My Favorite Crafty Things — Inks (Updated)

Hello! This post and video is a “re-do” of my earlier video. I wanted to clarify what I was trying to explain about clear stamp quality, etc. I apologize for explaining it so poorly!  Please check the new video. Thank you and have a good day!


Hi! I am back with another My Favorite Crafty Things post. Today is all about ink!

Over the next several weeks, I will (randomly – lol) be sharing my favorite crafty products of 2017. If you haven’t checked out THIS video, please do so – it explains how the series works.

I have lots to share, including big giveaways (see below) and even store discounts. Who doesn’t love a deal!?

  • Ellen Hutson is offering 10% off your order! Use the code “JensFaves17” through 12/3/17 when shopping HERE.
    (Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Excludes BCRF Fundraiser set and Mama Elephant releases within the last 90 days. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)
  • Simon Says Stamp is currently offering a free stamp set with any purchase! While supplies last… no code needed. See image below. Shop HERE.
  • Simon Says Stamp is offering my readers $10 off purchases of $75 or more during 12/11/17 to 12/18/17 ! Use the code “JENFAVES” when shopping HERE.
    (Note the dates. Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)
  • Altenew is offering 5% off for my readers through 12/4/17! Use the code “JENNIFER2017” when shopping HERE.
    (One discount code per order. Cannot be combined with other discount codes. See image below.)
  • Gina K. Designs is offering a FREE stamp set to my viewers!! Shop HERE.
    (Good for orders over $50 – just add “JENNIFER” into the instruction box at checkout.)

Let’s talk inks…

[Warning: This video is long. You can instead just check out the stamps below. All products are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails. Affiliate links may be used. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]

If you are interested in any products, click on one of the store icons under the product images.

Gina K Designs Ink Pads
[ SSS | GNK ]
Gina K Designs Ink Cubes
[ SSS | GNK ]
Gina K Designs Cardstock
[ GNK ]
Altenew Ink Pads
[ SSS | ELH | ALTN ]
Altenew Ink Cubes
[ SSS | ELH | ALTN ]
Reverse Confetti Ink Pads
[ SSS | RVR ]
Reverse Confetti Ink Cubes
[ SSS | RVR ]
Distress Oxide Inks
[ SSS | ELH ]
Distress Oxide Reinkers
[ SSS | ELH ]
Mini Distress Ink Pads
[ SSS | ELH ]
Distress Ink Reinkers
[ SSS | ELH ]
Mini Ink Blending Tool
[ SSS | ELH ]
Hero Arts Black Dye Ink
[ SSS | ELH | HA ]
Reverse Confetti Midnight Ink
[ SSS | RVR ]
Reverse Confetti Midnight Mini Ink Pad
[ SSS | RVR ]
Hero Arts Intense Black Ink
[ SSS | HA ]
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
[ SSS | ELH ]
VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Cube
[ SSS ]
VersaMark Ink
[ SSS | ELH ]
VersaMark Ink Cube
[ SSS | ELH ]
Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink
[ ELH | SSS | HA ]
Hero Arts White Dye Ink
[ SSS | ELH | HA ]
Simon Says Stamp Barely Beige Ink
[ SSS ]
Hero Arts Soft Granite Ink
[ SSS | ELH ]
Neenah Class Crest 110lb 25 Sheets…
[ SSS | ELH ]
Neenah Class Crest 110lb Cardstock Ream
[ AMZUS ]
Ink Swatch Downloads
[ JNN ]
Dye VS. Pigment Ink Comparison Video
[ YTB ]
My Other Favorite Inks Video
[ YTB ]
Distresss Oxide Ink Video
[ YTB ]

ADDITIONAL INK VIDEOS

Looking to learn more about inks? Here are a few videos to check out:

GIFT GUIDE

This list of Favorite Crafty Things makes a great gift guide. Feel free to pass along this link or print the page and circle what you are interested in. Don’t forget the discount codes, too!

See you soon for more of My Favorite Crafty Things 2017. You can keep up to date on all the topics HERE… and for my lists from 2016, click HERE.

GIVEAWAYS

Throughout this series, I will have LOTS of prizes! Today I have THREE giveaways! You could win one of these prizes:

  • 5 Gina K Designs Ink Pads
  • 12 Distress Oxide Ink Pads
  • $20 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti! (Thanks, Jen!)

IF YOU LEFT A COMMENT ON MY OTHER POST, YOU WILL STILL BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN.

For your chance to win a giveaway, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 12/15/17 telling me your favorite ink. (To leave a comment, scroll down to the bottom of this post on my blog and click the green “leave a comment” button. The winner’s name will be randomly selected, emailed and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too! Prizes are personally donated except Reverse Confetti.)

See you again soon!

[Please note that I purchased many of the products in this post personally, but not all. Regardless, the decision to include them in this list was my own. I truly like these products and companies. For more info, visit HERE. If you have questions, please email me.]


