Thanks Sarah and Jan--y'all gave me some thinks to think about which is what I was needing---not just for deciding about these particular inks (which when I started this post, that was what I was asking), but y'alls comments has helped me to think about all inks and what I use and how I use them---thus I know I can make a better decision now after pondering those things.
Sarah, I wasn't concerned about keeping inks in the same company brand---I guess my concern was really that if I liked the pad, I wouldn't be able to get another later on (and I wouldn't buy reinkers until I know I like and use the pad often, thus the reinkers would probably be gone by the time I figure that out, lol).
I did not realize that versafine was a pigment ink! I have only it in black but I do like it and the coverage.
I hope you were able to buy the inks at more than 50% off since that is the sale price this week all M's inks this week.
Jan this is also what concerned me---they were only 50% off---now when I bought them I did not know that (yes Tuesday Morning tag says it's 50% off but often those are not correct), b/c I wasn't able to check online before buying them (I am one of the few, I assume, that doesn't have internet on my cell phone)----AND I do not know why I did not look at the inks at Michael's!!! Maybe bc the one I went to did not have many ink pads to look at....but I will check my M's and see what there is!
I too do not use pigment inks often, but I have always thought it was b/c the ones I had were chalk and that maybe I don't care for the chalky look...I actually thought for a long time that "pigment" = "chalk look"---I have a few powder puff pigment inks and they are not very chalky to mee though they say "chalk inks" on the package.
I really like my red Avery Elle pigment ink---it dries so fast! The white pigment ink from Avery Elle I got dries slowly, and it is very white on dark CS---and it does smear after it's dry----it truely feels like you're smearing soft chalk---kinda neat if the company was able to do that, but also needs to be noted if you really need an ink not to smear. I'll have to look into the Memories white ink if I need another one.
Jan, how do you keep your cat eyes from drying out? I used to love buying Colorbox cat eyes and the colors!---but they all have dried out to almost completely gone in just a couple years.
Thanks for the videos--I will be checking them out!! I noticed in the video that the "Mama Elephant" pigment container looks exactly like the Avery Elle pigment ink containers! hmm...
