Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pad, Cactus Flower

The Archival Ink Pads by Ranger are my favorite dye ink pads to use. Juicy and genuine to the color one expects by looking at the lid, these are so easy to use. The raised ink pad makes it quick and easy to ink any size/shape stamp. The raised pad encourages ink-to-paper and blending techniques, as well as any additional methods you want to try. Waterproof and smearproof. I love this line because the colors are sharp and strong - and they stay. The ink is not difficult to remove from stamps (will stain). However, it will provide decorative stains to your hands for a couple of days.I have found most of the Archival Ink Pads to be so juicy they can be used for embossing sometimes as well. They are clearly marked DYE and embossing typically requires a PIGMENT pad, but I have used these for embossing - achieving the best results on glossy paper. And oh my - I love Wendy Vecchi's colors! <drool>Bottom Line: I get consistently awesome results from these pads without much mess. One can stamp with these and use all sorts of media on top of the ink without fear of smearing or fading. If the pad is overly juicy, and that transfers to your project either use the juiciness to add some random embossing or hit the area with a heat gun for a few seconds. Make sure the heat gun is at least 4-6" away from your project and keep the stream of hot air moving, or you risk the ink bubbling or the whole thing catching fire. (Not good.) This ink pad arrived quickly with Prime shipping and has stood up well to all the abuse I have thrown at it, ready and waiting for more. A great purchase I would recommend.Tip: Store your ink pads upside down, so they rest on the lid instead of the bottom. Your pads will always be ready for use, and you will get a better impression with more ink. Storing the pads upside down will ensure your pads last a long time. :)

I purchased this ink pad to use with my new LFL stamp. The ink pad arrived sealed but seems extremely dry and doesn’t work well at all. I don’t recommend it and won’t be buying another ink pad of this brand. Very disappointed.

I bought 9 different colors of this ink and most of them were great except for three: Cactus Flower (Purple/Pink), Carnation Red (Red) and Vivid Fuschia. When used with water (which was the main purpose I bought these) they started to get blurry and faded to the point you couldn't even tell there was stamp there, specially the red one. Other ink colors were amazing tho, no decoloration whatsoever. It's probably the red pigment used on these inks that is not working.

One of the reasons I bought this was for the size 2-3/4" x 4-3/4" given in the description. That would be slightly larger than the rubber stamp I need it for. The stamp pad surface of this product is actually 2-1/8" X 3-1/4" and thus useless for my needs. I'm giving it two stars because the color looks really beautiful.

Color is exactly what I wanted, but I ordered this based on the size in the listing..The ink pad is actually 3" x 2" - and as you can see from the photo, it does not fit my stamp in one shot.I submitted a request to update the listing.

This ink pad is really good to use on rubber stamps or with a dobber on things that you have rubber stamped or cut out with a die and need just a little color on the ends. It is also very bright and is very easy to clean off of your tools like your rubber stamps.

Good product

Too small, but great ink.

Cactus Flower ink is a gorgeous colour. I love all of these bright archival inks, they are so lovely in my stamping projects and I find that they work really well on kraft card too

Arrived quite quickly. I've used this type of ink pad for my business for a long time, will continue to order more.

Lovely colour ink and stamps well

Product isn't permanent. Nor is it waterproof. Wasted my hard earnt money.

Used it to name stamp our daughter's clothes for school but after one wash lettering is smudged and unreadable