Sweet Giveaway: Silhouette Digital Cutting Tool - Worth $300

Are you a crafty little cupcake?

Well then, you're gonna be pretty excited about this totally sweet giveaway: it's for a little something called The Silhouette.

What exactly is this thing, you ask? Well, according to the site,

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.

For lovers of cake and craft, this is beyond awesome--oh the possibilities for creating cards, scrapbook pages, or even fashionable cupcake toppers, wrappers, or labels! There are so many great ideas on their blog.

One lucky winner will receive the following: 

A Silhouette Machine (a $299.99 value), in a package which includes Silhouette machine 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.

Of course, everyone's a winner because they're also offering a super awesome promo (running from September 23rd through September 30th at midnight): Buy a machine and receive the following (by entering code CAKE on the order page):

• $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)

But even if you don't go for that right away, there's still a GOOD PROMO (running from October 1st through 4th at midnight): buy a machine and receive the following (once again, enter CAKE on the order page to receive this discount): 

• $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)

So how do you get in on all this awesome? Simply leave a comment saying what kind of craft you'd love to try first with the super sweet Silhouette! US entrants only, and one winner per household, please. This giveaway will run through September 30 at Midnight PST, and the winner will be chosen at random.

Update on Thursday, October 7, 2010 by Cakespy

We have a winner! Nina has been chosen at random, and she's going to get started VERY sweetly with her Silhouette: by making her sister's wedding invites! Congratulations, Nina!

Comments

[Cathrynn]

I would love to make some of the paper Christmas ornaments.

[Mary A]

Wow... how do I choose? I think I would start off by creating custom clothing for myself and my hubby!!

[Sarah]

I would use it to label away and organize our shelving!!!

[Mona]

I would make lots of fun cards and window decorations with my kids!

[Karen]

There are too many ideas but my first project(s) would be creating invites and decorations for my mother-in-law's "I beat cancer" party. I'd even be able to make cupcake holders!

[Minnie]

I would LOVE to try vinyl decor for the house.

[Carrie]

Would love to win and make cupcake wrappers and many other items!

Thanks.

[Amy C]

I would love to win this machine so that I can cut intricate details for my scrapbooking and cards. Thanks for this wonderful opportunity!!

[Erin D.]

vinyl letters for a subway art project i'm dying to make! thanks for the opportunity!

[ann procter]

I would make a lollipop t-shirt for my daughter's 2nd birthday party! and lots of other things...

[Heidi V]

My first project would be our family motto in vinyl!

[Heather F]

I would make heat transfer tshirts for my girly girls!
PS. Your blog makes me want to eat! Yum!

[Emily Ferons]

The first thing I would use it for is to cut out all the paper details for my daughters 4th Birthday party.

[Rosalie Gale]

I want to stencil things until my fingers bleed.

[LMC502]

I would like to first try the etching tool - I think that would be very neat. And as much as I love to bake cupcakes, I'm sure some custom toppers/wrappers would be up next.

Thanks!
lmclockedile[at]gmail[dot]com

[Stephanie W]

I would love to make some Christmas gifts/crafts, probably with vinyl or papercrafting.

[nancy]

I would love to use the Vinyl and make a super cute wall hanging.

[Steph]

I want some vinyl flowers on my wall!

[Jocelyn]

I would love to try making the vinyl decor. My walls are too bare!

[Amy S]

Vinyl cutouts related to Winnie the Pooh for my little girl's room! She's 10 months old and absolutely loves her Winnie the Pooh!

[Sara]

How fun! I would use it for card-making!

[Jenny]

I would love to label everything with vinyl!

[LaurenR]

def. a toss up btwn temporary tats or heat transfered t's for the kids... either way i'd be the coolest mom, right?!

thanks for the chance!

xo

[Barbara]

After opening and admiring this wonderful new machine and introducing it to my Mac, I would start making vinyl letters for Christmas gifts. Then I would just sit in awe at all of the other things I could do.

[Tiff Brady]

I'm drooling over all of the vinyl projects (especially the etched glass fish bowl)!