Hello and welcome to the Stamp It! 3 Ways Blog Hop! Have you seen the latest must-have special issue from Paper Crafts magazine? It features 40 different stamp sets and 3 unique interpretations for each, helping you to stretch the mileage of those stamps in your stash.
I’m absolutely thrilled to be one of 12 designers featured on today’s hop:
Julie Masse
Laura Williams
Heidi Van Laar
—> Emily Leiphart <—
Mariana Grigsby
Julia Stainton
Sarah Moerman
Karen Baker
Laura O’Donnell
Kelley Eubanks
Kimberly Crawford
One of the stamp sets I had the pleasure of working with for this issue was Hello Friend by Avocado Arts. Shortly after I got the exciting news that I was going to be on the cover of this issue, I was asked to join the Avocado Arts design team. I was ecstatic…still am! My card today once again features the lamp used on the cover card.
This time I used only the base of the lamp to create the balusters for the railing. The tiny orange hearts are from the lamp’s on-off chain. No coloured cardstock was used in the making of this card. All I did was take my ink pad and drag it across white cardstock to create the top rail and base of the banister as well as the rust colour on which I stamped the bird and trimmed a border to separate the image from the sentiment. I love that this technique gives the paper a textured look. I hope you’ve enjoyed this out-of-the-box approach to using the lamp and just how versatile this stamp set can be!
Be sure to leave a comment at Paper Crafts Connection for your chance to win every single stamp set featured in this issue! That’s 40 stamp sets!!
Each designer is also giving away a copy of Stamp It! 3 Ways so be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the hop. The comment deadline is Sunday, January 29th at midnight MST. I will announce my winner on Monday, January 30th so be sure to check back then. Thanks so much for hopping by today!
Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Avocado Arts Hello Friend; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Tim Holtz for Ranger Rusty Hinge & Pumice Stone distress inks; foam tape
What a great idea. Thanks for the chance to win a copy.
never thought that lamp stamp can be turn like this amazing fence. Clever of you, Emily..
How clever. Great way to show that there are MANY ways to use stamps just have look at them in different ways and let your imagination flow,
Yeah buddy, way to rock the hop! I love the lamp-as-baluster idea, and the colors are awesome!
Love this card! So clever how you turned the base into the railing!
Very cute card and great idea! I love finding new ways to use stamps 🙂
I think I've said this to you 500 times…but seriously…a banister! I could see what you had done as soon as I looked at the card, but never in a million years would I have thought of this design. So stinking cool!
Very very clever. I wish I had the eye that so many of you have. I never would have thought to make a banister out of a lamp!! Way cool!
Very cute, very beautiful!
You Rock this card with your creativity Emily!!! Love this design…I have to CASE it some day.
Oooh, look at the cute bird (-:
I love this design, so stylish!
Greetings, Judith
Such a great idea to use the stamp to build your own railing =) TFS!
Emily, this is brilliant! I keep going back to check out the cool effect you created for the rail. So awesome!
Clever idea! I love the lamp!
Cute card thanks for sharing!
So clever! Love it!
Wow! What a clever use of the lamp stamp! Brilliant!
Wonderful design! congrats!
Very simple and cool design love it!
Oh my what a great design!
I'm sorry I haven't been around in a while, but it's good to know that you are still rockin' it over here. The lamp base idea is genius!!! xoxo!
Super clever and creative! Love it!
Ohhh, this card is great!
It's a good life!
Terri E.
So cute and so smart to use part of a stamp to create something totally different. Great thinking outside the box!
Cute and clever card!
I'm always amazed by others creativity. I love this card!!
You are getting awesome mileage from this set! Your lamp card is so cute but I still didn't recognize the balusters until you said how you did it. It is great to be able to see things differently.
Thanks for sharing! 🙂
So super cute!!!!
Firstly, congrats on being published AND on the FRONT cover!!! Love how you used that stamp Emily! I think I need to get this mag!
cute cute cute!
Very clever! TFS
So clever!
Wow what a great card, thank you so much for sharing it and the chance to win.
How delightfully clever! Wonderful idea for creating a banister!
you're very creative! this card reminds me of the home I grew up with.
How cool that you used a lamp base to make columns!! Now that is talent and a creative eye 🙂
OH, so much cuteness!!! This card totally makes my day – even if in reality it's dark and dreary because we're awaiting a big snow storm, it is now sunny in my heart! Thanks so much for sharing!
