Silhouette Bundle Winner!!! And Super Cute Birthday Calendar

So.........

Wanna see who won the supa-awesome Silhouette bundle including:

1. 2 rolls of heat transfer (1 white & 1 yellow, smooth)

2. A package of tattoo paper (2 sheets!)

3. A package of magnetic paper (4 sheets!)

Well, I'm gonna make you wait a few......first I want to show you all this really cute project I made with the neat-o magnet sheets I got from Silhouette.

We all know how much I llllooovvveeeee all things magnetic......right?

Okie dokie.

Well, my friend Heidi showed me a cute birthday calendar she made for her grandma in the style of my chore chart. Needless to say, I wanted one too......but didn't have another large space to hang one that size.

So, I started thinking really hard.....

.....and about a year later, I came up with this cuteness. 

So I went to Marshalls and picked up a pretty 8x10 frame on the cheap.

Then, I looked in my stash and pulled out an 8x12 metal roofing shingle (you can get at your local hardware store....also called "metal flashing") and marked 10" on the long side and took hubby's tin snips to it trim it to size (not too expensive either). Also, you can totally use medium or coarse sandpaper to de-sharpen the razor-sharp edges.

I found some cute Autumn-y paper and printed "November Birthdays" at the top and put that in the frame, in front of the metal shingle.

I designed these sweet magnets, sized 1" x 1.25", and used this cute cupcake clipart to add some festive-ness (and to ensure my girls would want to play with them all. the. time.)

Then, I just had to print them out on my printer (I put the settings on matte photo paper, in order to get a great, colorful printing), and cut them all apart.......and.....

Voila!!!

So, now I have a new, pretty, and useful magnetic thing in my house!

AND, you can either leave the paper the same year-round, or change it monthly to add to your seasonal decor.

Well, thanks for all of your very flattering compliments last post......you guys ROCK!!!

Also, I'm not the one who made that first project.....I got that photo from the really awesome Silhouette blog. Be sure to check it out, there are tons of great crafty eye-candy to look at and get inspiration from.

Ok, on to the winner!

According to Random.org......

Congrats

Julie Johnson!!!

You are the winner of this awesome prize from Silhouette worth $50!!

Email me your info so I can pass it on to Silhouette so you can get your cool stuff :)

BTW.....I am SO getting one of these cool machines for Christmas!!!

Have fun!!

Super-Duper Silhouette Contest!!

Hey all!!

Guess what!!!! 

Silhouette sent me some of their awesome products to try AND they are sponsoring a cool giveaway of those products worth $50 bucks!!! AND are also offering a special deal for my super-cool readers!!!

How sweet does all that sound????

Well, I'm sure by now you all know what Silhouette is.....right? It's a fabulous electronic cutting machine that hooks right up to your computer. You can then download any of their charming images or fonts (and have access to all the fonts already on your computer!) to use to cut out just about anything you can think of.......vinyl (my fav), paper, heat transfer material, magnetic sheets, and SO MUCH MORE!!!

Silhouette also carries all sorts of fun materials you can make such fun and creative things with.....think Christmas presents ya'll!!

The software the machine uses is very user friendly and super-duper easy to set up. They offer thousands of amazing images that you can buy one at a time and most start around .99!! Even though I don't have one yet.....this is definitely going on my Christmas list this year!!!

Up for grabs in this Silhouette bundle contest is:

1. 2 rolls of heat transfer (1 white & 1 yellow, smooth)

2. A package of tattoo paper (2 sheets!)

3. A package of magnetic paper (4 sheets!)

These cute projects are from their blog, but I will be showing something you can make with some of these neat products in the coming week, so check back to see. 

Don't forget.....you don't even need to own a Silhouette machine to make cool stuff, you just need a handy pair of scissors or another die cutter that you already own!!

How to enter:

1. Stop by the Silhouette site or blog and tell me what you would make if you won this awesome prize pack

2. Become a follower of the Silhouette blog or on their Facebook page 
3. Become a follower of Not So Idle Hands ~ We all like to be followers.....
4. Tell me how cool I am......hee hee, this one's just for my self esteem ;)

*Don't forget to leave a separate comment for each entry*

A few rules too:

1. Giveaway ends November 10th

2. Open to US residents only

3. You can only win once......even if you are lightning-strikes-twice lucky and win on another blog, you can only be sent one prize pack. 

AND DON"T FORGET......My readers get 25% off all accessories using the code HANDS until November 13th, so don't delay!!!

Have fun!