If you're going through hell
Keep on going, don't slow down
If you're scared don't show it
You might get out
Before the devil even knows you're there
     ~ Country song by Rodney Adkins

My job takes me all over Central Texas and across a lot of lonesome and remote "farm to market" roads. I love seeing the country that way. I crank up the radio, enjoy the scenery and just watch for the water towers into the next town.

On those trips the only choice on the radio is generally Classic Country or New Country. I usually pick Waylon and the Boys over Rascal Flatts and that Swift chick. And, if Emmy Lou Harris is on, I'm in heaven. I mean no disrespect to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, but the whole time I was making this card, it was Rodney Adkins who was playing in my head.

Yes, I definitely have those days, especially after investigating back-to-back nursing home complaints. Shew, it wears a girl out.

Thankfully, stamping and a lot of love from folks like you keep me going.

I made this card to play along with our Catered Crop Recipe Swap this week and also to show off some new stamps I got from Texana Designs. I love these star studded, barbed wire hearts.

Here's the inside with another Texana Designs stamp. I was going for a saloon motif.

Funny story . . .

One of the perks of visiting these small Texas towns is that I often hit pay dirt at the home grown antique stores. I found this gem for $1.00 in tiny Whitney, Texas. Westerns are a dime a dozen in these parts, but I thought, for just $1.00 this worn old book will be perfect for paper piecing my Texana Designs stamps. So, I ripped out several pages to make my loopy blossom, star studded hearts and labels, quite happy with my creative up-/re-cycle.

When I was trying to find a link for all of you for this book, I discovered this was was one of five paperback books written on The High Chaparral and that they are all very difficult to locate in the United States. My sources said they infrequently show up in EBay: "expect to pay a hefty price for them in the overseas market." Turns out, I could have sold this book for about $20.00. Dang, this turned into a very expensive card. Lesson learned, research your pay-dirt find before you destroy it.

Here are the rest of ingredients. I promise, none of them are nearly as expensive as my $20.00 book print.

Always remember this. If you're going through hell, keep on going, but more importantly, remember that we're here.

Hugs,

Books are a uniquely portable magic.
~ Stephen King

It's week two of our Catered Crop Recipe Swap and you know what that means! It's time for the Quickfire Round – where our Catered Crop Top Chef Designers, Guest Chefs and Celebrity Chefs dish up what they've made with the featured ingredient.

Our featured ingredient is Print and playing along is easy as A-B-C.

• Just use newsprint, book print, script, or just about anything with words somewhere in your project.
• Include a link to us at Catered Crop or just add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our new {button gallery}.
• Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on February 4.
• Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.

Need some ideas? Here's a whole gallery of creative ways to incorporate print into your projects. You can click on the inspiration board below to go to a Pinterest board with the sources of these pictures and more gorgeous ideas and brilliant tutorials.

There's more!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is theTexana Designs, which makes me happy as a tick on a fat dog. Texana Designs' rubber stamp images with a Texas flair are all designed by native Texan artists. But, don't reckon ya'll have to have a Texas twang to play with their stamps – there's a whole shootin' match of fun images to suit yer fancy. And, there's a whole rodeo of fun at the Texana Blog and Texana Facebook page.

Be sure to check out the Texana Designs store because one lucky player will win a $25 gift certificate to go shopping!

Snuggle into your comfy reading chair. Here's what our Chefs have prepared for you with Print! These are just thumbnails of their amazing work, so be sure to click their names to visit their blogs.

Top Chefs Dawn Burnworth and Dorcas Designs

Top Chefs Peggy Marsh and Libby Hickson

Top Chefs Linda McClain with a Texana Designs stamps and Jeanie Witmer

and one more by Top Chef Libby Hickson using a Texana Designs stamp.

We're incredibly honored to the new Texana Designs team join our Quickfire as Celebrity Chefs along with the winner of our last challenge, Guest Chef Emma Hubert.

Guest Chef Emma Hubert, Celebrity Chef Janet Bradshaw, Celebrity Chef Jilda Bolton, and Celebrity Chef Karen Lambert.

Now it's your turn. Come join the party.