Wasn’t Stargate fantastic?! I watched a couple of old SG:1 episodes recently, and suddenly got the urge to do something crafty involving the gate glyphs. I had a rummage in my drawer of hoarded crap, and found some of that really smooth protective foam that comes with some electronics. You know the stuff that has a really fine grain and is probably not recyclable?! Well that’s the kind of stuff I keep hold of just for occasions like this!

How-to:

Step one: Draw your preferred design onto the foam then, with a very sharp craft knife, cut out your design. I did this Point of Origin glyph freehand, but the Stargate Wiki has all the Milky Way glyphs in a nice resolution for you to print/trace/copy. Remember to reverse the design though as stamps print backwards.

Step two: Stick your design onto a bit of card or something you can hold onto whilst stamping. No fancy glue required – I just used cheapo BluStik and it has held on pretty well.

Step three: Cover your stamp with ink. An ink pad is great, but if you want fancy colours like I did and don’t have all the inks required, “colouring in” your stamp with felt tips works just as well! It just takes a little longer.

Step four: Smush!

Amazing what you can acheive with a little trash when the craft store is closed!

• Stargate Glyphs on the Stargate Wiki
• Other Stargate crafts on Geek Crafts