***GIVEAWAY CLOSED. Teresa #347 is the lucky winner!***
Late in July I got an email from HowDoesShe.com asking if I’d like to try a Silhouette Craft Cutter and give one away on my blog… the week of September 23. My first reaction?
“Hi Missy — I’ve been away from my email. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The Silhouette sounds like an amazing product, and it would be so much fun to try one out. But… I’m due to have my 4th baby in the “middle of September” so I don’t want to overcommit. I just don’t know if I can be crafty and have a baby all at the same time.
Thanks so much for thinking of me, though!”
I bailed.
Then they emailed me again. After second-guessing myself, I replied:
“Hi Missy — I originally declined your offer because my 4th baby is due around September 15-20th, but I’m really regretting that decision. Wondering if we can work something out. If I could get the Silhouette early, perhaps I could play around with it and make a few things before baby arrives? I don’t want to miss any deadlines… maybe I could have the giveaway post written up in my drafts before I go into labor? My readers would be SO EXCITED about this. Let me know what you think.”
Uh-huh. Joke’s on me. They sent the Silhouette early, and my Silhouette remains in its box. My grand plans of making “Big Brother,” “Big Sister,” and “Baby Brother” shirts for baby’s birthday… didn’t happen. I’ve still got grand plans, though!
The Silhouette can make custom apparel. I’m thinking some family team shirts would be fun! Something like this:
And Christmas gifts? Using the vinyl decor setting, I could easily snag some cast-off tiles at a home improvement store and make these:
With a little imagination and some paper crafting, I could turn regular ol’ cupcakes into Mom of the Year cupcakes for my children’s class parties:
The scrapbooking, the glass etching, the card making… the possibilities are endless! Just as soon as I come out of my sleep-deprived newborn survival mode, I’ll get right on that!
The Silhouette is a digital cutting tool for personal use. It connects to your computer just like a printer, but instead of printing designs it cuts them with a small blade. With the machine connected to your computer, you’ll get access to all of the fonts on your PC plus the thousands of cuttable designs found on the Silhouette Online Store.
One of YOU is going to win a FREE Silhouette, but if you don’t want to chance the giveaway, here are a couple of excellent deals you can get in on by using my code, FINER. (After you enter the code, the discounts and freebies will show up in your basket.)
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1) AWESOME PROMO (running from September 23rd through September 30th at midnight)
Buy a machine and receive the following:
- $50 off the Silhouette Craft Cutter
- fuzzy white vinyl (Valued at $7.99)
- light blue smooth heat transfer (Valued at 14.99)
- yellow flocked heat transfer (Valued at $14.99)
- Home Décor CD (Valued at $50)
- $10 Gift Card to the Silhouette Download Store (Comes in the box)
- Cutting Blade (Comes in the box)
- 2 Cutting Mats (Comes in the box)
All for $249.99
A Savings of $137.97
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2) GOOD PROMO (running from October 1st through 4th at midnight)
Buy a machine and receive the following:
- $50 off (receive for $249.99)
- 2 rolls of Heat transfer ($29.89 value)
- $10 Gift Card to the Silhouette Download Store(Comes in the Box)
- Cutting Blade (Comes in the Box)
- 2 Cutting Mats(Comes in the Box)
All for $249.99
A savings of $79.98
*** Remember to enter FINER at checkout to get your discounts!***
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Aaaannnndddd, on to the GIVEAWAY! Silhouette is giving one of my readers
A Silhouette Machine!!! (a $299.99 value) Plus…
- Software for Windows XP/Vista, Mac
- Power cable, USB cable
- 2 Cutting mats (one for thick media, one for thin media)
- One cutting blade
- $10 gift card to the Silhouette Online Store
***To enter the giveaway, simply tell me the first thing you’d make with your new Silhouette!***
If you’d like an extra entry or two (or three!), share this giveaway (with a link to this post) on twitter, facebook, or your own blog and leave a separate comment for each place you shared it.
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Winner will be chosen (by random.org) and announced on Thursday, September 30. Winner must have a United States shipping address. My Silhouette for review and the giveaway were given to me for free from the Silhouette company. No other compensation was given for this post.
Im so excited about the silhouette machine. I would totally use this to start my own business, something I’ve always wanted to do, and make birthday decorations, cupcakes, sucker wrappers and of course, the possibilities are endless. Thanks!!
