Hero ArtsAF379 Ink, Sea Aquas Dye Cubes

Some reviews reported that that some of the inks would be dry, so I was a little worried. But my set arrived in good shape. Each color works well, and I'm using them. The ink has a little smell, but it seems to dry just fine. I used the green for the ferns on this card.

I ordered so many ink pads and these were hands down the best quality!!!!! Small but mighty

These neon inks by Hero are fantastic! They work on kraft card- will not show up on black.If you smoosh on your surface, you can add water and get many different shades- useful on white card when using layering stencils as you can start with a light touch for first layer and go deeper in color as you layer up! Many YouTube videos using the Neons. They were sold out everywhere but Amazon now has them for a better price!

These are juicy, bright, and *very* neon.My only issue with these is that they claim to be a dye ink that is water based, yet they perform more like a solvent ink. They do not react with water at all (once the ink is on the paper, it stays there, and cannot be lifted or "activated" with water, like the Distress inks) and layering two different colors isn't very successful at all- it results in a weird, splotchy finish instead of a nice blended color.And cleaning this off stamps is very difficult.That being said, these inks are BEAUTIFUL for what they are- they dry to an even, smooth, BRIGHT color. Even the most finicky and hard-to-ink clear stamps take this ink wonderfully. And if you do watercolor, you can use this ink to stamp your outlines without worrying that the water and paint will "lift" the color and blur your images.So while you can't use these inks like Distress or blend them, they leave a solid stamped image, dry beautifully and smoothly, and have amazing colors that are not available in true water-based inks.

I like the colors and packaging only getting the lids off them was a little tricky, but not that difficult

These mini ink pads are a great way to try out the Hero Arts Shadow Ink line. I bought 4 different sets on sale and for about $20 I got to try 16 different colors. These are tiny but very juicy and not disposable (they can be re-inked). I eventually bought just about every set they put out and like them all with the exception of the gold in the Christmas set which is useless, but still, one out of 30 or so colors isn't bad. These inks stamp a bit uneven at first, but even out as they absorb into the paper. They're supposed to work that way, it's not a defect. They might stain stamps, but that depends on the stamp material as well, not just the ink (stamps made in the US tend to stain). Overall I'm very pleased with the quality of these inks.

its great ink for stamping. when it first stamps, it most of the time looks kind of splotchy, when it dries its fabulous. I love it and these little cubes are much easier to store. (they just fit in rangers new tin made for their distress mini cubes. if you get the ranger mini blender, the round blender pads just fit under the little cubes. you can store them with the black side of the sponge out and just attach it easily to the blender tool. its a great product. great for saving space also.

I love these inkpads! They are well made and have a lot of ink in each square. I love the colors! They may look close in shades but each one gives you a unique stamp. I'm using these on wooden Christmas ornaments and tags and they really are a nice product. I have quite a lot of ink to work with!

El producto tiene muy bellos colores, pero no estampa muy nitido, ya sea con sellos de Goma o de acrilico

Love the Christmas colours. I had expected the inks to be a little bigger but the size was quite small about 1 inch cube just as the description says its MINI ink cubes so that's what you have to expect. Hero arts quality is good and I hope it lasts me long as I don't stamp too often.

arrived sooner then expected, colours look great!

none of them arrived dry! Perfect colours! The red is a nice medium red to light burgundy even. The green is an olive and silver/gold are both perfect

Bright colors, a lot of ink in it, but since i'm using it for my agenda, it shows through the pages. But i guess for scrapbooking it's perfect.