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! 

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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 challenge, linked 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!)

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!

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! 

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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 challenge, linked 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:

5. Pat Martin! 

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! 

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!" 

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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 challenge, linked 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.****