Father's Day Cod

I am delighted to be one of the June guest designers for the color challenge on Splitcoaststampers.

My submission for this week is a card that features a digital image and sentiment from Hambo Stamps called "Snorkel Boy".  I printed it onto X-Press It  and colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment also comes with the set.  Some Glossy Accents highlight the mask, and some crystal bubbles add some more bubble action to the underwater scene. 

Hope you can join us for the challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers.

Miracle on Ice

Welcome to "Hambo's Time Machine" sponsored by Hambo Stamps! Today Hambo friends and the Bacon Bits Design Team are bringing you fun creations that depict something cool from the 1980's! It might be our favorite book, something in the news then, a fashion fad, a song, or something that really stuck out to us in looking back. If you arrived here from the talented Lyn's blog you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start back at the beginning at the Hambo blog to make sure you are eligible for the hopper prize!

A prize will be awarded to one participant whose time machine creation tickles the Bacon Bits’ fancy in a hammin’ jammin’ way!  Another prize will be awarded randomly to a hopper who comments on all of the blogs along the way. The winners will be announced on the Hambo company blog, Talk to the Ham, on Wednesday, September 25, as well as at the Hambo Hoedown challenge blog. (We love comments anytime, but the deadline for prize entry comments is Sunday, September 22 at 5 PM CST. Don't miss it!)

Though I was only 10, one of my earliest memories of the 80s was when the USA Olympic Hockey Team beat the Soviet Union.  It was quite the upset, fondly referred to as "Miracle on Ice".  Take a look:

For my card, I decided to depict this epic sporting event.  If I remember correctly Jim Craig, the goalie, was quite cute back in the day, LOL.  Anyway, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Wee Henry Hockey"  onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image of with Copic markers and cut with my detailed scissors.

Using a Cuttlebug alphabet die set, I cut the letters U S A from patterned paper from the Paper Studio.  The star and the photo are printed from the internet.  The larger card panel is from Jillibean Soup.  It is framed with black and red cardstock.  I pop-dotted the hockey player.

Next on this 80's train....the talented Deborah!

Here's the hop order.  Go relive the 80s.  I sure wish I could in real life, LOL.

Talk to the Ham - Hambo blog http://hambostamps.blogspot.com/
Sherry http://bitsofcheer.blogspot.com/
Lyn http://mypurplehouse.wordpress.com/
Kecia http://stampingdeets.blogspot.com/   (you are here)
Deborah http://beadnstampn.blogspot.com

Deanne http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.ca/

Jeannie http://dragonflyjourneys.blogspot.com/

Bridget up2myears.blogspot.com

Jenn http://jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/
Hetty http://craftchaos.blogspot.com
Jane http://janeelizabethssworld.blogspot.co.uk/

Lisa lisa-craft-blog.blogspot.com

Kendra http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/
Judy http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/


Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  USA! USA! 

Beach Gumball Machine

Today is the unofficial last day of summer.  Kind of has me bummed because I do really love summer. 

I thought I'd better share this card.  I made it way back in July and for whatever reason didn't share it. 

"Gumball Machine" is an image from Impression Obsession.  I stamped it with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and did some shading with a white Prismacolor pencil.  I then painted the glass portion with white diluted acrylic paint.  I cut around the image with detailed scissors. 

I placed the gumball machine onto a larger panel of white cardstock framed with black cardstock.  Patterned paper from The Paper Studio was cut with a MFT die-namic die.  Sheer yellow ribbon, clear yellow button, and a small piece of Baker's Twine was added to the flag.  Using a Memento Tuxedo black maker, I inked a portion of "Have a Ball" sentiment from Hambo Stamps.

It's been a great summer.  Much better than last summer (for those of you who have been following me for a while).  Here's to the summer of 2014!

Battle of the Bands ~ Parrothead Style

Welcome to "The Battle of the Bands" sponsored by Hambo Stamps! Today Hambo friends and the Bacon Bits Design Team are bringing you fun creations that depict Band groups! It might be our favorite, or just one that was fun to design. If you arrived here from the amazing Lyn's blog, you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start back at the beginning at the Hambo blog to make sure you are eligible for the hopper prize!

A prize will be awarded to one participant whose band-themed creation tickles the Bacon Bits’ fancy in a hammin’ jammin’ way!  Another prize will be awarded randomly to a hopper who comments on all of the blogs along the way. The winners will be announced on the Hambo company blog, Talk to the Ham, on Wednesday, May 29, as well as at the Hambo Hoedown challenge blog. (We love comments anytime, but the deadline for prize entry comments is Sunday, May 26 at 5 PM CST. Don't miss it!)

