Time’s Up!
The winner of the Silhouette Cameo Bundle is:
#1456 Nancy
Congrats Nancy! I’ve sent you an email! :)
Hey guys! I’ve got another great giveaway from Silhouette to share today! This special giveaway is for the Silhouette Cameo plus the Silhouette Studio Designer Edition software. With this you can use the enhanced sketch feature to easily create your own designs. And as always with Silhouette, you can also cut out any font on your computer, including all the Kevin & Amanda Fonts! :)
Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Features
- Ability to open, manipulate, and cut .svg files
- Rhinestone tools to convert designs into rhinestone templates and create your own rhinestone designs
- Sketch tools to convert designs into several styles of sketchable art
- Creative knife tools to allow you to clip designs using different patterns
- Enhanced eraser set to modify designs with more precision
- Built-in ruler and guide lines for precise alignment and drawing
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…
You can even make fake tattoos. Fun!
And be sure to check out Silhouette on Facebook and Pinterest for more great ideas!
Silhouette CAMEO Designer Edition Bundle Giveaway
($349.98 value)
One Kevin & Amanda reader will receive:
- Silhouette CAMEO® electronic cutting tool
- Power cable/AC adapter
- USB cable
- Silhouette Studio® software
- $10 download card
- 12″ x 12″ cutting mat
- Silhouette blade
- Basic Instruction Guide
- CAMEO instructional DVD
- Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition license
How to Enter
To be entered to win the Silhouette CAMEO giveaway, just answer the following question in the comments section of this post. How did you celebrate the 4th? :) Can wait to read your responses! :)
Contest ends Sunday, July 8 at 8 pm CST. One entry per person, please. Winner must have a US mailing address. Winner will be chosen by Random.org and notified by email. Giveaway graciously provided by Silhouette America.
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We stayed at home and had a nice day. Went to church at night and then watched the fireworks.
Thanks for the chance!
As the country was celebrating our independence- my boyfriend and I celebrated our two year anniversary! Nothing quite like a huge firework show to make you feel special! We live in Buford, GA, so we spend the day making a great picnic- I made beer baked ribs and all the fixings- and took it down to our local park to eat, drink, and watch fireworks from swings on the playground. It was a quite 4th, but special nonetheless!
Just a quiet 4th with just Bill and I. We spent the day by the pool and the grilled out for supper – steaks, mac salad, grilled basil tomatoes…. Nothing special but topped off the day by watching the Boston Pops Specila on TV. Up here in the North Maine Woods it would be a 100 mile round trip to see live fireworks so we opted for “remote” fireworks on TV.
We had a burger cookout with family and watched the fireworks that were being set off around the neighborhood! So fun!
I live in a wonderful village in Upstate New York that hosts an entire day of family fun. The morning starts with a big parade and ends at dusk with fabulous fireworks. After the last boom boom, Mommies and Daddies carry sticky toddlers, with nodding heads, home to dream of ice cream and Bouncy Houses. The grownups eat the last pieces of the homemade pie then round up the older kids and everyone piles in their cars and, with a honk of the horn, the day is done. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
We spent the 4th at home with family and friends. The grill caught on fire and caused a lot of excitment, not to mention an appearance of the hose and fire extinguisher. The fire charred all the food that was on the grill, but we had plenty of side dishes to compensate. It was dinner and a show that we won’t soon forget!
Quiet day with the family. It was lovely!
Been watching your travels. Some beautiful pictures.
We celebrate the 4th with family and friends with the traditional cookout and potluck side dishes and desserts. Lots of red, white and blue decorations and new red, white and blue outfits for the little ones.
Camping! Every year we head out to Asheville, North Carolina. There we white water raft, repell, zipline, hike, etc.
My hubby and I spent a quiet day at home reflecting on how much we love and appreciate this great country of America!!! We also spent time in prayer on behalf of those serving in our military, for my father who is in the hospital and for our daughter who moved out of the house and 5 hours away the day before making us “empty nesters.” It was an emotional day!
My husband & I spent all day doing laundry in preparation for our beach vacation this week
Shrimp Boil by the Pool! We invited everyone in the neighborhood to enjoy fireworks, grilled and boiled shrimp, and swimming!
We went to the lake with friends!
I tried a couple of new recipes. I’m searching for the best lemon tartlet…haven’t found it yet. We barbecued with our good friends and neighbors.
What a fun challenge as a contest entry!
