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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Happy Newt Year!!

It's Hoedown Time! Grab your dancing shoes or your snow boots and join in the challenge! If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US!

It's almost 2012 and we want to wish all of  you a Happy Newt Year! Out with the old and in with the newt! And by the way, don't change a thing, because we love you just the way you are! 
This image is not available FREE unless you played in last week's challenge.
Buy it HERE!
Our challenge this week is to create a project using Reptile and one of the sentiments AND something new (in the last three months - besides Reptile!). Please list your "new" item in your blog post. 


Let's see what new things the Bacon Bits came up with! Click on their names to visit their individual blogs to see what their new items are!
Jessica
Melissa
Karin
Everyone that followed last week's corner challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.

Remember that you don't have to use Reptile. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our challenge this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too!
Stephanie
Our challenge will run for TWO WEEKS this time.
****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
MONDAY, January 9, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for the next free digi image.****


Please link your "New" Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown47 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! 

After you have linked here, 
please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com 
by the deadline 
so that we can get the image for Week 48 to you!
Happy Hoedown and Happy Newt Year! 
(Winners from the Corners Challenge are posted in the previous post! Scroll down!)


Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Happy Holiday Hoedown Hiatus!

This week the Hoedown is taking a hiatus to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. We hope that each of you have a wonderful week too!

Come dance with us on December 28, when a new challenge will be posted for the new year! 
Here is a sneak peek of the new image:

Thank you to everyone that played in the corners challenge!
Congratulations go to 5. Allison G in TX  for winning the Queen of the Hoedown this week! Grab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here.

Our Best in Show went to  6. Dawn
Congratulations! Grab the trophy, Dawn, and proudly display it for all to see!

We will see you all back here next week!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Dress Up Your Corners!

It's Hoedown Time! Grab your dancing shoes or your snow boots and join in the challenge! If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US!


This week's challenge is brought to you by SANTA MONSTER! Santa Monster does not cut corners on his volunteer work at Christmastime! 
This image is not available FREE unless you played in last week's challenge.
Buy it HERE!
CHALLENGE: Using SANTA MONSTER, create a card that shows off your corners~!


The Bacon Bits have made some wonderfully fun projects this week showing off their corners!
Jessica rounded her corners.
Melissa used a fancy corner punch!
Karin's corners are "ticket" punched!
Everyone that followed last week's technique challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.


Remember that you don't have to use Santa Monster. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our challenge this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too!


Former Design Team member Melissa Edwards uses a photo corner punch:
Manatee (#0416) Gray Wrinkled Thing (#1508)

Please link your "Dress Up Your Corners" Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown46 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! 

After you have linked here, 
please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com 
by the deadline 
so that we can get the image for Week 47 to you!

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
MONDAY, December 19, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 47's free digi image.****

Our Queen of the Hoedown this week is 3. LisaR Grab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here.

Thank you to everyone for sharing your Christmas traditions last week! It was so much fun reading them all and hearing about the different things everyone does!
Congratulations to our "Best in Show" winner from the "More Than One Fold" Challenge:


Pat's resized digis throughout made for the cutest Z-fold card! Congratulations, Pat! Claim the trophy and display it proudly!


Thank you to everyone that showed off your folds! We loved seeing them and your creativity! 


Time to Hoedown with Santa Monster! 


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Here Comes Anta Claus, Here Comes Anta Claus!

It's Hoedown Time! Grab your dancing shoes or your snow boots and join in the challenge! If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US!


Thank you to all who played in the DRY EMBOSSING challenge! Congratulations to  2.Ree  for winning BEST IN SHOW! I loved how she embossed and then cut the cardstock in pieces. It gives the illusion of a crazy snowball fight! Great perspective with the different image sizes too~ Grab the trophy, Ree, and proudly display it! Here is her entry:
Our Queen of the Hoedown this week is  12. Catherine M. Congratulations, Catherine!
Grab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here. THANK YOU to those who added comments to the Hoedown blog and got two entries in the QOTH drawing! This week, leave a comment on this post about your favorite Christmas tradition for TWO entries in the drawing!


Now for the challenge! "Here comes ANTA CLAUS, here comes ANTA CLAUS!" 
This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it HERE!
ANTA CLAUS looks like he is going to FOLD under that huge gift and could use some help! Using ANTA CLAUS, make a card with more than one fold. PLEASE SHOW the folds in your photo(s).


The Bacon Bits have created some fun things to inspire you this week:
KARIN

MELISSA
JESSICA
Everyone that followed last week's technique challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.


