$300 Silhouette Giveaway and a Bigillion Craft Ideas!
September 20, 2010 by Alison
***UPDATED- THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED***
I was on a fabulous vacation while Missy and Alison were approving a BJILLION comments for this giveaway. Somehow they thought it was only fair for ME to have to announce the winner. Why me?! 
Please don’t shoot the messenger,…but congratulations to April who said “I want one for ALL the things it can do! Custom tattoos, super sweet lacy cut outs that it takes me hours to do myself, heat transfer papers, basically everything…… it would make my dream of a “Handmade Christmas” a Reality!!” Congratulations April! One Handmade Christmas coming your way! 
To all the rest of you,…good luck in the other 18 current Silhouette Giveaways! -Shelley
We are SO excited to help announce that Silhouette is NOW MAC compatible!
Yep, you heard right.
MAC compatible and PC compatible
In honor of all you Mac’ies’ and non MAC’ies’
We are giving away a Silhouette on HowDoesShe?
YEP…
A Free $300 Silhouette…
delivered right to your door.
Did we mention for FREE!?!
One lucky gal is going to receive a free craft cutting machine called the Silhouette that will work with both a MAC and PC. Whoo I’ve said that a lot!
In the box comes so many goodies:
(a $299.99 value)
And it 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
And if you are wondering what you can do with a Silhouette…you’ve come to the right place. A lot of people think this machine was designed to cut fancy paper, but wait until you release it’s full powers…
Can’t wait to see if you win???
Remember, Christmas is just around the corner! Although I can’t imagine waiting to break into this bad boy – you could use it to make all of your Christmas gifts!:)
Here is the promo that Silhouette is running until September 30th at Midnight)
MAKE SURE TO USE THE CODE: IWANTONE
So you get all the extra goodies and the savings!!!
1) AWESOME PROMO
(Running from September 23rd through September 30th at midnight)
Buy a machine and receive the following:
- $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
Just think of how much you’ll save on gift giving!
2) GOOD PROMO (running from October 1st through 4th at midnight)
Buy a machine and receive the following:
$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 you want to enter?
We are making it easy. Two ways to enter.
1. Be a Follower! Join our email list. {{It’s the footer at the bottom of the screen}} OR Let us know you follow us.
(ie. I am a follower and I LOVE that I get to find out so many cool things:)
2. Hop over to Silhouette and see what else it can make and let us know what you’d do with a Silhouette Craft Cutter Machine! (ie. I didn’t know they make tattoos now! I love them.)
Oh, and the winner has to be in the states and only one winner per household…please.Thanks and get entering to win!
Winner will be chosen on Wednesday night (9/29/2010) and announced on Thursday(9/30/2010).
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I love your website!! I am already a follower and would be SO EXCITED to win a silhouette!
I’m a follower! I love the site, ideas and everything in between. I would use the Shilouette to make my project, gifts & motherhood just that much more magical!!!
I am a follower and I heart your emails so that I can enter stuff like this.:)
I am a HUGE follower of howdoesshe.com both on facebook and your site! You have such wonderful ideas!! I decided recently to start a blog myself called theimpulsivecraftster! i will definately add you to my favorites and my links once it is set up and running!! Keep those ideas a coming!! I always look forward to your posts!
I follow How does She for a while and love it!
I’m a follower! Love your newsletter.
I’m already a follower and what would I use it for?
Branding, branding, branding.
I’d use the machine to make all sorts of items for my new biz – stickers, pie boxes, signage, packaging, the works.
I want a Silhouette, I do I do, the possibilities are endless. Oh of course I’m a follower of this great blog.
PLEASE OH PLEASE PICK ME
I’m a follower and LOVE receiving your emails. I love all your ideas
I’m a follower and would LOVE to own a Silhouette!!
I am a follower! I would love one of these to make cute designs on my daughters shirts. I love one of a kind clothes and this would be perfect for making her stand out!
Of course I am a follower, and IWANTONE! Love all the tips and available downloads. Your site is my secret obsession and why I am trying to do a complete
homemade Christmas!
I have been a follower for awhile and love your site and all of your cute ideas.
oh.where.to.begin.with.this.wonderful.machine
I’m a new follower… and I’d sure love to create some cool paintings, inspired by the ones Donna Downey makes, using this awesome machine.
.-= Jen´s last blog ..For your listening pleasure =-.
I am a follower & love your tips & ideas, I would love to win the shilloutte machine
I LOVE getting stuff in my e-mail from you guys!!! I’m a follower!
