I love! clear stamps. Mostly because wooden stamps intimidate me. I have a hard time keeping them straight, so the clear stamps let me see where I’m stamping.
I have noticed, however, that a few of my clear stamps don’t pick up ink as well as I would like them too.
One brand in particular seems to be the culprit. I’m not going to call them out, because I like that company, and from this tip I’m about to share, it may not be entirely their fault.
I stumbled across this tip, so I apologize in advance for not crediting the blog/writer who originally shared it, it was quite a while ago. Some of you may already know this, so humour me :)
It seems that clear stamps have a coating on them from production and it is this coating that prevents the stamps from picking up ink.
Simply use a white eraser on your clear stamps to remove the coating and Voila! the stamp will pick up the ink much better!
I used to waste time using a blender pen, or avoiding using the culprit stamps altogether, but this tip has helped out quite a bit.
Happy Wednesday!
Ciao for now,