Remember that you don't have to use Anta Claus. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our challenge this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too!


Former Design Team Member Kirsten DuBosque used Piece of Cake - 0530 and Cake - 0310.



Please link your "More Than One Fold" Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown45 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! 


After you have linked here, 
please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com 
by the deadline 
so that we can get the image for Week 46 to you!


****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
MONDAY, December 12, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 46's free digi image.****


Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Let It Snow!!

It's Hoedown Time! Grab your dancing shoes and join in the challenge! If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US!



This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it HERE!
Today's challenge is brought to you by Snowball Fight! The snow is wet, but we are staying DRY! Using Snowball Fight, create a project that incorporates DRY EMBOSSING.
Our Bacon Bits have made some fun things to get your mojo going! Have a peek:
KARIN
JESSICA
MELISSA
Remember that you don't have to use Snowball Fight. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our challenge this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too!
JUDY using Seahorse - 1421 and Fin-tastic Day - 1524 by Hambo Stamps 
Everyone that followed last week's technique challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.

Our Queen of the Hoedown from the SOFT WARES challenge is 13.-Anne- Grab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here. Let's see who is reading along! Everyone that leaves a comment on this post about what future challenges you would like to see (keep in mind what we have done in the past already!) will get TWO entries into our random Queen of the Hoedown drawing next week!


And CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS to our Best in Show winner, 18. Sandy T. ! Yes, Sandy also won last week! She is on a roll! Take a look at this adorable design using last week's COMPUTER image:
Please link your DRY EMBOSSING Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown44 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! 


After you have linked here, 
please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com 
by the deadline 
so that we can get the image for Week 45 to you!
Please do not ask us to send you the new image if you have not met the deadline.


****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
MONDAY, December 5, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 45's free digi image.****

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Soft Wares

It's Hoedown Time! Grab your dancing shoes and join in the challenge! If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US! 


This week our challenge is brought to you by COMPUTER!
CHALLENGE: Add some SOFT WARES to your projects this week! Using COMPUTER, create a project that incorporates something soft!


Check out the Bacon Bits' creations below. You will need to visit their blogs to see what their "soft" item is. Click on their names below each photo:
Jessica
Melissa 
Karin

Everyone that followed last week's technique challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. 

Remember that you don't have to use Computer. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our challenge this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 
Stephanie using Squirrel and Feel Like A Nut
Thank you to ALL for playing along with us in last week's Tag Challenge!! You can read about our Awards in the sidebar under Announcements.
Our Queen of the Hoedown this week is 15. KathrynGrab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here.

The Best in Show Award goes to 13. Sandy T. ! Isn't her tag so adorable? Grab the trophy, Sandy, and display for all to see! Congratulations!


To all our U.S. friends, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!



Please link your SOFT WARES Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown43 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! After you have linked here, please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com by the deadline so that we can get the image for Week 44 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by MONDAY, November 28, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 44's free digi image.****

Leave us a comment here and let us know what challenges you would like to see in the future!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Turkey Tango? No, Turkey TAG, OH!

Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 
If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the sidebar to see how this all works. Play along each week with a Hambo Stamps image (rubber or digital) and you are in the loop for some awesome FREE images! Don't have any Hambo images yet? Click HERE for Freebies and JOIN US!

The holidays are upon us, and the turkeys are gobbling! Our challenge this week is brought to you by Wee Henry Turkey~! 
 This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it HERE!
CHALLENGE: Using WEE HENRY TURKEY, create a project that incorporates a TAG.
Look at what our Bacon Bits Design Team has  made for you this week:
Karin
Jessica
Melissa
Everyone that followed last week's technique challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. 

Remember that you don't have to use Wee Henry Turkey. BUT we do require HAMBO images only --- and you can use ANY of those for our technique challenge this week!  We have a wonderful line of rubber images, as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

Stephanie used Monster - 1703 and Beast Friends Forever - 3815:
Stephanie
Thank you to ALL for playing along with us in last week's Frame Challenge!! You can read about our Awards in the sidebar under Announcements.

Our Best in Show for Week 41 goes to  6. sf_crafter  ! 
We loved her framed artwork behind Camera Guy! Congratulations! Grab the trophy for your blog~

Our Queen of the Hoedown this week is  8. Rebekah !! Grab the winner's button for your blog, and be sure to email Monica at info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here.

Please link your TAG Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown42 AND Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations! After you have linked here, please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com by the deadline so that we can get the image for Week 43 to you!

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by MONDAY, November 21, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 43's free digi image.****