Hambo Bubbles

Hi! Thanks for stopping by today! This cute digi by Hambo Stamps is called Test Tubes and it was free to everybody who participated (or as we call it, "danced") in the Hoedown challenge this past week! This week's challenge is to use any Hambo product and include bubbles on our card. I drew bubbles with Copic Cool Shadow and then added Glossy Accents to the bubbles. The DP is from 7Gypsies.

Thanks, Hambo, for another digi and fun challenge!

My blog candy winner!

Misty Loges is the winner of my blog candy from the OWH Memorial Day bloghop! Misty, could you email me at sharonmhickeyatgmaildotcom to confirm you mailing address? And thanks to everybody that left a comment!

A vintage blue Nancy Drew roadster!

The Midweek Throwdown Challengea at Operation Write Home is "transportation". I found this 1929 image at Digital Two for Tuesday . I absolutely loved reading Nancy Drew mysteries when I was a girl and this digi reminded me of reading about Nancy in her shiny blue roadster! The car is a combination of paper pieced and colored with Copics and silver gel pen:

 

 

The winner of my blog candy from the OWH Memorial Day hop is Misty L.! Congratulations, Misty!

In honor of Memorial Day

Thanks to Nikki for the free digi she posted at her company blog, Melonheadz Friends, to support the OWH Memorial Day bloghop.  I used the pre-colored version of the digi (I love it!) with this week's OWH Sketch #174.

OWH Sketch #174

 

Posted with profound gratitude to all who have given their lives in service to our country.

Hambo Hoedown weekly challenge

Hambo sent this great digi to everybody who played in the Hoedown Challenge last week! The Hoedown is a great way to add to your digi collection! The challenge this week is to create your own sentiment. Here's my card using a very famous opening line...

 

So maybe Snoopy finally did finish his great novel after all...lol!
Digi: Hambo Stamps Reading Boy
DP: Basic Grey Oxford Collection 6x6
Copic markers
Cuttlebug argyle embossing folder

Thanks for another cute digi and fun challenge, Hambo! And thanks to YOU for stopping by.

Memorial Day Blog Hop at Operation Write Home!

Hello! Welcome to my stop on the annual OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop! What a fun way to honor our heroes, kick off the summer, and round up some great cardmaking inspiration! Our challenge for this hop was to make a Thank You card using an OWH sketch; here's a link to the OWH Sketch Archive. Here's my first of two cards; I think this little fuzzy guy is so cute in his flight jacket and patriotic scarf! This is perfect for an AnyHero card; OWH President Sandy Allnock expressed her hope that everyone who bloghops today will make at least TWO AnyHero cards!

Card Recipe:

• Image: My Favorite Things "Fred Bear in Flight" (one of the OWH fundraiser clear stamp sets)
• DP: Bo Bunny "Liberty" 6x6 pad
• Brads: Candi stick-on brads
• Copic Sketch Markers: E59,E47,E44,E30,W10,BG000
• Paper piecing (scarf)
• Glossy Accents
• OWH Sketch #31

 One more card for today! This stamp (Inspired Stamps) is so cute!

Card Recipe:

• Image: Inspired Stamps "His Little Ones: Journal Girl"
• DP: My Mind's Eye "Quilting Bee" 6x6 pad
• Sentiment: Inspired Stamps "Labelmaker Alphabet"
• Copic Sketch Markers: #BV00,E00,E11,R20,C10,C9,C3,C1
• Paper piecing (dress)
• Glossy Accents
• Gingham ribbon, bow & button: Stash
• OWH Sketch #152

Blog Candy Alert:
Thanks for visiting me; I will pick a random winner from everybody who leaves a comment here by next Thursday, May 27!  if you don't want to be in the drawing for a little grab bag of goodies, let me know but please still leave a comment!

Now Back to the Hop!!
Click HERE to return to the Stars and Stamps Blog and continue the hop. Thanks to the dedicated OWH elves behind the scenes that made this fantastic event possible! I hope this Memorial Day Weekend is happy and safe for you and yours, as we honor those Americans who gave their lives to protect us and our freedom.

Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

Hambo Stamps Battle of the Bands Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop on THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS BLOG HOP, sponsored by Hambo Stamps! Today, Hambo friends (like me) and Hambo's Bacon Bits Design Team are bringing you fun creations that depict band groups; it might be one of our favorites or just one that was fun to design. If you arrived here from Talk to the Ham (Hambo's company blog), you're in the right place; if not, click here to return to Talk to the Ham and make sure you're eligible for the hopper prize!

Here's my card; can you guess what band it represents?

One of the best British rock bands ever:

 

THE MOODY BLUES!

Hambo Stamps digi, "Grumpy Boy", available at the Hambo digishop, is the awesome focal point of my collage card. As you can see, the band had five members originally--a bit of artistic license on my part, lol. I colored each fellow with Copics and cut them out. The denim effect on their jeans is done with a scrap of denim cloth dipped in Colorless Blender and pressed onto the (still wet) Copic coloring. BoBunny DPs; album title typed in Word and printed on a scrap from Free Vintage Digital Stamps; epoxy sticker by Glitz; Tim Holtz Distressing Tool and inks.

PRIZE INFO: Hambo Stamps will award a prize to one participant whose band creation tickles the Bacon Bits Design Team fancy in a hammin'-jammin' way. Another prize will be awarded randomly to a hopper (that's YOU) who comments on all of the blogs along the way. The winners will be announced at Talk to the Ham on Wednesday, May 29, as well as at the Hambo Hoedown weekly challenge blog. Hambo loves comments anytime, but the deadline for "Battle of the Bands" prize entry comments is Sunday, May 26, at 5 PM CST. Don't miss it!

Now it's time to jam on over to LYN, your next stop on this rockin' hop! Be sure to leave me a comment before you go! Thanks for joining in the Hambo fun!