We celebrated the 4th of July with friends and family. Grilled chicken and salmon. Because we are all trying to eat healthier, I made a salad with quinoa (a first for me) and it was delish! We ate lots of veggies and fruit – watermelon and cherries. We had planned to swim in the pool but it rained all day. We did not complain because here in Arizona we NEED rain badly. There was a fantastic fireworks display in our town this year because last year our mountains were on fire and so the fireworks were cancelled due to extremely high fire hazard. This year they used all of last years and this years too.
The 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays! What a great way to celebrate our great nation and the freedom it provides!
Parade, fireworks and a BBQ! It was a perfect day. Thanks for an awesome give-away!
We have a 1 month old lil boy that we got to introduce around to all our friends at a bar-b-q, concert, and fireworks show :0)
This year we were low-key. We took the kids out with my parents to grab some BBQ. I must not have been the only one who didn’t feel like grilling out b/c the place was packed! We finished our meals with lemon ice-box pie and chocolate cream pie. YUM! Thanks for the chance!!!!
I went grocery shopping and didn’t see any fireworks. Lol
Family was over for a late lunch/early dinner of ribs. Younger generation headed out to watch fireworks. (You heard about our Fireworks Fail here in San Diego, I’m sure!) Glad I didn’t make the effort to get down to the Bay this year.
The week of july 4th I was at Church Camp with 13 kids (including my son!)… No fireworks:-( but TONS of fun!!!
We invited friends over, grilled out, shared stories and then watched the neighbors fireworks! Thanks for asking!
We celebrated the 4th with friends by cooking out and enjoying each others company!
Thanks for the chance to win. I love your website :)
Had a cookout!
My husband and I spent the 4th in San Diego and they accidentally set off all the fireworks at once!
Happy Independence Day from Washington state!! We spent the day enjoying some much hoped for sunshine with friends and family.
Colorado banned fireworks, so we celebrated by having extended family over & taking them to a dinosaur museum & having one of the most delicious BBQ’s I’ve ever had. Oh…so…good!
My extended family and I spend a quiet fourth eating lunch together, holding my two month old baby boy, and swimming. We had a late night on the third at the hospital awaiting the arrival of my new baby cousin so lunch on the fourth was very simple. My mother and I decided mid afternoon to make a welcome home wreath for my cousin’s door for when she brought baby Jackson home from the hospital and then we played with sparklers until my three year old could not hold his eyes open anymore. It was a simple family filled day.
I celebrated in the mountains of North Carolina with a picnic on the porch with neighbors.
I had my whole family together for the 4th. My daughter got home from college a day before and my son was home all week. Very Rare! It was a nice relaxing time.
I slept in, but my husband had to work. He drives garbage truck. But once he was off we fired up the barbecue and had friends over for steaks. It was a lovely day.
My hubby and I took the day off from planning and getting things ready to move to go to the beach. We had a blast and enjoyed Shrimp Basket. There is nothing better than crab claws. :)
bad news…i was having a really bad RA flare so i spent the 4th laying around the house:(
good news…hubby was home from work and bbq’d for us:)
My family spent the 4th of July at my mom’s cabin on the lake. The temp for the day was around 1oo degrees, so we spent most of the day in the water cooling off. My husband did some grilling early in the evening and then finished the day watching the fireworks.
I hope you had a wonderful 4th. I had the two married kids & their spouces & Lilly the grandbaby came to visit. It was so much fun to have all the kids home. Their were 10 of us in all here at the house. We went swimming, had a BBQ, playd cards & done our best to stay cool. One day this week it was 107 here. We are on burn ban so no fireworks. :( The younger kids were a little upset but they understood.
Every July 4th our family celebrates with food, water fun and fireworks at Crystal Lake Fl. Just north of Panama City Fl. it’s a tradition we look forward to every year. this year was no exception, we had a great time!
We celebrated the 4th of July at home with a family bbq and marshmallows around the fire pit. My kids are still in school (a year round track) for one more weeks so it’s hard to get in the whole groove of packing up for a day – and preparing for a late night of fireworks. We did manage to see a few fireworks from our backyard.
We had a family barbeque, and saw the musical, Aladdin, at Tuacahn Center for the Arts here in Southern Utah.
We enjoyed the 4th in the North Georgia mountains with family and friends.
We had the family over to our new house for the 4th! Food , Fun and Family.
