A Tisket, a Tasket, We Have a Little Basket!

Welcome to the Hoedown! If you are new to our challenge, please check the left sidebar to see how this all works!

For those of you with your dancing shoes broken in, let's get started! Please read the challenge carefully!

Today's challenge is a tribute to all of the special women (young and old) in our lives. We would love for you to use the Heart Basket and sentiment and create a special project for that special woman in your life.  Mother's Day is coming up, and it is a great set for that, but there are many friends, daughters, aunts, daughters-in-law -- LOTS of special women that we come in contact with everyday.  Make up something girly for them! FLOWERS (paper, silk, fabric) AND LACE (fabric, paper) ARE A MUST for this challenge!!  We will love to see what you create! 

Let's take a peek at the beautiful cards the Bacon Bits created this week:

Silke

The inside of Silke's card

Hannah

Melissa

Judy

And introducing Guest Designer ANN CLACK! 

Here is Ann's challenge card (which I love!):

Here is one of my favorite cards that Ann has made for past Hoedowns:

 Thank you for joining us this week, Ann!

This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it here!

Everyone that followed last week's challenge, linked a card to the blog post and emailed us a photo of their card received this week's challenge image FREE!  So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. If you didn't get your card linked in time or forgot to email us (the deadline is always 10 PM CST Tuesday night before the new challenge), you can still play along.  Use ANY Hambo image on your project - just make sure you follow the theme! Link up, email us, and you will be back in the loop for the next free image!

Last week we had such amazing cards!  We loved seeing everyone's creativity! Thank you all for playing along! Congratulations to  22. Jeannie  who was chosen as Queen of the Hoedown!

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 Flowers and Lace/Heart Basket Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown13 AND Hambo Stamps 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 14 to you!

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by Tuesday, May 3, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 14's free digi image.****

I Have A Special Announcement!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The King has a special announcement and he would love for you to pay heed! This week's challenge has a hint of royalty in it - after all, most of the world will be watching the royal wedding on April 29th! We have our own special occasions to announce! Take a look:

Hannah

Judy

Melissa

 And introducing Guest Designer Paula Riley!

Paula

Here is one of my favorite cards that Paula has made for past Hoedowns. Click on the picture to see all the sparkly goodness!

 

 Thank you for joining us this week, Paula!

Challenge translation: Use the KING and make a project announcing something special! Perhaps it's a royal wedding - or a new baby - or graduation - or birthday - or announcing to someone how much you care!

This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it here!

Everyone that followed last week's challenge, linked a card to the blog post and emailed us a photo of their card received this week's challenge image FREE!  So check your mailboxes! If you didn't get your card linked in time or forgot to email us (the deadline is always 10 PM CST Tuesday night before the new challenge), you can still play along.  Use ANY Hambo image on your project - just make sure you follow the theme! Link up, email us, and you will be back in the loop for the next free image!

Last week we had a monster of a challenge distressing Ogre.  We loved seeing everyone's creativity! Thank you all for playing along! Congratulations to  28. Michelle B.  who was chosen as Queen of the Hoedown!

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 "Announcement" Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown12 as your keyword. 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 13 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by Tuesday, April 26, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 13's free digi image.****

Feeling A Little Distressed?

Oh my goodness, did we love your easel cards! We hope you didn't feel distressed when you began....however, if you are like me, you ended up loving the easel card challenge! Congratulations to  18. Andrea J   who is this week's Queen of the Hoedown!

You can snag 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 who played in the Easel Challenge with Penguin Bunny and other Hambo images! We loved seeing all of your creativity and different things you did with shapes and twists and embellishments!

This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email.  Buy it here!

This week's challenge will be even more "distressing"!  OGRE is here to help those in distress! Using one of the sentiments and Ogre, make a project that has distressing on it somewhere (distress Ink, distress your paper edges, etc.).

Check out these awesome designs from the Bacon Bits:

Silke

Melissa

Hannah

And introducing Guest Designer, Gloria Clark!

Gloria made two terrific cards for this challenge and both are awesome!

Great designer papers and layout!

I love his combed hair and flowers in this one!

Here is one of my favorite cards that Gloria has made for past Hoedowns:

Thanks for joining us this week, Gloria!

Everyone that followed last week's challenge, linked a card to the blog post and emailed us a photo of their card received this week's challenge image FREE!  So check your mailboxes! If you didn't get your card linked in time or forgot to email us (the deadline is always 10 PM CST Tuesday night before the new challenge), you can still play along.  Use ANY Hambo image on your project - just make sure you follow the theme! Link up, email us, and you will be back in the loop for the next free image!

Joy made a sweet card using Hambo's rubber images. This rabbit has a couple of reasons to be distressed!

Joy using Rabbit's Foot - 2924 and Bounce Back Soon - 2913

And Karin's pig has been distressed about Joy's rabbit's foot. I think after this, all will be well.

Karin using Sow Have You Been? - 1917 and Balloon Pig - 1903

Click on each designer's name to visit their blogs to see how they made their cards!
 

Please link your Distressed Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown11 as your keyword. 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 12 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by Tuesday, April 19, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 12's free digi image.****

He Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of EASE...L

Wow. Yeah. I should stick with just making cards instead of trying for great titles.  That was pretty bad, I will agree! HA! But it should give you a clue for our challenge today!

YEP! We are making EASEL CARDS! For the artist in all of us - a sweet card to display your artistic endeavors. If you have never made an easel card before, you are going to love them.  They are very EASE-y  to do, especially if you have great instructions. Read on for who, what, when and where!

Thank you to EVERYONE that participated in our April Fools' Blog Hop last Friday. We had a lot of fun and we hope you did too. Winners are posted at Talk to the Ham! Mark your calendars for MAY 20, when we are having a customer blog hop that you can participate in too!  FUN STUFF!

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 Penguin Bunny! It's Easter Time! Penguin Bunny is all decked out ready to deliver his pretty egg to someone special! Challenge: Using Penguin Bunny, make an EASEL card.

Click HERE for some FABULOUS written instructions (which also includes the video), and click HERE for an amazing video, both by Beate Johns of Splitcoaststampers, and you will make your card with the greatest of ease! There are many other wonderful instructions and videos on the internet as well, and google will help you find those!

Take a look at what the Bacon Bits have to share with you to inspire you to great heights!

Melissa

Silke

And please welcome this week's Guest Designer, PeggySue!

PeggySue

Here is one of my favorite cards that PeggySue has made for past Hoedowns:

You can see all her Hambo Stamps designs HERE.
Thank you for joining us this week, PeggySue!

Everyone that followed last week's challenge, linked a card to the blog post and emailed us a photo of their card received this week's challenge image FREE!  So check your mailboxes! If you didn't get your card linked in time or forgot to email us (the deadline is always 10 PM CST Tuesday night before the new challenge), you can still play along.  Use ANY Hambo image on your project - just make sure you follow the theme! Link up, email us, and you will be back in the loop for the next free image!

Check out what Hannah made using Silly Birds With Hats. Aren't they neat with all the different colors?

Hannah

And here is Karin's using Cool Pig - 1909 and Sty-lish - 1922. One of my favorite color combos!

Karin

Judy (that's me!) used Farm Chicken 
and What's Up Chick? - 2704

Judy

Click on each designer's name to visit their blogs to see how they made their cards!

Please link your EASEL Challenge projects using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown10 as your keyword. 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 11 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by Tuesday, April 12, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 11's free digi image.****

 And now, announcing Queen of the Hoedown!

Congratulations to 8. Ree  who is this week's Queen of the Hoedown! You can snag 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 who played in the Color Challenge with Caterpillar and other Hambo images! We loved seeing all those shoes!

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