I want to make my own baby shirts! They are so cute!!
I am so excited about his machine! I don’t even know where to begin as to what I’d do with it! I have tons of scrapbooking and card making to do. Plus vinyl I want to cut. There’s just so many possibilities!
I am a follower and I LOVE that I get to find out so many cool things
follower by email and facebook, love it!
The cards it makes is amazing!! I would have so much fun!!
Thanks
I would L-O-V-E LOVE to win one of these! I’ve been wanting to make custom mats for some picture frames for my nursery. This would make it so much more doable.
.-= Michelle S.´s last blog ..Just Hanging Out =-.
I am now a follower. Cant wait!
I am a follower….just signed up!
.-= Taylor-Ann´s last blog ..Remembering Lola =-.
With my new awesome machine I would make all of it….cut outs, vinal cut outs and even the new awesome tattoo’s. How cool.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
YOU ROCK!
.-= Taylor-Ann´s last blog ..Remembering Lola =-.
I’m a follower! I love this site–too many cute projects!
.-= Kristen´s last blog ..I built shelves! =-.
I’m a follower!!I’d use it for home dec right away…something for the newly painted soffets in my best friend’s kitchen!! I’d also make “gratitude” letters for a wooden Thanksgiving sign I’d like to hang in my den. Heat transfer?!!! I’d love to try that out!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great giveaway and I love your emails! Thanks!
I would love to make cupcake wrappers or a really cool custom tshirt!
.-= Kristen´s last blog ..I built shelves! =-.
IWANTONE! Since I have stumbled across your website I have been craft crazy. I looked into buying the Silhouette but with the price and Christmas just around the corner plus we are trying to get a home, I just cant. So I went to my local sign printer shop and what they charge is kind of crazy. I want one so BAD so that I can just start doing crafts for my kids and start making crafts for our soon to be new home. I WANTONE!
I love being a Follower of How Does She! It is so great learning about cool things like this!
.-= Shalee Van Genderen´s last blog ..Rocking horse revamp =-.
I am already a follower and love your craft ideas.
I love the heat transfer abilities! Custom clothes….sounds good to me!
.-= Shalee Van Genderen´s last blog ..Rocking horse revamp =-.
I am so excited about the silhouette! I found out about it from a friend and think it is so awesome! I love that you can use fonts from your own computer and can download from the online store. It is so much more amazing than the cricut! I can’t wait to own one!
I am a follower!!! IWANTONE
Oh my gosh! I think I would explode from the many things I would want to do if I were to win this machine! I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I would start with working on Christmas gifts for sure. Then move on to Silhouette my whole house! We just bought our first house and I don’t even have a single decoration on my walls!!! This would be heaven sent.
I would love to win this! There are so many projects that I can think of that to make with the Silhouette! The first one I would do is Christmas card and some decorations!
Already a loyal follower
I love your site, such inspiration! And I could put this fabulous machine to soooo many good uses!
I hope, I hope, I hope I win!!!! I would love this for so many reasons….If I win I would do a heat transfer project first.
I just became a follower. I love your site….so many fun ideas. And I hope, I hope, I hope I win!!!
I am a preschool teacher and lover of crafts! I just love checking out your blog and all the freebies for ideas on how to be CUTE AS YOU! I would just LOVE a Silhouette!
I signed up for your emails!
I would really love to cut some vinyl for my walls, plus there is all kinds of fun I would love to have with this
Helllo Christmas presents 
I am a follower, and I love everything on your site! I’ve already made several of your yummy recipes, and they are ‘keepers’ as we say in my house.
I would love a Silhouette cutting maching to make so many amazing things to decorate my husband and I’s first home we just bought. I’d also love to use it to add that special personal touch when making things for friends and family.
I am a follower. I love all the ideas, but I don’t have a Silhouette…yet!
I’m a new and dedicated follower! Your ideas are terrific and so creative! I have seen this machine but couldn’t afford it then, and can’t afford it now but would love to win one. I’d even share it (if anyone is close to Phoenix, AZ). There are so many things I want to do I don’t have time in the day and you lovely girls have just added to my list. LOL
So many great ideas…so little time! I follow you because you have great ideas and most of them aren’t heavy on the time requirements (I for 1 never seem to have enuff time to go around) Can picture sow (sew) many ways to put a silhouette to use…Sklutz, Chicago, Il
Love that i can finally use this with my mac. please pick me… i have been drooling over this thing for months!
My daughter has just gotten married and she is finally getting into crafts. Her one want is a Silhouette. I’d love to win for her.
