Are there any alternatives to using an ink pad with a rubber stamp?

Question

Can one use acrylic paint or something instead of ink pads that tend to be dark? How would I go about it?

Answer 1

If you use "markers" you definitely don't want to use *permanent* markers ... they'll stain your rubberstamps (and may even eat into them a bit), and they also dry too fast.

Generally the markers and other substances used for rubberstamping are slow-drying... this can include things other than inks (though the "brush markers" for stamping are slow-drying--they're brushed onto the stamp before stamping).
Sometimes the other substances are soaked into a pad of some kind --a thin sponge, or even several paper towels on a plate)... for example:
...acrylic paint (or thinned with water or acyrlic mediums)
...tube watercolors
...tempera paint
..."chalk paints"

Slow-drying inks are also used for embossing rubberstamped designs (the kind of "embossing" that uses embossing powders which are melted, not the kind that uses a ball stylus to indent paper).
Certain types of ink will work for grabbing onto embossing powder long enough to heat and melt it, but the ink from ball point pens works well too, and also glycerin (applied with anything you want, including a stamp). So I guess a pad of some kind soaked with glycerin would work for stamps too (then add embossing powder and melt).

(You can also use rubberstamps to indent raw polymer clay with their patterns/images --deeply cut stamps work the best.
You can even bake those and use them as "stamps" for more clay or with paints etc., if they're done right. Or you can make "molds" for use with more clay, etc.... if you're interested in that whole topic, check out this page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/stamping.htm
... especially under the "Basic Techniques" category)


HTH,

Diane B.

P.S. Not sure what you meant by the "ink pads that tend to be dark"...


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Answer 2

You can use markers called brush art markers. They tend to be like watercolors.
Using markers lets you use more than one color at a time, too.

You can use paint, but you need to use it very sparingly and be sure you clean your stamps immediately.

There are numerous colors of ink pads. They are not all dark.

Answer 3

You could press the stamp into freshly melted embssing powder to create an impressed image.

or press stamp into a sticky substance like a gluestick or glue water mixture than cover stamped image with glitter, sand, crayon shavings, colored salt, etc

Answer 4

Brush art markers worked the best for me. And, if they dry out before you are done coloring them, to get all the colors on all the parts with one stamp, just "huff" your breath on them.....not blow, but huff, with mouth open and huff the air out...remoistens the stamp well

Answer 5

No, But i did try and many times to eat soup with a spoon, especially if a soup is thick (you can thicken the soup effectively by adding some flour). It takes more time, so I enjoy it longer

Answer 6

I bet you could use a colored marker on it. Just put a lot of the marker onto the stamper. Let me know if you try it and it works!

Answer 7

maybe