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Giveaway: 2 Silhouette Portraits with PixScan Mats

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The winners of this giveaway are Meari and Cassie. Congratulations! We have sent you both an email.

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Christmas, indeed has come in early this year for 2 of our loyal CraftGossip readers!

We are giving away, not 1, but 2, Silhouette Portraits this year. And each winner also gets the new and amazing PixScan Mat.

What can PixScan Mat do along with your Portrait? What can’t it do?

It gives you the ability to capture an image using a scanner or camera (including smartphones and tablets) and then import that image directly into the Silhouette Studio® software in order to cut precisely around any printed design.

PixScan™ is ideal for:

  • Turning hand-drawn sketches and lettering into cut jobs
  • Digitizing patterns
  • Adding custom-cut borders and frames to professionally printed invitations
  • Replicating a pattern at its original size
  • Saving material and time using the Nesting feature to place images to be cut within specially shapped materials
  • Incorporating printed images or patterns into your custom craft projects
  • Turning photos and other printed clippings into cut or sketch files
  • Cutting precisely around already existing printed or stamped images

And we have two Silhouette Portraits along with the PixScan Mat to giveaway. Thanks to Silhouette America!

How to win:

You get three entries:

1. You must leave a comment here telling us why you want this to be your early Christmas present.

2. (Optional) Post on our Facebook page a comment saying “I want to win the Silhouette Portrait from @CraftGossip @SilhouetteAmerica #SilhouetteRocks”.

3. (Optional) Sign up to our daily DIY newsletter.

Rules:

1. US/Canada residents only (sorry to the rest of the world).

2. Void where prohibited.

3. Ends Oct 31st. Winners drawn on Nov 1st.

4. Winners will be contacted by email and must respond with their mailing details within 3 working days otherwise we will pick new winners.

5. Winners must allow 4-6 weeks for the delivery of the prize direct from Silhouette America.

Good Luck Everyone!

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Comments

  1. I have always wanted a Silhouette because of its versatility. The Pixscan Mat sounds like a wonderful addition.

  3. I would love to have one of these because I would be able to do so many more projects for my kids and family!

  4. I have been a subscriber for several years. I can’t wait to read Craft Gossip every morning with my coffee. I hope to win the Silhouette and the PixScan Mat. Thanks.

  5. I have been wanting a Silhouette for awhile now, but it’s not in the budget at this time. I am a paper/mixed media gal, and there are so many projects that the Silhouette would be helpful in completing!

  8. I would love to use this to make Christmas gifts and to make gifts for our church members who don’t have a lot this year.

  9. I’d love a Silhouette for Christmas! How great would that be! I could finally make customized banners for every occasion and use it in my card making as well! And maybe, just maybe I could start scrapbooking!

  10. I would LOVE to win the Silhouette to make cards for family, friends, and to donate to the Veterans. Would also love to explore making other things like scrapbooking, pennants, cake decorations,

  11. Oh the fun I could have with this silhouette ! Polymer clay, cards and all things paper. I would love to win!

  14. I’d love to win this because I see so many awesome things people are making with their Silhouette portrait. This would most definitely be an awesome early Christmas gift to win!

  15. I would love to win one of the silhouettes to make Christmas gifts with. Thanks for the great giveaway

  16. I’ve wanted a Silhouette forEVER; but you know how it is. Family needs come first, so I’ve continually put this on the back burner.
    I would love to have one of these; it would make my Christmas ‘to-do’ list much easier.
    Thanks so much for the opportunity1

  18. I’ve subscribed to the newsletter for several years. So many fun projects! I’d like an early Christmas present… always wanted to a silhouette to make gifts and crafting easier.

  19. What a blessing it would be to win! I’ve been trying to decide between the “other ” new cutter and this one! Definitely would be a great Christmas present for me!

  20. My husband and I just put everything we have into buying a house. We have nothing left over to decorate. I would love to win this so I can decorate our home. Thank you.

  23. It’d be so great to use a Silhouette to cut out fabric appliques instead of doing it by hand. I make bibs like that and it takes forever to print it on paper, cut it out, trace it, and cut it out again!

  25. I have held out for a cutting system long enough! I am always wishing I had one for scrapbooking and crafting around our home. Thanks for the opportunity!

  27. i would LOVE to win this! I am a craftaholic and have wanted one of these forever but just can’t afford it! I would love to be able to make memorial items to give to parents that have lost a child at our local hospitals! This would be such a blessing!!!

  28. Oh, the possibilities of what I can do with this Silhouette portrait! I would love to use the PixScan Mat!!! I already subscribe to the newsletter. ;D

  29. I this to be be early Christmas present because I got sick and had to leave my job so now Im staying at home I want to do more crafts with my kids and it will help me from going crazy from being home all the time!

  31. I want this to be my early Christmas present so that I can make Christmas presents for others!!

  32. Id love this to be my early Christmas present so I could have help creating all my Holiday Cards, Decorations and Gifts! Thanks for the chance!!!

  33. It would be an AWESOME early Christmas present to help make Christmas decorations, special Christmas packaging items, and presents. It would be the best Christmas ever.

  34. I would love to win this to get a start on crafting loads of Christmas gifts and cards. Thank you for a great giveaway.

  36. I am a stay at home mother of 4 children. Money is very tight!!
    I do not own a silhouette machine. I am still cutting out by hand….I would like to have one becasue of the ability to create christmas gifts for my children and thier teachers. My daughter is currently loving the monogram sensation. If I was able to win the machine I would be able to create monogramed gifts for her.
    Please draw my name!

  39. I would LOVE to win a Silhouette so I can jump into the digital age and get rid of my dinosaur of a cutter ( you know…the bug one….with all the cartridges). If I won, I would donate the dinosaur cutter to my Grandson’s classroom…unless…I wonder…would his teacher consider that donation as being a cruel and unusual punishment?

  41. I would love this as an early Christmas present because I have an 8 month old son and would use it for crafting some fun things for him and his scrapbook as well as some other projects! It would be a great early present for this mama!

  42. Oh so amazing I’ve been wanting to give one of these to my daughter ever since I first saw them, and they were too expensive, this would be perfect. Thanks for the chance to win!

  43. This would be a great birthday present for me since my birthday is Nov 7. I want to make some silhouette portraits of my grand kids. I think this would do the trick. I subscribe as well!

  44. I would love this for a early Christmas present so that I would have time to make loved ones their Christmas presents. That and the fact that this is on my Christmas list!!!

  46. I’m in the planning stages of an applique quilt for a dear, elderly friend in Hawaii. The Silhouette would make the job so much easier, especially with the PixScan mat! I’ve already chosen an image for the centerstone of the quilt, and the Silhouette would make it so MUCH easier to cut out the pieces! My goal is to make the quilt by Christmas.

