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

[edie3]

Oh, how I want this! And I want to do something with vinyl! Thanks for the chance.

[Kim Rowland]

I'd start with vinyl home decor projects. Would love to win this fab tool!

[Courtney]

Fingers AND toes are crossed. I have so many heat transfer, glass etching and vinyl projects that I can't wait to get started on. Now that the Silhouette is MAC compatible - I'm just GIDDY!

[Nicole]

I NEED one of these for my son's Vintage Toy Story party I am working on!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

[Jodi]

This looks so fun and boy would I like to make some special cupcakes using this to stencil a special message on them! That's awesome! I'd love to win this :) I love your site, CakeSpy!

[vicki]

i would love to make some wall art!!

[Liz]

I would make some candy bar wrappers for halloween. Thanks so much for the chance to win.

[Christina]

My first project ever would be cupcake toppers. A great way to jazz up a cupcake!

[Suzanne]

The first thing I would do is finish my chore chart I started this summer (it's missing the vinyl lettering) and then try some etching, and t-shirts!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!!

[courtney e.]

the glass etching!

[Patti]

Would love to design and make t-shirts for my grandbabies

[Julie]

No one where I live has a Silhouette. Let me be the first!

[Mamasoo]

Thanks for doing this giveaway! I'm dying to try the glass etching. I have a ton of things I can etch!

[Gigi]

I want to make specialized gift tags and personalized notecards..

[Renae]

I NEED (alright badly desire) this machine!! I have dreams of all the great vinyl and glass etching Christmas gifts that I could give. Not to mention the most adorable cupcake wrappers!!!

[Emily G.]

I'm going to make a lovely set of family silhouette portraits right away!

[Deanna]

I can't decide what I would do first - labels for cute bags full of halloween treats, cupcake toppers, Halloween decorations...the choices are endless!!

[DeeDee]

Would absolutely love to win this machine. I would use the vinyl option and totally overhaul my son's room. Thanks!!

[Deborah]

I would love to use the Silhouette to make Wall Words and personalized gifts for Christmas presents! What a fun tool - the possibilitIes are ENDLESS!

[Brittany]

I would LOVE to have this to make cute cupcake wrappers for upcoming class parties (I'm a teacher!!) and some super cute vinyl for my house :)

PS love your blog :)

[giana]

I would love to win. I would love to cut out vinyl letters to make a Halloween countdown.

[Lesley VW]

What to try, what to try... How about glass etching? Oh, nope, let's do vinyl first. Nope, the heat transfers, definitely that. Or maybe the paper crafting angle.... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! :)

[Amber Douma]

I would love to try the glass etching.

[Faith]

I'd love to make a welcome sign for my front door.

[jenleahlynn]

i would love to make some matching t-shirts for my kids to wear in our chirstmas picture