My creation celebrates the fun music of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band.  I've been fortunate to have seen Jimmy Buffett a couple of times in concert, and let's just say Parrotheads really know how to party and kick back and enjoy some island tunes.





For my card, I combined the adorable Hambo digital images of "Ocean Bottom" and "Snorkel Boy". I printed the images onto X-Press It cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.  I framed the scene with black cardstock.  I added a guitar sticker from Paper House for "Jimmy" and added some crystal beads as bubbles.  Pop-dots were added for dimension in the scene.  The patterned paper is from Bella Blvd.

Now jam on over to the talented Deborah for another great Band group that will have you tappin' your foot!

Here's the hop order, in case you get need it:

Talk to the Ham - Hambo blog http://hambostamps.blogspot.com/
Sherry http://bitsofcheer.blogspot.com/
Lyn http://mypurplehouse.wordpress.com/
Kecia http://stampingdeets.blogspot.com/ (you are here!)
Deborah http://beadnstampn.blogspot.com
Deanne http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.ca/
Isha http://hobbyandideas.blogspot.com/

Paula http://heyheypaula-heyheypaula.blogspot.com/

Lori http://smilingwhilestamping.blogspot.com/

Jenn http://jaxbeanstalks.blogspot.com/
Jane http://janeelizabethssworld.blogspot.co.uk/

Sue http://cardandjewelrycorner.blogspot.com/

Kendra http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/
Judy http://jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/








Thanks for visiting my blog today, and thanks to Hambo Stamps for organizing such a fun hop.

Relaxing Dog

What fun I had playing in today's Inspiration Challenge #377  on Splitcoast!  I was inspired by these push pins from Design's By Lucinda.

I stamped the Hambo image of "Dog" (1701) onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored with Copic markers and then cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors.  I then printed the Hambo digital image of "Doghouse Set" onto X-Press It cardstock and colored the doghouse and the food bowl with Copic markers.  These images too were cut out with my Cutterbee scissors.

Then, using a MFT die-namics die I cut the grass from some patterned paper from Echo Park.  The blue chevron sky was made with a piece of patterned paper from Bella Blvd, cutting the top of the panel to look like clouds in the sky.  I placed these scene on white cardstock, for the cloud effect at the top.  I paper pierced along the top.  Using another MFT die-namic die, I made a dog tag with black cardstock and a scrap of patterned paper from TPC Studio.  Baker's Twine forms the bow at the top of the tag. The entire scene was framed with black cardstock.

What a fun card to make!  I sure appreciate you visiting my blog today...thanks so much for that!

You're A Life-Saver!

A day off!   Woot!  I think I'll play at the Hambo Hoedown!

This week's challenge is to use a Hambo image on a CAS (Clean and Simple) card.

For my card, I stamped the Hambo image of "Lifeguard Stand" (3418) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I also stamped the Hambo sentiment "Life-Saver" (3406) with Marvy black dye ink onto the X-Press It cardstock panel.  I created a scene by coloring with Copic markers.  Flower Soft was added to appear like the water's foam.

I used a corner rounder punch on two corners, and then framed the image with black cardstock.  I placed it onto kraft.  Baker's Twine was added as a finishing touch.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.  Having the day off was a life-saver (as I am trying to get rid of a nasty cold), and this card makes me long for my summer off.  How many more months?

Name That Toon

Welcome to "Name That Toon!" blog hop sponsored by Hambo Stamps! Today Hambo friends and the Bacon Bits Design Team are bringing you a dozen fun creations that depict comic strips! It might be our favorite, or just one that was fun to design. If you arrived here from the amazingly talented Jane France you are in the right place! If not, you might want to start back at the beginning at the Hambo blog to make sure you are eligible for the hopper prize!

A prize will be awarded to one participant whose comic strip-themed creation tickles the Bacon Bits’ fancy in a hammin’ jammin’ way!  Another prize will be awarded randomly to a hopper who comments on all of the blogs along the way. The winners will be announced on the Hambo company blog, Talk to the Ham, on Wednesday, January 23, as well as at the Hambo Hoedown challenge blog. We love comments anytime, but the deadline for prize entry comments is Sunday, January 20 at 5 PM CST. Don't miss it!

Confession time...I rarely ever read comics or pick up a newspaper, so when this blog hop theme was announced I knew I had to start searching for something to do.  I knew I wanted to have a comic that had a dog as a character.  I was thinking Peanuts which was my favorite comic during my childhood, but then I came across "Mutts" by Patrick McDonnell.  I was immediately inspired because McDonnell uses his comic strip not only to portray the hilarious antics of a dog named Earl and (a cat named Mooch): 

but also as a platform to advocate for pet adoption:

Once I became familiar with Mutts (and now I am a Facebook fan), I knew this would be comic strip, or "toon", I would depict.