  47. This would be amazing! I do custom cakes and so often – I have to hand cut around fancy monograms or other artwork – I would love, love, love to have this product!

  50. I would like to convert to Silhouette from another cutting machine. This would be the perfect introduction. What a wonderful holiday time giveaway!

  53. WOW! What a wonderful giveaway! I would LOVE this as an early Christmas present. I am currently doing a massive Spring cleaning of our entire house and making donations to local charities. I am revamping my scrap room and donating unused supplies and equipment to our elementary school. If I was to win this new Silhouette I would be able to help the Preschool and Kindergarten with their crafts!!! Thank you!

  54. I want this to my early Christmas present so I can make some awesome gifts for all my family and friends!

  56. I’ve asked my husband for a Silhouette Portrait for Christmas but I’d love to win one so we can save the $$$. Win Win ??

  57. This would be such a time saver and really help my business. I’ve been dreaming of one of these for awhile, but have been without the income to invest in such a tool. 🙂

  59. Mine! (well, if you say so), I would love to win one of the Silhouettes. Though I’d love to have my own, it would make a great 20th Birthday (12/1) gift for my daughter that has been in love with paper since she was a baby.

  60. It’d be nice to win this as an early Christmas present because I’ve been wanting to try the Silhouette cutting machine for a long time. I’m a Kristina Werner fan and I saw her using her Silhouette Cameo sometimes and it’s so awesome! I like how it can turn your own design graphics into cutouts. With this machine I can do so many different things with my craft projects~

  61. I have a stockpile of patterned paper crying out to be made into beautiful gifts to give for Christmas.

  62. I love your posts and all the great stuff you share. I’ve gotten so many ideas from you!

    I would love to win one of these so I can try some of the fun paper crafting out there. It’s one thing I’ve not really tried yet

  65. I certainly wouldn’t mind having one of these in my craft arsenal. Would be great for making holiday gifts and.. well pretty much anything! 😀

  70. I would love to try this, especially for making appliqués and reusable templates for printing on fabric.

  71. I would love to get the Silhouette Portrait and the new and amazing PixScan Mat as an early Christmas present! It would be a fantastic addition to my “Woman Cave” that my husband built me for my scrapbooking and other craft projects.

  73. I have been researching the cutting machines and this is my favorite. If I win this then I can buy more supplies to use it more. I can’t wait.

  74. Pick me, pick me! I could really use one. I have children envolved in many things & work at an Elamentary school.

  75. I would love an early xmas gift.. with all the hussle and bustle and giving this time of year it would awesome to recieve a pleasant surprize that would make my day and put a smile on my face.

  76. I would love to be able to have more versatility in my crafting. Digitizing patterns would be awesome!!!

  78. I would love to have one of these as an early Christmas present as I could wrap up some of my gift giving very quickly by using it to make gifts, tags and cards. I am also really intrigued by the option of cutting fabric with these cutter. Oh the possibilities…….

  81. I have 7 grandchildren..wouldn’t it be a wonderful giftif I could do silhouette portraits for gifts for their parents.

  82. This would be a perfect addition to my craft room I love to craft. I have the cricut expression. I have heard a lot about this machine and want it. I do things for my schools school constantly for the teachers for functions at school as well as thank gift and such. Please be under my tree.

  83. I have been wanting to try a Silhouette forEVER! I could cut symbols and words for Project Life, for Jewelry (resin) . . . so many things. Thanks for the chance to win!

  84. Thank you for the chance tow in this terrific prize! I would love to have a Silhouette to cut out card shapes, buntings and a whole host of other goodies. Hope my name is one of the 2 picked!

  85. I would love to win this for my mom! She’s really into scrapbooking and would love to have one!!

  88. Always thought it would be awesome to have a Silhouette! Now with my first baby due next month what better reason to want one? I’ve loved all the great project ideas I’ve seen using it and would love to be able to have a Silhouette…holidays, birthdays, art lessons, stationery….SO much I could do!

  91. I do a lot of Art work and the Silhouette would be Awesome for this. Have wanted one of these for a long time. Thank You for the chance to win this … 😉

  93. I would love to get a Silhouette for Christmas so that I can help out my kids’ teachers with classroom projects and decorating.

  94. My mom and I have been talking about the Silhouette for YEARS. I just know we’ll have a blast creating this holiday season if we’re one of your luck winners. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  95. I would love to win a Silhouette machine it’s amazingly versatile for ones crafting needs. From cutting card stock to vinyl to making your owns stamps. Pick me please!

  97. A Silhouette has been on my Wish List for loooong time…would use right away for cards of course…and many Gifty things to give this year too!! Would promise to share with my Sacrpabooking Daughter too 🙂

  98. Have also been a Subscriber to your Awesome…and verrrrry helpul!…Newsletter for quite awhile too. Thanks for ALL the Info you share with us! 🙂

  99. I would love to have this to help with craft ideals and so my grandchildren can learn to do more things.

  100. I would love to have this machine to be able to take pics of my twin great grand babies they r growing so fast it wold be a way for me to see them every day and not have to leave home I am a elderly and it is hard for me to get out. this would be a blessing

  102. I have always wanted one and couldnt afford it. I love how you can use the computer and cut things out without having to buy all the cartridges! it would be great to make homemade presents this year!

  103. I just subscribed to the newsletter last week, and I’m please to have this opportunity to win a Silhouette. We have a new grandson close by, but had two granddaughters move across the country recently. It would be great to have one of these to make gifts that will keep us all connected.
    Thank you.

  104. Oh how useful this would be in making my last minute Christmas gifts easier! I’ve always wanted one.

  105. I would love to win a Silhouette Portrait before the holidays so I can, not only, create beautiful paper ornaments for our tree this year, but also extend a golden handshake to my longtime companion, Exacto Blade. I’m sure, Exacto will be super thankful for a long overdue vacation. (Honestly he’s getting a little dull, a little rusty, and should have gone into retirement years ago…) 😉

  106. I want to win the Silhouette Portrait because it will make the time my granddaughter and I spend together even more enjoyable. This 10 year old loves doing ‘projects’ and the type of things we can do with the Silhouette will be the icing on the cake.

  108. My crafting projects could be taken to the next level! I would LOVE to win one. Thank you for the chance!

  109. WOW! What a wonderful giveaway. I have been looking at the Silhouette and would love to win one. I have not heard of the PixScan Mats but I would love to try it out. Thanks for this wonderful oppurtunity.

  110. So many people I know rave about the Silhouette but they are always so pricey. Dear Craft Santa, can I be chosen? And may the best people win

  111. Oh how I need one of these! Being team mom on all three of my kids sports and in my spare time I love DIY projects and all crafts thanks to Pinterest! 🙂 fingers crossed in a lucky one!

