Sweet Giveaway: Silhouette Digital Cutting Tool - Worth $300
Thursday, September 23, 2010 
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.
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!
Reader Comments (1149)
This thing is awesome! I'd definitely use it for cupcake toppers and wrappers too!
The possibilites for the silhouette are endless...ive been stalking one for weeks now. I saw on tacebook these cute cupcake holder/boxes and you can make fancy cupcake wrappers. how aweseome would that be for the holidays and birthdays?!
I would like to make fun cupcake toppers.
My first project would be to make my wedding programs and possibly the invitations too.
I would HAVE to make some awesome holiday cards!
I would make birthday cards for all the birthdays I know coming up in October! My husband, daughter, friend, and her son's to name a few. I think I'd go crazy making things!!
Would love to try some of the heat transfer to make fun shirts for my boys.
There would not a be a room in my house without a papel picado banner! For every holiday! For every day!!
This is amazing! I would love to make fancy gift bags and gift wrappings. Good luck, everyone!
I have been eyeballing this type of machine at the craft supply store for the invites I make for my friends and family.
cupcake wrappers would be fun
My wife would love making cupcake wrappers.
I LOVE to make greeting cards. This would be so helpful!
I love everything to do with paper! Cupcake wrappers, signs, tags, cards, ALL of it!
I would probably make place cards for my friends' wedding first.
i'd make classic silhouettes of my husband and i.
I would have to make cupcake toppers for my kiddies birthdays! This is so neat!
oh my gosh, i want this SO MUCH!!! i would make cards- many many cards. cards for the holiday, for thank yous, for love presents. cards for labels, cards for around the office. cards for the car. there is just so much potential!!
cupcake wrappers, Halloween window decals, wait a minute - decals everywhere!
i pretty much love all things paper, so i would probably make some note cards, or something i can frame since the walls in our new home are pretty bare.
Stickers! And cards! Stickers ON cards! :)
this would be SOOOOOO nice for the new bakery!! i could really use something like this. it would save me hours making cupcake toppers!!
I would make a stencil to paint the backer board of my boring Billy bookcases! They need some flare!
Obviously, I would use it to cover my entire world in cut outs of cupcakes, unicorns and hearts.
I would make custom holiday packaging!
OH MY!!!! The projects i could do with this machine, I don’t know where I would start. I have been thinking about it for 30 seconds and 10 projects come to mind. I think first I would do the glass etching and organize my pantry. All the christmas gifts, personal birthday cards, the list is endless. I would love to win one of these and I will definately share with my friends……