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The winner of the Silhouette Portrait Giveaway is:
#918 Janine M.: There are so many projects I could use this for! I have a whole new house to decorate. Likely, I’ll start with labels for food storage in my new kitchen. Then I’ll move to cutting fabric and vinal for other projects! Endless!!! Really hope I win one!!
Congrats Janine! I’ve sent you an email! :)
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Have fun shopping, hope you score some deals today!! :) Hope everyone had a beautiful and safe Thanksgiving. See you next week!
The Silhouette Portrait is a brand new personal craft cutter from Silhouette with an 8-inch cutting mat. It’s small in size, small on price (Yay!), and BIG on features! The Silhouette Portrait is a personal electronic cutting tool. Like a home printer, it plugs into your PC or Mac with a simple USB cable. However, instead of printing it uses a small blade to cut paper, cardstock, vinyl, fabric and more up to 8 inches wide and 10 feet long.
What I’ve always loved about the Silhouette compared to other craft cutters is that with the Silhouette, you can cut ANY font on your computer — no extra charge! There’s no need to buy countless alphabets or cartridges. With the Silhouette, you have a whole arsenal of fonts that you can start cutting right away, right on your computer. You can also create your own designs with the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, or purchase individual designs from the extensive Silhouette Online Store. You don’t have to buy a whole cartridge for just one design! Most designs in the Silhouette Online Store are 99¢ or less. Plus there’s a new free shape each week that can be downloaded and kept permanently in your Silhouette Studio library.
The Silhouette Portrait weighs only 3.5 pounds, making it easily portable. The Portrait can be easily carried wherever you go!
There are so many fun things you can make with the Silhouette!
Have you seen these adorable aprons that Ashley from Make It and Love It made using the Silhouette, heat transfer material, and the Our Best Bite’s doodle font?
You can also cut vinyl for wall words & home decor projects…
You can etch glass for seriously fun, one of a kind serving dishes…
Use your Silhouette to cut fabric. Just iron Silhouette interfacing to your favorite fabric and send it through the machine on a Silhouette cutting mat.
With Silhouette sketch pens, the Silhouette can draw intricate patterns. Just pop out the blade and insert the color pen of your choice — even white and glitter pens! How awesome would this be for Christmas card envelopes with a gorgeous handwritten font?? :)
You can even make fake tattoos. Fun!
From magnet paper to temporary tattoo paper, wood paper to transparencies, the Silhouette can cut a wide variety of specialty media.
And be sure to check out Silhouette on Facebook and Pinterest for more great ideas!
How to Enter
To be entered to win a Silhouette Portrait all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. What’s the first thing you’d make with a Silhouette Portrait?
Contest ends Thursday, November 22 at 8 am CST. That’s Thanksgiving day! One entry per person, please. Winner must have a US mailing address. Winner will be chosen at random and notified by email. Giveaway graciously provided by Silhouette America.
If you’re on Facebook, come check us out here! :)
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If you’ve already got a Silhouette (or you’ve got one on your wishlist!), you are going to want to check back here on Friday for some HUGE BLACK FRIDAY savings!! Check right back here on this post for the update — a huge discount code to SilhouettAamerica.com!! See you then!!
p.p.s.
For even MORE chances to win, here are some other great blogs giving away a Silhouette Cameo or Portrait this week too:
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I would make a Welcome for my entryway.
I would love to make some vinyl words for my walls! Happy Thanksgiving Amanda!
This first thing I would make would be Christmas cards :)
I’ve always wanted one of these! I would love to make some etched glass dishes for Christmas gifts!
I would make Christmas gifts by etching glass. :)
I have no idea what I would make first…because I’d be dying of excitement!!!
So many projects to choose from… I think I would start with vinyl labels for jars to give as teacher gifts for Christmas.
Oh man, what wouldn’t I do with a silhouette machine?! Vinyl lettering & etch glass would be fun to start with. :)
Oh my word, this machine is amazing. Christmas will be coming early for someone.
wedding decorations for my friend
I would love to win one!
labels, labels, labels!!!