  112. i would love to win this to help with my sewing and crafting projects! I’ve wanted one for some time.

  118. Oh, there are so many hand drawn cuts I want to do that my Cricut just can’t do! This would be such a help getting my christmas cards done!

  119. I would love this to be an early Christmas present! This would be so much fun for my scrapbooking and I’m sure my kids would be entertained just watching it cut. They sit watching the printer spew stuff out so this would take it to a whole new level! lol =)

  120. I have three grandchildren (& myself) who would love to put this to good use creating Yuletide gifts 🙂

  121. I lost my creative spark when my husband passed. The Silhouette Portrait would do wonders for me. Just what I need for bringing creativity bak.

  122. I love the new mat feature! I would live a silhouette to add to the fun of scrapbooking my holiday pictures!

  123. Wow, this would be a great Christmas present! I would be able to make all kinds of holiday goodies for years to come!

  125. I would love to have this as an early Christmas present–to use to make Christmas presents for others!

  127. This would allow me to be able to make a number of my gifts this year, which I prefer to do as it makes them more personal. I’d also be able to do things that I have never been able to do before.

  134. Love Craft Gossip and love to share ideas with everyone! I could spend more time playing and crafting with the kiddos if I didn’t have to cut/prepare items for the daycare. PixScan mat sounds awesome!! What a wonderful giveaway. Thank you

  135. i have given up on the other machine, and have been drooling over the silhouette portrait for months! besides, I have been such a good girl this year!

  136. I’d love to get this as an early Christmas present so I could *make* my gifts to give. 🙂

  137. I am right now painting my craft table & have tried MANY MANY different stencils with no luck so I decided to make my own. I purchased the vinyl (contact paper) and am painstakingly “trying” to develope a pattern by hand-literally as I only have the one. A Silhouette would be SO ideal right now-I might actually get this done by Christmas 🙂

  138. I would love to win a Silhouette Portrait because it would help me to create some beautiful holiday decorations!

  140. I would love to win a early christmas gift of the silhouette, and love to make some more christmas gifts for family and friends

  141. I would love to win a silhouette cutter as an early Christmas gift to create some crafty gifts. It looks pretty sleek too!

  143. This would be an amazing tool to have! Just think of the things i could do with it. My son is getting married next year so this would be very handy!

  145. Oh my! What could I not do, the new mat sounds amazing! What a fa-bolus win this would be. Thank you for the chance!

  146. I would love to win this! I love to do homemade gifts and crafts and all kinds of things, and this would really broaden the limits of what I could do. Love this! Thanks for the giveaway!

  147. I would love to win an early Christmas gift of the silhouette so that I can get away from cricut! Definitely would be a well used, loved, and appreciated gift!

  148. I would love to have the Silhouette so I could make professional looking Christmas cards with my son.

  151. I absolutely love my Portrait. I’m hoping to win an early Christmas gift for my friend who doesn’t have a Silhouette. Of course I may have to keep the pixscan mat for myself. =-)

  152. To win this Silhouette would be so awesome, with 80 years of Scrapbooking to do this would sure help me get those pages in the albums way faster.

  153. Yes, I want this so much and it doesn’t even need gift wrap or a bow. I have been trying to win one forever. I want to use it for recycling or up dating clothes and other design elements.I already subscribe. Thanks!!!!

  158. Gifts, Crhistmas cards, monograms, appliqué…the list is endless! Thanks for the opportunity to win such a wonderful tool. Oh yes, I already subscribe to Craft Gossip, it’s one of my daily reads. Thanks again.

  159. I would love to win these little beauties because my house could really use some artwork that I am incapable of creating without a Silhouette! Plus I want to make Christmas presents!

  160. I’m trying to reorganize my craft supplies and make a small business making craft items and this machine is just what I need to get that started!! Thank you for the chance to win!

  162. I would love to win this, thanks for the chance! I have never owned or even used one before. It would make the best early Christmas present ever! I’ve always wanted one, but can’t afford it.

  165. Oh my goodness what a great early Christmas present this would be!! And what a great birthday present this would be too since my birthday is tomorrow!!! I would love to have such a small portable machine to take to crops!!

  166. I would love this to be my early Christmas present. My 2 daughters could also see what is so special about these machines. They are so awesome and such a shame to not be able to share their excitement. So Santa Please help me show them the joy. 🙂

  169. It would be so wonderful to win a Silhouette Portrait then I can make personalized Christmas gifts for my family and friends.

  171. Would love to win!! Plus the pixscan sounds amazing and very easy to use 🙂 thanks for the amazing opportunity!

  173. Would love to use this to help a dear friend DIY a wedding after losing her mom. This would be such a tremendous boost!

  174. I would really love this as an early Christmas present because I am making a quilt for my adorable 3 year old niece for Christmas and I would love to cut cute little girl shapes for the quilt. My fingers are crossed 🙂

  175. I would love to win one. I believe it would help keep me occupy and a new learning experience. I need something to do since my husband just passed away recently.

  178. I would love to have a Silhouette because of its versatility. I can make gifts for family and friends and also use the make different types of media to make things for my very new (4 days old) granddaughter.

  179. I would love to win the Silhouette Portrait and pic scan mat! It would add a whole another element to my crafting.

  180. I would love to win a early Xmas gift. I am trying to teach my grand-daughter scrapbooking, and she is always on my silhouette, she needs her own machine, I cannot afford to buy her one, so this would be a double gift. Thank you

  181. Who doesn’t want this as an early Christmas present? I mean, the things I can make FOR Christmas.

  182. I’d LOVE one for Christmas because I have been dreaming for months and months of the amazing things I could create with one! My daughter and I both spend hours (too many!) imagining and researching projects, even though we don’t have the tools or the means to create a lot of them 🙂

  186. I am a stay at home mom and I use my Cameo Non-stop. It would be great to know that every time my cameo makes a strange noise i wont have to wait months to save up again to keep going. I use mine to make name magnets for my daughters classmates at school and to do gift goodies for the teachers and the secretary staff of her school. Also now that my son is in school his teachers get the same treatment. I think i have given myself an ulcer with fear my machine will die any day now and i cant afford to replace it heh.

  188. I would love to win this because it would be great to make custom things. Right now I am limited to what I can cut out with scissors! It would be great to win this.

  190. I would love the pix scan mat and I would like to win the portrait machine to give as a Christmas gift.

  192. To be honest, I want to get back into crafting. I was very crafty in my 20s and then life just got busy. I am now an empty nester wanted to reconnect to the crafting world and this tool intrigues me. I would love to have one, so this would be a great gift. Thank you for considering me! <3

  193. I have a son and would love to be able to cut out his drawings! It would give us great mother son time doing our crafts together!