Cute little birdie…..love the simplicity of it…..
Oh my, great thinking outside the box! THAT'S the reason you have a card on the cover!! Congrats! I'd love to win a copy of this wonderful issue!
wow, super creative card! I love it!
Anne
wow!!! Super cool way to make a railing!!! I would never have thought of that!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!
Well done my crafty friend, fabulous thinking outside the box and congrats, again!! hugs Gay x
OM this is soooo clever…who would have thought…!!! you designers just rock when it comes to thinking outside the box and looking at stamps in a new and totally different way…this is fabulous!
um….you're brilliant! Wow, that is definitely thinking outside the box. Your card is fabulous. I want to be 1/10th as creative as you some day. 🙂
Very clever!!! Love the simplicity of your card…..so pretty!!!!
audrey
wow what a brilliant way to use the stamp! I need to start thinking way more outside the box lol 🙂
brilliant !
Love this card, and the idea of running the ink pad across the paper. Thanks!!!
The card is so whimsical! And the clean and simple layout is very striking. Great job!
how clever! This is so awesome!
This is just too cute. So CAS and adorable. Love it!
So cute and clever!! LOVE it!!
I'm always so impressed with this kind of out of the box thinking! I don't think I would have come up with a railing. Amazing!
That is so clever and such a cute card!
Such a good idea! Thanks for the info!
Great card – what a clever idea! TFS 😉
Emily you are so clever! And a genius to make a banister out of a lamp! Love it! :>
Congrats on making the cover Emily! Love your clever idea with the lamp stamp!
Wow….I just love your work! You sure do inspire me!! Awesome card.
Hugs,jen
What a creative way to use the lamp stamp! Thanks for sharing!
hmmmmmm……I think I can see why you are on their design team. LOVE how you really stepped out of the box with this stamp set. AMAZING!
This is SO clever, Emily!! Love your ingenious ways with this stamp set, and congrats on being a cover girl for this issue!!
Wow, that's an awesome idea, and your railing looks fantastic; you'd never know they started out as lamps :).
Wow, I love your card. I would have never thought to drag ink like that instead of using cardstock 🙂
what a great idea!
Cute bird!
Very clever. I like the simplicity of this card.
This is beautiful in its simplicity.
Great idea!
Dude, girl you ROCKED this card and the issue!!! I am so happy to see you on the hop and what you did with this ADORABLE stamp!!!!!! YOU GO GIRL!
Your so clever! Who would think to use a lamp base as a railing! Beautiful card!
What a great way to use the lamp. The heart gives it a 3-dimentional feeling. Thanks for passing this idea along to us.
Great idea! Love it!
it took a few seconds to see the lamp – how clever! thanks.
WOW!! What a great tip!! And great card too! I so want this issue…and winning that huge stamp prize wouldn't be bad either!!!
Emily, brilliant use of the lamp stamp!! I never in a million years, would've thought of that!
Love seeing the other things that people create other than the 'obvious'. Great job!
Oh Emily, what a BRILLIANT idea to use the lamp base as a balustrade! Love the card :), and equally love the card on the cover!!
I like the dimension in your card.
pretty card! love seeing the different ways to use the stamps.
Very innovative! And very pretty! Thanks for sharing your card and thanks for a chance to win.
I didn't know that was you on the cover!! Congratulations, Emily – so well deserved :o)
I never would have thought to use the lamp as a railing. The bird is so cute balancing on the rail.
cute card…love the Dimension look!
What a great card and idea. Awesome!!
Super card and what a clever idea. One of the reasons that I did not want to get into stamping was the fact that a stamp might only be used a very few times. It did not seem cost effective. This sure makes me see things in a different way. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
WOW! Very creative! I really like this CAS card
Lamp bases as balusters… Super clever! Love it!
What a great idea. Thanks for the chance to .
Love your out-of-the-box approach to the stamps! You are so talented, Emily…congrats!
clever! what a sweet card.
Love this card.
Your cards are all so cute…Thanks for sharing and the chance to win!
That's really beautiful! I love your creativity on this one! Congrats on the new DT!
Wow, so creative!!! You really have my brain working in overdrive now…I am looking at my stampsets with new eyes!!
Thanks so much for the inspiration, and the chance to win!!
Totally love how you used the lamp base to create this card. Super cute card.
