WOW! October already!...and that means one amazing thing...it's HOGtoberfest time at Hambo Stamps!
From October 1 - 15, enjoy a 30% discount on ALL regular-priced stamps in the store, with an additional 30% discount given on "Sale" stamps. Simply mention "HOGtoberfest14" when you order for the discount to be applied. Please note that the discount only applies to stamps, and not to cling cushion or any other available supplies. The "HOGtoberfest14" code can also be used in the Digi Store.
It's perfect timing too for a brand new monthly challenge, which this month is all about the PIGS!! Obviously Hambo Stamp pigs are the best, so get your piggin' creative juices flowing and come join the Bacon Bits in this month's challenge!
My card is made using List Pig - 1906 and Just Pigcause - 4112. I stamped my pig with VersaFine Onyx Black, embossed with Clear embossing powder and then colored in with Copics.
Come join us!
There is a fun and easy challenge just starting today at the Hambo Hoedown. It's all about KIDS and you are invited to play along!
I used Hambo's Sand Box Dino and Hugs Sand Kisses for my images. Both are stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink. The Dino is colored with Copic markers. My dotty paper is from Doodlebug's Take Note 6x6 pad.
Come play along!
At Splitcoaststampers today, my friend Jeanne is hosting two challenges: Mix-ability 82: Rolly Polly and Free For All 235: One Word or Two...
I had to play along in the MIX82 because I stayed up chatting with some MIXers trying to guess what the challenge was (to no avail), but ended up convincing Kyra to use pink on her card, so figured I needed to put in my pink two cents!
For my background, I used Stephanie's Sprays (The Stamps of Life) in
Guava and Bubblegum and brayered the spray immediately after spraying on
Whisper White.
I let that dry and then put drops of Cotton Candy (YES
PINK) Stickles all over the paper and brayered that. And guess what? It
turned GREEN. Which means either my Stickles are chameleons, or my
brayer had something weird (like green ink?!) on it. It didn't come off
with the sprays, so I have no idea.
Anyway, the Stickles have a nice
sheen to them (whatever colors they are) and you can see the entire
sheet before I started on my blog. Fun stuff!!
More than halfway through August already? Where did summer go? Over on the Hambo Hoedown blog, there is a fun challenge all about humor! You still have PLENTY of time to jump in. Just create your card by September 3rd at midnight with the theme HUMOR US!! You can use any company's image for this challenge but if you use a Hambo image, you can enter this challenge as many times as you would like. All others can enter once. There will be two winners of the challenge; each will receive a free digi of their choice from the Hambo digi store.
I used some of my favorite Hambo images for my card:
Chickens - 0908 and Chicken On You - 1321:
I stamped my chickens with VersaFine Onyx Black, and then colored in with Copic markers. My sentiment is stamped with Stephanie's Premium Dye Ink in Tangerine. The chicken feet are from a retired Hambo stamp (I know -- it needs to come back!).
In other news, my sweet black lab Lucy, who turned 10 in May, became very sick one Saturday night, and by Tuesday, we had to let her go. We ran all sorts of tests to see if it was something that could be diagnosed and fixed, but to no avail. She was so sick and suffering so much, and we knew it was the right thing to do. I miss her sweet face every day, as does my white lab, Fiona. Give your pets a special hug from me~!