  194. I need to win a Silhouette because I have a Cricut; but hardly any bloggers use one and most tutorials use a Silhouette! So if I win the Silhouette I will be selling the Cricut ;}

  195. I would love to receive a Silhouette Portrait as an early Christmas gift because I otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford one, with 2 kids and a huge passion to craft I am constantly having to coupon and scout for sales to keep my passion and hobby alive. This would be an amazing addition to my craft room!! Thank you for the opportunity! 🙂

  196. I would love to have before Christmas so I can get busy with Christmas crafts. I’ve never owned one but I have been day dreaming about how much fun I’d have if I did! Thanks for the chance to win not one but two!!

  201. Would love to win this I just received my sticky flock in the mail now I just need a machine

  205. I would love to win this to take to crops and be more efficient in scrapbooking!! Thanks for the offer to win!!!
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  206. I’d love to receive this as an early Christmas present so I can make all kinds of pretty things.

  210. I would love to have one I have heard about them and I have a lot of pictures that need to be scrapbooked and this would help me so much. Good Luck to the Lucky winners!

  213. It would be awesome to win a Silhouette Portrait… I could really use a cutting system like a Portrait because it can do so many things… and the PixScan mat is amazing!

  215. This would be an amazing Christmas gift! I would be able to be able to do so much with a portrait added to my crafting arsenal. Gifts galore, especially with my vinyl projects. Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  218. I’d like to win so I can give one to my friend, Melissa, who loves to do crafts but has other financial obligations right now, so she can’t buy one!

  219. I just took 2 classes last week on the Silhouette. I now have a ton of projects I want and need to do!

  221. I would love to have this to make my christmas gifts. Because who doesn’t love homemade gifts?

  223. I would love to win a Silhouette Portrait!! I have a Cameo and use it constantly. This would be a wonderful addition.

  224. I would love to win this – currently all my cutting is done with my trusty craft knife – I would just love the ability to do much more complicated cuts – the Silhouette just opens up so many avenues of creativity

  226. This could not have come at a better time! My Silhouette Cameo just went on the fritz and I do not have the money to replace it. I loved my Silhouette and the Portrait is just the right size. Plus, Santa, I have been really, really good this year!!!!!

  227. I am still so old school with my Sizzix die cut machine. This would be awesome to get as an early present!!!

  228. I would love to win this as an early Christmas present because I could use it to make some amazing gifts for my friends and family

  229. This would be a great early Christmas because I have a week old grandson that I would love to create special things for him.

  230. I have the first Silhouette that came out and love it! I would sure like to have a Portrait to create!

  231. Why would I want this as an early Christmas present? 5 children, 11 grandchildren and one on the way!

  233. I want this to be my early Christmas present because it would help me so much with my creative business. Money is tight right now and I can’t afford to treat myself bells and whistles like this. Thanks for the chance to win!

  237. I’d love a silhouette so I can start working on new wall art for our baby’s room, I think the may would be excellent as well!

  238. I think I should win one of these amazing machines as an early Christmas Present because I could really use it to take my crafting to another level and nobody buys ME gifts for Christmas. I buy all the gifts we give and don’t think it is right to buy my own present so I do without. I would be so happy to have this machine and the amazing PixScan mat on it’s way to me that I would do a Happy Dance!! Maybe if Hubby saw a gift to me under the tree he would realize that in 27 years there has not been a gift for me under the tree.

  241. This is the perfect size for what I want to do. Small projects like tumblers or christmas ornaments would be easy with this machine. What a great giveaway!

  242. I already have a portrait and I LOVE it! It would be so cool to be able to give one to my mom and one to my mother-in-law for our craft nights!!! I hope I win! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

  243. I would love the portrait as my portable cutter. I have the cameo and just live it, but would live the portrait for taking to craft shows.

  245. I’d love to win to gift this to my daughter-in-law who gave me a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas two years ago.

  246. The million crafts I can do with this precious little thing. What I would give to win this!! I would be unstoppable with the portrait machine!!!

  247. Ever since I laid eyes on such a machine, I was astounded by its awesome sleek design! I would love to have one since I’ve never bought one before! I would love to keep creating art and share my awesome creations with people around me!

  248. I would love to be able to craft even more with this silhouette and pixscan mat! I have so many Christmas gifts I could make.

  250. I am Already a subscriber! I would love to win this because my daughther just got married and it would be a great way to spend time with her creating memories for them as well as us mending some of the mother/daughter woes we naturally share, just by getting to spend time together.

  251. I’ve wanted to make the switch to Silhouette for awhile now, but with a new baby in the house.. funds are tight! This would be the BEST early Christmas present.

  254. My daughter has one and makes such amazingly intricate cards and decorations. Who knew the home crafter would have access to such a versatile machine. Thanks for the opportunity.

  255. I would love to win this. My Cameo is making all kinds of strange noises and doing weird things so it would be fantastic to win this….I have used my cameo nearly everyday for the past 2+ years and I would be worm out too if I was worked that hard.

  257. This would be such a wonderful
    early Christmas gift! I’d would
    like to give it to one of my
    sisters!
    Carla from Utah

  258. I would LOVE this as my Christmas gift. I would be able to make some great t-shirts for my kids!!!

  261. Oh my what an awesome giveaway! I’ve wanted one for awhile and couldn’t afford one……i could make so many cool Christmas gifts……crossing my fingers and my toes 🙂

  262. I saw one of these demoed and thought it would go good with all my other equipment in the studio.

  263. I woyld love an early chirstmas present. I give all year round. I an a mom of 2 a wife to a diabetic husband. I also take care of my disabled parents who live with us. I am their caregiver 24/7. I would lovw to have something fun to do …. to take my mind away for a minute. Thanks so muxh for a chance to win!

  265. I want this to be my early Christmas present because I am terrible at cutting things out by hand. Thank you for the chance to win.

  266. I would love a Portrait to keep my Cameo company 🙂 And I’ve had my eye on that PixScan Mat!

  269. Christmas decorations are already out in the stores. Having an early gift of the Silhouette would make gift giving so much more personal. Thank you for the chance to win.

  271. I would love to win the Silhouette Portrait! I would love to make all those wonderful creations I see online, Pinterest, and the Silhouette store!!! I love making cards and this would add so much to my creativity!!

  272. This has been on my Christmas list for years, but Santa never brings it! Would love love love to win this!!!!!

  273. My Silhouette SD is about to bite the dust and I have already told my husband that I would love the new Cameo for Christmas. It would make him so happy if I could win one! 🙂

  274. I can think of soooo many things I could make with a Silhouette. Scrapbooking pages, cards, home decor…..Thanks for the chance!

