'Tis the Season ~

Hi there and Happy Holidays.....I mean July!!  Have I given you enough of a clue yet to take a guess at what this month's challenge is?

Well first, let's get to the winners of our June/Summer Challenge:

Sherry H

Using Digital Image Wee Henry Snorkel.  Who could resist this adorable little guy?!  I especially love the "bubbles" on the background!  Hooray Sherry!!!

and...

Kiwime's Kreations

The beautiful background, sequins, and the sentiment are perfect for Summer!  Just Fabulous!

Congrats ladies!!  Contact Monica at info@hambostamps.com

 Alrighty then, are you ready for a new challenge?

  It's Christmas in July!!

 There are TWO free digi images up for grabs!

To coordinate with the Hoedown theme, we are doing a Christmas in July sale, with a 25% discount on ALL Christmas & Winter stamps -- rubber and digital!!!

 Ho, ho, ho!!!

Here is some holiday inspiration for you from

 the Bacon Bits...

 Jeannie - Panda Gift

 Lyn - Hats Off 

 

Jane - Laughing

Juliana - Wee Henry Gnome

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown1403 as your keyword so we can find your creations. If you are using a Hambo image, add Hambo as a keyword too!  Thank you and have fun!

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Happy Bird-Day!

Hello!

Bacon Bit Juliana, here, today!

I just LOVE the image, Bird Pants!
It cracks me up! (and reminds me of one or two people)

This card was made using a 3D paper piecing technique.

The image is three layers "tall" in some places, and only one in others.  Foam tape separates the layers.

He is ready to PARTAY!

Speaking of parties...
... Have you played along with the Hambo Hoedown yet??

Our challenge this month is SUMMER!!
Click HERE for more information!

Thanks for stopping by the Hoedown, today!
~Juliana

Card Details:
Image: Bird Pants a digi from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan markers;
Papers: Basic Grey designer papers; kraft and white cardstocks;
Accessories: Spelbinders die, foam tape, sequins,  twine and Stickles;

Here comes the Summer!!

My oh my!!! where has the time gone!! Our first Monthly Hoedown Challenge  has been greatly received and it has been fabulous to see all your beautiful creations, wow!!! you are a talented lot. I was going to say "Alas.. there can only be one winner"!!  but..... we are making an exception this month and having TWO winners.....Yaaaaaay!!! ..so our two winners for the Hambo Hoedown Flower Challenge goes to 

BLUE KUBE

Her ah-may-zing pop up box card, made, using the FLOATING PIG image (available in digi, rubber and clear stamps) is fabulous!!!   the second winner is....

STEPHANIE S 

Love love love her GERANIUM card with its wonderful stitching.

So, congratulations girls, you can grab your TWO free digi images by emailing Monica at info@hambostamps.com

Now onto our next Monthly Hoedown Challenge!!! This months theme is SUMMER. Yep, not that we have had much evidence of it here in England!! but June is the start of Summer, and, only another 17 days til the longest day!!!! eh!!! so lets all get happy crafting and incorporate a summer theme in your project, there are TWO free digi images up for grabs. 

Now here is some inspiration from the Bacon Bits..

Lyn using BEACH 'BRELLAS 

Juliana using ICE-CREAM MAN

Jeannie using BUTTERFLY BABY

Jane using BIG CRAB 

Please link your challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown1402 as your keywords so we can find your creations. If you are using a Hambo image, add Hambo as a keyword too! 

This just in...

We interrupt this blog for some breaking news:

Isn't this Newscaster just so sincere!!! Who says there isn't good news on television anymore!!?!!

He comes with a set of 4 sentiments to help you share your late breaking news!! 

The latest in breaking news here at the "Hambo Hoedown" is that we have a challenge going on!
Make us a card using Hambo image(s) and flowers (or Hambo Flowers), post a link here and you could win a prize!

Thanks for stopping by the Hambo Hoedown blog today!
~Bacon Bit Juliana

Card Details:
Digital Image: Newscaster from Hambo Stamps;
Papers: white and colored cardstock and dp from Basic Grey;
Coloring Medium: Shinhan and Copic Markers;
Accessories: corner rounder and word window punches, sequins, foam tape;

A CASE of Love

Exciting times for the Bacon Bits here at the Hambo Hoedown!!

