My BEST Giveaway to Date!

You all know I love my craft gadgets! Well my latest purchase is by for sure my BEST so far! On Black Friday I bought myself  a SILHOUETTE Portrait ™. (Well, my husband actually bought it but he didn’t know it)

Now most of my blog followers are beady ladies so for their benefit, let me explain.

A Silhouette is an electronic cutting machine. It is used mainly for cutting paper shapes. In the olden days, LOL, we had to rely on scissors to do all our intricate cutting. Then we moved on to punches. Next was the invention of the die-cutting machine -  Big Shot, Cricut and the like. Those use either metal plates or cartridges. With the Silhouette you aren’t limited by what dies and cartridges you have in your stash (which cost a pretty penny and need storage space to boot!) just connect it to your computer and printer and you are ready to go!

The included software makes it possible to create and cut your own designs and use any font you already have in your computer. Pretty much any image you have, whether you found it on the internet or scanned it into your computer, you can use! This is my favorite feature! In addition to those images you can access cutting files from the Silhouette store at very reasonable prices (under 99 cents). They have a FREE file you can download every week, plus really great sales!  Search the internet, there are also gazillions of free printables and cut files out there. 

But all the fun doesn’t even stop there –

The Silhouette has many other uses in addition to die-cutting paper. It can cut a variety of materials including fabric, vinyl, heat transfer material, stencils, and more. In addition you can use it to etch glass, create and set rhinestone designs, make temporary tattoos, PLUS a favorite of mine – you can create your own cling stamps!

So, you may be asking yourself – how does she use all the cutouts she creates? Well right now I am working on designing product packaging which I plan to list in my etsy shop,  but also I do things just for fun and personal use, like these....

A postcard sent to a special friend

An ATC (Artist Trading Card)

Part of a 2014 Planner
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Front cover of a mini album
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I KNOW, all this information is well and good but if you don’t have a Silhouette what good does it do YOU, huh? 

Well here’s the GOOD NEWS!  I am sponsoring a GIVEAWAY!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The giveaway starts right now and is open until 11:59 PM EST on February 28th. The winner of this giveaway will be notified via email and announced on March 3rd in the Rafflecopter widget above.   

The more of the ladies you follow, the better your chances to win. You can tweet daily for even more entries!


Leave me a comment and tell me what YOU would do with the Silhouette, if you should win!  GOOD LUCK!

Visit ALL of the prize sponsors for plenty of great ideas!

• Black and White Obsession
• Play. Party. Pin.
• Weekend Craft
• unOriginal Mom
• Architecture of a Mom
• McCall Manor
• Fabric of My Life with Tori Sophia Designs
• The Experimental Home
• Simply Kelly Designs
• Grey Luster Girl
• Two Thirty~Five Designs
• Peace, Love and Joyce
• Mabey She Made It

Disclaimer: The ladies who are sponsoring this giveaway have generously done so with their own funds. Facebook, Twitter and the like are NOT involved. We aren't being paid by a vendor, we are just love our followers and want them to be able to join in on our fun!

 

UPDATE: Congrats to our Silhouette Portrait giveaway winner, Jessie Wynn Cook ,please join us in congratulating her!