ABC: Create With Me & HUGE Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

A is for apple, B is for blue

Bring on the projects and giveaways too! 

A letter each day, 5 posts a week

With fun new creations, look- here's a sneak peak:

 And if that's not enough (those tutorials, I mean)

I have a HUGE prize that could make you scream!

(...and the rhyming ends here!)

YEP! A Silhouette! 
I have been SO excited to tell you about this giveaway!

Let me first say that I actually have a vinyl cutter. I bought one 3 years ago for $700! (and that was a good deal...yikes!) And don't get me wrong, I LOVE my cutter and I have more than paid it off selling vinyl projects, so it was a good investment. BUT I have seen craft cutters become increasing popular and I have oooed and ahhhhhed at some of the creations done with cutting paper, fabric, t shirt transfers etc. and some of those projects are amazing really! So you can imagine my excitement when one day I got a nice email from my sweet "virtual friends" from HowDoesShe offering to send me my very own Silhouette to review. If I hated it, I could simply send it back. If I liked it, I could not only keep it, but I could also give one away to my readers!!!! WHAT?! SIGN ME UP!!!

The day the FedEx man delivered mine was like Christmas morning (except in the afternoon!) I couldn't open the box fast enough! And then... there she was:

I named her Jane because she is simple and pretty... and also because my husband won't let me name my next daughter Jane! So everyone, please meet Jane and see what she can do!

 To see even more great ideas, click HERE.

Oh, and of course it does vinyl too, so I had to try it out and see how it compared. I made this for my friend's baby shower:

It was even easier than I thought! It took me maybe 15 minutes to create from start to finish! I am in love!!!

And can I tell you the best part of it all- NO CARTRIDGES!!! You can use any font you have on your computer, any images in the right format- ANYTHING! It comes with images you can use and you can download even more online.
 

They start at less than a dollar each but the more you buy, the cheaper they get.  Or you can check out the Silhouette blog for their free image download every week.

There are some amazing deals going on too if you use my special code! Enter 'simple' at checkout to get one of these discounts:

1) AWESOME PROMO (exp. 9/30)

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

2) GOOD PROMO (exp. 10/4)

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

  Just think of how much you’ll save on gift giving this year!

Remember to enter 'simple' at checkout to get the discounts! After you put in the code, all the discounts and freebies will show up in your basket.

Oh, and did I mention that one of YOU is going to win a FREE Silhouette!

Yep, the winner of this great giveaway one will get the following items, worth $325 :

• Silhouette Craft Cutter
  
• Software for Windows XP/Vista
• Power cable and USB Cable
• Two cutting mats
• One cutting blades
• $10 gift card to the online store
• Instructional CD and manual

***This giveaway is only open to US Residents***

So now the question is, how bad do you want it?

To enter, the first thing you have to do is you have to be a follower of this blog. When I pick the winner of every giveaway, this is the first thing I check- and you'd be surprised how many names I have chosen of people who aren't followers- so I always pick another name!

And here are all the ways you can enter:

1. Leave a comment on one, two or every post in September! The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!

2. Become a fan of somewhat simple on Facebook, BlogFrog and/or follow me on Twitter. (This would be 3 entries if you do all of them!) 

3. Blog, facebook or tweet about this giveaway with a link back here anytime in September. Leave me a comment with the links so I can see them. (This could be 3 entries if you do all 3!)

4. Check out the selection of available designs to download here and come back and tell me which one you love best.

5. Go to the Silhouette site by clicking the image below. Check out the different ways to use it and then come back and tell me the first thing you would make with it!

That’s a whole bunch of chances for each of you to win this great prize, are you ready to get started?!

**This giveaway will end September 30th**

A winner will be chosen from one of the comments on any of the posts from today until September 30th. 

And these posts are going to be dang cute anyway, (remember my ABC poem above?!) So even if you don't win, you will want to come here and comment anyway!

Good luck my friends!!!