THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!!!
You need to sit down.
This is BIG.
First, I want to tell you about the:
These are the final weeks of Cliffy’s fundraiser.
As of the publishing of this post, we’ve raised over $7,000.00!!!! EEK!!!
(If you are new here, Cliff is an orphan in Eastern Europe with Down Syndrome. We want to help him find a home. Read more HERE.)
I want to prove, now more than ever, that EVERY LITTLE TINY BIT HELPS.
I want to show you that my little, plus your little can add up to one great BIG.
I want you to see how God is in the little things.
I want you to join in and not be overwhelmed at the thought of giving.
I want you to understand that you don’t have to be a millionaire to make a difference. You just have to do what you can.
The GREAT $1 PUSH is just that.
Go. Now. Give ONE DOLLAR.
Haven’t given yet, and with the holidays, it’s tight?
ONE DOLLAR.
Did you already give?
ONE MORE DOLLAR.
Just one.
I want to see hundreds upon hundreds of $1 donations.
Just one. At a time.
Uno. Um. Eins. Yi. Een.
ONE dollar.
The Chipin uses Paypal. You know you have an account. Everyone has an account. How else would you shop etsy???!!! ;)
ONE. Dollar. I promise you won’t even notice it’s gone. Pinky swear it.
But there’s a second half to that blog title, isn’t there? You guys are smart. Memories like an elephant I tell you! (Who figured that out?!)
Because I’m also giving away a:
Silhouette Die Cutting Machine!!!!!!
I know, right?! SO. MUCH. FUN.
What’s a Silhouette?
Girl. Where have you BEEN?!
A Silhouette is the die cutting machine of all die cutting machines.
You all know I have a Cricut Expression. Which, I do love. But you want to know what I don’t love about it?
The cartridges. Not only are they expensive, but seriously, do I really need a $60 cartridge of owls?
No. Just one owl would be perfect.
And this is where the Silhouette kicks the Cricut’s bootay:
It hooks up to your computer. HUGE. Huge.
Any font you have downloaded. Any image. ANYTHING.
No cartridges. No huge costs down the road. No bin of accessories to haul around. Just plug and play. Literally.
Coolest thing ever? They have a image store online. Think iTunes for your die cut machine.
Want one owl? Buy one. For $0.99. Not 30 owls for $60.
But Jeannett, I don’t scrapbook…what else can it do?
Girl. We need to get you out more.
Cupcake liners so cute you could die. Martha’s got nuthin’ on you.
Custom temporary tattoos for your kids. My first batch will say things like “Mom is amazing.” “Clean your room.” “Don’t leave your toys on the floor.” Subtle brainwashing. I’m certain it will work. Even if they can’t read yet. Details.
Cards so fabulous your friends will feel bad throwing them away and then be totally intimidated to ever give you a card again. It’s hard to be so awesome. It’s okay to not tell them you have a magical robot that really did all the work. Notice the flower pattern on the yellow paper? You can swap out the cutting blade for a marker…and it will DRAW for you instead. It’s a multi tasker! (I bet it’s a mom.)
Vinyl wall art. Make signs for every room. You’ll never hear “But MOOOOM! I didn’t know!!!” Lies kid. It’s on the stinkin’ wall.
SHIRTS! Hats! Shoes! Pants! Custom undies! Anything you can think of folks!!!
I don’t think it empties the dishwasher, but I’ve put in a request for the next model. We’ll keep our fingers crossed.
And of course, scrapbook pages. Gone are the days of running to the craft store mid layout for a butterfly die cut only to somehow spend $30.
The fabulousness kinda hurts my brain. And my list of projects looks like a ticker tape in my head. Crafty pants, prepare to be worn.
Now that you are totally salivating (don’t lie), I have one last thing ULTRA AMAZING thing to tell you:
You can get a FANTASTIC deal on a Silhouette of your own!!! The machine alone retails for $299. But you can get a Silhouette Machine with a monthly subscription commitment for only $175!!!! Use the code LIFE for this amazing deal now through January 1st.
If you want to try your hand at winning a Silhouette for free fifty free, here’s how to enter:
1. Visit the Silhouette website. Browse around. Break out in a sweat at all the craftasticness you can dream up. Then come back here and leave a comment on THIS POST telling me what you’d use your Silhouette for the most.
