We Would Like to Catch Your Attention!

Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 

You have found yourself at the Hoedown, Hambo Stamps' fun weekly challenge where you can earn a free digi each week that you participate and meet all requirements. And in addition to the free digi, there are some bragging rights up for grabs if you use a HAMBO IMAGE and earn one of our two weekly awards (see sidebar for details)!

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!

You can read the Challenge Rules HERE.


Our CHALLENGE this week is one that sparks all sorts of creativity with projects that are ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

Our new digital release this week is FISH HOOKS. If you played along with a Hambo image last week, you should have found this in your inbox yesterday! If not, you can purchase it here! We have added some fun sentiments for several occasions!

Team Oink is here to share some fun designs to inspire you:

ISHA

JANE

LYN

For this week's challenge you don't have to use Fish Hooks. We have a wonderful line of rubber and clear images as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

KENDRA

Remember, to play along for fun, you can use ANY company's image! But when you use a Hambo image for this week's challenge, you will be sent a FREE image to use in next week's challenge, plus will be eligible for our weekly prizes.

Please visit the Bacon Bits' blogs (listed in the sidebar) today for their challenge details and leave them some Hoedown love!

Everyone that:

1. Followed last week's challenge using a Hambo image

2. Linked to the Hoedown blog post and used the OFFICIAL digi name in your description
3. Emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE 
...received this week's image FREE - so check your mailboxes!  

On Friday, May 24, we will be having a customer inclusive blog hop. Our theme is "THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS" where we will be showcasing Hambo clear, rubber and digi images.  Using any Hambo image, create a project that represents and depicts the name of a (professional) band! Maybe it’s your favorite group, or maybe it’s one that you don’t even like! Whatever it is, we want to see your BAND NAME creations! You do not need to have the Band name on your card or project, but please put it in your post.

TO SIGN UP, please send an email to hambodesignteam@gmail.com with "BLOG HOP" in the title BY MAY 15. Once we receive that, you will receive all the low-down on how to participate!

Please do not sign up if you can't follow through with it.
It takes a lot of time to organize a hop, and those that hop with us don't want any broken links! We had a lot of fun with our last customer hop, and hope you will join us! Oh -- and did I mention prizes?

 Speaking of prizes:

Our BEST IN SHOW goes to................

9. Blue Kube 

Her color combo, bright tag, and use of mesh caught us in her web!

The trophy is all yours!
 

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

8. carol dee 
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.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS! 

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown112 as your keywords so we can find your creations. If you are using a Hambo image, add Hambo as a keyword too!

IF YOU USED A HAMBO IMAGE:

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 113 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND Hambo image pictures emailed by 

Monday, April 29, at 10:00 PM CST****

We are glad you are joining us in the Hoedown and hope that you will sign up for "The Battle of the Bands" as well!

Hoedown Challenge Rules

The purpose of this post is to provide a clear description of how our Hoedown challenge works, and the rules that apply towards earning free digis or one of our weekly prizes.

Overview:

The Hoedown Challenge is a twice monthly challenge. Every first and third Wednesday a new challenge is posted, which is open to participants for about ten days. The type of challenge varies from challenge to challenge: one week might be a "theme" (i.e. "wildlife"), one week might be a color combination, or a sketch, or have an embellishment requirement, etc. so there should be something to interest everyone at some point.

If you play along in the challenge and follow all of the rules (posted below), you will have the chance to win one of our two weekly prizes. Winners will be posted each first and third Wednesday, along with the new weekly challenge.

Rules:

You are welcome to use stamps from any company to complete the challenge; however, only those that use a Hambo image (clear, rubber or digital) will be eligible to win one of our two weekly prizes -- a "Best in Show" award (badge + bragging rights + a free digi of one's choice from our store) for the project that wows us the most, or the "Queen of the Hoedown" award (badge + a free digi of one's choice from our store) given to a randomly drawn participant. (If you don't have any Hambo images, try out our Freebies in our digi store to get started.) Occasionally, there will also be extra prizes and incentives thrown in, so even if you're not able to play in the challenge that week, still try to drop by and check it out so you don't miss anything!

To enter the challenge, you must link your project (using the inlinkz widget at the bottom of each challenge post) before the Monday night deadline. Please note: unless an exception is clearly stated in the week's challenge rules, a stamp image itself does NOT satisfy the challenge requirement -- we are looking for an added element. For example, if the challenge calls for "flowers," we are looking for flowers to be incorporated via designer paper, ribbon, attached 3-D flowers, etc., and not just a stamp image of a flower.

Everyone loves receiving nice comments, so if you see another project linked up that you like, we hope that you'll leave a little note to let that player know. This is a fun challenge community with lots of great "regulars" who play, and we'd love to welcome YOU to it as well. :) 

The Itsy Bitsy Spider.....

Welcome to the Hambo Hoedown! 

You have found yourself at the Hoedown, Hambo Stamps' fun weekly challenge where you can earn a free digi each week that you participate and meet all requirements. And in addition to the free digi, there are some bragging rights up for grabs if you use a HAMBO IMAGE and earn one of our two weekly awards (see sidebar for details)!

The Hoedown Challenge is open to ALL images, from any company, digital or rubber. We will no longer be requiring Hambo images exclusively to play along each week. 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!

(It's a sing-along!!)
The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout! She made a little web and then she shouted out:

Our CHALLENGE this week is to create a  project that incorporates webbing, mesh or thread (not twine).
Webbed ribbon, Magic Mesh (also can use drywall tape), sewing or embroidery thread are just some of the ways you can meet the challenge!