This is Bacon Bit, Juliana, here, with a card for you!
Sunday, our very own Jeannie was named "Featured Stamper #287" over on SplitCoastStampers!

For the Featured Stamper Challenge stampers pick a card from the featured stamper's gallery to CASE (copy and steal everything).  I have chosen the super cute card: Sending All My Love.
Her card uses the super sweet: Heart-Basket from Hambo.

I kept the "love" theme, and the layout.
I used animal heart from Hambo Stamps.

I am so blessed to have a Jeannie Made flower in my stash that was perfect for this card! (yeah, she can crochet, too!)

Hip! Hip! Hooray! for Jeannie!!!

Card Details: 
Image: Animal Heart, a digi from Hambo Stamps;
Papers: celery, orchid and white cardstock; dp from Me and My Big Ideas;
Coloring Medium: Shinhan and Copic Markers;
Accessories: foam tape, trim, twine, die cut leaves, button, crocheted flower (Made by Jeannie)

Otter Love You

How could you not feel loved by this critter!?!

The "Animal Heart" digi from Hambo Stamps is just sooo cute... and comes with three sweet sentiments!

I think this guy is a cutie!

Speaking of cuties!  Kevin Bacon is a cutie! ;)
We, the Bacon Bits and select Hambo Fans, are having a blog hop, April 11th celebrating the screen accomplishments of Kevin Bacon!

I sure hope you can join us!

~Bacon Bit Juliana

Card Details:Image: Animal Heart by Hambo Stamps;Paper: designer paper by Pebbles Inc.; Kraft and white cardstock;Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan Markers;Accessories: Heart and corner rounder punches; foam tape;

Feel Better Soon!

Or the chicken will DIE!

Forewarned is forearmed using the digi: Chicken Soup!

Obviously someone has visited my kitchen!

Rest assured if you are sick: I may make you a card, but I will let someone else cook the soup!!

Speaking of making things...
...I bet you could make some bacon!!  Kevin Bacon!

Come hop with Hambo!  Details HERE!

Thanks for stopping by, today!
~Juliana

Details:Digital Image: Chicken Soup from HamboPaper: white and Kraft cardstock;Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan markers;Accessories: foam tape, corner rounder, washi tape;

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

St. Patrick's Day is today!

Irish or not, it is a fun day!

This little "Monkey Irish" is ready to play, get kissed, or pinched... what ever he can get for his pot of gold.

May the Luck O' the Irish be with you today!!

Bacon Bit Juliana

Card Details:
Image: Monkey Irish from Hambo;
Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
Accessories: foam tape, Stickles, Glossy Accents;

I Dig You!

Hambo Stamps has the cutest little critter in the Digi Shop!  Miner Mole!

Hello!  Bacon Bit Juliana, here.

Normally, moles are not my favorite animal.  They have gone condo in our front yard and I have heard they have approved plans for a mall and a new freeway.  Construction begins as soon as the ground thaws (IF it ever thaws).

But this guy? THIS guy, I like:

He just DUG his way right into my heart!

AND I happen to know he has chocolate under his helmet!!

Thanks for stopping by the Hoedown today!!

~Juliana

Card Details:Image: Mole Miner, a digi stamp from Hambo Stamps;
Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
Paper: white cardstock from Georgia Pacific, red cardstock from Bazzill, and designer paper from Pebbles, Inc.;
Accessories: buttons, Spellbinder die, heart punch, snap stamps, twine, foam tape;

I'm Stuck on You!

I am stuck on you like magnets to a refrigerator!

Hi, it is Juliana here for you today!

The "Refrigerator" image from the Hambo Digital Image Store is a fun way to tell someone how much you care!  

This card is destined for someone who used to put many pictures and notes on my fridge!

Happy Stamping!
~Juliana

Card Details:  Image: "Refrigerator" from the Hambo Digital Image Store;  Paper: Bristol smooth paper; Basic Grey -- Girly Girl;  Coloring medium: Copic Markers;  Accessories: heart and corner rounder punches; foam tape;

You Find the Best in Me

"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it."  ~Michelangelo

The image, Turtle Carver for this card, reminds me of the above quote.