What an awesome giveaway!! Hope y’all had a fabulous 4th – we celebrated with friends, family, swimming, lots of food, and of course, watching the fireworks! :)
Great giveaway! We spent the 4th mostly inside–it’s so dang hot outside!! We did take the kids to a parade and BBQ with the family and a little fireworks display. Good day with the ones I love!
Thanks!
I was in NY with my daughter and we went to the water to watch.
BBQ with extended family and watched fireworks over the lake!!
We had a great 4th! It’s been extremely hot here. The heat index was around 105! Too hot to be outside! We are in a drought and the city has been asking for everyone to be very careful. We don’t go out often because of the size of our family. We wanted to treat them. First we took the kids to a matinee movie- SPIDERMAN! We had been given a gift card so we took the kids out to eat afterwards. We came home in time to watch a few fireworks in the neighborhood. It was entertaining, fun and cool! Hope you had a great 4th too.
I took my toddler son to his first big fireworks display. Let’s just say it was a bang-up time. About 3 minutes into the program there was a BiG boom! And then, smoke…the field had caught on fire!!! Everyone had to evaquate. Very crazy, very stressful, very thankful. No one got hurt. When my little man gets bigger and wants to hear childhood stories about himself. I’m sure this will be on the top of his list. Mommy, tell me the story of the Fourth of July where we had to out run the forest fire.
I had to work on the 4th. We had a small gathering for a local soldier that had died. It was a full day.
I spent the 4th with my favorite 9 year old at a hometown city celebration!
The 4th is my birthday so my hubby and I spent some time together and then watched Thunder on the Mountain in Birmingham :)
I was just talking the other week about really wanting one of these!
I celebrated the 4th here in Chicago by celebrating my sister’s birthday! She ‘born on the Fourth of July’, just like the song “Yankee Doodle”! Our town starts the day with a 5K race (we sisters came in at 30 minutes on the dot) and then cool off by watching the traditional Independence Day parade from our parent’s front porch. It really is a holiday-out-of-the-movies for us : absolutely the best!!
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I celebrated the 4th here in Chicago by celebrating my sister’s birthday! She’s ‘born on the Fourth of July’, just like the song “Yankee Doodle”! Our town starts the day with a 5K race (we sisters came in at 30 minutes on the dot) and then we cool off by watching the traditional Independence Day parade from our parent’s front porch. It really is a holiday-out-of-the-movies for us : absolutely the best!!
Celebrated my wife’s birthday with her.
Hello from South Carolina! I spent the day at home with family and enjoyed a great BBQ supper. It was too hot to watch the fireworks outside so we watched them on TV. I’d love to win the Cameo…I’ve wanted one for a long time.
Our family has been traveling a ton this summer, so we stayed home and enjoyed a quiet day off! We got a well needed rainstorm that cooled us off out here in AZ, so when we put our kids to bed my husband and I went up on the roof to watch the local fireworks! Perfect!
Squeezed in a little time at the pool before a huge thunderstorm rolled in. But, luckily the weather cleared just in time for fireworks in downtown Kingsport, TN with my fiance and some great friends.
Spending the day doing homework! Fun huh?!
Spent it at home baking patriotic cupcakes and grilling burgers
Hello From Texas!
Our fourth of July was pretty low-key this year. My 18 month old son is finally big enough to go to the fireworks shows. We ate dinner with the family and watched the fireworks! He absolutely loved them! There is just something about a child’s face when it lights up from excitement! LOVE the blog! <3
At the beach with friends!! Just like we have the last 14 years :o)
Spent the day with my hubby and then watched fireworks over the lake with his family! :-)
I spent the entire day with my history buff husband watching a wonderful five-part cable series on the rise to prominence of President John Adams, played to perfection by Paul Giamatti. It painted a vivid portrait of the great minds and flawed characters who shaped the destiny of this beautiful country. Both humbling and inspiring all at once.
I celebrated my sister’s birthday!
I celebrated it with my family having a dinner and later a big party because that day is my birthday too!
We just celebrated ot low key with some friends, having a bbq and playing lawn games. Then headed out on the golf course to watch the fireworks.
To celebrate the 4th we had a really simple family cookout. I so enjoyed just spending time with my favorite people. :)
Swimming with my almost 3 yr old and hubby, then bbq chicken and zucchini on the grill! YUM!
We spent the 4th of July visiting my family in Michigan where it was very hot, but a lot of fun being together!
