Slow drying ink pen?? For freehand embossing?

[FrogTime]

Hello!

I'm hoping someone may have come across a decent pen to do freehand designs with, staying set just long enough to get some embossing dust to stick.

I've tried everything I have and it all dries too quickly. I don't want to do masterpieces or anything just words in different fonts without needing to buy stamping sets I'm not keen on.

Thanks!

Have you tried Sakura glue pens? I don't do embossing but I think the cardmakers who recommended them to me use them for this.

Interesting, I hadn't considered a glue before.

I will give that a go! Thank you

You're welcome! They're like a ballpoint pen and the glue is blue until it dries clear so you can see where it is. I've just had another thought though, fountain pen and calligraphy inks tend to dry a bit slower so that might work too?

Have you tried a Versamark pen? Versamark ink pads are the best for clear embossing and they do a pen too.

Awesome, will try those too!

I already have a fountain pen and ink. Will do a trip to hobbycraft this weekend for versamark!

Will let you know what works! Thanks

There's also an embossing ink pen which is probably very similar to Versamark but IIRC the ink is blue so you can see what you've written.

I don't want to teach my granny to suck eggs here but did you know there are different colours of embossing powders? So you can use clear ink and colour it with the powder, although you would get a stronger colour using the same ink and powder but if you're struggling to find the right ink you might not have that luxury.

Hi, yeah I've got a few different colour powders mostly Xmas colours!

I usually use a clear ink pad for stamping but it's just freehand I havent been able to crack yet 😂

not worried on this ink colour as it's a block colour powder covering it so it should be fine. I hope!

Cool. Good luck