Vinyl decals.. love the idea of a mini version
If I won a brand spankin new Silhouette machine, I would make some awesome artwork for my up and coming gallery wall! It would be displayed next to our Christmas family photos! :) Thanks for this awesome giveaway!!!
I’m not sure. Probably something Chrismasy.
I would etch the bottoms of brownie pans for my neighbors for Christmas.
The first thing I would do is etch all of my glass baking dishes! What a great way to personalize them and make sure they get back to you after potlucks!
Oh the endless possibility to use this machine and I can start following along Silhoutte blog’s ideas .. will make my first subway art .. maybe santa would be nice enough to wrap this intime to be under my tree :) Thanks for the chance.
Personalized glass casserole dishes for my family! They would love it!!!
The 1st think I’d make is probably a title for a scrapbook page. I think it’s so cool how you can cuat any font!
My first project would be quotes and verses for the wall.
Embellies for my December Daily!! Thanks for the chance to win!! xx
A really cute thank you card?! Hehe :)
Either Christmas cards or making easy cut-outs for my bulletin boards (gotta love being an RA!) :D
I wouldn’t know where to start! Probably some art for the kitchen . . . or capes for the kids . . . or t-shirts for the kids . . .
My first project will be scrap booking all my pictures. But if i can get this before the holidays… Christmas cards!
I would love to make some wall words. I have been eyeing them for a bit, but would love to be able to create my own!
I would love to make vinyl for wall art in my home.
I would love to make some countdown calendars! Thanks so much! :)
I would make something with vinyl for Christmas
Oh, I would probable read the directions and then try to cut fonts for labeling!
i need it i have a lot of things to do!!!!!!! :D love it
Thanks for the giveaway! I love the etching on the flour and sugar jars. I just put tape on the bottom of some of mine with labels for the different types of flour I have (all purpose, self-rising, bread, and cake). So, this would definitely be a step up!
I would make some labels for the canisters in my pantry.
I would love to win a Silhouette! I’d use it in my classroom!
I would make a christmas shirt for my daughter.
The first thing I’d make would be ….I have nooooo idea! :)
I am dying to have a silhouette! I would cut designs to etch pyrex dishes and glass picture frames for Christmas gifts!
Wow first thing? LEARN! create new shapes to share with others is what I love to do…give away designs I can create, and use to cut out items to share with others as well.
Great giveaway! Would love to cut some vinyl.
I would make etched gifts!
I would totally cut some vinyl for projects as my first thing!
I want to “snowflake attack” my neighbors lawn!! You have so many ideas…thank you!!
I love the idea of making homemade aprons – that would be a great gift for my foodie friends and family members! I’d also really love to make labels for homemade holiday gifts I always give.
Vinyl christmas decorations. :)
I would use the Silhouette to cut out printables!
I would give the Silhouette to my amazing wife.
Awesome giveaway! I would love to win one of these! If I won, I would make some personalized shirts for my kids. Then, I’d make some fun Christmas decorations. I love paper crafting!
I would make stuff for my best friends twins that are expected in May!
I would etch our names on our glasses so we wouldn’t go through so many every day!!!
I would use it to make things for my sister’s wedding!
Just looking for an updated machine. Have the original machine and it is sooo loud! It is also very tempermental, used my friends cameo and fell in love.
Tattoos for my prek class :)
Wow! Awesome giveaway! I would organize a scrap area I have wanted for many years!
I’d love to win a Portrait to cut out my wedding invitations!
Love to make a Christmas countdown
Scrapbooking & bulletin boards for my classroom.
Definitely labeling my pyrex!
Thank you for the giveaway! I would make a Banner!
I would make labels for my craft containers
I’d make coordinating holiday shirts for my boys.
I’d make an advent calendar!
The first thing I would make is a Christmas wall grouping. I can not wait to try it out.
Pantry labels would be pretty awesome!!!!!
Something with my family name on it.
I would make some fun new Christmas decorations.
The very first thing I’d make is Christmas decorations for the whole house and gift tags.