My daughter has just gotten married and is finally getting into crafts. This second marriage has her nesting, I believe. She really wants a Silhouette and I’d love to win it for her.
I am a Follower!! And I would REALLY LOVE to have the silhouette craft cutter. I am a broke senior graphic design student and this would help me out enormously with my senior project. My senior project is a line of customizable party decorations and invitations.
My sister sold me on the Silhouette and I can’t wait to use it in my work doing art therapy with chronically ill kids! My sister follows you and now I do too!
I am a follower and I love your blog!! My girls and I look foward to the new ideas! Thanks
Thank you for your amazing blog and I am a follower and IWANTONE!!! I love the endless things you can create. It would really help out with christmas and my girls birthdays.Thanks
I am a follower and get your newsletter. I love this site and what I would not do for a Silhouette cutting machine. I make handmade candles and would love to do some etching on the jars. I would also use it for vinyl lettering for my home. I am also a follower on Twitter and Facebook. Good luck everyone!
You guys have great design ideas! Keep up the good work! I would love a Silhouette!
I’m a follower and I want one. I can see where it will become an addiction.
Love your site and would love a Silhouette!!!
Love your site and would love a Silhouette – thanks!
I am a follower
I would love this cutter I would start making christmas gifts for the family -like light boxes.
I would use the glass etching first! So fun!
I am a follower and check the website all the time!
I am a new follower as of today and I am already in love with your blog!!
With a silhouette I think I would use the etched glass technique to label everything in my kitchen. I would also use it to make a pretty jar for my daughter’s hair tyes to go in.
I would love to win anything but especially a Silhouette, the possibilites! I am a follower and IWANTONE! A friend recommended your site and I am so, so glad.
I am a follower and love all the fun project posts that I get via e-mail!
RECENTLY FOUND YOUR SITE AND LOVE ALL THE GREAT IDEAS. CROSSING MY FINGERS I TOO WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO USE A SILHOUETTE
I just new follower but I absolutely LOVE THIS BLOG!! I am a scrapbooking fanatic and this machine looks amazing. I also teach 1st grade and I already see bulletin boards and other fun projects popping up in my head!!
I’m a follower!!! Pick me! Pick me!
I’m a follower!!! Pick me! Pick me!
If I had a silhouette I would make fun signs to give away as gifts at bridal showers (new monograms!) or baby showers (baby names!) or even Christmas gifts
Pick me! Pick me!
I am a follower of yours – love all of your hints, ideas and printables…. Thanks for sharing
i am a faithful follower!
I would make lots of things. I am itching to make a subway art sign with vinyl. I also want to make decor for parties. Its holiday season and time for lots of parties!
Por Favor YO soy una segidorrrrra..en facebook y por email.
you quiero Silhouette.
I’m a follower and I LOVE the silhouette. Okay, so I don’t own one yet, but I’ve been looking to purchase one and can’t wait to try cutting letters for my canvas art, as well as make some tatoos for my daughter! SO FUN!!
.-= Leslie´s last blog ..Night Out with Daddy =-.
you soy una segidora!! yo quiero Silhouette..porfavor.
yo quiero Howdoeshe.com.
i am follower and proud of it! love you guys and your ideas – are you from idaho? (i’m a native) did someone say labeling? that is my happy place – a hoem with labels on everyhting. of course then i have to get my kids to read so that things get put back where i want them.
I love your website and I also follow you on facebook! I am so excited to learn more about the amazing creations that can be made with a Silhouette!
I am in love with your site!! and it only gets better with a silhouette giveaway!!! I am obsessed with the heat transfer and would love to go crazy with that on my daughters clothes!
And I am a follower!
I’m a follower. I joined the email list!
I would love to try the glass etching!
.-= Cathy´s last blog ..at least I dont have a tail =-.
I’m subscribed
My first project for sure would be to cut a vinyl WELCOME for my front door
This is such an amazing giveaway. I would love to make custom designed t-shirts and onesies for babies but really the possibilites are endless with this machine. I would Love to win one.
I am totally drooling right now…I will go crazy bonkers if I win that beeee-yu-teee-ful hunk of machinery…Silhouette come to mama! Howdoesshe is a magical place!! I am so stinkin’ HOOKED, for rrrrrrrrrrreals people.
If that Silhouette comes to my house, I’m gonna’ use it until those gears are smmmmmokin’. My first project: personalized gift jars for everybody and their mama…and their mama’s mama!
