The Two Busiest Appliances in My House, part 1

I fired up my Silhouette the other day and did A LOT of cutting. I love how these things turned out.

First, the Halloween silhouettes of my kids. They each picked out a shape and then I cut them and framed them. Hailey chose the cat, Kade the spider, Matt is the ghost and Rachel is the jack-o-lantern. They love to tell visitors which one is theirs. They are so proud of them. One day I'd like to get actual silhouettes of my kids for these frames. Then again, maybe I'll do leaves for fall and Christmas shapes and hearts in Febuary...

My next project was stolen from my mom. She bought a plate at Michaels that is black and has rhinestones around the edge. She told me she wanted to put a moon on it and have a witch flying in front of the moon. She must have changed her mind because now she has decided to put a haunted house in front of the moon. So, I stole her idea. I bought a plain black plate at Hobby Lobby, cut out a big yellow moon and a witch silhouette. About 5 minutes later I had this:

**Funny story. As mentioned earlier, the kids each have their own silhouettes. I was putting my plate on the shelf and Hailey said, "Oh, mom! You decided to make one for you!" I'm sure she wasn't implying that I am a witch. On the other hand...she did ask me the other day when I was going to be nice to my kids. Maybe she was hinting at something.

I saw something similar to this next project in Family Circle Magazine. (I say "project", but really it took all of 20 minutes to make.)I love how it turned out. The "or" is a little bigger than I thought it would be (and a pain to put together), but that's okay. I still like it.

And some close ups:

My last project is not Halloween related. And, if you are going to be at the card swap tonight turn away now.
I bought this kit from the Silhouette store and spent a lot of time cutting out the various shapes. I think these cards are so cute. I love them. I'm kinda sad that I have to give them away!