Green Eggs and.....Hambo!

Welcome to "Green Eggs and ......Hambo" sponsored by Hambo Stamps! Today Hambo customers and the Bacon Bits Design Team are bringing you fun creations that depict book titles! It might be our favorite book, or just one that was fun to design. If you arrived here from Leslie'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 book-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 the blogs along the way. The winners will be announced on the Hoedown blog, as well as on the Hambo company blog, Talk to the Ham, on Wednesday, February 1.

My card today is based on the book I am currently reading: The Confession by John Grisham. It tells the story of two men: one in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and the other, a terminally ill man who actually did commit the crime and is trying to make restitution. But no one believes him.

I used Pig Inmate for my images. He looks a little shell-shocked from all the years in prison - he has been counting the days until someone will squeal the real story, and he will be free. He has to get out so he can head on over to Sandy's blog for another great book! Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible to win some Hambo prizes!

We love comments anytime, but the deadline for prize entries is Tuesday, January 31 at 5 PM CST. Our current team will be retiring that day, and we will be welcoming a new Design Team AND celebrating the Hambo Hoedown’s ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY on February 1st. Don't miss it!

Hop Order:

Talk to the Ham
Jennifer S
Melissa
Karin
Pat
Laura
Stephanie
Sherry
Leslie
Judy <-------you are here!
Sandy
Michele
Allison
Jessica
Jen N
Andrea
Libby

Looking For A Sketch Challenge? With A Prize?

Come join my Sketch Challenge for Stamp School! 

We call it "Geometry Class" of course! :)

You can see the sketch and all the deets here.

And here is what I came up with:

All supplies I used are from A Walk Down Memory Lane, and are listed at the bottom of the Geometry Class post -- with links to find everything! Thanks for stopping by today!

More Pottery With Love

I wanted to share another card with you using yesterday's "Inspired by Belleek Pottery" technique. And I also wanted to share how you can stamp RIGHT ON pottery and have a beautiful collector's piece that you have made!

But first things first. My card today is made with images from Nature's Path by Rubber Stamp Tapestry. This darling little set makes beautiful delicate designs. I used a Spellbinders Heart die and punched out a heart template to sponge for my guide, and then stamped the wreath. I finished off with Love Block Stamp in another Spellbinders heart.

I added a second panel using the Inspired by Belleek Pottery technique (CLICK HERE) and a Sizzix embossing folder with Sahara Sand ink.

NOW, to see some really beautiful pottery and art using Rubber Stamp Tapestry's stamps on ceramic bisque, CLICK HERE. Susan has some gorgeous tutorials and ideas to show you about how easy it is! Here is a peek:

I did not make this! This is one of the many works of art that Susan has made using Rubber Stamp Tapestry's stamps. Have a look! You will love the technique and end results~!

Other challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie - Heart, emboss, punch
Crafts and Me - pink and sparkly
Creative Belli - fancy frames
Inky Impressions - heart you
My Mum's Craft shop - flowers
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - pearls or bling
Anything Goes Challenge - To The One I Love
My Time To Craft - Your Favourite Embellishment
Sweet Stamps - Love

Stamps: Nature's Path & Love Block Stamp by Rubber Stamp Tapestry

Paper: Rose Red, Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Ink: Rose Romance (retired), Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss

Accessories: Diamond Stickles, Kaiser Blush Pearls, Spellbinders heart die cuts, Sizzix EF, sparkly ric rac (RRR)

Inspired by Belleek Pottery

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go to Ireland for eleven days with my daughter and her high school choir. We spent all of our time in the north part of Ireland from Dublin to Galway, and then on up to Northern Ireland and the Belfast area. I wish I had known Bridget and Sabrina then!

It was a wonderful trip. One of the highlights for everyone on the trip was the Belleek Pottery tour. No one knew quite what to expect, but by the time we finished the tour we were all mesmerized and enchanted with what we had seen, and every person with the choir purchased something to bring home.

I was absolutely astounded at the careful, detailed work that is done there. Here are some of the pictures I took:

My Technique Challenge today at Splitcoast is inspired by that pottery (Growing up in Arizona, it's really more like china and porcelain than what I think of as "pottery.").