Which, in the case of a heart statue, makes the image perfect for St. Valentine's Day!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Don't forget the Hambo Hoedown Challenge #141 and use a Hambo animal on your project!

Happy Crafting,
Juliana

Card Details:

• Image: Turtle Carver from Hambo Stamps Digital Image Store;
• Paper: Bristol smooth paper; dp from Pebbles Inc.; Kraft and red cardstock;
• Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
• Accessories: foam tape and Spellbinders dies;

WOOT! WOOT! WOOT!

Sometimes, you just need to strike up the band!

And sometimes... a tuba will do:

I love this guy!!  Small but MIGHTY!!
This little gastropod is a lowly member of the animal world... but he is totally up to the challenge!  

The Hambo Hoedown Challenge, that is!  Please come along and play with us!

Happy New Year!
~Juliana

Card Details:

• Image: Snail Tuba from Hambo Stamps;
• Coloring Medium: Copic Markers
• Papers: Bazzil cardstock and Memory Box DP;
• Accessories:  foam tape, ribbon, glossy accents (snail slime);

Hippo Christmas To All!

Hello, Bacon Bit Juliana, here!
Are you reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to anyone tonight?

In "Hambo-Land" good little children who hang their stockings (Fireplace Stockings) are visited by St. Hippopotamus (a.k.a Hippo Presents)

I think we need to leave extra cookies out this year!!
Merry Christmas!

~Juliana

Card Details: 

• Images: Fireplace Stockings and Hippo Presents from Hambo Stamps;
• Paper: brown, red, beige, and white cardstock; dp ;
• Coloring Medium: Copic Markers;
• Accessories: Liquid Applique; lace, foam tape;  

I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas!

Do you have someone in your house that is wishing for a hippopotamus for Christmas??  Or just likes the song?

It is a favorite in our house!  And while it is a fun song a hippo did not make it to anyone's gift list this year... but that doesn't mean it wouldn't make a CUTE tag on that gift!

Both tags use "Hippo Presents".

With tags like these.. I don't need much else to make my gifts look great under the tree!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Juliana

Card details: 

• Digital Image: Hippo Presents from Hambo;
• Coloring medium: Copic Markers;
• Papers: Tag-- Pebbles Inc.; white cardstock;
• Accessories: Liquid Applique, foam tape, ribbon;

The Doctor Is In!

Hello Hambo Fans!  Juliana Here!

My sister-in-law is in medical school and has requested "doctor" themed cards for Christmas.  

Enter, "Wee Henry Doctor"!
He is cute, and ready to get down to business!

This card also uses SplitcoastStampers' Sketch Challenge #465:

Since my sister-in-law also requested that the cards be humorous, the Bacon Bits are helping me come up some more funny captions/sentiments.  

What would YOU suggest??

Thanks for coming by the Hoedown, today!
~Juliana

Card Details: 

Image: Wee Henry Doctor; 

Papers: Bazzill cardstock (colored); Me and My Big Ideas patterned paper; and Georgia Pacific white cardstock; 

Accessories: brads; foam tape;

It is beginning to look...

... a lot like Christmas!

Hello, Bacon Bit Juliana here!

I am not one who pushes Christmas to be early, but I am a crafter, and crafts take a little forethought sometimes.

So I have a couple of Christmas Cards for you!

First a little pun for your holiday:

The above card features Wee Henry Gnome.  (Gnomes aren't just for gardens anymore.)

And another:

Isn't Tiny Tim cute as the Dickens!?!?

Are you in the Christmas mood yet!?!  I am... I think I will go and makes some more Christmas cards!

Happy Sunday!

