Yes, I use Crayola markers. You can color directly onto the stamp so
that you get very precise lines. Also, by huffing onto the stamp, you
re-moisturize the stamp ink and then it all transfers with the same
freshness. AND after you stamp into your logbook, you huff on the
stamp again and then stamp it a couple of times on a paper towel and
it cleans the stamp off. Easy!
The cat's eye ink pads are very popular with a lot of folks too, and
I've heard good things about them. I just don't like to use ink
anymore and find that the markers give me better control over coloring
than a horizontal ink pad.
I buy two packs of varying color markers and carrying them all in a
zippered case. I look at the stamp and choose my colors based on the
design. I also use the markers to swap around how my sig stamp looks
in various logbooks so that if others see my stamp around a lot, at
least they get to see it in different colors.
Thanks for the compliments,
Mark
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "cpascott"
wrote:
> Hey ... wow ... nice logbook! It's fantastic that the stamp images
> you've taken are so colorful. Are those Crayola markers you are
> using?
>
> When you find a box, do you decide what colors to make the stamp and
> then color different sections for your logbook?
>
> I've found that the stamp part of this hobby is the part I enjoy
> least ... I have a hard time getting a clean image, inks can be messy
> (especially when they are dye inks in a waterlogged box) and I'm poor
> at carving. I've been thinking of switching to carrying a bunch of
> cat's eye stamps and stamping using the colors I want rather than the
> ink pad that's in the box ... a collection of markers might be better.
>
> So, Mark, tell me ... how do you "log" stamps?
>
> Thanks!
>
> CPAScott