***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.
okay, so i have a wedding coming up and i would love to have the husband & wife write separately why they fell in love with the other person and then i would like to have it eched in glass and put a picture of them together between their writings on each side! does that make sense!?
it’s perfectly clear in my head 
thanks!!!
I would love this! I would love to decorate my daughter’s room with some vinyl and would start crafting for the holidays!
The 1st thing I would do with this baby is a silhouette of my daughter, of course, and paste it everywhere!!
I would love to do vinyl with a Silhouette! and cupcake wraps….and about a million other things.
Vinyl for sure!! I need to get some awesome words on these bare walls!
Posted to facebook!
I would totally make some fun shirts for my 3 princesses with the heat transfer and the rhinestones…what a fun combo!
I’d make an etched glass cake stand! Naturally.
Vinyl signs for my new laundry room!
I would make a birthday banner and matching cupcake wrappers!
I have a wall with photos of our wedding, our parents’ weddings, and all four grandparents’ wedding photos, and I’ve always wanted to find just the right quote about love and legacy to put on the wall above it. That would be the beginning of many great uses, I’m sure!
I would LOVE to make some vinyl projects for my home…maybe some labels to begin with, then on to grander ideas? It would also be very useful for all the scrapbooking I do.
I’d make some vinyl labels for jars in the kitchen…I really need to get better organized.
I’d make t-shirts for my grandbabies
I have an entire list (huge, btw) of things I want to make, but the very first thing I would do would be the etching!
The first thing I would do was make a t-shirt! or maybe some cute fall/halloween decorations with the vinyl…hmmm endless possibilities!
I posted on my blog about this!
I would love to decorate my kids rooms with vinyl, hooray for mac compatibility!
I would make some cupcake wrappers for an upcoming Halloween bake sale.
I shared your giveaway on FB!
I’m a follower! (that sounds a little weird, but you know what I mean).
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I really want to make heat transfers for some adorable baby onesies! Also, I love vinyl, and want to make some things for my kitchen re-do!
I would make a subway sign first thing. Then signs for football games, then t-shirts for football games, all kinds of things for football games!
I have been coveting a Silhouette since I first heard about it almost a year ago. I would love to win one to make all of the projects I have up in my head. I think the first thing I would make is some vinyl for my living room and other misc. vinyl projects. Then I would do lots of heat transfer projects.
A Silhoutte is something that I have really been wanting, but I have been waiting for the Mac version. I am looking forward to making personalized cards for my friends!
The first thing I would do is cut me some vinyl! I love that stuff and have some things around the house that could use a little vinyl on them!
I would love to use the vinyl to put cute designs in my girls’ bedroom. Thanks for this awsome giveaway!
I shared your giveaway on FB!
Cute vinyl things for my walls!! Yippee!!!!
I blogged about it on my (private) blog!
I FB’d it!
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Onesies for all of the upcoming baby showers I’ll be going to!
I would make holiday countdown blocks for Christmas for my family!
The large vinyl monograms are the bomb! I need one real bad!
I can’t wait to try the heat transfers and vinyl! Thanks so much for doing this!
I think I’d make my own Christma cards this year. Paper would be the best to start with and practice on. But I’d soon get to the etching and vinyl!
So many ideas! The first thing I would make would be name tags for the daughter’s Daisy Scout Troop! Thanks for this amazing giveaway!
The first thing I’d make is a few heat transfer onesies and then I’d move on to the invites, decor, and favors for my little guys 1st Birthday.
WOW! I would be soooo excited to win! The heat transfers look so fun! Think of all the Christmas gifts I could make! AND Mac compatible to boot!!!
I am making winter hats for my girls and I would love to decorate the brims of the hat. That would be my first project.
The absolute first thing I would make is a t-shirt for my vera own t-shirt with a heat transfer and lots of rhinestones. I love to sparkle! When people ask where I got it, and they would ask, I would tell them about this site AND the Silhouette!
tshirts. lots of tshirts.
I would make vinyl lettering for my daughter’s teacher; she SO deserves it!
I think the first thing I would make would be some tee’s for Christmas gifts for all my nieces and nephews. I love having a homemade Christmas and this would make it a lot more manageable! Thanks for the chance!
Plus it would make a great b-day gift to myself! The big 30 is coming in 2 days!!
I would love the heat tranfer and kids school projects would be a breeze.
Teresa
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Teresa
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I posted on facebook.