~Juliana

Gnome card details:
Image:  Wee Henry Gnome from Hambo Stamps; Papers: DP from Memory Box; White cardstock; various scraps of green cardstock; Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint (for inking holly leaves); Coloring Medium: Copic Markers; Accessories: Tim Holtz Festive Greenery and snowflake edge Dies; foam tape; ribbon;

Tiny Tim card details:Image:  Tiny Tim from Hambo Stamps; Papers: DP from Bo Bunny ; White, kraft, black cardstock;  Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Peeled Paint, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy ; Coloring Medium: Copic Markers; Accessories: Tim Holtz Festive Greenery and bracket edge Dies; foam tape; buttons;

You are one in a...

Chameleon!!

Hello! It is Bacon Bit, Juliana, today.  

I love puns!  Yeah, I am that person, that comes up with puns that usually make folks groan and roll their eyes at me.

I couldn't let Mr. Hambo's (Tim) birthday go by without one.

One thing I really love about this Reptile image is his blank shirt!

I replicated a Hawaiian shirt with Copic markers.

The colorful mat is white cardstock and I used the same colors from coloring the image to go around the edge.  This is a great trick if you don't have patterned paper to go with your image.

This card was done in the CAS (Clean & Simple) style and there is still time for you to get a CAS card entered into the Hambo Hoedown Challenge #137. 

I "mustache" you to join us!!  

I would LOVE to see what you create!

Come on, it could be PUN! 

Card Details: Images: Reptile from Hambo Stamps; sentiment: computer generated; Papers: White, lt. Green and Black cardstock; Coloring Medium: Copic Markers; Accessories: foam tape; mustache buttons, and ribbon;

Attitude of Gratitude

Hi Hambo Fans, this is Juliana with a Thanksgiving project for you!

I made some "I am thankful for..." cards using the Digi Stamp: Wee Henry Turkey.

Using Microsoft Word, I used the crop tool to get just the parts of the image I needed.  The sentiments that come with this image are great for a variety of uses!

I added a few horizontal lines and an outline, and "Viola!" a worthwhile pre-dinner activity!

Here is the cover:















And here is one of the cards (one will be at each plate):

At our Thanksgiving celebrations, the crowd is always ready to eat before the dinner is ready.  This activity will keep the discussion focused on what is truly important.

I hope you have (or in Canada, had) a great Thanksgiving this year!!

~Juliana

Card Details: Image: Wee Henry Turkey from Hambo Stamps; Papers: blue, black, white and Kraft cardstock; Bristol paper; Coloring Medum: Copic Markers; Accessories:  Tab punch, corner rounder punch, foam tape, ribbon

Happy Hanukkah!!

This is Juliana, and I love digital stamps for holidays! 

They are practical if you only need to send out a just couple of cards for a holiday. (just as practical for huge list, too)

Also, they are great for resizing to make place cards, gift tags, or other holiday decorations. 

Today I have a Hanukkah (Chanukah) card to share with you today, featuring "Dreidel Bears":

Hanukkah is early this year.  It starts the evening of November 27th.

I have a long list of nieces and nephews that would get a kick out of this image!

Have you started your holiday cards, yet?  
~Juliana

Card Details:

• Image: Dreidel Bears from Hambo Stamps
• Papers: Blues and white cardstock
• Ink: Versamark (used directly on the negative side of the embossing folder)
• Coloring Medium: Copic Markers
• Accessories: Sizzix embossing folder; silver embossing powder; foam tape; brad

Catching Up!!

Bacon Bit, Juliana, here today!

I am so happy because I just LOVE fall!  I love the foods, the weather, the colors, even the sports!  

BUT most of all, I love the leaves!

The leaves are what drew me to the image, Snail Rake!

Isn't he adorable!?!
This card was made for the "Hope You Can Cling To" Challenge over on SplitCoastStampers.  

Hambo Stamps is a sponsor of this FABULOUS event!

I hope you can come and join us to make card for a great purpose!
                                                              ~Juliana

Supplies:

• Digital Image: Snail Rake by Hambo Stamps
• Papers: Cardstock from Bazzill and Patterned Paper from Cosmo Cricket;
• Coloring Mediums: Copic Markers and Tim Holtz Distress Ink (to shade leave and cardstock);
• Sizzix Dies and Embossing folder and Spellbinders Die;
• Other Items: 
• Foam tape;
• Glossy Glazing Medium;