For my card, I used several Hambo images, both rubber and digital.  I printed the following digital images onto X-Press It cardstock: House,  Sign Posts, and Cat.  I colored the images with Copic markers and cut around each image with my Cutter-bee scissors.  I also stamped the Hambo image of "Dog" (1701) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  It too was colored with Copic markers and cut around with my Cutter-bee scissors.

I framed two white squares of white cardstock with black carsdstock.  I arranged these squares onto a piece of newspaper depicting various comics.  I thought this would make a cool background.  I then added all of my colored images onto the "comic squares" to depict a happy little furever home scene.  I used my own handwriting to write a message with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker on the sign post.

Now laugh on over to the incredibly talented Paula for another great Comic Strip that will tickle your fancy!

Here's the hop order, just in case you need it:


Talk to the Ham~Hambo blog

Lyn

Libby

Carolyn

Deborah

Dawn

Jan

Jane

Kecia (you are here)

Paula

Judy

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  Enjoy the hop and "Name that Toon"!

Saturday In The Park

So this weekend was a real teaser around here.  60 degrees.  In January.  Made me really long for summer. 

With hints of summer from the weather and this adorable Hambo image of  "Ice Cream Man" (4905), I could not stop signing on of my favorite songs (Saturday in the Park) from my favorite band (Chicago).  And from that, this card took on a life of it's own.

I stamped "Ice Cream Man" (4905) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut out with my Cutterbee scissors. 

I wanted his setting to be in a nice grassy park, so I printed the Hambo digital stamp of "Trees" onto X-Press it cardstock.  I colored the scene with Copic markers and framed it with some white cardstock.

Patterned paper from American Crafts provide the layers of this card, both the lime green grid and the musical notes along the bottom.  "Saturday in the Park" was computer-generated.  A transparent lime button, along with Baker's Twine was added to this strip.  I arranged the "park", music notes, and ice cream man onto the larger panel.

"...a man selling ice cream..."

Now that I've hopefully got you signing... 

Do you want to work with some fun images like these, both digital and rubber?  Hambo Stamps is having a Design Team Call!  I totally urge you to apply because being a Bacon Bit is so much fun.  Read all of the details right here.

And, since we are talking "toons", why not "Name that Toon" with us during a Hambo Customer Blog Hop scheduled for this Friday.  We will be creating with the comic strips in mind. All of the details can be found on the Hambo Hoedown Blog. Sure hope you'll join us!  There's still time!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! 

Huggies and Kisses

Happy New Year!  2012 was a bit bumpy for me, so I'm hoping for a smooth sailing 2013.

I'd like to share with you a card I made using some rubber stamps from Hambo.

I stamped the Hambo image of "Baby Got Back" (3224) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities circle die and paper pierced around the circle.  I framed it with a piece of cardstock cut from a Nestabilities scalloped circle.

The sad thing about this card is that all of the patterned paper used was from unidentified scraps.  I am so sorry about that.  I can share that I used Sweet Stop Sketch #190 as a springboard for the layout.  I paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil around the panels.

The sentiment "Huggies & Kisses" (3207) is also from Hambo.  It was stamped with Marvy black dye ink onto a flag cut from a Nestabilities die.  A sheer white bow and two little diaper pen charms complete the finishing details to this card.

I am so grateful that you visited my blog today.  I hope you come back again throughout the year as I love sharing my creations with others.  Here's wishing us all a 2013 filled with happiness and good health.

Duck Umbrella

I had a lot of fun playing with these bright spring colors on this card.  Perhaps, I'm in trouble since spring is soooo far away.   The Ohio gray skies are here for a bit, I'm afraid.

To make this card, I stamped the Hambo image of "Duck Umbrella" (4716) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors.  To make the water droplets on the umbrella, I added gluestick to the umbrella and sprinkled clear UTEE onto the umbrella and heated with my heat gun.  So fun to watch those droplets appear!

I cut a circle from white cardstock with a Nestabilities die.  I sponged SeaShells Cloudy Blue dye to form some clouds.  I framed this circle with another circle cut with a Nestabilities die.  I pop-dotted the duck to the finished circle.

The layers of this card are made with patterned paper from Pebbles, Queen&Company and Bella Blvd.  I stamped the Hambo sentiment of "Sunshine and Happiness" (4704) with Marvy black dye onto the Queen&Company strip.  I added some Baker's Twine to this panel.  I added three clear crystal beads to the Pebbles strip.  The large Bella Blvd panel was framed with white cardstock.