  277. Pretty please?? I could do so many amazing things for school, church and work with this. It is an amazing product!

  278. I would like to win a Portrait for my church so they can cut Sunday School and events items.

  279. How can I make Christmas presents if I don’t get this early Christmas present? Would be great to win this giveaway!

  281. I would love this for my classroom. This is my first year teaching transition age (18-21) special ed students. This would allow them to stamp their images any way they are able and the PixScan mat and program will work to cut them perfectly!

  282. I want this as an early Christmas present so I can use it to MAKE Christmas presents. Thanks for the contest!

  284. Because I would share it with my school and especially my pervasive needs students! We’d all LOVE it!!! 😀

  286. I seriously would LOVE a Silhouette – I can’t stop imagining all the fun stuff I could make…. 🙂 thanks for the chance! 🙂

  288. I would love an early Christmas present because I could use the early Christmas present to churn out some really awesome Christmas cards. Thanks for the great giveaway!!

  289. Oh, how I want win this Silhouette Portrait. It is small enough to take to crops to do all kinds of projects and cards for Christmas. Also, it make an early beautiful Christmas present.

  291. I would love to win the new silhouette portrait cutting machine because it would make decorating for two granddaughters, due in January and March, so much fun. Making quits and vinyl ‘sayings’ for their nursery would be awesome, not to mention what can be done scrapbooking their future lives. Also, November 1 is my birthday and I can’t think of a better gift 🙂

  292. I would love to win. I have just started scrapbooking and mini album making so this would be a big leap for me. 🙂 Thank you for the chance to win.

  293. I NEED this early Christmas present…how else can i make those stunning Christmas cards I am going to send, or those cool metal clay presents i have planned in my mind?

  295. I would love to win the Silhouette Portrait! The possibilities are endless. I would make cards for family & friends, vinyl anything & everything, and help with school projects.

  298. I have been wanted one for soooooo long. Would be great to make Christmas gifts, do all my cards and scrapbooks. Thanks for the chance to win.

  301. With my hours being cut at work and not being able to find a full time job to replace it, this would be an excellent way to make some homemade Christmas gifts for family and to save money! I’ve been wanting this machine all year! This would be an amazing early Christmas gift :))

  302. The versatility of the Portrait would be wonderful to have! I recently made a craft room out of our oldest son’s room (he got married and moved away!), so I’m eager to stock it with more craft goodies.

  304. I would love to win this for a friend. I just bought a Cameo, and LOVE IT! It’s not in the budget for my girlfriend, and she has a toddler, who she loves doing crafts with and for!

  307. These would be great tools to add to the craft room and would be especially helpful in making Christmas presents. and yes i already subscribe. thanks

  309. Why wouldn’t I want this for an early Christmas present? My creative juices are flowing just thinking about everything I could do with this!

  310. Would love a Silhouette for my crafting/quilting and the Cameo on top would be great with 9 Grandkids! Think of all the memories.

  312. While I do craft {A LOT} and would definitely be OVER JOYED to win this prize…truth be told, more joy would come from being able to gift the other half of this amazing prize pack to my wonderful Ma, who means so much to me!

    Thanks – Jasmine

  314. I’m an avid cutter-outer (is that even a word?) in my scrapbooks. I would love to try the pixscan mat to cut down on my hours of cutting. Plus I’m a quilter and have never tried cutting out fabric with a machine. I’ve always been the machine. Please help this mother of a 7 & 9 year old save time before the holidays even begin!

  315. I would love to win a Portrait so I can start making some of the cool crafts that I read about every day on Craft Gossip. Craft Gossip is the only email I look forward to reading every day!

  316. I think it would be a great early gift because of the cards I could make or the appliqués I could do. Thanks for sharing.

  318. I’ve been making decorations and cards using my friends silhouette. I can’t even imagine how much more I can make if I had my own. =) LOVE IT!

  319. I think I deserve this early Christmas gift Bc I could use my creativity to make many Christmas gift for my loved ones. Also I would just love love love to have this machine in my possession & have wanted one for awhile.

  321. I would love To win this because the Silhouette Store is absolutely amazing! I would give my Cricut away to make someone else happy too!

  322. I would love to win this to share with my mom. She frequently talks about the projects she would do if she owned a silhouette and to give her one would be incredible.

  325. would loove a silhouette to help me stay organized (labels etc) make cute projects with my kids and help plan my parties!!

  326. Ooh! I could/would use these for Christmas card making! Winning these as an early Christmas gift would mean my cards would be on time this year! 😉

  327. This would help me with my new craft – scrapbooking. What a great tool! Thanks for a chance to win.

  328. My hubby is making me an arts and crafts room in the basement and all it needs is a silhouette

  329. I would love to win the Portrait..It would be a great addition to my ever growing scrapbook room,
    thanks

  332. I have had a Silhouette machine on my Christmas wish list for three years and have never received one. If I can’t get one as a gift maybe I can win one that would be so awesome.
    I am learning card making on my own and this would make it much more fun and creative.
    Pre-Christmas delivery, I could make so many neat Christmas gifts for my great family as funds are really tight this year.
    Would be so thankful to win this.

  334. It would make a wonderful addition to my craft room and keep my other toys company. All the crafty things I can make with it! Oh, my!

  335. This would make a super amazing early Christmas present! It would reduce the strain on my thumb’s tendon which is aggravated when I fussy cut a lot. Thanks for the chance!

  336. First I would want this for an early Christmas present to make some little gifts for my family and friends and then the sky’s the limit! I love using custom stencils in my work but the cutting is getting harder for me so this would be wonderful. Thank you for a great giveaway.

  337. Santa I would love this. I would go wild cutting up fabric for applique and papper for cards. My imagination is on full speed. Did I mention I have been good. Make my wish come to life.

  338. I want this so bad!! I have LOTS of grands I craft with and they would love it too!! I want to do vinyl everywhere! thanks for the chance.

  341. I have been wanting Silhouette for a long time now… So fun it would be to make this years Christmas cards and my son’s. Birthday invites & decorations!!!

  342. I would love to have a Silhouette! It would make my life so much easier. I would use it at work, home and church. Best Christmas ever!

  343. I would love this as my early xmas present so I spend time with my 14 year old and we can create together. I have NEVER won a giveaway and maybe this will be my time.

  344. thank you for the opportunity to enter this drawing. i would love to use it for quilting and i’m sure my granddaughters would love some rhinestoned accessories. me, too!

  346. I would be overly excited to craft, create and imagine things up with this beauty! Thanks for the opportunity.

  347. I would love to win this! I have a grandson who is always asking me to make goodies for him, and two more grand babies due soon. Once I’m done making for the grand kids, I’ve been working on a plan for a little home business so might just be time to start it.

