I've been watching quite a few videos from various crafters, but particularly Jennifer McGuire. She's so talented and knowledgeable. I watched a couple of her videos last week on the different types of ink pads and thought maybe I'd check out some of other brands of inks besides Stampin' Up! I was planning on getting the inks and the coordinating card stocks from Stampin' Up! but wanted to look at some other inks to compare the quality. And to be honest I don't want to limit myself to one company. So I have also been checking out a lot of the other stamp companies. Very much falling in love with Altenew, and some Hero Arts stamps are on my wishlist now too. This is hobby is way too expensive!
I decided to get an ink pad from Ranger, some Altenew Crisp inks and some Hero Arts inks. I tried to choose some colours that I didn't have in the (very few) Stampin' Up! ink pads I have. I also want to try out Lawn Fawn inks but the online site that had this lot didn't stock them, and I wanted to try to keep shipping costs down by purchasing from the one place. It's very hard to find stuff in Australia - few shops in Adelaide anyway that are close to me, so I have to resort to online.
I also couldn't resist getting this Mama Elephant Labelled Messages stamp set; I really like the "dymo" labelled look or typewriter style fonts for sentiments. I thought it was a pretty cost effective set given all the sentiments you get.
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