Good morning! I am so excited to be a stop on the hop for the Pinkfresh Studio Ink Pad Release! If you follow me on social media you already know that I’m a bit of an ink hoarder but these inks are truly incredible! The colors are gorgeous, and quite different in shade from most of the ink pads I own. They’re been curated into sets of four that work together beautifully for layering stamps or just if you want to stay within the same color family. They’re dye inks and, as you’ll see below, they blend beautifully and react with water just a little bit which is always a fun perk! Mini cubes and full-sized pads are available and you can purchase the inks as mini ink cube sets or individual full-sized pads! All sets and pads are linked below! 🙂
To start off I’ve swatched all 48 Pinkfresh Studio inks onto 2-inch squares that fit perfectly in my swatch binder. You can click on any photo for a closer look at the colors.
Here are the swatch charts I created: Pinkfresh Studio Ink Labels 1, Pinkfresh Studio Ink Labels 2, Pinkfresh Studio Ink Labels 3. (You may need to click on them twice to bring up the PDFs).
I print them on 80lb cardstock, trim 1/2″ off the top and bottom, and 1/4″ inch off the sides. Then I simply trim them down to 2-inch squares. They fit perfectly into the Simple Stories Insta Pocket Pages for a 6×8 binder! Here are all the new inks releasing today!
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And here’s what I created using Coral Reef, Passion Fruit, and Raspberry Bliss ink (and yes I did mix and match my color families!) 😉
After completing my swatches I knew the inks stamped beautifully so I wanted to test them out in other ways. I love ink blending and I wanted to see how these dye inks would blend with each other, especially if I mixed color families! So I started by blending Coral Reef, Passion Fruit, and Raspberry Bliss inks onto a panel of strathmore bristol cardstock. I’ve recently started converting my ink blending foams over to these domed pads because they’re simply amazing! They give you such a smooth blend with no harsh lines whatsoever! They fit on a regular Tim Holtz blending tool so you don’t have to get new tools if you already have those. Since dye inks don’t always blend as smoothly as oxides or pigment inks I decided to use these foams to make sure I wouldn’t have any harsh lines as the colors met. As it was I didn’t need to worry about that because the ink pads were nice and juicy and the colors blended so nicely! And if you’re interested in trying these new foams they’re currently on sale! 😉
After I finished blending I splattered the panel with water and was pleasantly surprised to discover that they’re a little water reactive and you can see some soft ink lifting on the panel. I also sprayed it with shimmer spray and splattered it with black paint. Once the panel was totally dry I die-cut it with the Hello with Botanicals die.
I also blended a few scraps of paper with the same three inks and die-cut the sprigs from Hello with Botanicals using my blended panels and black cardstock. I trimmed my blended panel down to 4″ by 5.25″ and adhered it to a white card base. Then I layered and adhered my accent sprigs. Finally I added a few black and sparkling clear sequins to finish my card!
If you’re interesting in trying the new inks, there’s no better time than right now! All Pinkfresh Studio orders over $100+ will receive free shipping within the United States without a code. The discount will be applied automatically!
To celebrate the ink pad release, Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the full sized ink pad release over on the Pinkfresh blog, and the full mini cube release on the Pinkfresh Studio Instagram feed!!
Each hop stop is also giving away a $25 gift card! Leave a comment letting me know your favorite color for your chance to win! Winners will be chosen randomly from the comments and posted on the Pinkfresh Studio Giveaway page on Monday, October 21st. You must check that page and claim your prize within two weeks.
Remember, every hop stop is giving away a gift card so hop along with us and be inspired!
If you’ve gotten all the way to the end of my super long post, thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop! If this is your first time at my blog I hope you’ll consider subscribing via the sidebar on the right or visiting me on Youtube or Instagram! Have a fabulous crafty week, friends! 🙂
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Thank you for the ink pad review and especially for the heads up about the domed foam pads. I ordered both (through your links). I have high respect for your opinions and I appreciate all the information you share with us.
Love ur color choices, can’t wait to try these inks!♡♡♡♡♡
A gorgeous card, as always, Jessica! I love the gorgeous ink blended background! Great to discover they react a little with water! Thanks so much for sharing your idea for ink swatches for all these lovely colours and helpful tips and techniques!
Your card looks beautiful and the inks look fantastic!
Love the background on this card.
I love color and these inks look amazing and this makes me want them all! LOL! Blues are my favorite colors but your card in the color family you used is stunning. It’s good to know they blend so well!
The colours in this release are so vibrant! Love them. Thank you for the inspiring cards.
thanks for sharing your color swatches with us and your pretty card too!!
Love all these great new colors and the vibrant card you created. Thanks for the pdfs!
beautiful card!!!!
You always do such great ink blending! Also, so glad to hear you like the domed blending pads! I’ve been wondering how they are. Thanks for sharing!
The color swatches are a fantastic idea.
I usually go “by the seat of my pants” when
I’m trying to combine colors. The swatches
would be so much easier. Thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hi Jess 🙂 Your card is wildly vivid!!! Love it! Thanks for all your work on watching up these new inks too! Thanks also for the inspiration 🙂
Beautiful ink blending! So rich and elegant
Love your bright card!! It’s gorgeous!! Your swatches are very nice, I love how you organized them.
A perfect card. Your BG is so vibrant and well blended. I love the large letters in white and black accents.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Can’t wait to try them!!!!
OMG – that background! I’m so glad to see how well these inks blend. And I’m thrilled to see someone using the domed foams because I’ve been wondering what they’re like in real life. Thanks for sharing a gorgeous project!
Love these colors!! Beautiful blending and design!
Lovely card, and the inks seem fab! Love the colour families!
The color combos are so perfect for those of us who don’t have a talent for that kind of thing.
Tons of beautiful colors 🙂 I look forward to trying these inks.
Great blending. I want to try the domed blending pads now.
Your card is adorable Jessica! I appreciate your comment that these shades are different than other ink lines you own. My favorite is OCEAN BREEZE – I’m a blue girl at heart!
I love the way you blended those colors!