  348. This would be incredible to win. Thanks for the chance. Would love to try to make something with vinyl for gifts.

  349. It would be awesome for Christmas, there are so many crafty projects my 4 kids have been wanting to try and a Silhouette would make more crafts possible.

  354. I would love to have this as an early Christmas present! I love making sign and home decor items and the Silhouette would make the process so much faster and give me so many new different options!!!

  362. I would love to win because with three daughters, one being a newborn, I would get so much use out of it. The possibilities are endless!

  363. This wouldn’t be an early Christmas gift for myself. I would donate it to the preschool where my daughter works. They would get so much use from it, and save so much money on buying pre-made crafts, and decorations, for their rooms.

  364. I don’t have a cutter yet, so I would be thrilled to win one! It would really add to my cardmaking fun!

  365. I would love to win this to make things for my first grade classroom a whole lot easier and quicker!! So excited at the thought!!

  367. I have been wanting a Silhouette for the longest time. I know I could make awesome crafts with it. Thanks for this fun giveaway!

  369. I so want to win this, How cool would it be to craft with this machine, winning a machine like this would so make my Christmas. I just love to create little gifts for my family and friends, and how much more fun would it be having this machine.

  370. I would love, love, love this for an early Christmas present. I create the holiday decorations for my son’s kindergarten class and I could make some really new and creative ones. Plus, I am DIYing our wedding. I have to make the save the dates, invites, favors, decor, everything. With this, I could go wild with our theme and colors. I want to make some feather and bird tags for the gift bags too. Last, my kids actually like to find and make their own crafts. With this, we could turn some of their drawings into Christmas gifts for the grandparents.

  371. I would love for this to be my early Christmas present so I could make some awesome gifts for my family for Christmas! I love everything you can do with it and can’t wait to try out the new PixScan mat. Thanks for a great giveaway!

  373. I would love to win a Portrait with the Pixscan mat, I would them to make all the artwork that my kids have made over the years into a quilts to pass down to their children.

  374. I would love to be able to use the new feature to scan photos to cut out of different materials

  377. This would be an amazing Christmas gift!! I have been checking out the Pix scan mat online and think it would make this machine so versatile!

  378. The PixScan sounds amazing! Would love the opportunity to give it a try! Please let Santa leave this under the tree for me this year!

  379. I would like this to be my early Christmas present because I can never find the right die shape I need from the pre designed commercially available ones. I love the idea of being able to design and scan my own shapes for use in my projects.

  380. Dear Santa, I would love to win this wonderful machine. I enjoy crafting with my three grandchildren, ages 6, 7 and 8. I have Multiple Sclerosis, and card crafting would be so much easier with the silhouette, ( and faster). The possibilities are endless what we could do. Thank You for the chance th win this awesome machine.

  382. This is my early Christmas present because I asked for one last year but did not get it! I’ve been itching to get my hands on one for so long! Paper crafting would be so much fun! And cutting fabric for quilting would be so easy!

  384. I want this to be my early Christmas present because I’d use it to make gifts and decor for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and family celebrations like birthdays and anniversaries.

  385. I would love for this to be my early Christmas present because I love to craft with my Special Needs son. He loves everything sports, especially Special Olympics, and it’s impossible to find things to decorate his apartment and this would make it so easy to make wall graphics for him and his Special Needs Roommate who is also into Special Olympics and sports. My son loves to help me make things for their apartment. Both young men would be so excited to be able to scan the oath and logo for their apartment. Their joy would be unboundless, and I know that’s not a word, but it truly describes how they would feel. My present would be the joy on their faces when we put the graphics on their walls. That’s the best present a Mom could ever get.

  387. This would be great to win!!! Have been driving my husband nuts supporting my new hobby of sewing and personalized items since we had our daughter. This would be one less gift he would have to purchase for me this year 🙂

  388. I get your wonderful newsletter every day and why wouldn’t one be a great addition to my crafting projects? Thank you for the chance to win one.

  389. I would love a Portrait for Christmas! I can see taking it to crops and creating all sorts of wonderful goodies.

  390. Thank you so much for hosting this amazing give-away. I would love to receive one of these incredible and versatile crafting machines…my plans??? To use if for making decorations and other items for my son’s upcoming wedding!

  392. Am retired on fixed income and Silhouette would be a dream come true. While I still worked I was fortunate to purchase a Cricuit Expression and I keep myself busy crafting with this. The cuts I see my friends get on Silhouette (especially vinyl) are so superior to anything I can do.

  394. I would like to win because my daughter has taken over my Silhouette Cameo. It now lives at her house which is 30 minutes away. I miss it. Thank you for the contest.

  395. I’ve wanted a Silhouette for years! I would love to win an early Christmas present so I could use it to make my Christmas presents. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  397. I am making 40 pockets for christmas and need an applique for each one. This would sooo help me not have to cut out or buy the pictures. I am new to all this diy and think this would be a great tool to have (if I could figure it out) 🙂

  398. i have been very good this year and worked hard I would love to give one to my sister and have one I have great ideas for Christmas with it thanks

  401. I am trying to raise money for our adoption through handmade crafts. This would be so HELPFUL!!! How exciting!

  402. This sounds wonderful! I think this should be my early Christmas present so Ihave time to use it to make gifts for Christmas! I have been very good this year (mostly). Thanks for the opportunity to win!!!

  403. I want this to be my early xmas gift… so I can make everyone else awesome xmas gifts!

  404. I have wanted this machine for years now!!! Due to a critical car accident several years ago, I am on disability at this time and card making is my outlet until such time that i am able to return to a job. This machine would be a fabulous addition to my craft room and the second machine would allow me to give back to a friend who has been there for me throughout all my struggles. Thank you for this opportunity!!!! Craft Gossip Rocks!!!!!

  407. I would love to win these fantastic products as an early x-mas present because I’ll be starting to write a new craft book; the Silhouette portrait and PixScan Max would make quick work of helping to design the projects!!!!

  408. I would Love to win this!I can see myself making great things for my family and friends.Thanks for a chance to win one!

  410. I would love to have this as a early Christmas present for me, I just love my old one, but would love love to up grade to the new.

  411. I do many crafts with stamps and such… I really would love to win this and I cannot afford to buy one! Santa, please send it to me!

  412. I would love a early christmas present with a chance to win a silhouette. It would be a great asset to my craft room. I would be able to make a lot of wonderful things for Christmas. Good luck everyone.

  414. I want a Silhouette for so many reasons, one being so that I can cut all the cute SVG files I see all of the internet, and the vinyl/home decor projects, and fonts and….. Thanks for the chance to win.