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244 thoughts on “My Favorite Crafty Things — Inks (Updated)”

  1. Chick says:

    Yay, glad to see this back!

  2. Chick says:

    Whoops, forgot to mention my fave ink. Def Versamark. I even have my heat gun permanently plugged in because I LOVE to emboss.

  3. Andrea Miller says:

    My favorite ink so far has been Fun Stampers Journey ink. I’m no longer a coach for them but still love the ink. My husband ordered me your classes and just fell in love with Hero arts story. So i hope to try out their product soon. Thanks for this opportunity! God luck to all who enter!

  4. ggnurse says:

    Hard to pick a favorite ink, as it depends on the color. For sentiments I’ve gone back to my old Brilliance Starlite Black or Graphite Black. I find they don’t bleed & seem to work well with almost every stamp. Actually, I pretty much love all the Brilliance colors & have a ton of them! For gold my favorite is Delicata Golden Glitz. I was thrilled to see the new colors in mini ink pads & have a lot of them coming to my house, so maybe next year they’ll be my favorites! Thanks for all the info, Jennifer!

  5. Allison D says:

    Hi Jennifer. Thanks for all the great information. I think my favorite ink is distress ink. I only have a few, but it only took a few to see how “magical” they are! Hugs to you, I hope your Christmas prep is going well.

  6. Candy B says:

    Currently I am enjoying Ranger TH Distress Oxide inks. But hoping to try out some new stuff after the holidays. Thanks for your inspiration!

  7. Lin says:

    Thanks for the information. I am always interested in more knowledge.

  8. Alma Dirpaul says:

    I think I would have to say Versamark because I love embossing. Thanks for the giveaway.

  9. Cindy Kemna says:

    I use all Stampin’ Up! inks and use very little black – mostly colors.

  10. Karen Baldwin says:

    VersaFine Onyx Black! Thank you, Jennifer!

  11. Rineco says:

    My favourite ink or inks would be distress inks and black versafine ink. Actually, I’m starting to like Archival inks as well.

  12. Thanks for your effort of putting this together, my favorite ink is Tim Holtz Distress Oxie Ink.

  13. Susan B says:

    I am still in search of my favorite ink – I have only tried Hero Arts & Memento so far but I am really wanting to get some Gina K & Altenew Inks because of the fabulous array of colors and matching cardstock they have. I love all your videos and look forward to all your posts!!!! Thanks for all you do!!! Happy Stamping

  14. Vikki H says:

    I’m a crafter junkie shopper and have way too many inks. I mostly use the Hero Arts Shadow mid to soft tones (especially the Pool & Pale Tomato colors) and have most of the Distress Inks. Recently purchased 5 of the DI oxides and boy, they blend like butter!

  15. Bunny says:

    Thank you for the chance to win. I like the VersaFine Black Onyx. I recently found out that it will stamp on shiny semi gloss type papers that no other would do. The rest kept stamping sort of matte looking. This was nice and dark and you could emboss it on this type paper. Yay!

  16. linda G says:

    Hard to pick favorite …it really depends on what I’m stamping. Distress oxides are up on the top 5 though,,,,so fun to blend and do techniques with them. I’m slowly going thru old standbys and getting rid of old no longer used like Marvy’s…remember them? I need to start trying some of the new inks that have come out…your list will be where I start.!

    Thanks for doing your “favorites” your opinion has a lot of weight in my eyes!

  17. Megan N says:

    I use mostly the Hero Arts/SSS dye inks. I do love thew few Altenew inks I have, as well. And I’d love to try Gina K. And Distress Oxide. And WPlus9. And Reverse Confetti. And Lawn Fawn. You’re not helping!! 🙂

  18. Kathy Mc says:

    I watched your first version of your ink video yesterday but didn’t have time to comment. Looked all over for it this morning and, not finding it, thought I’d dreamed the whole thing! I wanted to thank you for such a clear, informative video; your revised version is even better. Now I know why some me of my stamping projects don’t turn out well. Thank you, Jennifer! My favorite ink is Versafine onyx.

  19. Leslie s says:

    Loving the oxide inks!! Thank s for the video, Jennier!!

  20. Maggie B says:

    First, I have to say for every day stamping I love the Versafine Black Onyx Ink but if I’m blending (which I do a lot of) I’m head over heals for Oxide Inks. It was love at first blend.
    That being said I feel I have to say that I absolutely understood where you were going with your explanation in the “original” video Jennifer and totally agree with the old adage that “you get what you pay for.” When photo-polymer stamps first came out I thought that all clear stamps were the same and I ended up wasting money on the poorer quality stamps because they were less expensive. The thing that I appreciate from you is your honest opinion and, like you always say, what works for one doesn’t always work for everyone. You even go so far as to tell us when you receive something “free” but won’t recommend a product unless you absolutely love it. It’s unfortunate that not everyone appreciates the work you put into making (& now remaking) these videos and could pick at one thing and not really “listen” to the message that you’re really sharing with us. Anyone who thinks you have a hidden agenda (or could possibly influence your over 200K faithful followers to turn against you!!) hasn’t really been paying attention. AND no one forces any of us to follow anyone!! We love you and appreciate all that you do to make us all better crafters and for sharing your love for what you, and we, do. ~BIG HUGS~
    #kindnessmatters

  21. Joy Moss says:

    I use primarily Memento Tuxedo Black for everything and use Copic markers for color. I have some Distress Inks and the Versamark ink pad. I would love to try the Oxide Distress inks because I have trouble getting good blending when I use my StampinUp inks!