I am so envious of ppl like you who have the ability to see new things and possibilities beyond an items original purpose. I would never have been able to come up w/this beautiful railing from that stamp on my own. TY for the opportunity to win a copy of this issue of the mag.
I thought you used a die cut on your card. What a great idea to turn the lamp shade into the border design.
Thank the crafting gods for people like you who come up with amazing ideas like this for creatively challenged people like ME!
Love your idea of coloring the white cardstock with the inks. Just brilliant! And your card is just adorable ! 🙂
Oh this is very cute!
Wow, I love the innovative ways you have used the lamp stamp!
Congratulations! I can see why they asked you onto their design team you think beautifully out of the box.
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wow – that is so clever!
what a unique way to look at a lamp base, completely impressed!
Thank you for the opportunity to play along.
~Jill
Great cards. Girl, you have mad skills. Thanks so much for a chance to win.
Cute card!
What a creative use of the lamp stamp. Congrats on having your card on the front cover.
*Sigh* You are amazing, do you know that? I absolutely LOVE this.
Great creative use of the stamps!
WOW is that ever clever!!! So creative. Thanks for sharing the details of this with us!
that was soooo clever to use the lamp like that! I gotta say what I love is honestly the tiny bird legs and feet! So cute!
Cute and creative!
Another imaginative use to make the railing. Just love it!
well, now I've "met" all three of you wonderful creative cover girls of this issue-congrats to you and on being a design team artist for Avocado Arts! Love this CAS card!
Adorable card, cute little birdie and sentiment. The railing is so creative.
Very original with the stamp set. I like the soft colors.
Such a precious looking card. I love it.
Darling card, Emily! And congrats on being featured on the cover…absolutely no surprise 🙂
So very cute!!! And congrats on the cover!
What a lovely card. I love your attention to detail.
Thanks for tip (dragging the ink pad)
Such a happy little card! Thank you for the inspiration. 🙂
Genius as usual, Em! Love it… *smile*
Very nice card. Simple and cute!
Just the kind of cards I like making.
Thanks for Blog Hop!
How smart of you! Love it
Amazing and creative that is!!! Great card!
Such a creative use for that stamp! I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness, but that is SUCH a fabulous idea! I need to look at my stamps and punches in different ways to see what is lurking there! Thanks for such a great technique and tip!
Nice card
I never cease to be amazed by how you think out of the box, Emily! Such an incredible eye for design you have 🙂
How totally awesome is your 'lamp base' fence! Thanks again for the inspiration and the chance to win!
What a clever way for the fence!
I like your technique! I will definitely try this one!
Beautiful card!!! Clean & simple–my favorite style!!!! (: Thanks for the opportunity to win these a.maz.ing prizes!!!! 😀
Wow! Great card. I love your tip on making the banister.
Huh?!?! I so wish my mind was that creative to see balusters in lamp bases! Fabulous card. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
sweet card.
What a great idea to use the vase like that!
What a clever idea! Your card is so pretty!
Cool card Emily. Hugs, Nellie.
This is a truly creative card w/ its sparse colors and popping design.
neat little bird
Thanks
kemma
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eek! your creativity is limitless…sweet and cas…another great card 🙂
This is what I love about blog hops…I never would have thought to use a lamp stamp to make a fence. I had to look twice before reading the copy to figure out what it really was! Great work.
The idea of using lamp base for baulsters is super Ms. Lephart. And thanks for visiting my blog 🙂
Amazing, like all your cards! Not sure if I ever said congrats on making the cover, but even if I did you deserve to hear woo-hoo all over again 🙂 You rock chickie!
Love that little bird & clever use of the vase.
How cute. A bird on the balcony of an Italian Villa on Lake Como…
Very creative use of the lamp. Love the little birdie perched on the banister. Thanks for the chance to win.
Wow, a cover card. How cool is that? I think both cards are very creative. I am so happy for you.
Super cute! Congrats on being part of the blog hop.
Cute card! What a clever way to make the fence!
You really used your thinking cap to come up with this idea-a banister from a lamp. Thanks
What a hugely clever idea! I love it!
Love this card. It so pretty and calm.
Your railing idea is SO CLEVER, Emily!!! And that little birdie is DARLING!!!
very cute reuse of the lamp base!
If I hadn't seen that stamp set I would have never known that was a stamp for the fence. You are SO clever!
hello rock start cover girl, way to work your magic.
Very clever and a fabulous card as a result! Love it!