  415. I need this to decorate my baby girl’s bedroom! It is freshly painted and now is the time to execute some of the great ideas I have been pinning. I really want the versatility and ability to put my own designs on her wall. Thank you for the opportunity!

  416. I have been wanting one of these for years now. Now that im pregnant it would be so great to make some custom clothes cheaper for my new baby.

  419. I’d love to make wall art and other items to decorate our nursery! I’d also love to make a few gifts for friends.

  420. I NEED THIS!!!! 🙂 How wonderful it would be to win such an incredible machine! The possibilities are endless with this CRAFTING GENIUS!!! Make my wish come true, PLEASE!!! THANK YOU!!

  422. I would love this to scan in & cut my niece’s drawings as well as my own. Also to use the cut files that accompany the stamps I own. I’ve been wanting a Silhouette forever. 🙂

  426. I would really like to use this on my son’s photo’s while he is on deployment as a surprise for his return. I would also use it on older sons wedding photos, thank you!

  427. I would love to win this machine. I’ve thought about buying one for over a year but was afraid I wouldn’t be able to master the computer enough to not get frustrated. So trying to win one will force me to dive in and try. What’s the worst that can happen? I learn how to use it?

  428. I don’t want this, I NEED this! It’s just the kick in the pants I need, to get crafting more often!

  429. As a newly divorced mom I want this to make presents clothes and home decor to save money. For Christmas and beyond

  430. Tina Giorgione
    I would love this I spent every hour not at work. Playing in my craft room.And would be an awesome Christmas present for myself.

  431. Why would I want this as an early Christmas present? WHO wouldn’t want it. This would help me so much, as I have a condition that makes me shake. It would make it so much easier to cut things out. Think of all the possibilities… Thank you for the chance!

  432. I would love to win this, the pixscan mat sounds amazing, and I would love to gift a friend!

  433. I have a Silhouette and love it. The Pixscan would be an awesome addition. New tools are always appreciated.

  434. I would love this as an early Christmas gift so I could get a head start on Christmas presents for friends and family!

  437. I scrapbook significant and everyday moments in the lives of my family and my children. They love to look back at them and show them to their friends. If I won this tool I would be able to create custom titles and tools for special pages. This would be fantastic!
    I make my Christmas cards every year, and this tool would really help!
    Merry Christmas to everyone, and to all a good scrapbook 🙂

  438. What a fabulous early Christmas present to meeee! Things are so tight for us this year, again. I haven’t been able to afford new artsy/craftsy supplies in so long, this would be such an inspiration to create and revitalize my creative spirit!!

    Great idea, thanks for offering!

  439. I would really love to receive this as an early Christmas gift. I have wanted a Silhouette for quite some time now, and just haven’t been able to afford it. It would help me take all my craft projects to the next level.

  440. I would love this. I have to learn more about this way to craft. Thanks for the chance. Merry Christmas to me… please.

  441. The Silhouette plus PixScan mat are the perfect answer to my preference of using my own drawings and lettering! My used other-brand cutting machine typically collects dust so I can create from my own art. The possibilities are limitless! Good luck to all!

  445. I would love one of these!… I have been wanting to get one for a good long while, just the funds were not making it possible. I have 2 small boys who are so into crafting that this would be an amazing gift for me to be able to create even more with them. Everything from making their own Christmas gifts to cards for the family, as we live in another country from the whole family, it would really mean alot.

  446. I’d love this for all of my craft projects and it’d be great to not have to borrow my friend’s machine any time I want to cut out letters or stencils. But it would be fantastic to make signs look great. I don’t have the talent to paint on wood like some people. this way I could use vinyl to make phrases look professionally done!

  448. I would love this to be an early Christmas present to myself for being a round the clock 7 days a week 365/366 days a year full time mom and housewife doing everything for everybody else. This would be for a me time moment that I would be looking forward to if and when I win!

  449. THIS WOULD BE SUCH a great gift! I would use to to continue to scrap book and make amazing vinyl art!

  450. Oh my goodness…let me count the ways (reasons). 🙂
    1. To be able to make super cute and crafty vinyl creations.
    2. To cut out incredible pieces of fabric to applique to projects.
    3. Because I have wanted one for so so long and have enter probably about 100 giveaways to win one of these awwwwwesome machines!
    4. Because I reaaaaaaaaaaally want one!

  452. I would love this early Christmas present to make some beautiful Christmas cards that are unique, instead of buying the boxed ones!

  453. 2014 has been a terrible year for my family. Throw me a bone here. Something nice for a world weary mom.

  456. I’d love for this to be my early Christmas present because I could use it to make custom stationary for Christmas gifts.

  457. I would like to win this especially before Christmas because I would give it as a gift to a very awesome crafty busy and frugal momma {of 5} I know. She would never buy something like this for herself, but i have a silhouette and would love to bless her with one.

  460. I have been wanting a Silhouette since they came out. I am hoping to create my own cards and projects for my daughter!

  461. I am fascinated by the number of projects this wonderful tool can be used for. Would love to have one! Thanks for the opportunity to win one.

  462. I would love the Silhouette Portrait along with the PixScan Mat as an early christmas present so that I would be able to pass on the blessing by making GREAT christmas presents for my family and friends. Thank you for the opportunity.

  463. I love using my Silhouette SD. Having a pic mat would just make it that much better! Imagine turning my 3 and 4 yr olds preschool art work into cut outs??!!! Oh that could make the best christmas presents for grandparents!

  464. Thank you for the opportunity to win this versatile tool and the scan mat. Also thanks for the great newsletter. I love it.

  465. Oh I so need this!! I’ll have my third little grandchild and lots of things to decorate and make for them!

  466. Good golly gosh, I would love to win this. There is so very much things that I could do with it. This is awesome. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

  467. I have been ogling this for a couple of years… I card craft with my grown daughter and daughter-in-law, recently helping create the paper decor for my daughter’s wedding.

  468. It would be such a CRAZY AWESOME surprise to win this Silhouette and give it to my daughter!!! I have one and I know her husband would never get her one! She would just wet down both legs if I (you!) gave her one of these! She is so crafty on a tight budget and this would make her life so much better! PLEASE and THANK YOU in advance (hehehe).

  469. I would love to win a silhouette and pix scan mat. Silhouette rocks and is just awesome. Thanks for the chance to win

  472. I would love for this to be my early Christmas present because then I could use it to make Christmas presents for everyone this year. I have had one of these on my wishlist since I first saw them. Thank you for the chance!

  473. This looks like a wonderful product! I would absolutely love working with this while doing my crafts. Thank you for the opportunity to win such a lovely gift. Sincerely, traci

  477. The possibilities are endless with what I could create with this dynamic machine. My mom has the
    Sllhouette and brags about it over the phone and has been making me jealous for a couple of years
    now. This would be a great early Christmas gift!!

