Tim Holtz Distress Inks are a collection of acid-free, non-toxic, fade resistant, water-based dye inks. They’re perfect for the new vintage, stained, aged effect crafters are creating in their altered books, scrapbook pages, cards and paper craft projects. Tim selected the colors and helped develop these inks to produce a realistic, weathered look on paper, photos and decorative fibers.They can be used for multiple techniques, such as direct-to-paper, watercoloring, blending and more. Because of the fast drying time they can not be used for heat embossing. They are also less opaque on dark paper than the Distress Oxide inks. Reinkers are available for all ink pads. The ink pads offered here are Mini Distress inks who are most compact and convenient as they only measure 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1").