Faux Batik Blues by Elaine

A Faux Batik style card using the Decorative Diamond for the ONE STAMP challenge and lots of Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle!

The nine Decorative Diamonds were clear embossed on white card and then sprayed with Colour Chemistry Ink in a Bottle - Spode Blue at the top, then Jubilee Blue with Peacock Green at the bottom.  I then blended some Colour Chemistry Pigment Ink in places - Powder Blue towards the top and Forest Green at the bottom.   Lastly I ironed the card to remove the embossing powder and make the images pop more.  The card is finished with Best Wishes stamped in Forest Green, some green wired organza and silver mirri card.

There'll be more samples on here all weekend and on the ONE STAMP page on Facebook so please keep popping back to see what others have been creating.  And please leave a comment to keep Lynnda going for the next 24hours!!  If  you're local, you can always pop in and see her - till 4pm today or between 10am-4pm tomorrow - join in the fun!!

Morrocan Tile by Suzejo

Another super idea for the Decorative Diamond stamp by Suzejo for the ONE STAMP event happening at Oak House Studio this weekend.

Five Decorative Diamonds used to make a star.  Whilst this would look great on a card, Suzejo has in fact done this on a bathroom tile and coloured in a Morrocan style.  Wouldn't you just love a border in your bathroom like this!!   For the background, Suzejo has used the Harlequin and also stamps from the Stitch in Time set.

Remember to pop back later for more inspiration from the Design Team and head on over to the ONE STAMP page on Facebook to see what others have been creating.  I'm Suzejo will be posting on Facebook too.  Please leave a comment here or there to keep Lynnda going for the next 24hours!!

British Life by Elaine

I looked at the Decorative Diamond and thought of bunting hence the red, white and blue colour scheme for this ONE STAMP card.

The Decorative Diamond is inked with Indigo Versacolor, clear embossed and then coloured with a red Tombow marker.  I've folded 3 over some bakers twine to create pennants and used 2 either side of the sentiment.  To add to the red, white and blue feel I've cleared embossed the Union Jack stamp on the background.

Remember to pop back later for more inspiration from the Design Team and head on over to the ONE STAMP page on Facebook to see what others have been creating.  And please leave a comment to keep Lynnda going for the next 24hours!!

One Stamp 24hr Event

Today's the day - Lynnda is at the Studio and ready to get started on her 24hrs of crafting with just the Decorative Diamond stamp.   They say you should never buy a stamp unless you can think of 5 ways to use it but I'm sure she'll come up with loads of inspirational ways to use this stamp over the weekend.

Lynnda will try posting her projects from the Studio (signal permitting) but there'll be plenty to see on here with the Design Team's projects and others will be posting on the ONE STAMP page on Facebook.  If you live locally, then pop along and join in the fun between 10am-4pm.

But to get us started, here is a quick fun card by Elaine.

I've embossed the Decorative Diamond and coloured it with Tombow pens - the brightest I had - to create a kite.   The tail is the Curly stamp from the Christmas Collection!!  A great design for a children's card or maybe that teenager starting their first job.

Hope you'll find today interesting and pop back in an hour or so for a different idea with the Decorative Diamond stamp.

Stamping for 24 hours with one stamp

This weekend I am going to be tucked away in my studio working with ONE STAMP, so why would someone with such a huge stash of stamps decide to do that you might ask. Well it is simple, I am constantly amazed by how many people don't really get stamping and just what a stamp can do. Every open day we have at the studio complex I have my studio in, there will several people who just don't get it. I use the same sentences over and over again, A stamp is just a way to transfer a design, you can stamp on to metal, on to glass, on to plastic, on to fabrics, you can stamp into all sorts of clays like precious metal clays.
I once told a lady you could stamp on glass and she proceeded to ask if you could use this stamp, or that stamp and she must have pointed to 50% of the stamps we had in the shop at the time and believe me that was a lot of stamps.
So after this weekend I will have a shelf full of different projects using just one stamp. We did this last year and boy did we have a lot of fun and to be fair I could spend 24 hours with that same stamp and still do different projects.
This time it I have picked a stamp to challenge myself. A new stamp I haven't had that long that was designed to do a specific project, ie make a 5 pointed star ( Think western Christmas). Here are some images from that first project.

I am really pleased that a lot more people are joining in this time too. Well I hope we all enjoy this weekend, I hope we open some eyes and inspire people to try to do more with their stamps.

Arrangements for 24 hours One Stamp weekend

Here is an outline of what is happening over the weekend. I am no spring chicken so I break the 24 hours down into two lots of 12 hours so 8am to 8pm both Saturday and Sunday. For these 12 hours each day I will be at the studio working on projects with the featured stamp. I will be stopping to eat and drink and visit the loo etc.
If you can get to the studio, you are welcome to come along between 10am and 4pm on either day. You should be aware that I will be in full crafting mode, you are welcome to join in, make a brew or just cheer from a safe distance, there will be lots to do and all help and best wishes are most welcome.
For those of you a bit further away, I will be posting what I can via facebook and the design team will be posting through out the weekend, plus we have some extra guest bloggers. I really hope you can all find a way to join in the fun and I hope that everyone gets some inspiration from this project.
Here is one project I did with the stamp last week (yes 24 hours is really long enough) I have taken some very basic (cheap) A4 file dividers shown them some Colour Chemistry ink in a bottle and then stamped on them in wine pigment ink. The original colours give the variation along with using various ink colours that have a red base.

A little bit of preparation for the ONE STAMP project.

Here is a little teaser video to get you thinking about One Stamp Project. This event takes place on 13th & 14th April 2013. Join us at the studio or on line. Twenty four hours of crafty stamping featuring one stamp. Please make a date to come and watch what we get up to.