My son and I stayed in and did household chores. I baked some goodies and we enjoyed some taco soup. It was a relaxing day.
I spent the day on the lake and it was glorious :)
We spent a quiet day at home and watched the fireworks on the National Mall on TV since most area fireworks were cancelled because of all the power outages in our DC Metro area from the previous week’s “derecho” weather event! Whew, that was a mouthful!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Susan.
I planned a pancake breakfast and bike parade for our church in the morning and then my family and a bunch of friends celebrated in our military town with bands, food, and fireworks. It was the best!
Spent the 4th with a my sick little 3 year old. Poor guy had a double ear infection, so we didn’t make it out to see any fireworks, though. Still had a great day. My husband grilled, and we enjoyed the day relaxing and snuggling up with our little one and watching Finding Nemo, Up, followed by Finding Nemo Again, and again, and again. ha! It was great just to enjoy a quiet day with family. Hope everyone else had a great 4th! And good luck to whoever wins! :)
Worked and then went to the demolation derby.
We traveled to NC to spend time with my grandparents!
We ended up having an “indoor” BBQ because it was sweltering hot — but enjoyed it just the same!
A relaxing day at home with the hubby & no kids!
Dinner out, fireworks & cake roll from Baskin Robbins for dessert, what could be better.
Love the 4th! This year, with five young children in the house we stayed home and celebrated with friends. They brought fireworks which terrified my 2 year old, enthralled my five month old twins and scared us all when they managed to pull a miniature San Diego stunt! Memories….love them!
Found your website through The Pioneer Woman, can already tell that it will be one of my faves!!
My husband and I spent the day on the road. Our son spent the month of June in North Carolina working on staff for TVR camp, so we were fetching him. So glad to have him home!
It was so hot we really didn’t do much. Our toddler was still wide awake at 9pm, so we loaded her up in the car and went to the local fireworks. Was a great day!
I spent the day with my husband, son and two close friends. BBQ, played games, caught up and relaxed! Climbed up to the roof, got comfy and sat back to watch the neighborhood fireworks.
It was a great day!
Hello Kevin and Amanda!
This year was our 2nd son’s First 4th of July. We spent the day at my parents house for a BBQ. My kids were able to play with the dog and splash around with the water table. It was such a nice day! Hope you guys had a nice 4th too!
We spent the 4th with our neighbors and watched fireworks while floating in the pool!
With family and friends. Had a great time despite the heat!
We celebrated the 4th with friends on Lake Waco near Baylor University where my hubby, my friends, and I went to school– it was a great, laid-back day!
Miniature golf and then out to eat
My mom and I drove out to watch the local fireworks show! We had a great time.
Hanging with family and friends.
I celebrated with a cookout with family
The Hubs & I stood out on the upper deck w/ cold drinks & watched 3 different locations!! Albuquerque NM has THE BEST fireworks ever. IMHO!!!
A relaxing day with family, then dinner with my parents and the kids, followed by fireworks and a campfire with s’mores for the kids. A great day for everyone!
We spent a quiet day at home. Watched our town’s fireworks. Thanks for the chance to win. I have my fingers crossed!
I spent my 4th of July babysitting some wonderful kids!!
I was blessed to spend the day with the love of my life, all my children and grandchildren. It was very special.
we had a great 4th! spent the day with family, eating BBQ and swimming.
Enjoyed a quiet day with family and a wonderful firework show on the lake.
Hi! I spent the 4th with my neighbors and their two doggies! It was over 100 degrees here in Texas!
We live in Colorado Springs so the 4th was quiet this year. No fireworks. No campfires. No charcoal grills. We spent the day lounging by the pool and being thankful that the fires were no longer close to the city.
I spend my 4th of July with some of my great friends and family. We had lots of home-style cooking (buffet style). All of the kids played in the pool while the adults watched and floated around on rafts! It was over all a very hot but good time.
We had family over and had a cookout (Hamburgers and Peach Cobbler). Then we shot fireworks once it got dark. Later we went to the Red, White and Boom Festival to see the fireworks. We park on the roof of a nearby parking garage. Everyone brings chairs and it’s a lot of fun! It was a great 4th of July!
Due to a state wide burn ban our plans were postponed. Our church puts on the most amazing fireworks display and we hand out pop corn, water, and snocones to the community! So, this year we spent the day building table tops for my classroom instead. Fun…huh?!?!?!