Okay...back to winter.  :-(

Pelican's Scoop

I am now working with Hambo's rubber stamps for the next two months.  I am very excited to introduce you to "Pelican" (4912) .  Isn't he a cutie?

I stamped "Pelican" (4912) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It paper.  I colored him with Copic markers.  I cut around him with my Cutter-bee scissors.  I decided he needed a post to stand on, so I made that with a scrap of textured white cardstock, swiped with all kinds of beige/brown dye inks such as SeaShells Peach Bellini, Adirondack Latte, and Distress It Old Paper.

For the ocean, I cut a circle with a Nestabilities die cut and used Copic markers to make the scene.  Some highlights with a white Uniball Signo pen make the white caps and a Memento Tuxedo Black maker made the birds in the distance.

I placed my scene onto a piece of Jillibean Soup patterned paper.  The sentiment is from Hambo as well.  It is called "The Scoop" (0522).  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut it apart and arranged it onto my card.

White cardstock and kraft cardstock cut from a Nestabilities die form the additional layers to this card.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.  I do appreciate you taking time out of this busy time of year to do so.

Southwest

So get this...my first week in FOUR MONTHS not doing the Hambo Hoedown (I'll be working with Hambo's cool rubber images for the next two months) and THIS is the image of the week.  You all know how I can't resist southwestern images so I snatched this one up and had some coloring fun. 

I printed the AMAZING digital image of "Southwest" onto a piece of Hewlett Packard Color Inkjet paper (24 Pound, Uncoated, 96-Plus Brightness).  I colored and colored and colored to my heart's content with Prismacolor pencils.  Once finished, I sprayed the image with workable fixative.

I framed the picture with black cardstock, and formed panels with a rust cardstock which was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, and a piece of patterned paper from Darcie.  I sponged Adirondack Butterscotch and Adirondack Rust onto the paper and paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil.

Some hemp and a circle clip put the finishing touches on this card.

Make sure you visit Hambo's Team Squeal...they'll be taking over the Hoedown duties and you will not be disappointed.  Talented, talented, talented!  Go welcome them...

Jane Elizabeth France

Jan Hunnicutt

Carolyn Cochran

 

 

Basketball

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to browse the very inspiring Hambo Pinterest boards.  You'll find some fun projects here,  and past Hoedown Best In Show winners here.

For my card, I actually was inspired by the faux wood on this card by Jeannie Thomas.

It gave me the idea to create a basketball court.  To do that, I used the faux wood technique on a piece of beige paper that was already textured and "grooved".  I used direct-to-paper with the following dye inks: SeaShells Sandal, SeaShells Peach Bellini and Shadow Ink Soft Gray.  Then taking a white colored pencil I drew in the 3 point arch, center court and traced around the perimeter.  I framed the court with black cardstock.

I printed the Hambo digital image of "Basketball" onto Georgia Pacific cardstock three times.  I colored the basketballs with Copic markers, along with the basketball hoop stand.  I adhered some white string to the net portion of the image.  I placed the court, the basketballs and the hoop onto a piece of patterned paper from Basic Grey.  I paper pierced around this layer and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  I framed the panel with black cardstock.

The sentiment is one of three included in "Basketball".  I framed it with black cardstock, and adhered a golden star brad above the sentiment.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  

Scarlet and Gray All-Star

Goooooooood Gameday Morning!

Today, I wanted to share a card I made using an adorable image from Hambo Stamps.

I stamped the adorable Hambo image "Football Boy" (3702) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image scarlet and gray with my Copic markers.  I cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors. 

With gray cardstock, I cut the Block O image with a jillian vance [die]sign from Spellbinders.  I framed this with black cardstock.  A strip of patterned paper from Sports Solution was placed behind the Block O and too was framed with black cardstock.  The larger panel is from Jillibean Soup and was framed with black and gray cardsrock.

The sentiment is from Hambo's digital image of "Basketball".  I cut the flag with a Nestabilities die, and attached a scarlet button, and tied some Buckeye Blend Divine Twine, which is also from a jillian vance.

I do believe it is now time to play the game.  May all of our beloved Buckeyes be all-stars today.  Go Buckeyes!

Cornucopia

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to use burlap in our creations.

A total first for me.  I went to Hobby Lobby and learned that burlap comes in many colors.  Gotta tuck that information away for future reference.  I decided to get a light beige burlap, and incorporated it into my project.

The beautiful image is "Cornucopia" from Hambo Digital Stamps.  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored the image with Copic markers, along with some shading and highlights with Prismacolor pencils.  Crystal Stickles also adds some sparkle and highlights to the image.

