Have you used vinegar (food grade Iso- propyl) to soak the foam pad with?

This is fastantic!!! thank you!!

*fantastic!!

I lve this. Just one question: Where did you get you the individual foam for the ink. I have only seen stamp pads that already have black ink on them. Thanks You

Sorry I forgot to add the stamp pad details - the one I use is a Ranger Cut-n Dry stamp felt pad, it's a large pad so I cut a piece out to fit the size of the stamps I am using.

The Iso propyl I use is not vinegar it is food grade 'Dipping Solution' it is used to dilute paste & dusting powder to paint sugar flowers and decorations, alternatively you can use vodka but I find the 'ink' takes longer to dry and the outlines are not as crisp!

I would love to try this with the dipping solution but when I looked for it online all I could find are places in the UK that sells it, nothing in the US. Is there a place in North America/US to get this stuff or is it called something else here?

Hi IndianaFoodie, I did look on American E-bay and there was one store selling but it was British and the postage was about $2 more than the cost of the dipping solution (or you could try the Vodka option!) Unsure why it isn't readily available on line in USA, we can get it easily in the UK.

This may be a dumb question, but are your cookies iced with royal icing or is that fondant ? If it is fondant, do you first ice with royal icing and then attach fondant ? Sorry cookies are a new area for me and so Im trying to learn. Thanks.

can you do this on cakes that are covered in fondant thanks

i tried this technique a few weeks ago but the colour wasnt sticking to the stamp, it was almost evaporating?! any suggestions where i am going wrong :o( ?

I do this stamping also but I just mix my coloring with vanilla extract and get the same results. If you cant find an un inked pad just use some felt and place the felt in the lid from a plastic storage container (I use ziplock brand because i can find them at the $1 store and i store my coloring in the containers)

Thanks so much for sharing! This is so cool and I can not wait to try it out!

What a great tutorial! I am going to have to buy some stamps to do this. I love the pictures and your staging, its gorgeous. I have done hand painting, but never thought of stamping. Beautiful effect. Sometimes the iso propyl is called rejuvenating spirit, which I have in small bottles for watering down food colourings for hand painting, or with Lustre or petal dust to form a paint. If it is evaporating too quickly, it could be that there is too much alcohol in the mix, which makes it too watered down. Try it again with more colouring in the 'ink'. Thats just a suggestion based on my hand painting experience.

This is so awesome! I'm going to have to try this with vodka though as I haven't seen 'dipping solution' at the cake shops in South Africa! So excited to try it, such a clever idea :D

Thanks so much for the tutorial - I really like the boxed stamp set you used - would you share where you bought it or what brand it is - definitely want to purchase one.

I saw this featured in the email and was very interested. Then I looked at some other threads on CC about stamping on cookies and found out that the rubber stamps are not food safe and actually some are saying they are very toxic, containing chemicals such as asbestos that get into the ink. Thank you so much for the lovely tutorial, and I am looking forward to trying this, but I would suggest that others check out the threads about using food-safe stamps instead of the rubber ones before you decorate.

I had the idea of stamping cookies at Christmas. In researching, I, too, came across those CC threads. I have didn't dismiss them, but did some more digging. Most of those threads are based on one person saying that there were issues. This person (who is biased since they sell a special cookie stamp), won't give up the information or research, which I find questionable. She says it has to do with "trade secrets" but none of that would qualify under trade secrets. She also claims the FDA did research, but if that were true, it would be available from the FDA. The only thing the FDA says is not to use stamps that have been used with anything other than food grade materials--even if cleaned. I'm not saying to dismiss the information completely, but to take it with a grain of salt.

I totally agree with mmich...this is the same thing as using an edible ink printer. You can use the printer as long as you use it exclusively for edible ink and is perfeclty fine.

Thak you for a great tutorial!!!

This is great thanks

That's fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

Probably the closest thing to the alcohol is Everclear. It is available at the liquor store. Most states allow you to buy 90 proof version, some state you cannot. It has a higher alcohol content than Vodka. I couldn't find a proof percentage anywhere on the internet for the dipping solution.

what can we use instead of food grade Iso- propyl. I am unable to get this easily. Thanks

didnt jennybk say she uses vanilla extract? I think that was in place of the iso-prpyl. Check back on this post. ; )

the pictues do look like they have royal icing under the fondant. I would also be interested in receiving the reply to ljdils question regarding this.

Please please could you tell me where you got those stamps?! I need them!!

By the way a great way I have found is to use food colouring pens and apply that directly to the stamp rather than dipping the stamp.

What a lovely tutorial and all the comments too.  I've found QuickDry essence from Rolkem in South Africa and it works like a charm.