Hey, y'all! There's not a whole lot of time for blogging these days since I have a Senior, a Freshman, and a three year old. But I partnered with a local business here in Midlothian, TX for a fun post and a giveaway, and I wanted to tell you about it!!

I know I'm not the only one who gets a wild hair to make a project, but then halfway through I realize I don't have a couple of things I need. That's where Home Run Deliveries comes in! I know it says food delivery, but the awesome thing is...they will deliver just about anything!!! So if I run out of adhesive or need something from Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, guess what?? They've got you covered. They will even text (or call) while they're shopping to make sure you get exactly what you need. Cool, huh? I can't tell you how many times I've been home with a sick kid and needed Tylenol, Pedialyte, or Lysol. Now I can just go online and send a special request. I also love that they will deliver food or treats to the teachers at school! It makes my single mama life so much easier. This is Joey, the owner and brains behind HRD!


I'm sure he thought I was nuts when I asked for some interesting items. I wanted to try stamping with celery and apples, but someone (ahem, my children) ate all the apples before I could use them. After we covered the table with an old sheet, we laid out all our supplies. Dean was so excited!



He was really more into painting on the watercolor paper than stamping with the celery. We even tried out stamping with straws and cookie cutters!


Here's his beautiful work of art! I'm thinking we might cut this up into card fronts and add sentiments. It looks pretty cool!




It makes a pretty cool rose shape, though!




And now, the giveaway!! Home Run Deliveries is offering ONE HALF PRICE DELIVERY to one of my lucky Midlothian readers!! That's a great deal!! To enter, just leave a comment on this post telling me about a time when you could have used Home Run Deliveries. Make sure you leave your name and email address so I can contact the winner! For an extra entry, visit Home Run Deliveries on Facebook, like their FB page and share their post about this blog! The contest will run through Friday 9/15/17 at 12:00 PM Central. I'll select the winner via Random.org and announce them on Friday afternoon. Ready? Set? Go!

   

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Hey, y'all! It has been about 3 1/2 years since I've updated my blog...I almost forgot how. So much has happened, and I'm sure I'll do a "catch-up" post, but for now, I have a fabulous baby girl card to share since they have all made their way to their destinations. Yes, I made 55 of these...and can I say...ONLY for my sister *grin*

   

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Happy Wednesday, y'all! First of all, thank you all so much for the love you left on the blog hop...you made my week! And now it's time for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge!
This week our challenge is We're so Trendy...to use chevrons, hexagons, and/or neon on our creations. Here's my card:
I used the Quilt Cuts 1 Dies from Wplus9 to cut hexagons from different patterns out of the Simple Stories Happy Day 6x6 pad. I adhered them to a kraft panel, and attached that to another kraft piece with a larger border. I stamped the sentiment from the Year Round Sentiments set from Hero Arts in Versamark and embossed in white on another kraft strip (yes, I have a kraft addiction...). The star is from the same set, and I added stamped stars inside the card as well. To finish it off, I added some Ocean Twine from The Twinery. Since I was making this to brighten the day of a certain special guy, I couldn't make it too frilly. The sentiment is perfect, since that's what I call him. *wink* Here's a closer look:
Thanks so much for stopping by today...and don't forget to play along to win a fabulous prize! You can see all the details and other inspiration for the challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog.


Have a fabulous Wednesday!

   

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Happy Thursday, y'all! I did some more stamping yesterday, and decided to play along with this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.
Fun sketch, right? Here's what I created:
I pulled out Say it Loud and heat embossed the sentiment in white. The strawberry is from Big Berries, and I inked that up using the Rock and Roll technique and then added the stem before cutting the whole thing out. Here's a closer look:
Using a tracing wheel, I added the faux stitching to the edges of the panels and sponged some Tea Dye ink as well. To finish it off, I sprinkled on a few Bon Bons from Stamping Bella...love those things!

Thanks so much for stopping by today...I hope you're having a fabulous week!

   

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Happy Wednesday, y'all! I have the pleasure of being in the Designer Spotlight this month for the Simon Says Stamp store, and they have some amazing things going on including a huge new STAMPtember™ release of fabulous stamps and dies! You can see them all HERE.

Simon Says Stamp was founded in 2002 with an interest in exclusively selling rubber stamps. It didn’t take long until we realized we couldn’t stop there. Over the past 10 years we celebrate rubber stamping in its full glory by giving access to people around the world to a one stop shop. Rubber stamps still remain the heart of our business and we are celebrating by hosting a STAMPtember™ event intended to inspire, educate, and celebrate the greatness of rubber stamping. Part of the enticement of rubber stamping is that stamps can be used in creating or complementing ANYTHING! From stamping dates on bank documents and postage parcels in the early 18th century, rubber stamping has dramatically expanded to include card making, scrapbooking, mixed media and many forms of altering and expressing art.

We are kicking off the STAMPtember™ festivities with a Design Team Blog Hop! The hop starts at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, and you also have a chance along the way to win a shopping spree! Check out the details at the end of my post.
For our challenge this week, we are asking you to Put a STAMP On It (you must use a stamp somewhere on your cards/creations NO DIGI'S allowed this week!)
  I am celebrating STAMPtember™ with, of course, a handmade, stamped card!

The focal image was cut with the All Occasion Label Die from Wplus9 and the sentiment is from the Shoot for the Stars clear set. I added some Teal Stripe Washi Tape down the side, and an orange panel embossed with the Seeing Spots embossing folder. The smiley faces are from the same stamp set, stamped in yellow ink on gray cardstock. Here's a closeup:

The finishing touch is a few self-adhesive rhinestones from my stash. THOSE make me happy!

Now...for the fun stuff...some prizes! Each of my teammates has a special handmade work of art to share with you and also more prizes along the way! Also, if you play along with the Put a STAMP On It! Challenge, you could be the lucky winner of our GRAND PRIZE $100 Simon Shopping Spree!

In order to be eligible for any of the prizes you must complete the hop, leaving comments at all the blogs along the way AND enter the challenge. You can do it! We will announce the winners as soon as possible after the hop finishes at 8am EST on Wednesday, September 12th.

Thanks so much for stopping by today...next on the hop is Sarah, and I know she has something gorgeous for you.  Have a fabulous week!

   

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