I’m a follower. Look forward to seeing your emails in my inbox!
I think I’d love to do just about anything this little gem does, although I would really love the vinyl and the heat transfers!
I would decorate my walls, make cards, get a head start on those Christmas gifts. Oh and don’t forget scarp booking.
I am a follower. Love this site. I would love a Silhouette for home and for my my library that serves 850 kids.
I’m a follower!!! LOVE your site and all the freebies…but I’d still be your friend even if you didnt bribe me!
.-= Tiffany´s last blog ..Tuesday Giveaway Lilian Eve Designs =-.
I’d make shirts for my March of Dimes Team if I won it!!
.-= Tiffany´s last blog ..Tuesday Giveaway Lilian Eve Designs =-.
I have been a follower for a while now and get email updates! I love your site by the way! I could use that silhouette craft cutter for glass and wall art!!! pick me, pick me, pick me! haha
I’m already on your mailing list! Its so wonderful and gives me great inspiration for future crafting adventures
I’m a follower and I love seeing your great ideas!
I’d love to try the glass etching — one of many ideas I’d love to try.
I am definitely a follower, and i love all the free printables that you all provide, you are AWESOME!
I would probably cover my house i.e. walls belongings with stuff that i have created!!!!
I am a follower! I love your site and all the awesome content!
.-= Lindy@itsybitsypaper´s last blog ..Loyal Followers Giveaway =-.
I think my son would go insane over the temporary tattoos and what a great party favor at his next birthday party! There are so many things I would make I’m not sure what I’d tackle first!
.-= Lindy@itsybitsypaper´s last blog ..Loyal Followers Giveaway =-.
I am a follower! Love the site
My grandson would think the decals for t shirts would be fantastic I’m sure! That would probably be the first project I’d make with it. Of course my daughter will be fighting me for the machine no doubt.
I’m already a follower!
I have been following your site for a while and LOVE all the inspiration!
I would make lots of goodies for my parties! Cupcake wrappers, table confetti, inivites…
I am a teacher and would love to incorporate this into my classroom
I’m a follower! I love your site, it is one of the only emails I open up right away and read entirely!! Thank you for your creativity and excellent ideas!
“pick me!! pick me!! i have to have one of these so i can be part of the “in” crowd! seriously, i need one to make cute gifts and lot and lots of vinyl!”
I am a follower
.-= Jess´s last blog .. =-.
I am a follower and LOVE this blog – the budget doesn’t allow for a purchase but free fits in! Would so love to win a silouette cutting machine.
I am a follower – and I love How Does She?!
I would use the cutter for our non-profit: getting girls out of prostitution. Signs, decor for their house, make items to sell – for fund raising.
I’m a follower.
Love your posts!
I’m a follower.
Love your posts!
I’m a follower. Love your posts!
I would love to make the paper cupcake holders (just in time for Halloween!) and definitely the glass etching!
I’m a follower!
I have never seen anything like this before. I would love to try the vinyl decor, and the glass etching, and the custom fashion, and so on and so on …….!
I’m a follower. I love your site. I get so many great ideas from it!
I follow and I am so excited about your I Share site!
I want to use it to etch glass to label containers. So many other great ideas on the site too!
Of course I subscribe!!!!
I just became a fan!! Wow, the Silhouette is now compatible with Macs, Yay! I would make unique little shapes for glass pendants. How fun!
I would love to make t-shirts!
I’d use it to scrapbook and make wall vinyls.
Wall vinyls for my new grandson’s room.
I’d make temporary tattoos for my nephews and t-shirts!
I LOVE the silhouette! i would use the Heat transfer or glass etching to make some pretty cool gifts!!
I am a FOLLOWER! I love all the DIY ideas on the site – can’t wait to get my hands on a Silhouette to decorate my nursery!
I’m so happy I’m a follower!
I would love to have that WELCOME vinyl on my front door. Then I’m sure my five year old and I could keep that machine busy.
I would LOVE to own a Silhouette. I want to make some custom reusable bags and this would be so perfect for the labels. The vinyl stencils for walls would be perfect for my new vision of my bedroom. So glad I found you. I look forward to being on your email list and getting great new ideas.
I love the glass etching! I would also go crazy with cards and all the home decor stuff!
.-= Angela @ Homegrown Mom´s last blog ..Some New Old Posts =-.
I’m a subscriber!
.-= Angela @ Homegrown Mom´s last blog ..Some New Old Posts =-.
I love getting your e-mails and love winning!!!
