Got Your Dancing Shoes On? It's Time to HOEDOWN!

TODAY is the debut of  the Hambo Hoedown. Got your dancing shoes on? The Bacon Bits (AKA Hambo Design Team) are rarin' to go and strut their stuff for our KICKOFF Challenge Day!

What's in it for you?  Tons of inspiration, laughs, and of course an amazing free digital image from none other than Timbo himself! Stick with us and read on to the end........

The way the challenge will work is this: 
Starting TODAY, we're going to give EVERYONE a free digi image (see below). There will be a theme for the challenge, and you can either use the free digi image we give you, or any other Hambo stamps to make a card that fits the challenge theme. The challenge will run for six days (Wednesday thru Monday). At the end of the week, one winner will be chosen from a random drawing of all the participants, and that person will win his/her pick of a free digi image from our digital store.

But wait - there's more! EVERY person who played in the challenge will be emailed another new digi image, which can be used for the week 2 challenge. The image will be offered free to all who participated the previous week, and then put on the website for sale once the free ones are distributed. Again, you'll be able to use that new image for the week 2 challenge, OR you can use any other Hambo stamp (rubber or digital).

This cycle will continue each week, so as long as you continue to participate in the challenges, the more free digis you'll rack up. If you miss a week, you can either purchase that week's digi image to get back into the loop, or you can work with another Hambo stamp, as long as you are loyal to that week's theme.

The challenges will change weekly, so 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.

AND, there will also be extra prizes and incentives thrown in from time to time. For example, one week we might offer a sales code that will ONLY be publicized on the challenge blog, so if you don't drop by the challenge that week, you'll miss it.

So let's get to it! Did you figure it out from our Sneak Peek last Friday?
This week's theme is FOOTBALL! We love football and have a GREAT Super Bowl sale coming this weekend at Hambo Stamps, and of course, the Super Bowl itself on Sunday (Are you a Packers fan or a Steelers fan?). To celebrate, use the Football Girl digi below and make a football-themed card or project! To inspire you, the Bacon Bits have made some awesome cards to share! Check them out!

Christy Lindeman

Hannah Clark

Joy Stagg

Karin Martin

Melissa Edwards

Silke Kittmann

"Football Girl" - digi image by Hambo Stamps:

This image is no longer a FREEBIE. You can, however, purchase it at Hambo Stamps!

While you're here, you can sign up to "follow" the blog over on the left sidebar. This will help you ensure you don't miss any of the challenge fun that we have planned. Grab the Hoedown Challenge Button too!

Please link your football-themed cards using the inlinkz button below.  If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown1 as your keyword. That way we can find your cards! After you have linked your card here, please email a picture of it to hambodesignteam@gmail.com so that we can get the image for Week 2 to you! 

****Cards must be uploaded by Tuesday, February 8, at 10:00 PM CST to be eligible for Week 2's free digi image.****

Questions about the challenge? Email us at hambodesignteam@gmail.com.

So what are you waiting for? Grab your dancin' shoes, and I'll get my fiddle, we'll go whole hog and get this thing on its way! 

Oh - one more quick thing! Come back on FRIDAY to see an exciting announcement (Announcements are listed first in the sidebar)!!