I would love to use this for a baby album! My first is due in about a month, so it would be fantastic to create something fun for baby. And, of course, my mom (or “Grandma” as she insisting she be referred to now) would love to tinker with it as well:-)
oooh it’s a toss up btwn temp. tattoos or some sweet heat transfered shirts… either way it’d make me an uber cool mom, right?!
thanks for the chance! xo
vinyl letters for a subway project i’m dying to make! thanks for the opportunity!
I would LOVE to win this!!! I host a lot of gatherings and one thing I like to buy are cupcake wrappers. They make cupcakes and muffins pop! I would rather make my own…thanks for this opportunity!
Became a fan on FB:-) Love your site and so excited the Silouette is finally MAC compatible….YIPEE!!
Well, the first thing I would do is take it out of the box and hook it up to my Mac since they are now compatible. Then I would be on to making some vinyl letters. WhooHoo. Thanks for the opportunity for this giveaway.
I would love to get started on some Christmas gifts. The vinyl is an absolute necessity for this (and my house could use a little glam too.;)
Thanks!
~Clarissa Emily @ A Little Stone House
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At first I thought about making some wall vinyls but after more thought I think I would make custom chucks for my hubby and our boys! We’ve been playing around on the Converse site designing our own “chucks” but haven’t committed due to the cost… $65 to $75 for 5 pairs… umm yeah! So we could go with a basic pair and design them ourselves!
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I would make a lollipop t-shirt for my daughter’s 2nd birthday party! and lots of other things…
I just found out my sister is pregnant so the FIRST thing I would make with a Silhouette is some super cute onesies with the heat transfer paper. The options from there are endless!!!
I would make vinyl house numbers for my newly painted RED front door!
Have you seen the magnet paper dolls?? That would be my first project for quiet time for my daughter at appts or church!
The first thing I would make would either be a candle holder or glass vase with the etching option.
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Vinyl cutouts of Winnie the Pooh for my little girl’s room! She’s 10 months old and absolutely loves her Winnie the Pooh!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this machine and really would love to have one of my own! Please pick me so I can make fabulous decor for my birthday parties.
I want some vinyl flowers on my wall!
Yay, what a great giveaway! I´d love to have one and make some paper crafts for my swaps! =)
I really really want one! I have been dying to make a sign for my new daughter. She just turned 4 months old. I want to get words cut out of how amazing she is, and put them on a canvas with her name on it. All different sizes, colors… so as she learns to read she can know how amazing she is in all the different ways. She’ll be reminded how strong of a girl she is and how loving she is and be able to go out in the world with that confidence!
That’s my first project! (one of the many)
I can’t wait to get started on some shirts and hoodies that represent my teenagers high school! I am thinking Christmas will be totally taken care of!
The first thing I would use it for is to cut out all the paper details for my daughters 4th Birthday party.
I would love to use the Vinyl and make a super cute wall hanging.
I LOVE the papercrafts! I would really love to win the Silhouette machine!
Casey
I would love to make easy and cute holiday decorations.
I’m excited about the heat transfer. I’d love to make t-shirts.
I would make the cupcake holders! Too cute!
I’m drooling over all of the vinyl projects (especially the etched glass fish bowl)!
I would etch our last name in a glass picture frame to put a family picture in every time we get one taken!! I am also making one for my cousin for her wedding in November and for Christmas presents! Oh I hope i win!!
I have always wanted a cricut expression, but never had the funds to support the cartridges, the machine it self, and other accessories. I had never heard of a silhouette until reading the blog and feel in love! The first thing I would make would be the vinyl coffee cup lettering for my family. Here is the link to the coffee cup project.
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Oh, where to start?!?! I would use it to get some scrapbooking done!
i would make cupcake wrappers! my daughter’s 1st birthday is 3 weeks away!
What would I do first???? I don’t know!!! I want to do EVERYTHING!!!! Probably wall words though.
Loving it! Vinyl, transfers, tattoos. What an amazing machine. This is so on my Christmas list.
Oh, I would make tattoos first, so I could occupy the kids while I made everything else!
I love how versatile the Silhouette machine is and all that you can do with it. I would make a bunch of baby decor for my first baby thats on the way! I would love to be a winner and thank you for the opportunity! Thanks for also sharing all your wonderful and creative ideas on here!