  478. Left comment on FB,comment here and signed up for newsletter.Would love to win the Silhouette Portrait before Christmas because I won’t have much cash to buy Gifts but I could make some awesome homemade gifts with this prize.Thanks

  479. This would make the best early Christmas present for me because I would get mega mega use out of this product!!!! I am always doodling or making things and this would just give me another reason to keep on crafting 🙂 ? Not to mention I can think of all the awesome things I could make and give away for holidays and events!!!

  485. I love,love,love planning parties with tons of diy items. I’m about to have my daughter’s 1st birthday, but this would be great to start on things for my son’s 3rd 🙂

  486. This would make an awesome early Christmas present for myself….I see so many great Silhouette Pins that I would love to make for family and friends!

  489. My mum is makes cards for charity. She does not own any cutting tool besides scissors & a few punches. I would love to give the Silhouette to her a a Christmas gift if I’m lucky to win.

  490. I would love to win this as an early Christmas gift becuase I love crafting and the possibilities are endless.

  492. I would like to win this so I can give it to my sister for Christmas. She would love it!

  494. I have been wanting to get one for a long time but wasn’t sure if the portrait or the cameo would be better. After doing my research I found that the portrait would be perfect for the crafts I would be doing. I have been using stencils for all my designs and it would be so nice to have something that would cut out the designs so my projects would look amazing! Thank you!:)

  497. I would love the Pixscan mat — what a great idea. 10 projects came to mind and this would be such a great early Christmas gift…and also a great way for me to make some gifts. Thank you!!

  498. I want this machine to be my early Christmas present because I can cut out so many unique embellishments for home décor and card making!!

  499. i wanted to try the pixscan thinggy but my old craft robo doesn’t work with it so I had to send it back – would loe to get the portrait so that I can try this great product… thank you C

  502. We have a large family and I make all of our greeting cards and most gifts. Silhouette Portrait and the pix scan mat would be the best Christmas presents for the entire family. We have several weddings coming up soon and babies on the way too! These would be heaven sent for showers and parties also.

  505. I would love the Silhouette as an early Christmas present, then I could make lots of presents for family and friends.

  507. I would love to win the Silhouette and Pix scan matt.. Such a versitile tool. Thank you for the chance to win..

  508. I was pretty crafty as a child and through my teen years. Then, work, social life, family happened and I didn’t have the time or inspiration to do anything really. I found out about the Silhouette recently and, boy, did I get excited. My Pinterest is overflowing with projects to do with a Silhouette 🙂 Really want one )

  509. It would be wonderful to give it to my daughter. She would be able to make even more amazing crafts/gifts than she already does!

  510. I would love to win a Silhouette Portrait so I can make gifts for my friends and family. I have seen so many wonderful ideas on how to cut vinyl to decorate jars, mugs, and bowls.

  513. Silhouette – not in my budget right now.. but I would so love to have one to make handmade items for gifts! Thank you!

  519. This would be great for personalizing images! I’d use it for making masks, stencils and add-ins for art journaling.

  522. My boyfriend (silly thing to say at 54) made a room in the house we rent for my crafts. The Pix Scan would be an awesome tool to begin my next level of scrapbooking and beginning card making. It would be so nice to have something easy to use for me and the friends I hope will come craft with me.

  523. I would make all kinds of Christmas presents with these. Also, I was just thinking about baby announcements for our upcoming addition and this would be so fun to use.

  524. I would love to win this. Not just for me , but for my daughter-in law. She suffered a brain anuerysm in the beggining of Oct. of this year. She is still in the hospital at this time, recieving physical as well as speech therapy. We are so grateful she survived. The recovery road for her will be long and slow….. I was hoping to use the Silhoutte to create a memory book for her. I want to capture pictures of our grandkids , Alyssa 8 yrs. old and Nicholas 16 mths. I would hope to make this special to include pictures of the kids at Halloween, Thankgiving and Christmas. I am sure she will love it and the special moments that would be created with this special gift.

  525. I wound love this!! I have been scrapbooking since I was 8, and wound use this outstanding Pix Scan numerous times!!!

  530. I would absolutely LOVE this! I am just starting to get into die cuts and the like. This would be perfect!

  532. I would love to receive a Silhouette Portrait as an early Christmas present, it’s been on the top of my “All I ever want Christmas gift list for several years now, but sadly it’s the only gift I have yet to receive. The Silhouette Portrait is an awesome machine & would make the perfect early Christmas gift. Thank you for the opportunity to win this fabulous prize.

  533. Ohhhhhhh! This would be a family early Christmas present and the timing perfect. My son and I have a holiday decorating challenge every year because we both love crafting. Last year, it was mini Christmas tree decorating. This year, it’s a bedroom decorating contest with a Christmas theme. We let facebook friends and family vote for the winner. I lost to his TMNT-themed tree last year. I need to redeem myself and we both can benefit from having this tool as we plan our designs and start working on our rooms. Game on!

  534. I have wanted one for a while, it just hasn’t been in the budget, so winning one would be awesome!

  535. This would make a great early Christmas gift so that my daughter and I can make all of the ornaments we have tried (and failed) to do every year.

  536. Why? Because this is AWESOME! I would have so much fun with this! Aside form finally being able to actually MAKE so many of things I’ve only been able to doodle and sketch ideas over, I know I’d end up using it to create things to completely spoil my future niece/nephew… and my mom .. lol

  537. This would be a fabulous early Christmas present because I almost bought a Silhouette Cameo last week but thought I really needed to spend the money on something practical. I really need to unleash my creative side and this will be the start of something great for me since it will be free.

  539. This would be an absolutely great early Christmas present because it would give me the ability to hand-make some presents for my family and friends!

  541. My husband would love if I got this as an early Christmas present. It would mean he wouldn’t have to go buy one for me!

  542. Winning a Silhouette would help me make wonder gifts for Christmas and gifts throughout the year. Thank you Silhouette !

  544. My 6 year old granddaughter is following in her mother’s footsteps and wants to scrapbook everything and everyone. This early Christmas present would have to be put away for Santa to deliver and make her the happiest girl in the world – which would make me the happiest grandmother!

  546. I’m doing some projects that I have to cut by hand. This would speed up my work and enable me to build a small home business. I can envision so many new things to do with the Silhouette.

  549. I would love to have this as an early Christmas gift so that I can finally get working on all of my craft to do’s.

  550. This would make an awesome early Christmas present because then I can create those beautiful works of art like I see other crafter’s make!! My craft projects would look like a professional!! Signed up for your newsletter and Liked on Facebook too 🙂

  551. I would love to have this be my amazing early Christmas present, because my parents will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in March and I know I could make some beautiful Party invitations and favors to decorate.

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Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!