We have had a Technique Challenge where we inked up our embossing folders for a negative effect: TLC160 Cuttlebug: The Negative Effect 3/17/08, and this is similar, but there are some restrictions.

We want our backgrounds to look reminiscent of porcelain or bisque pottery/china, so we will be limited in what colors we can use.

Instructions:

1. Use white or ivory cardstock only for your background.

2. Choose an embossing folder that has some negative space. Ink up the front or top side (usually where the business logo is) with a light neutral dye ink (you can use pigment, but the result will look different and not as subdued, plus it's harder to clean the embossing folder). Suggested ink colors: Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, and similar colors in other brands. I used my brayer for even coverage. My sample uses Sahara Sand. No dark or bright colors.

3. Place the white or ivory cardstock on the inside back side of the embossing folder (the non-inked side), close the folder, and emboss using your machine of choice. I used my Cuttlebug.

4. Open the folder, and voila! A nice, subdued, porcelain-look for your background!

5. Try to keep your design focused on the background, even though you will be adding other images and embellishments. In my sample, I stamped my sentiment in Sahara Sand, and kept my lamp image uncolored to not take away from the background.

Here is my card. Click on the photo for a close-up!

I was going to make a tutorial for those visual people, like me(!), but then I found this awesome one that Diana Gibbs has done using this same technique HERE.

I hope you will play along!

Stamps:  Unity Stamps

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Sahara Sand (SU!), Sweet Tooth (Stamp School)

Ink: Sahara Sand (SU!), London Fog (Memento)

Accessories: Wild Orchid roses, MS branch punch, Cuttlebug EF, Really Reasonable Ribbon Noelle Crocheted Lace, Spellbinders Long Rectangles and Long Scalloped Rectangles die cuts, Kaiser Blush pearls

 

It's A Kittie Kits Hop!

Thank you for joining in on the KITTIE KIT HOP fun!!  We are SO excited to share with you!  In case you didn’t know, Rubbernecker Stamps has a line of stamps called KITTIE KITS (designed by Kittie Caracciolo) and they include a  variety of images; these images can be used together in MANY different ways to create MANY different things. Just wait, you will see what I mean! The Stampin’ Sisterhood has come together to share some of the ways that THEY use them!  There is a HOP ROUTE for you to follow below. You will find it along with my creation. Each Sister will have this list for you, to help you on your journey!!   

My card is made with Kittie Kits The Moose is Loose set. I was too careful in sponging my sky and snowdrifts, so the color is a bit washed out in the photo, but the Starfire Glitter picks up the drifts a bit. These trees remind me of where I grew up - beautiful hills and spruce and pine trees - and cross-country skiing! Click on the photo for a close-up view.

Make sure to leave some LOVE at every stop, for you will want to be eligible for our PRIZE!!   What fun would it be without a PRIZE!!?

***You could win your choice of one AWESOME KITTIE KIT stamp set of your CHOICE!***
***The winner will be announced FRIDAY 1/2so you all have time to HOP!!***

How cool is that?  OK, better get HOPPIN’, there is LOTS to see!!   Be on the look out for our NEXT HOP coming IN FEBRUARY!!  We look forward to bringing you MORE sharing and prizes!!  Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!!  There is LOTS of inspiration to be found!  Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

**HOP ROUTE**

• Bev Gerard
• Charlene Driggs
• Charlene Merrick
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jen Charboneau
• Jennifer Cuthbertson
• Joan Ervin
• Judy Rozema - you are here!
• Julia Aston
• Juliana Swanson
• Karen Hunsaker
• Kecia Waters
• Rubbernecker Stamps

Rubbernecker Stamps is also having a Design Team Call right now! Check it out and come join our fun team! Click HERE to read the details! Deadline is tonight at midnight!

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps Kittie Kits The Moose is Loose
Paper: Always Artichoke, Glossy White (SU!), Sno Cone (Stamp School's Poptone)
Ink: Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand (SU!), Sno Cone, Berrylicious (Stamp School)
Accessories:White Dots Organdy Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), button (Basic Grey), Pennant die cut (Spellbinders), rhinestones (Studio G), embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Starfire Glitter (Sparkle N Sprinkle), silver thread (in button)