Im new to cardmaking and scrapbooking with stamps. What are the stamping products I need to get started?

The basic stamping products we recommend are stamp pad inks for inking your rubber stamp designs, cleaner for your stamps, embossing ink and embossing powder, pens for coloring and edging, and decorative glues to add dimension and embellish your cards and layouts. To get started with inks, you must have a permanent dye ink for detailed, bold, and alphabet stamp images. Ranger Archival Inks are available in a variety of colors. The two indispensable colors all stampers need are Jet Black and Sepia. For a variety of dye inks in beautiful hues, Adirondack will cover a broad spectrum of colors. These inks were designed to coordinate beautifully when used with each other. Water-based Cleaners are used to clean water-based dye and pigment inks from stamps. Ranger makes two water-based cleaners. The Water-based Stamp Cleaner in a 4 oz. spray bottle with a bubble gum scent is sprayed directly on a stamp to clean off inks. It can also be sprayed on our Rub It Scrub It pad for cleaning stamps ...  more