What is a pig's scariest movie?
Hamityville Horror


Wednesday, July 25, 2012

It's Time For A Polka at the Hoedown!

It's time for a POLKA at the Hoedown!
POLKA DOTS, that is!
Today's challenge is brought to you by CLOWN SHOES:
This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email. 
Buy it HERE!
And our Team Squeal has ME squealing with their AMAZING creations to inspire you:
CAROLINA
KRIS
MEREDITH
Aren't they such fun? Be sure to stop by their blogs (click on their names) and tell them so! Today is the last day we will see Team Squeal on a regular basis at the Hoedown, as next week Team Oink will join us each week through September here.

Everyone that followed last week's challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post and used the official digi name, and emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! We try to send images by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. 

Remember that you don't have to use Clown Shoes
BUT we do require HAMBO images only and you can use ANY of those for your POLKA DOT creation this week! We have a wonderful line of rubber images as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

JUDY
Please link your POLKA DOT CHALLENGE projects using the inlinkz button below. 
If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown75 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 76 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
Monday, July 30, at 10:00 PM CST****
And now for this week's winners!

 You can read about our Awards in the sidebar under Announcements.
Our BEST IN SHOW this week goes to................
 #3. Stephanie S.!!

We loved her fun stitching, buttons, and classy shades!
The trophy is yours, Stephanie!

This week's randomly drawn QUEEN OF THE HOEDOWN is.................. 
Grab the winner's button for your blog, Lisa, and be sure to email Monica at 
info@hambostamps.com 
with your choice of any digi image from the store here. 

If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the left 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! We would love to have you join us!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

We're Gettin' Punchy!

                    Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 
If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the left 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! We would love to have you join us!

First of all, I (Judy) want to say THANK YOU to all who posted birthday wishes for me this week and participated in hopping along the Surprise Blog Hop route! I was touched by all of your kind words! You can find the winners from the Hop at Talk to the Ham. I added a special joke (under the blog header) just for all of YOU!

We also want to say "thank you" to all of our Hoedown dancers! It is so fun to see your creativity each week with Hambo images and with our challenges! We loved all of the tall cards you made!

And now to announce last week's winners! 
 You can read about our Awards in the sidebar under Announcements. 
Our BEST IN SHOW this week goes to................
  Her CAS (Clean and Simple) design was perfect 
to show off that group of guys who don't quite "measure up"!
The trophy is yours, Kaylee!

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

And now for the challenge this week!
This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email. 
Buy it HERE!
SUNGLASSES is our image, and PUNCHES are what we want to see!
One punch is fine (or more!) and dies are fine too, but dies are not punches :)

Let's see some fun and fab inspiration from the Bacon Bits!

Meredith has some awesome patterns going on here, and her lenses rock!
MEREDITH
Kris's shaped greeting has "star" quality!
KRIS
Carolina's sweet layout and embellishments are stylin'!
CAROLINA
 What will you make?

Everyone that followed last week's challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post 
and used the official digi name, and emailed us a photo of their card 
by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes!  
We try to send images by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. 

Remember that you don't have to use Sunglasses
BUT we do require HAMBO images only 
and you can use ANY of those for your PUNCHY card this week!  
 We have a wonderful line of rubber images as well as digis
 and we like seeing those too! 

Deborah has some cuteness going on here using  
DEBORAH

Please link your PUNCH CHALLENGE projects using the inlinkz button below. 
If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown74 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 75 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
Monday, July 23, at 10:00 PM CST****
Time to throw some punches!!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

That's a Tall Order!

We are surprising Judy with a birthday blog hop this weekend, starting HERE. You can leave a birthday message for Judy in the comments section at the bottom of this post. Please help us make Judy's birthday really special! :) (Oh, and prizes will be given to random hoppers who leave comments at each blog stop along the way, including a $15 Hambo shopping spree for one person who leaves a message at each blog, including a personal message to Judy here.)

Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 
If you are new to our challenge, click on the link in the left 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! We would love to have you join us!

First of all we want to say "thank you" to all of our Hoedown dancers! It is so fun to see your creativity each week with Hambo images and with our challenges! We loved all of the different ways you used pockets on your creations!

And now to announce last week's winners! 
 You can read about our Awards in the sidebar under Announcements. 
Our BEST IN SHOW this week goes to................
 
We loved her beautiful coloring and clean lines!
The trophy is yours, Kathy!

This week's randomly drawn QUEEN OF THE HOEDOWN is.................. 
Grab the winner's button for your blog, Cheryl, and be sure to email Monica at 
info@hambostamps.com with your choice of any digi image from the store here. 

Our challenge this week introduces STILTS:
This image is not available free, unless you played in last week's challenge and received it via email. 
Buy it HERE!
And it's a TALL order, as we make TALL CARDS!
The Bacon Bits have some wonderful inspiration for you!
MEREDITH
KRIS
CAROLINA

Please make your way to their blogs for details on how they made their TALL cards!
Everyone that followed last week's challengelinked to the Hoedown blog post 
and used the official digi name, and emailed us a photo of their card 
by the DEADLINE received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes!  
We try to send images by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.
 

Remember that you don't have to use Stilts. 
BUT we do require HAMBO images only 
and you can use ANY of those for your TALL card this week!  
 We have a wonderful line of rubber images as well as digis
 and we like seeing those too! 

Please link your TALL CARD CHALLENGE projects using the inlinkz button below. 
If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown73 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 74 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
Monday, July 16, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 74's free digi image.**** 

We hope you will join us!

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

You can see our current Hoedown challenge here.
It will run until July 9 due to today's holiday.
Enjoy your time with family and friends!

Artwork by Kecia Waters