Fall Scrappy Fun!

There are several GREAT fall challenges going on over at Have Your Way With Paper! Head on over for your chance to win a great scrappy prize! :) Here is a page I did using The Scrap Room's October kit, featuring Bella Blvd.'s "One Fall Day" collection. This my FAVORITE fall collection so far! I loved working with this papers for my Design Team reveal....will be revealing those projects soon. ;)

SEI Blog Link Party

Have you checked out SEI's first Blog Link Party? You should...it's really neat to see all the wonderful projects fellow scrappers have created using SEI products. I uploaded my "Evan is 7" layout that I did when SEI sponsored us at the best little message board around - Have Your Way With Paper!:)

Click on the button below and see all the neat projects!

Sneak Peak for October!

I know I say it every month, but Tammy puts together the CUTEST kits for The Scrap Room! The October kit is a must-have...trust me!

Here is my "Sneak Peek" layout. I got to use the American Crafts "City Park" collection for my sneak:



This picture of Aaron cracks me up! It's his class photo from preschool this past year. He was playing around with the photographer, who is also my friend, and was making faces at her when she took this photo. He looks so ticked off! LOL I used a quote from "Despicable Me" for the title.

Head Cold/Allergies

I pretty much feel like this today....minus the cute slippers. Itchy throat. Watery eyes. Stuffy/runny nose. Plugged up ears. Sinus pressure that feels like an elephant is sitting on my face. Yeah, Fall is here...and apparently so are my allergies! :(

Another Preschool Layout (from last year, of course!)

You didn't think I actually already scrapped a picture from preschool THIS year, did you? Ha! Don't even have those printed out yet. lol

I did, however, get Aaron's preschool portrait from last year scrapped, and I used up some older papers and embellies for this one too. I think I used a Jana Eubank sketch for this one, but can't remember as I actually did this layout a few days ago.....

Anyway, here it is:

Super Yummy! Super Easy! - Recipe #8

Woohoo! Two more new recipes, and I will have reached my New Year's resolution of trying out 10 new recipes for my family this year. :)

So we were watching TV the other night and saw a commercial for these:



Anything that helps save time in the kitchen is cool with me! So, we grabbed the one shown above, and on the back was a recipe for Quesadilla Casserole. This was so easy and very yummy! Hubby thought it had a little too many black beans in it (he's not much of a bean eater), but I thought it was great. Plus, it made plenty for the whole family to have leftovers the next day. Gotta love that!

Here's the recipe. I'd love to hear if you try it out and what you think! :)

Quesadilla Casserole

Source: McCormick (8 servings)

2 teaspoons chili powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon minced garlic

½ teaspoon oregano leaves

½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)

1 lb. lean ground beef

½ cup chopped onion

16 ounces tomato sauce

15 ounces black beans, canned, drained and rinsed

8.75 ounces whole kernel corn, canned, undrained

4.5 ounces chopped green chiles, canned, undrained

6 8-inch flour tortillas

2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

Brown beef and onion in large skillet on medium-high heat; drain. Add tomato sauce, beans, corn and green chiles; mix well. Stir in all of the spices except red pepper.

Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Add red pepper to taste, if desired.

Spread 1/2 cup of the beef mixture on bottom of 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking dish sprayed with no-stick cooking spray. Top with 3 of the tortillas, overlapping as needed. Layer with 1/2 of the remaining beef mixture and 1/2 of the cheese. Repeat with remaining tortillas, beef mixture and cheese.

Bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 15 minutes or until heated through. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Whoa!

Twig and Thistle is giving away a free Silhouette machine!!! I've always wanted one of these...and now that they are about to release their software to make it compatible with Mac users, it's an even sweeter deal. My hubby uses a Mac and has a bazillion cool fonts! Check it out by clicking right HERE.