I have used these inks for some of my projects. Stamping, making customized card stock ( a lot of ink to be used there), stencils and to create some background scenes. Solved my problem on how to completely cover card stock with these inks. I have tried the bending brushes and the blending sponges and neither of them gave me the coverage or look I wanted. Then I tried an unused wedged cosmetic sponge from my makeup days which are no longer used and they work great for me. They really blend the ink better in my opinion. Of course some of you would disagree and that's fine. I'm going to try an show you what I did using one of these sponges. It only took me 3 minutes to color this entire card stock which was white on color to start with and the stand.