Teresa
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I would start with a welcome sign for our front door.
Thanks for the chance
The first thing would definitely be playing around with vinyl! I LOVE this machine!
Oh, oh, oh…I really NEED one of these! I first want to try out the vinyl art (for my walls)! Then I want to try all the other amazing things it will do: paper crafts, heat transfer, tattoo paper, magnet paper…I could keep going on and on.
My first project would be some cute and spooky invites and decorations for our Halloween party!
Eek! The possibilities are endless but the most exciting is the vinyl capability. If I won, I would immediately get to making personalized coffee mugs filled with hot chocolate or coffee as a holiday present!
I’m thinking I would make some adorable vinyl decor for MY 4th babe’s room! This will be the first baby we are (thinking) about finding out gender….so I’m kind of pumped to decorate a room – gender specific this time ’round!
Oh, I would love to try all the vinyl projects!
I would love to win this!! I think the first thing I would use it for, would be for vinyl sayings for my living room.
I would love love love to use the heat transfer vinyl! I play softball with a huge chunk of my family and I think that it would be a perfect holiday gift to make everyone their own softball shirt!!
I would love to win a machine. I would use it to cut vinyl. I have some Christmas projects I need to start working on.
Woohoo! I would LOVE this!
I would make some fun Halloween shirts for my quadruplets!
I’d do a bunch of heat transfers. i think the custom team jersey is so cute. I’d make some for my son.
The first thing I would make…that is tough. But probably would jump right to vinyl. It doesnt seem to cut really well on my cricut. I am a cricut loser.
I would love to make the paper crafts, and the vinyl, and the iron-on app…and so on and so on!!! So fun!!!
Vinyl…. for sure.
i would make some Christmas presents for my family using vinyl.
I’m most excited about decorating holiday cards (which I do every year) for my family which will be so much easier with this lovely machine! And I’m coming up with all kinds of fall decor I could make with the vinyl
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Have a great weekend!
I would love to make some vinyl sayings to put up in my living room and dining room as well as a large flower tree for my daughters bedroom.
I would love this machine!! I could make baby announcements, baby onesies, baby scrapbook pages… Oh yeah, can you tell I just had a baby?!
I would use this to make some great Christmas gifts! Just think of the money to be saved!
And, I would also love to try some of the paper crafts. The cupcake wrappers are so cute!
First thing I would make would be personalized t shirts for DD–she would get SUCH a kick out of that!
Would love to decorte gifts for Christmas, birthdays, other holidays. I would also do some wall art for my home!
I would love to do some heat transfer tees!
I would love to organize my new apartment with one. Always wanted one but couldn’t afford one.
vinyl! vinyl! vinyl!
I would love to make t-shirts!!
Make your own Vinyl? Whoo Hoo. I would definitely start there though we send cards to shut-ins and seniors on a weekly basis so we’d have some fun making those too.
jennifer @ beautifulcalling.ca
I would love to make t-shirts!
I want to make bags for my kiddos to bring into the car with all of their “treasures” inside and then when the car ride is over take their “treasures” right back out. I would love to decorate these bags with the heat transfers to show off each of my boys’ personality.
**Hope it’s me!!**
i would def get working on some vinyl projects! thanks for the chance to win
So glad you were able to have this giveaway! Hope all is great with your baby and family. I would so love one of these machines. Been eying one for a while. I love the t-shirts, the vinyl, the etching.
I shared this on facebook.
Definitely something Halloween-y. Maybe some cute vinyl pumpkins or a saying for my wall!
And, for an additional entry, I just shared this link on facebook. Thanks!
I would definitely finish my baby’s scrapbook first!!! I have been wanting a Silhouette for THE LONGEST time and I am so excited that it is finally MAC compatible!!!
I shared a link on Facebook!
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I shared this on my blog!!
Just in time for Christmas! My husband would appreciate it if I won…then he’d be off the hook for shopping for me.
Let’s see, I’d try vinyl, glass etching, heat transfer…in no particular order…first.
The FIRST thing I would make are some cute T-shirts for my daughter w/ the heat transfer – but I also have many glass etching and vinyl projects that I will finally be able to tackle. So excited it’s finally MAC compatible.
I would make t-shirts
I tweeted the giveaway
I shared on Facebook
For starters I would make a welcome sign for my front door. So many possibilities!
The first thing I would make???? Oh gosh…. I would definitely make some vinyl lettering for my kitchen. Sigh. That would be wonderful.
