Monday, March 31, 2014

Paper Comparison - Archival Ink

The first test I put all of the papers to was to stamp on them using Archival Ink with a variety of stamps.  I wanted to be fair so I pulled a variety of stamps to use for this initial comparison.  I used a fine line rubber stamp (flowers - Deep Red Stamps), bold rubber stamp (poison bottle - Inkadinkado); fine line acrylic/clear stamp (wonderful - Avery Elle) and a bold acrylic/clear stamp (gear - Inkadinkado) all pictured below.




Next I just inked each stamp up and stamped it on the papers just as I would any other time.  Here is what they look like....  You can click on any to make the photo larger to see the details.


Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe CS - o.k. impressions - the bold images had a grainy look to them.

Canson MM CS - Not very good impressions with the bold image stamps...paper is very rough so it made it difficult.


CC Designs - Great impressions 


Copic Xpress It - Great impressions.



Crafters Companion - Average impressions - lighter color impression compared to other papers.



Georgia Pacific - Average impressions.



HP Photo Paper - Glossy Side - Amazing impressions! All of the stamps stuck to the paper when stamped.


HP Photo Paper - Matte Side - Average impressions. Notice how much lighter the ink is than other types of paper.



JudiKins MatteKote - Great Impressions - a bit of puckering on the bold images.



La Blanche - VERY slippery - you have to be extremely careful because the cardstock is so slick.  You can see on the wonderful image where it skidded a bit when I stamped it.  All of the stamps stuck to the cardstock.  When you supersize the photo you can see that when I lifted the bold image stamps off of the cardstock there was an issue with the ink creating veins when it was peeled away.  Long dry time.



Neenah CC - Great impressions.


Neenah EI - Great impressions 


Ranger Specialty - Extremely similar results to La Blanche (see above) - Nice impressions but very difficult to stamp on due to the slick feel of the cardstock.  This didn't have as much of an issue with the ink veining/puckering when the stamp was lifted from the paper though.  Very long dry time.


Simon Says Stamp - super clean impressions.  The best by far.


Strathmore - better impressions than the Canson Mixed Media paper but this paper is also very rough so good impressions would be difficult.

Tomorrow I will be back with the results using Memento Dye Ink.
See you then!
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  1. Anne ThompsonMarch 31, 2014 at 8:53 PM

    Roni, The posts today are so helpful. Thanks you for taking the time to do all of this work for us. I usually use Neenah Solar White for stamping but think I need to look at Simon Says Stamp papers. And I have some of the Ranger and LaBlanche Specialty Papers which I find are slippery like you stated so I don't often use them with the Archival inks. I use Archival inks a lot because I like to watercolor images and I like the colors. Lately I've been using Hero Arts inks and I always use Distress inks. I'm really curious to see how these papers work with different inks, too. Can't wait to see what else you've discovered. Anne, yourmainestamper

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  2. Carol HeldMarch 31, 2014 at 11:04 PM

    Thanks so much for this insight!...learned a lot, by your hard work...smiles

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  3. AnonymousApril 2, 2014 at 9:56 AM

    It's great to see what the same ink looks like on different papers. I thought about changing to a different stamping paper after I read some reviews other places but it's nice to just see the differences and judge for myself.

    Thanks -

    Sandy

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  4. AnonymousApril 2, 2014 at 2:22 PM

    Thank you for sharing all the info. Personally what I find with the specialty paper is to use a magazine or a drawing pad underneath to create a soft place for the raised areas of the stamp to sink into. I get a much better impression. I use Archival coffee and black, I also like Memento, and Versa Fine. I use the specialty paper for detailed images that I need a really definite print of an image. Thank you for sharing today.
    Jacquelene L
    Canada

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