Now that is really thinking outside the box! Love your vision for this card.
I love new techniques (or maybe new to me!). The idea is so clever with the lamp base! The few times I come up with unique ideas I always feel so pleased!!! The card is soooo cute!
Love your clever take on the stamps!!! Cute card too!
WOW! What a wonderful way to use that lamp. This is a beautiful card.
what a sweet card!
How creative! I love the banister, but liked it even more when you said how you created it. Brilliant!
Great card, Emily – clever design!
Lovely card. What a creative use of the stamps!
Fab card, Emily! And congrats on being the cover girl! I love your designs. 🙂
Such a sweet card for a friend…I love it!
I love your card. It is really sweet.
WOW!! What a GREAT idea!! I love how you made this railing!! I'm just not clever enough to have thought of that, so THANK YOU!!
Such a cute card!!! Love it!
Very creative use of the lamp base!
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Darling!
Oh, that is really cute! I love it.
This is so cute! I love the shadows.
SOOOOO cute! LOVE that little birdie! FUN! You are amazing:) THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
What a totally cool card — and of course, why would you use coloured cardstock when you could come up with something more original! 😉 Brilliant idea to use the lamp base as railings.
Sweet card! Very clever use of the lamp image!
DeniseB
Great card…you're very clever!
Love how you always find a way to look at an image in a totally different way. You really have an eye for that (jealous)
Sweet little card and I LOVE what you did with the lamp!
So cute! Love the little birdie.
Oh my! I would never have thought of that. So much talent!
Very cool idea!
oh my goodness! I think its so fun to use stamps in unique ways…would have never thought of this! TYVVVM!!!!!!! now I want it lol …and luv the magazine…your blog is sweet!
This will definitely make me take a second look at my stamps when I need a spark of creativity! tfs
what a cool way to use the lamp stamp! I'd have never thought of that and your card is just darling.
you must be thrilled to have your card on the cover. Congrat's.
Thanks for the in spiration. I'm new at stamping and card making.
Also thank you for your kind words on my blog.
Wow — that is definitely divergent thinking! Love the way you used the lamp base and lamp pull in a whole different way!
Your design would also make a sweet Valentine card
Love it! What a great idea! Thank you for the fresh inspiration!
How cute is that!!! I always try to do too much. Simple and just awesome art.
How cool is that!! I love your out-of-the-box thinking, and it's just SO adorable. Thank you for sharing!
Clever, as usual, Emily!
Very creative! The bird is super cute too, thanks for sharing 🙂
Yeah, a blog hop with stamps as a prize! Go Team!
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What a great technique and a unique way of thinking outside the box. Loved the way you made the railing with the bottom of the lamp!
Cute card, you are genius!
Adorable, Emily!! Congrats on the cover card! Your little bird on the bannister is adorable. Great idea using the lamp stamp this way!
Oh how freakin cool!
Great card. Love that you did it all with ink.
This is darling. I love that little bird walking along the railing. Perfect colors.
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Great card! What an inventive way to create the railing. Love it!
Gorgeous card – very clever and fun!
yay! emily!! this is really cute and creative! always love ur style!!
How very clever of you, Emily! This card is just too sweet :o)
Wow Emily! BIG congrats on getting published, and on THE FRONT COVER!!! Woo hoo! So so pleased for you, and it's a cracking card! Love the balusters that you created too, and the little pop of red with the bird.
And well done on your new DT post, you must be on a cloud with the number 9 attached lol!
Have a great weekend xx
Very clever, crisp and clean!
Your railing idea really is thinking outside the box, but so cute! Very clever!
very cute
Such a clever idea! Your card is just amazing! Thanks for sharing
This card is awesome, i haven't been here in a while, you have been making amazingly creative cards 🙂
So very clever! Love that little bird!
Great idea! And congrats on being on the cover!
Thanks for the giveaway.
So cute! Always love your creations.
So Thrilled!! of you GF…
You are amazing.
hugs,
Karen
Amazing idea and a really cute card! Clever!
Very cute! Love those little hearts!
Neat card! I never would have thought of using the lamp base as you did! Very creative. Thanks for the inspiration.
nice card. thank you for sharing.
Oh my gosh! this is the perfect card. Love, love, love it.
Very simple and elegant. Thanks for sharing.
Way to think outside the box! My brain just doesn't work that way. Fabulous card.
Great idea! I love how you took only a portion of a stamp to create somehting new with it. Love the ink color too!
