Although this is not a new technique for me, I thot it might be worth passing along &/or discussing.
Many of us have a variety of pads--full size, midis, cat's eye, cubes, wedges, dew drops, etc. Most are plastic & the lids & bottoms make terrific stamps in their own right.
I've found that my 'pad stamps' work with all my different inks & that I can use them to build frames, flowers & much more. And since I always have lots of pads on my table, I always have some stamps on hand.
So how about you? Have you used your inkpad as the stamp?