Our new digital release this week is SPIDER WEB. If you played along with a Hambo image last week, you should have found this in your inbox yesterday! If not, you can purchase it here! It is spring, and the spiders are coming out!

Team Oink is here to share some fun designs with you to get your mojo going:

LYN

JANE

ISHA

For this week's challenge you don't have to use Spider Web. We have a wonderful line of rubber and clear images as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

DEBORAH

Remember, to play along for fun, you can use ANY company's image! But when you use a Hambo image for this week's challenge, you will be sent a FREE image to use in next week's challenge, plus will be eligible for our weekly prizes.

Please visit the Bacon Bits' blogs (listed in the sidebar) today for their challenge details and leave them some Hoedown love!

Everyone that:

1. Followed last week's challenge using a Hambo image

2. Linked to the Hoedown blog post and used the OFFICIAL digi name in your description
3. Emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE 
...received this week's image FREE - so check your mailboxes!  

What FABULOUS entries we had last week for our fun feather challenge! We always love seeing your creativity!

Our BEST IN SHOW goes to................

3. ~DEANNE~ 

 We loved her bright colors, fun egg, and tri-colored feathers.

The trophy is all yours, Deanne!
 

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

11. Blue Kube 
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.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS! 

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown111 as your keywords so we can find your creations. If you are using a Hambo image, add Hambo as a keyword too!

IF YOU USED A HAMBO IMAGE:

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 112 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND Hambo image pictures emailed by 

Monday, April 22, at 10:00 PM CST****

Birds of a Feather Flock Together and Play at the Hoedown!

Welcome to the Hoedown! 

You have found yourself at the Hambo Hoedown, our fun weekly challenge where you can earn a free digi each week that you participate and meet all requirements. And in addition to the free digi, there are some bragging rights up for grabs if you use a HAMBO IMAGE and earn one of our two weekly awards (see sidebar for details)!

The Hoedown Challenge is open to ALL images, from any company, digital or rubber. We will no longer be requiring Hambo images exclusively to play along each week. 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 Hoedown is brought to you by BIRD EGG. 

Our CHALLENGE this week: Incorporate FEATHERS into your design! Not just an image that has feathers, but ACTUAL feathers~!


Team Oink is here to share some fun designs with you to get your mojo going:

ISHA

JANE

LYN

For this week's challenge you don't have to use Bird Egg. We have a wonderful line of rubber images as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

Remember, to play along for fun, you can use ANY company's image! But when you use a Hambo image for this week's challenge, you will be sent a FREE image to use in next week's challenge, plus will be eligible for our weekly prizes.

Please visit the Bacon Bits' blogs (listed in the sidebar) today for their challenge details and leave them some Hoedown love!

Everyone that:

1. Followed last week's challenge using a Hambo image

2. Linked to the Hoedown blog post and used the OFFICIAL digi name

3. Emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE 

...received this week's image FREE - so check your mailboxes!  

What FABULOUS entries we had last week for our color challenge! The decision was a hard one, but here are the winner's from last week's challenge!

Our BEST IN SHOW goes to................

  9. Jeannie  

  We loved the inside of her card as well as the "orange" on the outside!
You can find the Orange and Yam Kids HERE.

The trophy is all yours, Jeannie!
 

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

15. Carol Loftus 
Grab the winner's button for your blog, Carol, 
and be sure to email Monica 
at info@hambostamps.com 
with your choice of any digi image from the store here.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS! 

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown110 as your keywords so we can find your creations.  

   
IF YOU USED A HAMBO IMAGE:

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 111 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND Hambo image pictures emailed by 

Monday, April 15, at 10:00 PM CST****

OPEN AT YOUR OWN RISK

Welcome to the Hoedown! 

You have found yourself at the Hambo Hoedown, our fun weekly challenge where you can earn a free digi each week that you participate and meet all requirements. And in addition to the free digi, there are some bragging rights up for grabs if you use a HAMBO IMAGE and earn one of our two weekly awards (see sidebar for details)!

The Hoedown Challenge is open to ALL images, from any company, digital or rubber. We will no longer be requiring Hambo images exclusively to play along each week. 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 Hoedown is brought to you by HAZMAT SUIT. 

Our challenge this week is a color challenge. Create a project with your main colors being orange, yellow and aqua. 

Our new Hoedown team, Team Oink, is here to share some fun designs with you to get your mojo going:

LYN

ISHA

JANE

For this week's challenge you don't have to use Hazmat Suit. We have a wonderful line of rubber images as well as digis and we like seeing those too! 

Remember, to play along for fun, you can use ANY company's image! But when you use a Hambo image for this week's challenge, you will be sent a FREE image to use in next week's challenge, plus will be eligible for our weekly prizes.

Please visit the Bacon Bits' blogs (listed in the sidebar) today for their challenge details and leave them some Hoedown love!

Everyone that:

1. Followed last week's challenge using a Hambo image

2. Linked to the Hoedown blog post and used the OFFICIAL digi name

3. Emailed us a photo of their card by the DEADLINE 

...received this week's image FREE - so check your mailboxes!  

Here are the winner's from last week's challenge!

Our BEST IN SHOW goes to................

 2. Sarah T!

Her adorable little woven basket really caught our eye~!
The trophy is all yours, Sarah!
 

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

4. Gail Scott
Grab the winner's button for your blog, Gail, 
and be sure to email Monica 
at info@hambostamps.com 
with your choice of any digi image from the store here.
CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS! 

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown109 as your keywords so we can find your creations.  

   
IF YOU USED A HAMBO IMAGE:

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 110 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND Hambo image pictures emailed by 

Monday, April 8, at 10:00 PM CST****