Stampin Up Ink/Versamark Question

Thank you Annie. That is my thinking too that the glycerin base will help with the fading. I know dye inks fade. Wow, Stampin Up inks fade really fast. Dye Inks always have a fade life. I don't use them in archival work. I made a couple of bookmarks with SU ink. I had them laminated. They are in the light since I lay them down by my lamp when I am reading. They faded within a year. I can remake the bookmarks but I was attached to them. I was a big ragey about this fading thing, lol. I also made a bookmark and colored it with my Sharpies and it faded too. I was really attached to that one. Least the Sharpie one was three years old. My SU bookmarks were only one.

Thank you Gigi that was really sweet to link the video for me. No, I don't think that would work. I am going to try the Versamark/SU combo and cross my fingers that fading will be minimal. I am going to make another glycerin ink pad and try that too. Since glycerin is the primary component for pigment ink and does help with fade prevention.

I have been stamping for close to forty years. I started as a child stamping. I remember when I discovered pigment ink, I think I was in my pre-teens. My Dad handed me a bottle of Corn Husker's Lotion. Kid you not. He said there is your pigment ink. I was doing the Versmark/Ink Combo before it was widely popular. Back then because I was just a kid/pre-teen I didn't have expensive inks. All my journals and cards I made my ink still looks good to this day using the Cornhusker's/Ink combo. Years later over at our old 2Peas I found another Corn Husker user too. I swear I have no more dinosaur stories, lol.

I always wanted really nice inks since I was a little girl in lots of colors. When I became an adult and could purchase all the SU's. I was so excited. Now they are fading. I am so mad. I feel like my kid inks were better quality.

If anybody else has any ideas I would be appreciative. I researched and researched. Nothing came up. I did come up with a couple of high handed smackdowns from a couple of SU demo's when their customer base asked about the fading. That was disheartening to read and made me do a massive side eye.