2. Tweet, blog, facebook about this giveaway. Leave a separate comment for each of these with the links to your tweet/post/status update. Here, I’ll even make it easy for you: What’s The Great $1 Push? Check it out here & enter to win a SILHOUETTE die cutting machine too!!! http://bit.ly/hHc6Ar @jeannettg
Giveaway winner will be announced on Saturday, January 1. Promo code for a dirt cheap Silhouette of your own good through January 1.
*Giving to Cliff’s fundraiser does not increase your chances of winning and does not give you extra entries to win. But it will give you the warm fuzzies and an extra spring in your step. True story.
Here’s the giving widget to make it easy. A buck. Join the fun. Don’t be left out. Be a part of something BIG today.
Disclosure: Silhouette provided me with my own die cutting machine for review purposes. My opinions are my own and I’d totally tell you if I didn’t like it. Seriously. I love my Cricut, but the Silhouette fills in the gaps that I bemoaned before. It’s a pretty fab little doohicky. You totally need one.
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I would love to have a Silhouette for scrapbooking!
I blogged about this giveaway
Aimee´s last blog post ..Silhouette Give Away
Posted this giveaway on FB
Aimee´s last blog post ..Silhouette Give Away
I have never tried etching, so that would be first up, but I think card making would be close second. It was a lot of fun to check out the Silhouette blog to see all the creative ideas!
Courtney´s last blog post ..I Scream- You Scream!
There were WAY TOO many cute ideas to post about! I love the family picture made into a puzzle! How fun is that!?!?
I won’t lie, I’ve kind of been obsessed with the Silhouette for a long time. One of those things you can’t afford but torture yourself with by reading about it and looking at pictures of it and watching videos of all the crazy awesome things it can do, just for the thrill of dreaming about it. Yeah, I live on a farm, this is what we do for fun! So, when I saw on their Facebook page that giveaways were happening I scurried to all of the blogs hosting them in order to enter in EVERY possible way. That’s how I found you. And then I saw Cliff. And 2 hours later after having read countless stories and looking at so many sweet little faces, I’m just a teary puddle of mush. I only wish there were more I could do than to help financially. Thank you for making me aware of this organization, it is something I will never / can never forget and I will donate whenever I can and hopefully spread the word to others, too.
And thank you for the chance to win the Silhouette – with my own wee one due soon, I would surely go crazy with baby projects!
Since we are moving soon, there is going to be tons of decorating and organizing coming up, so I would probably use it most with vinyl. I am also want to make a yummy batch of cupcakes and make some cute cupcake liners to put them in!
I would use it for lots of vinyl projects, seeing as we’re decorating our apartment. And of course, I would LOVE to make such cute cards!
I facebooked about the giveaway.
I would love to use the silhouette for some vinyl decals for my sons room. Although I have a huge list of things I would love to create.
I tweeted.
@jessmins
I would mostly use the Silhoutte machine for doing fun vinyl.
I blogged about this giveaway here:
http://creekhollowcreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/silhouette-machine-giveaway.html
Ariana´s last blog post ..Silhouette Machine Giveaway!
I would sooo use it for Vinyl Wall decor. I have some great ideas for my kids’ rooms…this would be so perfect!
I visited the silhouette website and I was drooling! I think I would use it most for fabric applique. My cricut is awful at cutting out fabric but I love applique!
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/snowgrlhr
I posted on fb about this giveaway!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/heather.j.rapp
I would love to make cards and scrapbook! My husband is going to finish my craft room soon and this would be the perfect addition!
I posted about the giveaway on fb! http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1054740640
I think I’d use the vinyl the most. I love the idea of making decals for the kids rooms, and labels, and more.
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/lunaj1456/status/20493168168402944
tweeted about it today… hope it’s going well!
http://twitter.com/#!/kimberwidmer
purejoy´s last blog post ..savoring His story
ummm… wow i want this!!! first up would be some vinyl lettering on the walls. i’ve been wanting to do this forEVER but not really in love with any of the cricut fonts that i have. did i say i want this? i think i NEED this :)
i would probably use it most for making seasonal and party decor… banners, invites, etc.
I’d love to have this…for lots of reasons! I just posted on my status…that’s it! Oh…and made another donation to Cliffy! He’s so stinkin’ cute!
oooh, i’ve been coveting a silhouette forever! i’d love one to make shirts with. :) thanks!
I’d totally love to get a silhouette. There are so many things I want to try, but the first on my list would have to be the heat transfer rhinestones I’d put all over my girls’ things!