I just shared this on Facebook!
I would love to use the Silhouette to cut vinyl for wall words and personalized Christmas presents! I’m really hoping and even saying a prayer that I’ll win this!!
I love the cupcake wrappers. Can’t wait to make some.
Im in the process of opening up my own etsy shop and craft blog. A silhouette is a NEED!! Would definitely make things a whole lot easier and yes cheaper!! Thanks for this opportunity
Will let you know when my blog is up and running!
I would make cupcake wrappers first and my girls want tatoos
the glass etching!
I want to start by making actual silhouettes of my daughter and all her cousins as Christmas presents. Thanks for this giveaway!
I would first make vinyl projects and then heat transfers
I tweeted the giveaway
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I’ve wanted one of these for FOREVER! I’d use it to make some bedroom wall vinyl for my little guy who is on the way since we are in an apartment and can’t paint.
I also posted the giveaway on my blog
I shared it on Facebook. Hope I win!
No one where I live has a Silhouette. Let me be the first!
I would love to win a vinyl making machine!! Pick me!!
One of the first things I would try and make are cars and trucks in vinyl for my son’s room. I’ve never worked with it before but it seems so cool!
The first thing I would make is Christmas presents! Maybe some etched glass plates for cookies and some t-shirts.
The first thing that I would do is vinyl decor projects around the house.
I would make the “Oh Holy Night” tiles first. Those are gorgeous!!
I would first do some glass etching on some vases and jars that have been calling to me!
I would use the vinyl to make Christmas presents!
I would make heat transfer tees for my girls to wear on Halloween!
I would make cute shirts for my kids.
I would do etched glass!
Yikes! A Silhouette machine to do all the vinyl for my projects and home decor and the heat transfers for my granddaughters t-shirts and purses. And then, all the ideas that you creative ladies on the blogs share. I doubt there is time for me to do all I would want.
I want one! I would use any way I could!
I would try my hand at vinyl lettering for home decor!
Shirts or wall vinyl!! We’re military and move so often its easier to use vinyl than hang things over and over haha
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Wow! Where would I start? I would probably do some sort of craft with vinyl! And then I would cut out some letters in cardstock and make some fun banners! I would also definitely use it in my DH’s business to cut vinyl for signs!
I’m DYING for one of these machines — I seriously cannot list all of the fun things I’d be making with it
I’d definitely start off by making some cute Halloween decorations for my house and my classroom!
I would love to make my daughter’s First birthday party invites. The theme is “under the sea.”
glass etching on hurricanes!
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I would make vinyl sayings for my walls…& lots of Christmas gifts!!
Wow, awesome giveaway! I want one of these so bad and then i can stop bugging everyone else to use theirs. I want to throw a party and use those adorable cupcake liners and then cut lots of vinyl!
I posted it on my blog!
I would love to win!!! The first thing I would make is a Halloween countdown.
I would love to make some great vinyl Christmas gifts
Shared on Facebook!
Christmas gifts here I come! Everyone would be getting something handmade…that sounds so much fun!
Shared on Twitter!!!
Luv the vinyl letters! “Live, Love, Laugh” to put on my wall.
I left a Tweet about this giveaway on Twitter!
I posted about this giveaway on Facebook!
I want to do vinyl decor in my bedroom, and in my future children’s rooms!
i also posted a link onto my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/jessica.hinz
I would definitely be making my little girl some appliqued shirts!! Thanks!!
I would love to win a Silhouette!!! The first thing I would make if I won… I would love to make some cute Christmas vinyl projects!!!
I tweeted your contest! (Entry #1)
I Facebooked your contest! (Entry #2)
The very first thing I would make with a Silhouette is a custom T for my BabyGirl! Might start with her name….. or some really awesome lacy looking thing….. and I might add RHINESTONES!
I would love this little machine for so many reasons!! But the first thing I would make would be cute cupcake wrappers for all these cupcakes I’ve been making!
I would love to use vinyl stencils to etch our cheap, plain glasses. They need a pick-me-up! Of course then I would attack any other glass object in sight!
Thanks for the fun give away!
I would love to make vinyl monograms, heat transfers, papers crafts…etc. the first thing I would make would be a vinyl monogram…I know that for sure. lol
I would love to try any of the crafts. Never worked the machine, but a friend of mine is dying to win this one:)
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I would start out cutting heat transfers for T-shirts for my husbands new band! That is after I make a couple of awesome Thank You cards for The Finer Things and How Does She!
