I have pads that have dried up but I just don't want to spring for the cost of the reinkers. This is sooo AWESOME!!!!!!!
You are amazing!. I need to reink several pads and now have the knowledge to do this inexpensively~!
Wow LINDSY, here I am from the future, lol🚀👽 This couldn't be more timely as I have several pads that dried up/used up, and I just couldn't throw them away, and here you are. I have one type of pad though, Ancient Page, where there was a very tiny amount of ink, but the pad itself was rock hard, and when I poked at it, it just crumbled to pieces. I still have the other two pads, so I'm going to finish your video and see if an answer pops up. You never can tell.
I just wish you'd pass along some of your energy!
Blessings lovely lady❣
I love DIYs. ...in crafting things .This one is really helpfu. ...Thank you for sharing
This is an oldie, I almost didn't recognize your voice ! I love watching your older videos too. 😁
Hope you enjoyed it!
Perfect timing. So helpful!
Love your videos, super easy and helpful! Thanks!
Thanks so much for this! I can’t give up my Versacolor pads I love them, but the reinkers are so pricey! You saved me!💕💕💕
Wonderful wonderful wonderful..! As always my dear. Thank you for teaching us these money saving
Tips. GBU.
Wow such a good idea I’m glad I haven’t thrown away my dying ink pads !
Thank you so much, Lindsay. I'm looking forward to trying this!
Hi Lindsay, you are a great bundle of inspiration.
You know I love you, but now my husband loves you too with all your money saving techniques.
+Abeer Yaqoob great! Hopefully I won't talk you into something expensive LOL!
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich We don't get that kind of paint in my country so I have an idea. Why don't I mix regular watercolor tubes of paint with melted pastels or crayons just to make the pigment more rich. and then if the pastel+watercolor gets dry in my ink pad i can add glycerin or use a blow dryer to heat it up a bit before i use it. (im not sure if ill get vegetable glycerine; will regular glycerine do?)
another excellent video. Special for me, as I live on Bali,indonesia, there are no craftshops here which sell inkpad etc.
Thanks this is a a great help
Very useful... thanks to you and the person who requested it!
Thanks very much for the quick reply Lindsay. I will head on over there now. It sounds a bit like when I used to develop my own 35mm films years ago - before digital - I'd love to be able to make a few custom stamps of my own! Thanks for all your videos and help I look forward to each and every one! xx
This is a GREAT TIP! I added this video to a NEW playlist:Crafting Hacks.
Thanks! This looks so much easier, and probably cheaper. Blessings.
I love this tip and I going to do this to a few pads that I have.
Love it!! I have like a dozen (or more) ink pads really, really, really dry.
Thanks, Lindsay. I have a box of gouache that I hardly use, so they will be useful for this. I am saving thus ti favorites.x
Thanks for the art/craft uses for glycerin. I bought a bottle last year when I made my sister a snow globe (it helps the snow fall slower) and haven't used it since, as I didn't know what else to use it for.
And I've just noticed that you've done a video for glycerin 101 - better add it to my watch later list :)
Thank you so much for this video. Very helpful !
Well demonstrated video showing complete procedure of making pigment #inkpads of different color. Keep it up the good work.
Dial A Stamp thanks!
I really enjoy watching your videos
Do you need gouache paint or could you use other water solvent colors? Does it work with white pigment ink pads as well? i have a staz on white pigment ink pad and I think it is really expensive to reink it the whole thime with the white staz on ink...
I had experimented with gouache before but it was so experimental and didnt quite come out right - I am so glad that you shared this tut - I desperately need some tomato red pigment ink refill and none of the 3 craft stores here are carrying that colour this season - and I need some NOW so definitely going to try this - luckily bought tons of gouache the last time. Curious to see if I can get my hand on some gum arabic as well tthat you suggested in your marker refresher video! Thanks a bunch!
I learn so much watching you. Thanks.
I'm so glad!
THANK you! This was 'chalk' FULL of information.
Could you use what is left on you palate to smoosh on a card to make an interesting background?
I have the TC Stampmaker from Imagepac....If I had it to do over I would not have bought it, big learning curve and so much can go wrong:)
What makes glycerin so amazing is it’s a humectant. It draws moisture out of the air and traps it in, or beneath the glycerin. 🤗
Thank you so much for making this video as I do have the paints you used here. I have a bunch of old stampin up classic ink pads. They are not completely dry, but need reinking, and most of the colors have been discontinued. Can I used these paints and follow your method to reink these pad? Not sure if they are "pigment" stamp pads or not. Thanks so much!
