Halloween Mummy

Kendra Wietstock, of Kendra's Card Creations, shares her fun Halloween design with us today. We are so happy to have Kendra returning to the Bacon Bits for another term!

Hi Friends! Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown blog with more daily inspiration!  Kendra here today with a fun little Halloween card using the Mummy Digital Image.

First I printed my image from my computer in the size I wanted. The great part about digital images is that you can make them any size you want! Then I colored with my alcohol ink markers. Since the background of my image is white, I wanted my mummy to stand out so I used a light gray marker to add just a little bit of color. The final detail was to add googly eyes on the cute little mummy!

Thanks for stopping by today ~ Enjoy!

Autumn Vellum

This is my first post as a Hambo Bacon Bit.  I am so excited to work with these talented crafters and these great images!!

The current Hambo Hoedown Challenge is to use vellum on your project. Here is my card:

To get the pearly leaf outline (doesn't show up as pretty on the pic as IRL), I sprinkled embossing powder on the vellum as soon as it came out of the printer.  After heating the embossing powder and letting it cool, I dusted it with Perfect Pearls Pigment Powder (pearl).  I reheated it from the bottom (wrong side of the vellum). Once cool I removed the excess powder with a used drier sheet.  

The leaves were colored with Copic Markers on the wrong side of the vellum.

This is one of my favorite techniques to used with digital images!

If you have played along with the Hambo Hoedown Challenge, you might want to check out the changes HERE.

I sure hope you can play along with the Bacon Bits!

--Juliana

Details: 

• Image: Sweet Gum Leaf by Hambo;
• Papers: Vellum (from Staples: it went through the printer like a pro!), Lt. Yellow, White & Kraft cardstock; patterned paper from Pebbles Inc.
• Accessories: Spellbinders dies; foam tape, Copic Markers; clear embossing powder, Perfect Pearls in pearl; corner rounder punch

What's New at the Hoedown? Lots!

Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 

Thank you to everyone that played in the Sketch challenge last week! We loved seeing all of your own touches for the same sketch. 

Our Hoedown Challenge is a twice-a-month challenge, on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Participants can use ANY image to play along, as long as the challenge requirement is met. So that means more time to play and create something fantastic to share!

Two winners will be chosen from each challenge, Best in Show, and a random Queen of the Hoedown. Those winners will each receive a Hambo digital image as their prize, as well as a fun badge for their blogs.

 

Our Best in Show for the Sketch Challenge goes to...

11. Hetty  

The trophy is yours, Hetty!

  

 This week's randomly drawn 
QUEEN OF THE HOEDOWN is... 

8. carol dee

Hetty and Carol Dee, 

grab the winner's button for your blogs,

and be sure to email Monica 

at info@hambostamps.com 

with your choice of any digi image from the store here.

The Hoedown Challenge is open to ALL images, from any company, digital or rubber. Our prize winners, however, will be chosen from those using Hambo images. So ANYONE is welcome to play with ANY image for fun. Come join us!

This week's challenge, suggested by Bacon Bits DT member Jane, is to use VELLUM! And to inspire you, take a look at our Bacon Bits' creations for today:

Jane using Geranium

Don't have vellum? Jenn used parchment paper with Spider Web!

Juliana using Sweet Gum Leaf

Kendra using House 2

Lyn using Happy Cow (5103)

Again, you can use ANY image to play along. Those using Hambo images are in the running for our prizes!
Don't have any Hambo images yet? FREEBIES HERE.

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown135 as your keywords so we can find your creations. If you are using a Hambo image, add Hambo as a keyword too!

****Projects must be uploaded by 

Monday, OCTOBER 14, at 10:00 PM Central Time****

Stay tuned and come back TOMORROW for Juliana's first post at the Hoedown! You will love what she has to show off! 

Hambo Stamps is a proud sponsor of the 

"Hope You Can Cling To" card-donation campaign. 

Click HERE to join in the fun daily challenges 

throughout the month of October, 

and win prizes from some of your favorite crafting companies, including Hambo!

 

We're Adding to the Pig Pen!

Happy October 1st!

We are thrilled today to be adding to the Pig Pen and introducing a new member on the Bacon Bits Design Team! 

Juliana Swanson, of Stampin' With Inky Fingers, is joining the rest of the team to bring you fabulous Hambo inspiration each day right here at the Hoedown!

Let's find out a little more about Juliana in her own words:

"I am Juliana Swanson and I traded a box of my kids baby clothes for my first papercrafting supplies about 14 years ago.   Along with 3 fabulous kids and the best husband in the world, I have found that stamping and color are my passions. 

I love to try new styles, techniques, and mediums whenever I can.  When I am not coloring, stamping or cheering for my distance runner family (they run-- I DON'T) I will have my nose in a book.

I am super excited to work with the incredible Hambo images as well as the talented Bacon Bits team!!"

 

Juliana has some mad coloring skills and I know you will enjoy her creations! Here is one of my favorites that she did as a Guest Designer this summer:

using Bad Connection digital image

Juliana's first Hoedown post will be October 3, so don't miss it! 

Tomorrow we have a brand new challenge and a brand new format. See you then!