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Posted on my blog-
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I would use this to make something vinyl to decorate my house with.
Yay!!! I would love to do some etching or labels for my canisters!
The first thing I would make with an awesome machine like that would be silhouettes of the kids, they would be great on Christmas cards, or the Christmas tree, t-shirts or even on the wall!
I love the wall vinyl…but there are soooo many things.
Oh man, I have been absolutely dying for one of these. I want to make labels to organise my kitchen and crafting “area” (More of a dark corner in the freezing cement basement!) I then want to make some adorable matching tshirts for my little girls….the list is endless….
I think I would make cards. I really want to!
Ooo I can’t decide between either vinyl letter or custom apparel!
Okay, this is sooooooooo awesome! I have wanted one since, well…its arrival! The first thing I would make is a hip and cool shirt that said, “I visited Amy’s Blog and all I Got was a Silhoutte Machine to make this AWESOME T-Shirt with!!!”
Then I would make lots of Christmas stuff! LOOOTS of Christmas stuff!
Gifts…decorations, you name it, sister and I would make it!!!
Thank you so much for this awesome chance!!!! Oh I would just die!
I blogged about it over at my blog
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I would make a cute tshirt for my kids for Halloween!! Thanks!!
The first thing I would make would be cupcake wrappers!
I posted about it on facebook!!!!
scrap books I have another grand baby on the way and scrap booking is something I love to do and my daughter too…..and of course something to wear for out little princess and her big sis
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The first thing I’d make with a Silhouette? Probably Halloween cupcake aprons. Shortly thereafter, Christmas cards!
I shared this post on Facebook.
I would love to make some projects with the vinyl!
i would love to make stuff with the heat transfer paper…i’m thinking pillows would be first!!!
I really want one to make Christmas gifts
Holy moly – the possibiities are ENDLESS! First thing I would try is the glass etching. SO COOL!!! So many gift ideas!
I would love to try the glass etching! The silhouette makes it look so simple!
I just posted this on FB:)
I would love to use this to cut out vinyl and to help me out with my callings in church and to scrapbook! Thanks for an amazing giveaway:)
The first thing I would make is some vinyl wall art for my bedroom. Then I would have to make my Christmas cards and of course Christmas gifts….I want to make some re-usable totes and use the Silhouette for some design transfers. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome tool!
I would start with some vinyls and then some printable for my sisters baby shower… I so need this machine. Love it pls I hope I win!!! Ideenicole@gmail.com
I am becoming a homeowner this week, so I have TONS of projects swirling around in my mind. My first project would be using vinyl to label and organize things in my kitchen. The Silhouette would really make it more personalized. I have been wanting one of these forever!
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http://aplace4mommystoshare.blogspot.com/2010/09/another-silhouette-giveaway.html
Posted it on my blog:)
shared on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1654383040&v=wall&story_fbid=105202772877759&ref=mf
i can’t wait to label everything!!! This will be such an awesome tool in my home
First thing would be Subway art with the cities I have visited.
I would love to use this lovely machine to make a few etched candle holders like they show on their site. They would make ideal gifts too! I would love to have the Silhouette to make Christmas presents for my family!
I posted this on my blog!
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I am so excited to try out some subway art using vinyl!
I need to make some wall art!
I just don’t have enough readers to be offered such an amazing offer of a free one and one to give away. How neat would that be??? So I will have to just enter all the contests and hope I win one some day.
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I would love to try making the vinyl wall art. My walls are so bare!
i would start with vinyl projects!!!
There are so many amazing things to do with Silhouette….it would be so hard to choose which to do first. But I think I’d have to go with some awesome vinyl to put up on the wall…or on some glass jars to label EVERYTHING…or on the mirror in the bathroom……ooohhhh….it would be everywhere!
~Teresa
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I shared about your giveaway on facebook.
WOO HOO! I’m so happy the silhouette is compatible with macs! Anyhow, If I won… the first thing I’d make would be some vinyl cut outs/letterings to decorate the interior (maybe even the exterior) of my Airstream. I pray I win!
I’d love to make some vinyl projects!
I shared this GA on my FB too.
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And on my tweeter.
Wahoo!! I love the Silhouette!!!! I would definitely make onesies with the heat transfer for my baby and niece. Thank you!!!
I would make some vinyl to decorate my baby’s room. I hope I win!
I would try out the heat transfers first. Love what this machine can do!!