I posted a blog about the great push too.
http://not-the-brady-bunch.blogspot.com/2010/12/great-1-push.html
I would create all kinds of cupcake wrappers. Oh yeah – especially one with an owl!! :) I LOVE that you don’t have to buy cartridges!
I would totally use this sucker for EVERYTHING!!! I have TONS of fabric that I need to put a personal touch on, one HUGE antique window that is itching to have it’s glass etched and of course, my head is spinning at all the custom cards I could make to go with ALL the stuff I could give away to show off this awesome machine and it’s capabilities. Wowee-wow!!
Jodi´s last blog post ..My First Auction Contribution
http://api.twitter.com/#!/JodiEvans776
tell the world!! I just TWEETED!!! :o)
Jodi´s last blog post ..My First Auction Contribution
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=789513166&v=wall
I just Facebooked too!! :o)
Jodi´s last blog post ..My First Auction Contribution
http://theunsoccermom.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-first-auction-contribution.html
And last, but certainly not least, I just wrote about it in my blog, linking to this post. :o)
SO many prayers are going up for Cliff.
About to donate. Cheers!! and THANK YOU for bringing light to this baby boy. :o)
Jodi´s last blog post ..My First Auction Contribution
If I won the Silhouette I would pass it on to a sweet friend.
Jenni Carlisle´s last blog post ..YOU did it!
tweeted about your fantasticness
Jenni Carlisle´s last blog post ..YOU did it!
I blogged about it here: http://blujeanmama.blogspot.com/2010/12/raising-money-for-cliff.html
And I’ll be linking it on facebook as well.
I hope it encourages more contributions!! I’d love the silouhette machine. But more than that I’ll be blessed to see Cliff have a home. I can’t wait to see where this goes.
I would totally make temporary tats. (And not tell my mom it was temporary_
so glad to do it. i will also link cliffy’s fundraiser on my blog. a sillouette machine would be nice too.
Are you kidding? Who wouldn’t want this? What wouldn’t I do with this awesome machine? It does do
Laundry and dishes too right?
Let’s get this baby home! Just gave $10. God Bless you!
So glad to be able to take part in this fundraiser for Cliff. So hard to pick a favorite project! It does so many cool things! I have 3 young daughters and they would love for me to make them custom designed apparel. I teach arts & crafts to pre-k and elementary children and often have to hand-cut lots of paper shapes. I would LOVE to have the Silhouette do it instead :) Thanks for the giveaway!
I posted on my facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=26108273667&set=a.26108018667.37670.544413667&pid=881681&id=544413667#!/profile.php?id=1041712504
I visit Silhouette’s site when I want to drool. I borrowed the baby’s bib this evening and decided I would like to try the “glass etching” first… but the list goes on! :) I love to scrapbook but I also like the idea of instant gratification from etching and vinyl transfers. :) BTW, Thanks for what you are doing. I helped a dear friend raise money to adopt a Philipino boy with DS. He has been here for almost one year.
Sooooooooo… I tweeted: http://twitter.com/laleaevans/status/20688608860049408
k?
Nope, not good enough!
Soooooooooooo…
I FBd: http://www.facebook.com/#!/lalea.evans/posts/143590099027534
k?
Nope, not good enough!
Sooooooooooooooo…
I added you to my pinterest page (social bookmarking):
http://pinterest.com/pin/2373392/
Anddddddd…
For good measure, I pinned Cliff too:
http://pinterest.com/pin/2373447/
:) Ok!
So, um yeah…been drooling over this for months! How about it? Can I win one so I can cover my home in yummy goodness?!
Thanks!
My mom wanted one of these for Christmas soo bad unfortunately I couldn’t afford it. I would love to win this and be able to give it to her as a last Christmas gift! Thanks for the opportunity.
I would love to win this!!!! I would make shirts, vinyl goodies for my home……..
Susan
I want a Silhouette sooooo bad. I have so many ideas in my head I don’t know where to start. I think decals would be my first project. I mean everything we own would be covered!
lwp4au (at) gmail (dot) com
I love vinyl wall sayings.. I’d def. make some of those!
Crafty Giveaways´s last blog post ..Sisterly Creative Giveaway!
I blogged about it at the bottom of this entry :)
http://craftygiveawaysandreviews.blogspot.com/2010/12/sisterly-creative-giveaway.html
Crafty Giveaways´s last blog post ..Sisterly Creative Giveaway!
so fun! i would use it the most for party decorations….love it!