Hi thanks for the tutorial can I use watercolor tube paint instead of goauche I have failed to find it in the stores here .if I mixed Chinese white in the colors would it work thanks again
Hi, Love your videos...don't know if you mentioned it or not and I just missed it but what kind of ratio of alcohol and water do you mix for the sprayer???
it does not matter, you just want some in there to kill any bacteria that might be in the tap water, about 1/2 water and 1/2 rubbing alcohol.
about to buy some of that type of paint... looks verrrry useful =)
Very informational thank you so much!
LOVE this! My inks are all dry. I was wandering in the crafting store and, boom, what did I see? Gouache Paint! Yay! I didn't find any vegetable glycerin but I'm on the right track. Thank you!!
GodzHarleyGirl Studio-voice from the future-thats called synchronicity, something similar happened to me. I was doing a declutter and was broken hearted because some of the pads had used up or dried up, and no re-inkers. For some reason I wasn't ready to throw them out. A couple of days later I literally stumbled across this video. Just what I needed. I can't explain synchronicity very well, but it's sort of things being drawn together just as they are needed, or like attracting like, but that's not exactly it either. Best if you look it up.
Blessings🙏❤️
I ordered a 32 oz bottle of Vegetable Glycerin from Amazon for $12.79 and will be looking to buy smaller bottles for storage and such. I love watching Lindsay as I ALWAYS find interesting things on her site!!! Always a good use of my time...
@@lindataylor863 Thanks!! Hugz, Tree
Hi Lindsey I'm glad you shared this because refills for my ink pads are very expensive. I bought some dope dyes, A few months ago in a sale I was wondering if you know what fabric dope dyes are and if I can use them to rethink my dye based ink pads.
Oh it is easy, just put glycerin on your ink pad! You might need a drop or two of water especially if you live in dry areas but that's all there is to it!
Thankyou, Lindsay.. I finally, found a place to purchase it, at- Sprouts- in Santee, Ca. And, it works GREAT! Love it! And, Thankyou, Lindsay, for getting back to me, so quickly..... Take Care.. Love, your videos.. What is next?
Hola, me gusto mucho esa idea, MUCHAS GRACIAS, I love it,
I love your videos. I watched an older one you made on this same subject and have a question. Can I do the same with dye ink pads? Thanks!
Dye inks are trickier because of the viscosity and concentration you need. I buy dye ink refills from stamin up or memento and just refill any dye pads with those. Wait for a good sale on joann.com ND stock up on memento is my advice.
aww, thanks! Glad I could help:)
You answered me already! Wow! We don't have a Dollar Tree in this neck of the woods but we have Dollerama. They might have the little sponges you mentioned and I will check it out. I think Mr. Clean is pretty pricey. Soap container sounds like what I was after but couldn't think of anything. lol I really appreciate your answering so fast. Your da bomb. :)
brilliant! thank you!
Fabulous stuff
Thank you so much for this video. :)
Lindsay, I have one of those ink pads that has the 3 inks in it too and the middle ink is so dry that it is hard as a brick. Any way to save it? The other 2 inks in the stamp are fine and don't need a thing. Just the middle one. And wouldn't you know it would be gold.
Southern Angel add some rubbing alcohol to it to dissolve the ink and then a bit of glycerin to make it creamy again.
Ok.. Thank you! I will give that a try then. I was about to get rid of it b/c I thought I had messed it up or something! So glad to know that I can try and fix it b/c they are too expensive to just get rid of! Thank's again Lindsay :-)
Really tickled to see this. I LOVE chalk ink pads. I use them all the time but some of them need re-inking. I'm an artist so I already have gouache in my studio.
Hi Lindsay, I found that my gouache paints keep just fine. I put them in a little palette and they do chunk up, but when I add water, they remix as they are watercolor. The glycerin shouldn't affect it's ability to remix. Just an fyi =)
Dear Lindsay, you are such a wealth of information. Is there anything you don't do? I love u!
Wow fabulous! New subscriber thanks!
Hey Lindsey can you use watercolor paint instead of gouache?
Great video too
Homemade ink pads........who would have thunk it! Thanks for sharing!!! Kat
Hi, great tut. Can you tell me please if the 'ink' you make ends up waterproof once dry? Hugs Tibs xxx
Great info!! Tfs!
tfs great for seniors on limited income very grateful
I've been waiting for a long time for you to show us how to make those stamps!
Eva Stovall my video attempts failed, my studio lights kept exposing the polymer, sorry;(
Do you have to use vegetable glycerine and gouache water paints or can you use just regular glycerine and just regular water color paints.My dollar store had just cheap childers water color paints in small jars and you get 12 different colors for $3.00 dollars.I got the childerns wate color paints in the small jars to try and make my own liquid water color as you can't buy the liquid water here where i live and the store doesn't carry the reinkers for the stamp pads here.Joan
it should work
Does it help to store ink pads upside down or does it matter at all? Dye or pigment, either one. Thanks.
