Why did the pig take a bath?

He heard the farmer yell "Hogwash!"

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

There's An Artist in All of Us

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!


Oh it is hard to say goodbye! We have LOVED working with the girls on the Bacon Bits team this term, and we will miss their artistic contributions here! 
But the time has come to say goodbye....
THANK YOU
for being a part of the Hambo team these last four months.  We have loved every minute!
Leave them some love today on their blogs too!

If you have been following Talk to the Ham this week, you know that Carolina and Deborah will be returning for the next term as Captains of our new teams: Team Squeal and Team Oink, respectively! Our last two new Bacon Bits will be revealed on Thursday and Friday of this week, and they will all be at the Hoedown next week to start June off right!

Our challenge for this week certainly brought out the artist side of Beverly, Deborah and Jenn. Take a look (You can click on the Bacon Bits' links in the sidebar to see their creations close-up!):
Beverly
Deborah
Jenn
See a pattern? It's a fabulous sketch this week, made by Deborah!
Sketch + Artist Pig = Hambo Hoedown 68! 

 

Everyone that followed last week's challengelinked a card to the blog post and used the official digi name, and emailed us a photo of their card on time (hambodesignteam@gmail.com) received this week's image FREE! All FOUR things must be completed to receive the next freebie! So check your mailboxes! Images are sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM.

Of course, since this is a HAMBO HOEDOWN challenge, you can use other Hambo images with the challenge too! BUT -- You gotta use the above sketch! It is fine to flip the sketch, change panel sizes, shapes, card size and border -- a little tweaking is fine -- but let’s see those main elements of the posted layout please.


And now for our two winners! We give two awards each week, and you can read all about them in the sidebar. 


Our first award is Best in Show. And our Best in Show this week goes to............3. Ree !  
Look closely at her piercing along the bottom! Isn't that fun? And the bandaid die cuts at the top are so clever!
The trophy is yours, Ree! 

Our randomly chosen Queen of the Hoedown this week is......21. Anita A. !
Congratulations, Anita! 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. 

Please link your SKETCH challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown68 and Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations.  

Be sure to properly credit the digi image ("Artist Pig" - digi image by Hambo Stamps) in your blog posts or gallery descriptions!  
 
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 69 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
Monday, June 4, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 69's free digi image.****
 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Let's Stick Together!

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!

Thank you to all who played in our SKETCH challenge last week! Though everyone was using the same sketch, it was fun to see how each person interpreted it uniquely, with different sketch element shapes and sizes. We have two awards each week, and you can read about those in the sidebar!
Our first award is Best in Show. And our Best in Show this week goes to............  5. sf_crafter ! (Beverly)
Her coloring is superb, and the monster just jumps right off the card. The "Best in Show" button is yours to display proudly Beverly!

Our randomly chosen Queen of the Hoedown this week is......................................
8. Lyn T !! Congratulations Lyn! 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.


Now on to this week's challenge!


Introducing Dr. Needle! Simply use this image (or any other Hambo image) along with Paper-Piercing on your card. Since the Dr. has that big needle, we want to see lots of HOLES used creatively this week.


This image is not FREE unless you played in last week's challenge. Buy it HERE!
Let's see how the Bacon Bits stuck it to us:
Deborah kept the colors soft and muted, like in a doctor's office!
Beverly made sure she got her point across!
And Jenn proves that she's a big shot too!
Fun stuff!! Everyone that followed last week's challenge, linked a card to the blog post WITH THE OFFICIAL NAME and emailed us a photo of their card (hambodesignteam@gmail.com) by the deadline received this week's image FREE! So check your mailboxes! We try to get all the images sent by Wednesday mornings at 7 AM. 

Of course, since this is a HAMBO HOEDOWN challenge, you can use other Hambo images with the challenge too! Carolina edges her way in:
You can click on the Bacon Bits' links in the sidebar to see their creations close-up!

Please link your Paper-pierced challenge projects using the inlinkz button below. If you are uploading to an online gallery, use HamboHoedown67 and Hambo as your keywords. That way we can find your creations.  

Be sure to properly credit the digi image ("Dr. Needle" digi image by Hambo Stamps) in your blog posts or gallery descriptions!  
 
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 68 to you! 

****Projects must be uploaded AND pictures emailed by 
Monday, May 28, at 10:00 PM CST 
to be eligible for Week 68's free digi image.**** 


Thanks to all who went "Channel Surfing" with us on last weekend's blog hop! We've awarded two winners from the hop. Congratulations to randomly-chosen commenter Carol who won a $15 digi store shopping spree, and to Jan Hunnicutt, who won a $20 Hambo site-wide shopping spree for creating our favorite project for the hop. Winners, please email Monica to collect your prizes!

We will begin announcing the new Bacon Bits on the Talk to the Ham blog, one per day, beginning Sunday, May 27. Then join us right here on June 6, where their first official projects will debut during the Hoedown challenge.

Now let's get creative!