Im a follower! I would use the silhouette to make signs around my house. i love decorating myself. So this would come in very handy so I could make my wall decor!
thank you~
WOW…I just found your site a few days ago and I love it. It’s awesome! I signed up for your newsletter too. And the fact that your giving away a Silhouette is even awesomer!! I could never get one on my own. I I won one that would be awesomerer!! LOL You guys rock!
I am a follower Love all your projects.I would love to try out all the new things that a silhoutte can do.
I’m a follower and would LOVE to have this! It would be excellent for branding my products but I would love to do some vinyl wall decor for my office!
thanks for all of the great ideas, inspirations and, of course, the great deals!!
I am a follower and love getting your tips and ideas!! Thanks
I am happy to be a howdoesshe follower!!!!
I’m a follower and signed up for your newsletter! Thanks so much!
After checking out the silhouette site, if I were the lucky winner, my days would probably be filled with making my kids temporary tattoos, and etching every piece of glassware I own!
.-= KIMBERLY´s last blog ..Plaque Pumpkin Set =-.
I want one
follower AND email subscriber!
I am a follower!!
I love your site! I am a follower!
I’m a follower and I love that it works on Macs and I could etch glass and make jewlry
) IWANTONE!!
I am a follower and I love all your ideas!
definitely a follower! love the amazing things this machine can do, and the tattoos would be great for halloween and parties!
I joined your email list.
I’m a new follower, and can’t wait to receive your great ideas. I would be so excited to win the silhouette. I can use it in my church activities as well as the personal things.
I am a follower. I just found this site and I LOVE it. So many great ideas.
I would make home decor!
I am a follower and would love to create a bunch of super cute labels for my homeschool/craft and kitchen supplies. Can’t wait to win!
.-= Jenn-Lee @ Moments´s last blog ..Moments in the grass =-.
I subscribe to your newsletter! (and it is awesome if I do say so myself)
I love all the secreats you send your followers. Thanks you guys are the best.
Those tattoos would make awesome party favors for a kids party
I’m a follower! I love all the great ideas you guy have.
I would love to do the glass etching!
Subscribed to your email. Love the site!
I would love to do etched glass plates for gifts.
I follow you!
WOW!!! It makes vinyl decor and temporary tattoos! I want this sooooo bad. <3 <3 <3 <3
Who won? I never can figure out who wins on your giveaways! I must be over looking something!
Oh darn :’-( but CONGRATS to April!!! Hope you LOVVVVVE it!!!
.-= Dayna Dutton´s last blog ..Another surgery =-.
My friend April turned me onto this blog… She won the silhouette and is sooo excited… I can’t wait to see what kind of kewl things I can find on this blog…
I am a follower and love all the ideas I get from your website. I would be ecstatic to get one of these machines!! I would love to cut some vinyl into quotes to hang on the walls, make some labels for my canisters, make some cards, make some designs to decorate some cabinets, and so much more!! and I really didn’t know that you could make tatoos with these machines….have been wanting a circle of turtles around my ankle…lol…will it do that??
I am SOOOOOO excited to find this website. One of my besties was raving about it and I just had to come and find out for myself. I am a crafting junkie…always looking for new ideas to do with my kids or just for fun for that little bit of “me” time I actually get these days:o) I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win the silhouette!!! Oh the fun things I could do and the neat things I could make!! Pick me!! OH PLEASE pick me!!!!
I am a follower, I love your ideas! I use them in my classroom and for cute gifts for friends. I would get so much use of this in my classroom. Good luck to all. If you haven’t joined their e-mail, do so, you get tons of cute ideas.
Christina
I’m a follower and I have to have a Silhouette stat! I can’t take it anymore!
This Silhouette site has so many projects I want to add to my list. I love the frames with the vinyl cutouts and the glass bricks with the monogram would make fab Christmas gifts for ALL of my girlfriends.
I’m a follower and i LOVE LOVE getting all your emails!
My goodness..this would be wonderful to have for the Adult Day Care program where I work with seniors with Dementia/Alhemizers. We make crafts everyday. We make banners, cards and wall hangings and do many paper crafts. My seniors are talented and enjoy creating. (already a follower)
Love your website! I’m a newer follower and enjoy the ideas….
I am a follower and love the free stuff. Had oral surgery this AM and here I am, at your site. Does that say LOVE or what???
I love your blog. Great ideas! I would love a Silhouette. I am doing a wedding soon and it would be great to use for making cupcake liners!
Bless you and your seniors!
.-= Annie´s last blog ..Bluebird on a wire =-.