The first thing I would do is label lots of stuff. I love to organize and this would help out a lot.
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I would make some vinyl sayings . Then so many other things.
Well, since I became an Aunt for the very first time today (YAY!!!!), I’d have to say the first things I’d make would be cute appliques for onesies and then the vinyl for her nursery walls! I’ve seen so many great ideas, the sky’s really the limit with the Silhouette!
I want one of these soooo badly!!! It looks amazing!! I already have a million crafts in mind for this!
I would definately make some vinyl crafts first thing
The first thing I would make is vinyl lettering to make glass etchings on all my glass gluten free flour containers.
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The first things I’d like to make are some personalized etched glasses to give away for Christmas presents.
I would totally use it for the glass etching…for gifts, for myself, for anything and everything!!!
I would love to have this I would make cards, that is my passion. I love the design that is always pictured coming out of the machine.
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My hubby is military and stationed in Germany but our address is a US address so I hope I count =]
Id use it to give my handmade Christmas presents their personal touch =]
Love it! I would love to have this in my studio! The wonderful beautiful things I could do with my mix media projects are positively endless!!
I would love to make vinyl lettering for my wall!
I would love to use this for vinyl labels for my home and shop. Also for cards and tags.
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i would def make a onsie! so cute
oh i hope i win!!
I would make some paper crafts, like cupcake wrappers or favor boxes.
I’d go crazy making christmas/baby presents, then I’d spruce up my house with some vinyl action. Then I’d make some shirts for my kids because I just can’t help myself!
I would decorate with vinyl words on the walls! I love these!
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I am excited that it now works w/Mac! I would like to try the glass etching – I have just the jars picked out! Wish me luck!!!
I would love to win I have so many vinyl projects I want to do.
Mary Jane
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I’d make a matching lemonade pitcher and glasses with the glass etching and I’d totally deck out my new laundry room!
I would make some vinyl for my house, car decals, cute cupcake holders for my son’s 4th birthday, birth blocks for when my baby girl gets here in November, the cute soap dispensers, and of course.. lots of Christmas presents!!
I would definitely love staying home if I had one of those babies to play with!
I would make a cute paper banner for holidays/seasons/etc.
I want to make some t-shirts for my sons kindergarden class.
I am going to make some vinyl for my sons room. It needs help!
I would love to win one of these! It would be wonderful to have something to cut my own vinyl with!!
I will make something for my wall
I would make my son some numbers and his own team name for some sport’s shirts. He loves them and his bd is coming up soon. What a fun tool! Thanks for sharing!
I would love to make some Christmas gifts!
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I shared this on facebook! Great website!
I’d definitely want to try out the vinyl so I can add some fun to a couple rooms in my home. I’m due in one week, so I’d have to wait a bit to use it too, but I’d love it! Thanks for the giveaway!
The heat transfer would my first project and then I would quickly start playing with vinyl…i LOVE big girl toys!!!!
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i would LOVE to put this to use making some vinyl wall art..just moved into a new house & my walls are so bare!!
I would love to make personalized Christmas gifts for the family this year.
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I would use it for soooo much. I think I would start with temp. tattoos for my son and decorate his room. Then, move on to christmas presents.
I would make some heat transfers first! ;o)
The first things I would make is wall decor for my home! So many poosibilities!
I would make wall decals for my daughters room! Oh and personalized t-shirts, and cupcake holders, and stencils! Geez so many cool things!
I would totally start out with family tees! Great idea, (although my hubs would laugh at me). I’m all about personalized shirts and would have tons of fun!!
I just tweeted about it @funkyfaithgirl
Would make some awesome Halloween decorations for the pad!
Please please please pick me. I NEED one!! Wow all the possiblities. I think I would use it quite a lot for scrapbooking.
I just facebooked about it.
Leigh
Think I’m going to try the welcome vinyl sign for my front door. Thanks for this opportunity!
I really hope I win! I have so many ideas like making vinyl cutouts for the wall and t-shirts.
I would love to win a silhouette machine. I have wanted one for so long. The first thing I would do is make cute cupcake wrappers and other party decor. I have three birthday parties coming up in the next month. Two of my daughters are turning 1 & 4 and one of my sons is turning 7!
Christmas Cards
Vinyl labels!
It’s a little hard to decide just what to make first…but I think I would start by making a vinyl wall quote. I know just the wall to put it on!