This is so creative! I love how you've used the lampshade stamp for your railing!
Wow!! I keep looking and looking – what a great idea and dimension for a card and stamps!!
what a cute card. love the simplw look,. tfs.
So simple, so gorgeous! Love the cute little birdie too 🙂
hopping on by for a chance to win and to experience the goodness of each of the contributors! thanks
Wonderfully creative idea!!!! TFS!!!
Your card design is just so cute. Thanks for the opportunity to visit your blog.
Great way to use that lamp stamp! Congratson making the cover.
That is so clever! I love the railing that you have created!
Tsss 237 comments… 🙂 Well, here comes 238 *laughs* I LoVe your cards, Ems. And this one is so Emily-style. Clean and outstanding. LOOOOOVE it!! Hugs Janna
All I can say is…wow. So creative. Of course they invited you to join their design team!
Lamps as a ballister look fabulous, and the added little pop with the bird perched on the railing is stunning. Great job and appreciate the chance to win!
Wow, would never have thought of that. Thanks for a great idea 🙂
I just LOVE the way you've used the lamp image as a railing on your card. SO ingenious!
So very clever!
You are so clever, love it!!!
I would NEVER have thought of using the lamp base stamp to make balusters! You are so creative!
Love the way you think outside of the box, Emily! 😉
How creative. Love your card.
How clever to use the stamp that way to make this adorable card!
You are always blowing me away with your creativity, Emily! I love the depth you created with just inks!
What a great card and clever idea! Thanks for sharing!
This is brilliant Emily, I love how you used the lamp stand in the balustrade….you're so good at re-thinking different uses for your cards 🙂
Jenny x
Very cute card! Thanks for sharing.
Such a clever use of the lamp stamp–so creative, Emily! And that bird is cutie, too!
Nice way of thinking out of the box! Cute card. I too struggle with masculine cards… I don't like using dark papers all the time. I loved your boy/masculine card!
never thought that lamp stamp can be turn like this amazing fence. Clever of you, Emily
Never thought that a lamp she can be turned into a fence. Thank you for the inspiration.
I would love to have your brain! How do you think of such amazing stamping ideas?!?
I am blown away. If you had not said the banister was made from the lamp base, I would have never guessed it!
Great idea – I never would have thought of using the lamp that way. I love ideas that use stamps in multiple ways.
The bird on the railing is SWEET! What great thoughts of using the lamp outside the box!!!!!
Definitely creative! I *cannot* believe that the balusters are the same lamp as on the cover. GENIUS!! 🙂
I just love this Emily!! Amazing how you used that lamp stamp!!
Love your card!
Genius how you used that stamp!
I love how that bird looks like he is perched on the railing! So super cute!!!
what a sweet card I always love seeing stamps used in different ways.
Cool card! And how exciting to be on the front cover too .. congrats!
Super cute card!!!
How creative you are ! Using a lamp base to do balusters !!
Oh my gosh what a fabulous use of a lamp stamp! This is great and I love the clean look.
Great card I love this stamp set thanks for sharing
Linda
Great idea, this is a must have issue!
Way cute card. Very clever use of the images. Thanks for the inspiration.
The card is so beautifull! I love the bird…
How clever! I would have never known! Keeping my fingers (and toes, lol) crossed!
((Hugs)) Theresa Kelly
Oh my goodness you are SO creative! I love your card and the fun way you used the lamp stamp!
I love your card, I had to look at it twice to make sure I was reading correctly, what a great idea!
I love it!
Wauw, Emily, your card is amazing!! I wouldn't have thought it was the base of the lamp!! What a perfect idea and I love the colors and that sweet little bird there!! Congrats on being on their dt, I'm sure you will do soooo well and inspire us all!!!
Hugs, Wendy
I love it when people create "outside the box" and come up with new ways to use things. Great card, it was very "en-lightening" 🙂
Great idea with the bannister! It reminds me to look at all my stamp sets from different angles to see what else can be created.
Now that's thinking outside the box- love it!
What a cute little birdie! Love this clean card! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
WOW! Love how you created the railing with the lamp! Awesome card! ;o)
Gorgeous card! Love the multiple layers, what a great look. So creative!!
Very pretty!
I don't know how you come up with your ideas, but they are always brilliant. Amazing card!!!
This card is fabulous!! Great design, Emily!! Hugs & Happy New Year!!