Saturday, December 17, 2011

Hambo Challenge and CAS (not)

I tried the Hambo Hoedown challenge again, this time remembering it involved CORNERS. I still failed, unless consistently-rounded corners counts as "dressing up", which I'm pretty sure it does not.

I also used a sketch that has been stuck in my head since I first saw it, and tried to make it work.

Here's the sketch from Card Positioning Systems:

When I first saw it, I thought "stop light!" Then my challenge was how to incorporate that into a card. THEN I thought I needed to use a Hambo image. Then this happened:

I totally blew the CAS aspect of the challenge, but it NEEDED CLOUDS! I originally had just the stop light, cow and grass and it was booooooring. I was going to use my LawnFawn Harold's Letters set to stamp "cow crossing" but then I decided the sMOOches sentiment from Paper Smooches was better.

Oh, look, the stop light is crooked. ;/

And the Hambo challenge was to dress up the corners. I don't think a corner rounder really counts there, but I'm going to enter it anyway, if only to let them know I'm not dead.

Other details: Cloud die - A Muse Studio; Grass die - MFT (I think); image - Hambo farm cow; sentiment - Paper Smooches; buttons - hand-made by moi; card stock - ALL SCRAPS!; Copic markers and silver glitter gel pen for coloring.

That's it! I'm off to find something for dinner, then I'll hopefully stamp some more.

Thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

Jackie said...

Love the stop light and I still think that cow is adorable.

lauren bergold said...

HA!!!!!!!!!!!! well, i'm sorry if it doesn't count for the challenge! now, to *ME* consistently rounded corners IS drssing them up... at least... it's as dressy as *I* get in that area!!! and also, they look FAB and fit the sketch perrrrrrrrrrfectly! on the other hand, even i can see this isn't exactly C&S... but then... it's got a handmade stoplight (!!!) a fabulous cow, AND gorgeous clouds which i'll take over C&S anyday. so there!!! sMOOOOOOches to you too, missus!!! ♥

The Paper Parade said...

I rounded my corners, too ;) For some reason I thought that WAS the challenge, lol! I just love this card you've created, the stoplight and cow are adorable! Thanks for joining us at the Hoedown this week :)

Melissa said...

I think it's just fine! Love your cow! Thanks for joining us at Hambo's Hoedown this week!