Once again Carol took a few minutes out to look at some of the many recently introduced products that have to do with rubber stamping starting with a new iridescent ink pad from Dr. Ph. Martin. Though the company has had the ink on the market before in bottles this is the first time it has been available in the ink pads. It has a wonderful iridescent look to it but it's most outstanding feature is that it gives the impression of having already been embossed.
A technique that was rather interesting involved stamping a rubber stamp with another rubber stamp. In this case a large background stamp was inked with permanent ink and placed on the tabletop with the inked side up. A solid stamp was then coated with a product called Radiant Pearls. The outstanding quality about this particular type of ink is that it takes a very long time to dry and, in fact, never dries when applied to plastic. This is why the company suggests using old plastic CDs as palettes.
The Radiant Pearl inked stamp was then pressed firmly against the inked background stamp and then stamped on paper. The result was an image of the solid stamp with the images of the background stamp inside! Very fascinating. Something that might be fun to experiment with. The Radiant Pearls ink was also applied to another stamp about an hour prior to the show. Carol pressed it to paper and it made an impression as if it had just been inked. Obviously a good ink for folks who just don't like to be hurried. It is also claimed that the ink is so thick it can be used as a resist and can be embossed even after it dries.
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