I would definitely make cupcake/muffin wraps. I love to bake!
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The FIRST thing that came to my mind was doing a series of canvas wrapped pictures with cutouts on them. They would be grouped together to create on big picture! But there are a bazillion other ideas floating through my head
Vinyl and tshirts would be so fun to do!
I love the vinyl lettering that would be my first project!
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I would make lots of vinyl!!! Vinyl labels for my child’s playroom bins would be the first on my agenda.
After reading your comment my first thing has changed! What a great idea for big sister little brother t-shirts to use in 2 months!
papercrafting!! Would love to make my own toppers and wrappers
OOh and candy boxes too!
the first thing i would make with a silhouette if i was lucky enough to win one would be my daughter’s 4th birthday invitations and decorations
i tweeted the contest
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The first thing I would make is a family name plaque using the vinyl lettering!!
First thing I am making is vinyls!! I love them and can’t get enough of them. I would make them for me, and all my friends. Oh, and my boys would love some temporary tattoos, so I will have to squeeze them in with all my vinyls.
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CHRISTMAS – vinyl for gifts! Finally a way to tke what I can create on the computer and make it actually into something I can give away!
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the very first thing i’m going to make is a family portrait set of silhouettes of course!
I would make something cute for my kitchen wall then I would make my kiddos some super cute shirts.
I want one! I want one!! The first thing I’d make is some vinyl decor for my mom and dad for Christmas!! I can’t wait!!
I am loving those heat transfers…I would heat transfer a pretty image on a nice sweatshirt to keep me warm on these wonderful crisp and cool autumn days.
I think I would make vinyl lettering or t-shirts. Hard to pick just one!
I want one so bad! I’d use it for scrapbooking and heat transfer
Who doesn’t want a free Silhouette??? I would be one happy mama to have this. Thank you for the opportunity!!!
The first thing I would make with the Silhouette is my wedding invitations, after that anything and everything I can think of.
Thanks for the opportunity!!!!
I just bought a house and have too many empty walls. I would love making some vinyl lettering for those walls. Thanks!!
I’d make an awesome wall vinyl for my little girl!
What could I not do with the Silhouette!? The very first thing I would do is cover my home in vinyl decor…then glass etch, then use it for my preschool cut outs…the list goes on and on!
I would get started on my Christmas gifts!!
Paper Castles!
I would make cupcake wrappers
These electronic cutting machines are the COOLEST !! To be able to make my own vinyl lettering/designs or make stencils for etching glass would be so fun. Holiday and birthday gifts extraordinaire!! Not to mention all of the paper crafting I could do.
Thank you so much for this opportunity.
The first things I would make are vinyls for my walls. Then try the heat transfer to decorate some kiddie clothes for my grands and daughter.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I am throwing a baby shower for my best bud on October 24. I would be cutting and creating lots of leaves and flowers to pull off my “Family Tree” theme!
First thing I would make with this amazing machine is hand made cards (year supply) for a Christmas gift for my sister! I would love being able to make CUTE cards and not have to buy her the store bought ones!
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I would love to win one of these and customize some vinyl and lots more fun! Thanks for doing this!
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i would love to make some vinyl decals with this!!
I’d have to make some etched glass canisters for my kitchen first, but I’d use it for my art…my journaling…decorating…oh my goodness, I’d go crazy with it!
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Thanks for an awesome opportunity!
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I would LOVE, LOVE, LOOOVE it if I won. It truly is amazing the cool things you can make with the Silhouette! My list of homemade crafts I can make for gifts is long and would be a piece of cake with this machine! I think I would start with a “Welcome” on the front door, followed by a clever laundry room phrase; a romantic quote for my bedroom; then try some labels for organizing my pantry! Oh wait, those are all gifts for just me!
I would start by making all kinds of wall decor. I would also want to start etching glass. Too cool!
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I’m really want to try the heat transfer and etching although the homemade cards are super cute too! So many options. I would LOVE to have this machine. PLEASE PICK ME!!
I would love one of these machines I think vinyl is so much fun to work with. My kids will love you too we could create some fun school projects!!!
I’d love to make some paper crafts and Christmas gifts with vinyl. The Silhouette looks awesome!
I really want to try heat transfers….so many possibilities!
So many fun things to do with this machine!! Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
I would definitely make some vinyl words for my bedroom wall! thanks for the offer!