  22. mary w says:

    I like Versafine Onyx Black because i can heat emboss and use it for other stamping. But I’m going to use your idea to remove the lid.It’s very awkward and my hands get inky and it never fails to get on my project as well.

  23. SandraA says:

    I must admit that I’m having a lot of fun right now with the new Oxide Inks, so I guess if I had to pick just one favorite, it would be that. Thanks for the updated video!

  24. Maria B says:

    Versafine black is my go to ink.

  25. Connie G says:

    Thank you for another informative video. I would love to try the Gina K inks and RC. Love all their colors. I also haven’t tried the distress oxide inks. Those intrigue me. My favorite black right now is th Tim Holtz archival jet black.

  26. Marilyn says:

    I love the new oxide distress inks…so much fun and easy to blend. I had a hard time with the regular distress inks.

  27. Nancy Colean says:

    I like Distrsss Ink for blending and also versatile for embossing.

  28. PatriciaD says:

    I always love your videos and try not to miss a single one…even if the technique isn’t something I’d do I usually still watch because I always seem to learn something. Let’s see my favorite inks right now are the Oxides. Just great color, cool techniques and fun to play with…not sure if you wanted a specific color but maybe Antique Linen.

  29. Carey Nusbaum says:

    My favorite ink is Tim Bolts distress ink and distress oxide ink! Thanks for the deals and great giveaways!

  30. Alice Mooberry says:

    I love Gina K inks and Versamark 😘

  31. Teresa says:

    I really like versafine black onyx ink for sentiments. Love all your videos.

  32. Sharon O says:

    I like Catherine Pooler’s inks, especially her newest release of Spa colors.

  33. M Lugo says:

    I love your videos series. In a different note, I would like to thank you, Kristina Werner and all the artists that help you raise money for the hurricane relief and keep Puerto Rico and Virgin Island in your minds. Thanks!

  34. grammasuzi says:

    Always enjoy learning from you! And there’s still so much to learn! Thank you!

  35. Vickie says:

    Hi, my current favorites are the distress inks. Jennifer, I appreciate your videos and have learned so much. Thank you!

  36. Emily Daniels says:

    My favorite ink is versamark because I love heat embossing!!

  37. Ashley L says:

    My Favourite inks are the distress oxide inks- so versatile.

  38. Maria says:

    Jennifer thanks for all you do and share with crafters around the world… no matter what you do there will always be negative people and those who just don’t appreciate all that you so generously give to others. Keep up the inspiration!! Some of my favorite inks are Stampin’ Up, Distress and Distress Oxides. I’m looking forward to experimenting with a few of your favorites. Thank you!!

  39. Kailash says:

    My favorite inks have to be distress inks and that also includes the oxide inks, love them!!!

  40. gloria says:

    I love and use versa ark the most. I also love Tim holts distress inks.

  41. Marina says:

    Because of your past videos, I’ve had many fun adventures with Distress inks and embossing. I never knew how versatile stamping was until I came across your Instagram. I now have my own mini craft room and I share my love of stamping with friends by throwing craft parties! 😊

  42. Beth says:

    I like Simon Says Stamps ink it looks really good

  43. Lagene says:

    I also love Hero Arts Black Dye Ink, but you can’t beat Versafine Onix Black pigment ink if immediately heat set or heat embossed. Love love love Distress Oxide Inks!

  44. Sue LD says:

    Love your videos. My favorite ink is Versafine Onyx black.

  45. justasiam says:

    I am loving the new Distress Oxide Inks from Ranger!

  46. Liddia Beeman says:

    I always look forward to your favorite things videos. I always watch them before making most of my purchases. God bless you.

  47. melissa b says:

    So many great colours!! I tend to use stamps that need to be coloured in, so I like memento for copics and versafine for watercolor 🙂

  48. Jennifer Smith says:

    I do like the Versafine black for sentiments. I also use Gina K . Thanks for all your work in these videos!

  49. Maureen Reiss says:

    For black I love the Versafine and right now I’m all about the Oxide inks, their just soooo fun!!! Thanks for all the great info!!

  50. Rebecca Ednie says:

    My fave inks are PTI and Altenew. Great video. Thank you

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