We have been wanting this for SOOO long and will use to to cheer people up and make things for them. Cards, wrappers, wall art, stationary, pop-up pictures and more.
The first think that I would make would be labels to organize my classroom.
Thank you for the opportunity to win! Oh, the possibilities! I would love to make personalized vinyl signs for family and friends for Christmas, but I am really LoViNg the Laundry Wall Sign in the photos above! LOL Happy Holidays and good luck to all!
The first things I would make are decorations for my Grandbaby’s ONEderland themed first Birthday party!
I can’t wait to make the best xmas cards!!!
fabric appliques would be at the top of my list!
The first thing I would do with it would be to cut out my boyfriend’s favorite song lyrics and Mod Podge them to a canvas for his birthday.
Something for me or my home. Thank You
I want to use to stencil Christmas pillows on burlap or linen.
Hello, I would love to make some personalized shopping bags for my friends and family. Thanks for a great giveaway!
The first thing I would create is a holiday appliqued quilt. I can’t wait to see this machine cut fabric!
Words. Words. Words. Words. Curly, viney, flowery stuff. Words. Words. Words! Thanks for asking!
I can’t remember if I entered or not so sorry if this is a duplicate. I would do a vinyl project to decorate my washer and dryer.
Labels!!! I would go crazy labeling everything, lol!!!
I would love to start with t-shirts for my first grade students, then temp tattoos for my sister’s groomsmen (wedding next month) … and then some Christmas gifts. Oh, what fun we could have!
Stencils for painted canvas wall art! :)
I have a new niece and three nephews! I would be customizing everything. ‘Everything?’ you say and yes, yes I do mean everything. My niece needs vinyl lettering for her wall. My 1st nephew (the oldest) needs lettering of some kind on his clothing, I don’t know how one kid misplaces so much stuff. My 2 nephew is a little artist himself so I’d probably do some easy sew hand puppets and more projects like that with him. My 3 nephew is just being potty trained and I would love to work out some fun chart for prizes to help that along and also put some of his favorite characters on his big boy underwear so he’ll maybe be more inclined to wear them. Those are the very first things I’d do lol. I know alot of first there but there would be many more to follow the Silhouette just has endless possibilities.
Do I really have to choose just 1 thing for my first project?! I would love to make a sign for my baby boy’s nursery out of a big piece of wood, paint it and distress it, and do some vinyl lettering that says ‘You are my sunshine.’ I sing the song to him daily so it would be really special!
The first thing I would make is a custom wall decal for my master bedroom.
Something inspirational that would motivate me to get out of bed every morning :)
The first thing I would make is an inspirational wall quote to motivate me to get out of bed every morning :)
I would fill up my newly painted walls with incredible vinyl sayings. Love it!
The first thing I would make would be some wall art for my daughter’s apartment!
I would be able to try amazing things with my daughter.
I would love to make vinyl signs for my family for christmas and personalized onesies for my niece and nephew.
I would do some glass etching for Christmas presents.
I would love to make lots of shirts with vinyl iron on
I would make a home decor project!
I would make some vinyl words for the wall!
First thing I would do is everything! I am due in 3 weeks so I would have to make some stuff for the baby, Christmas cards, soon vinyl for her room… oh man the possibilities are endless!
I’d likely start with a card just to get the hang of using the Portrait. Then, after I knew what I was doing I have a huge list of things I’d like to do with it.
Possibilities are endless. As a teacher I could use it endlessly and also as a scrapbooker. Would love to be able to cut things right when I need it instead of having to wait til I can order it or buy it.
i would make stencils for a painting
I’ve pinned literally hundreds of projects, and have an entire board dedicated to all things Silhouette. It would be a huge blessing to win one, and be able to make some of those things. First, however, I would make quilts for my girls, using my mom’s old clothing. When she died, I got the idea to turn her clothes into quilts for my children, so that they would have something to remember her by. One of my greatest fears is that when she died…less than 2 years ago….they were too young to really remember her. I’d like to keep that memory alive. Thanks for this chance to win!