So excitied. I am all over the vinyl and would make a Welcome sign for my front door as my very first project….and the check off the endless possibilities from there!
I would love to make vinyl projects.. have seen so many out there.. the ideas are endless!
The first thing I’d make is cool toy bin labels like Make It and Love It did. Then I’d make some Halloween countdown blocks and then . . . oh, sorry, you said the first thing
I’d definitely get started on my Christmas gifts! This would make it soooo much easier and less time consuming than doing everything by hand! And yet, still homemade! Yay!
I would love to vinyl my whole house! It looks adorable! & make christmas gifts!!!
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I would make a subway art sign first!
The first thing I woul make would be a GREAT thank you note for THE FINER THINGS!!!
Fantastic giveaway!! I can think of a MILLION things I would do with this machine if I won… but very first I would cut some vinyl for my walls! I have a few walls that need some *LOVE*!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
I would scrapbook pictures of my kids…I am so behind
I would make some subway art for my wall. I have been loving all of it I see out in blogland
How exciting! I have been wanted to make shirts for my 3 girls…this would make it soooo easy!
would LOVE to make personalized Thank You cards for people attending my wedding and also to add personalized touches to my bridal party gifts, and do the etching on our toasting flutes, and of course work on vinyl decor for the new house. A little somethin somethin for everyone, thats what makes this a great little machine!
I think I would make some vinyl silhouettes of my kids
I would lOVE to use the silhouette to work with Vinyl or Fabric….would LOVE it!!
I would immediately start work on the 100+ christmas cards I need to make and this year they would be better than ever:)!
Would use this to cut vinyl, and would start with airplane cutouts for my boys’ rooms.
I would love to make some t-shirts. I love the heat transfer option.
Thanks for a chance to win.
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LOVE this incredible machine and all of the possibilities!! I am most excited about the vinyl projects and various paper (gift giving) projects!!
I would love to make some etched glass, t shirts – we always do a 12 days of Christmas song in my family and I thought my family think it was funny if they had specialized shirts – like 5 Golden rings etc.
I would use the Silhouette to decorate my house!
Love the cupcake wrappers!
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I would decorate with vinyl!
I would love this machine to make some tranfers for clothes I think that would be really cool.
I would make cute shirts for the kids!
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I would do vinyl stickers for my sons to put on the car.
I love baking so would love to make my own cupcake and treat boxes I saw
The first thing I would make is vinyl letters for my walls!
I want to etch my name on my glass pan and them make some for christmas presents.
The home decor is what got me but i am sure it will come in handy for a lot of things.
Hope you are doing well with the baby!!!!
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I would have so much fun with this machine. I would first make shirts for my boys. Then I would make cards. And then try making some cool decals. I am getting giddy thinking about it.
The heat transfer and bling looks like so much fun. I would love to make some cute onsies.
I have looked at the Silhouette machine in the past and would LOVE to have one. I think I would start with vinyle for my freshly painted walls…
I am always looking for cuter titles for my scrapbooking pages, now I can make my own!
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Posted it on my blog
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Christmas gifts….tshirts, vinyl signs, scrapbooking, cards….endless possibilities!!
The first thing I’d make would be party decorations! I have birthdays and Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas back to back in 5 months- I’d definatey get a lot of use out of it!
I would be making t-shirts!!! It looks like it would be a lot of fun to use.
I would be so grateful and super excited to receive one! I have been eyeing one for a while but can’t purchase one! My scrapbooking supplies are piling up and so are the memories of my three kids!
Would love to make a vinyl saying for the wall!
I would create so much vinyl for my house. There are so many projects I want to do, but I need a vinyl cutter!
I would love to have family t-shirts. (I don’t know if my hubby would agree to that though) But there is plenty to try.
Ooh I would love to make some vinyl projects. Thanks
I want to try the heat transfer stuff to make fun shirts for the family.
I would love to try the vinyl.
Need this machine to make awesome class books for my classroom!
I would make tons of awesome things. But the one thing that stands out and makes me sooooooo excited is— T-Shirts for the BUDDY WALK. My son is 21 months old and has Down syndrome. I would LOVE to spread the word that they are more alike then different! 90% of people who find out they are having a child with Down syndrome abort. They have no idea on all the BLESSINGS they are missing out on. I want to spread the word!!!