Chris Rice Per another video of Lindsey’s, she recommended storing DYE Ink up-side- DOWN (D.D.) and PIGMENT Ink right-side-Up (U.P.); the acronyms help me remember.
What stamp maker do you use?
Could I use a dye ink reinker and mix it with the glycerine so I would have the exact same color in a dye ink and a pigment ink?
+laurettabear it would not be opaque but is would be embossible. Add a bit if white watercolor as an opacifyer if you have it
Rachel thank you!
very clever! Thank you!
Would Distilled Witch Hazel B.P.C. work for the alcohol component & hand gel sanitiser for the Glycerine component. I think we might use a different name for Vegetable Glycerine in England cause Iv never seen it.
Thank you 😊
I dont think so but you can always try I guess
Excellent video thank you. Would oil paint work the same way in the ink pad . I'd hate them to dry out . Many thanks
I don't think so
Can you point me to any videos you have done about your stamp maker please? I really would like to have a go at making some of my own stamps, but do not have a clue where to start? Thanks in advance. I love your videos. xx
I can’t tell you how many times I have watched this one! I have completely misplaced my Versafine black reinker. Have you done black? Can I get that rich dark black? Would it be best to suck it up and pay for the refill? Thank you so much!
If you depend on it I'd buy the reinker. I get reinker for my versafine, archival and memento black inks.
thanks ! I wasn’t expecting a reply so quick, but I really appreciate it. I will suck it up!
Thx so much.
just got here from the storage video you just posted
Can you do it with regular WC? or does it have to be gouge?
***** you can but gouache will be opague, maybe add a bit of white watercolor to it if you want it to be opaque:)
thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Oh ok i understand thanks! and now i feel like an idiot for how badly i spelled gouache... hehe
Thanks for sharing!
Hey, Miss.
I want to make my own color for my typewriter.
Espace for writing poetry or to friends...
So, do you know how to make typewriter ink for ribbon?
Cheers
hi Lindsay...I have so much fun watching your videos! I'm coming out of severe depression, and your ideas and DIYs give me something to look forward to...something to finally be excited about!! I have watched your stamping/card making tutorials up through #17, but cannot find #18 and up...where are they?? thank you so much for being you!
+camille wing in the stamp school playlist. I don't know how to link it from my phone but you van find it on my channel
Thanks so much for responding. :O) You are so clever! :O)
Thank you for all your videos you do! You're totally my go to if I have questions.
Which is why im here today.. I got some pretty dried up stampin up ink pads for a great deal, and I think I can revive them somewhat....but I'm not sure what the best way to do it is....I have glycerin, and Isopropyl alcohol,, but they are dye ink. So not sure which way to go...what do you suggest?
Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and will have a Happy New Year!!
Thanks again,
Melissa
Good for you, i love SU! dye ink pads. First we need to determine if they are dryed up or used up. So open the pds and look at the edges of the pad on the side, is the felt white or dark with the ink color? If it is dark them mix a teapsoon of glycerin with 4 ounces or water in a spray bottle and give it a couple squirts to wet the pad and let it sit a few hours open right side up so it can sink in, then try stamping, if it is still dry add another squirt. You can add a couple drops of alcohol to the mix if you are worried about bacteria in your water. If the edges are white you need to reink it, you can order reinkers from Stampin Up or use any dye based reinkers, I think in this case Stampin Up ink is the cheapest and you get more in the bottle. In a pinch I have used Blick liquid watercolors with a bit of glycern to thicken it and reinked with those, you can mix them to get the right color. I'd buy the reinkers though so you will have consistent results. If a color is discontinued just buy the closest you can find:) Another idea is to buy the Memento reinkers when they go on sale at Joann.com. Happy stamping!
Ooh thank you!! Will def try that. I was hoping the gouache would work cuz I had that, but I'll try this. That you so much for your prompt reply :-)
Thanks!!!!
Do I need desaturated alcohol and distilled water?
Melissa Mg no, i use tap water and rubbing alcohol if needed, denatured alcohol is really potent, I use it to revive my staz-on pads and alcohol markers but that is it:)
Of ok good. I thought it was a little expensive for a few pads, cuz, what the heck would I use it for later, lol!!
can Scibbles fabric stamp ink be fixed if it dries out using glycerin? And it has to be gouache not water color tubes?
I'm not sure with a fabric ink. As for pigment pads you can use watercolor but it will be transparent ink unless you add white.
can you use the spray inks as stamp pads also
do you use the guash for pigment ink pads? The reason I ask is because you mentioned the guash is water-based.
Yes, pigment inks can be water or oil based but most are water based. A pigment is the colorant. The oil or glycerin are part of the binder.
Hi Lindsey! Will this also work for refilling pigment markers? I am referring to Zig dual tip markers. Thanks, Maren
+tawandasue I think this would clog them.
awesome tutorial. TFS