Using the easel card tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers, I constructed my base and card front with burlap, patterned paper from Lasting Impressions, brown cardstock and kraft.  A circle Nestabilities was used to cut the circle, and paper piercing and faux-stitching was done with a colored pencil.  A rich rust ribbon was also used.

I used two of the three sentiments included in "Cornucopia" from Hambo Digital Stamps.  I printed them onto kraft, with the sentiment on the base being cut by a Nestabilities die.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  

Happy Birthday, Tim!

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We are dedicating this week's Hambo Hoedown to Tim!  Tim is the guy with the pencil at Hambo Stamps.  He's the illustrator for all of the fun images we use each week.  Happy Birthday, Tim!

For this week's Hoedown we are being challenged to use the burned edges/soot technique OR incorporate a checkerboard design or gingham into our creation.  I went with the latter option since I'm rather clumsy and could just see myself catching something on fire, LOL! 

For my card, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Toaster" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around it with my Cutterbee scissors.

Patterned paper from Hot Off The Press was used to created the card panel.  I paper pierced around the panel and faux-stitched with a colored pencil. The panel was framed with black cardstock.

Black and white gingham ribbon was used on this card.

The sentiment is one of three included in the Hambo digital image of "Toaster".  I framed it with black cardstock. 

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog! 

¡Hola!

¡Hola!  (Are you impressed I figured out how to do that upside down exclamation point?).  I told you that you'd be seeing Hambo's digital image called "Cactus". I just love cacti images so I decided to use it again.

This time I printed the image onto some beige cardstock (not really kraft, but similar).  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils. I sprayed the image once colored with workable fixative.  I cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors.   The sentiment is also from Hambo's digital image "Cactus".  I printed it also onto the beige cardstock.  I framed it with black cardstock.

The larger card panels are made from patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers (which was paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil) and My Mind's Eye.  Also used are layers of the beige and black cardstock.

I pop-dotted the cactus onto the card, adhered the sentiment, and added a sheer brown bow and ribbon to the card.

¡Adiós! (aren't you impressed with my Spanish, LOL!)

Cactus

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to incorporate neon into our creation with a Hambo image.  What a bright challenge!

For my card, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Cactus"  onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors.

For the layers of the card, I used patterned paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, a scrap (sorry an unknown source), black cardstock, and some bright neon green cardstock (feel free to adjust your monitors!).  I paper pierced around the two rectangular panels and faux-stitched with a color pencil.

I added a neon green banner to the card, cut from a Memory Box die.  The sentiment is one of three from the Hambo digital image of "Cactus".  I framed it with black cardstock.

Those of you that follow my blog, know how much I love images of cacti.  This one is no exception and I am sure you will be seeing it used again from me.  I really probably should live in the southwest.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  

Tooth Fairy

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to incorporate hexagons into our creation with a Hambo image.  Good thing I had some new patterned paper from Echo Park with a hexagon pattern on it!

For my card, I printed Hambo's digital image of "Tooth Fairy" (don't you love the 5 o'clock shadow???) onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with Cutterbee scissors.  I added some glitter highlights with some Crystal Stickles.

I don't have a hexagon die (yet...I may need to remedy that), so I printed a hexagon from this site onto some Echo Park patterned paper and cut it out.  I pop dotted the Tooth Fairy image onto the hexagon.  This hexagon was then placed onto a panel of patterned paper from Echo Park.  It was framed with black cardstock, and then with some more Echo Park paper.

The sentiment is one of three sentiments included with the Hambo's Tooth Fairy.  I printed it and framed it with black cardstock.

 

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  

Cells

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are incorporate circles into our creation with a Hambo image.  What a fun challenge!

This week, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Cells" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the cells with Spectrum Noir markers (...my first time using this brand of alcohol based markers.  Seemed comparable to THE other brand, though the lids are rather hard to remove, LOL.  But, I'm thinking it might be a way to expand my color palette, especially in the reds, yellows, and pinks...where I think THE other brand is lacking).  I cut around the cells and made some white highlights with a white Uniball Signo pen. 

I decided to make a twisted circular easel card using the wonderful tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers.  The card bases are made with patterned paper from Bo Bunny and The Paper Studio, and  black cardstock.  The circles and scalloped eyelet circles were cut with Nestabilities dies. 

I added small detailed dots with a red Viva Pearl Pen. 

The HILARIOUS sentiment is one of several from the Hambo digital image of "Cells" (I had a difficult time choosing which one to use).  I cut the sentiment flag with a Nestabilities die and added a red button and Baker's Twine.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!