Silhouette Promotion Affiliate Team Member // Can you believe it? It's JULY already!! The fire flies are a blaze here in Lincoln and I am LOVING the summer so far. It's so green and lush here and did I mention the fire flies? For a girl who has never lived in an area with the luminescent bugs… this is just magical!
Well, with a new month we have a new Silhouette promotion… and I've created a new sign with the help of Rhonna Designs mad design skillz and the Silhouette Designer Edition Software…
Before I dive right on into the project I want to let you know about his month promotion… You know, just in case you are like me and have the attention span of a gnat. This way if you are dying to get a new CAMEO, Portrait or just the Designer Edition Software you don't have to muddle through my boring old tutorial on how to make this aaaaamazing sign. So, here are the details…
SMOKIN' WHITE HOT DEAL, right?
Click here to visit the Silhouette Shop to check out all of July's special deals!
Now, before we get to the GIVEAWAY… Let me tell you a little bit about the sign I made this afternoon. It is a super slick, super easy sign to make. I bought the wood at Lowes and it was already cut in the 6×24 length with is perfect for making signs. Then I grabbed a couple of wood shims to secure the wood planks together and that was it…
I laid the boards out and placed the wood shims on the back and secured the boards with come short nails and I was good to go.
I primed the wood with some Kilz Spray Primer and then painted a few coats of Krylon Catalina Mist. Then while it was drying I prepared my stencil with my Silhouette Designer Edition Software.
The Designer Edition Software is a must have addition when you have a Silhouette machine. It just gives you greater design options that with the basic software that comes with your machine. With this image above, I was able to convert a PNG file from Rhonna Designs into a cuttable file. That means that your design options are limitless with the CAMEO or Portrait!
Once my design was complete I cut the vinyl and used it as a stencil to then paint my sign with Krylon Sun Yellow. I also made a sign where I just added the vinyl to the sign rather than using the vinyl as a stencil. They both look great!
Here's a post that I created awhile ago with a video on how to convert a PNG file in the Silhouette Designer Edition Software.
Want to compare the Design Studio options? Here is a breakdown…
The best part… You can grab the Designer Edition from now until July 10th for only $24.99! Not to mention some smokin' deals when you bundle that with a CAMEO or Portrait!
Wait, you want more?
How about I give away one Silhouette Portrait with the Designer Edition Software to one of you!!
All you have to do is follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below and you will be entered to win.
// This giveaway is open from July 1-8 and only for residence of the United States. A winner will be announced on July 9th. //
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Pretty Home Decor
A sign for the Kitchen that says, "Dinner Choices 1. Take it 2. Leave it"
<3 a give away! Would be fun to make a "Hello I love you" pillow 🙂
Labels for my pantry items
L-O-V-E this! Since I'm a native Texan living in the Midwest, I'd make a sign with the outline of Texas saying, "The Motherland".
Labels for baby hangers!!
Love to make vinyl letters to decorate my girls rooms.
Welcome sign for the front door and wall art for the home…possibilities are endless! Plus, July 9th is my birthday, so how cool would that be!? 🙂
I would be practical and make some logos for hubby's business and then lots of fun stuff for me and the kids! Thanks for the giveaway!
kristin
ExploringDomesticity.blogspot.com
Monogrammed glassware! Thanks for the chance to win.
I'd love to make some wall vinyl and heat transfer vinyl shirts. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I would make labels, lots and lots of labels : ) thanks for the giveaway!
I had no idea what a Silhouette device was before this, so this has been very informative. The bad part, is now I want one as there are so many ways I could see using it within my own home.
Thanks for the great giveaway. I would love to try monogramming.
I'm dying to do a lot of things with the silhouette but first would be cuting fabric, I have a project I want to get done and I really need the silhouette! Thanks for this giveaway
My daughter is 22 and was just diagnoised with a heart condition and she had to quit College and work so she really wants one so that she can make things to sell so she can make money
Thanks for the give away! I'd love to make a ton of hexies, but I can't bear to cut them all out by hand!
I would love use it for the banner pieces and other printable party items that I usually cut but hand. Thanks for posting the giveaway!
I really want one of these! Now, I have to go find a spot in my craft room…
I would love to make some vinyl lettering for the house.
How fun! I would love to make some vinyl letters with my kids' names for their bedroom doors first but there are so many fun things on my list!
I want to monogram all of my mason jars!
I would make a sign for my garden.
Endless possibilities!!!
I would love to make labels for my laundry room!
Umm… I've never used one before so I would probably have to make EVERYTHING!!
Vinyl signs for home decor!
Would
My daughter is a 3rd grade teacher who would love this. Would help in her classroom a great deal. Thanks, and Happy 4th!
Birthday Banners!
Would love to make a vinyl manger scene to put on a mirror for my mantle at Christmas
Cool sign! I would love a Silhouette!!
I was going to say a subway art piece with all the cities we have lived, but Kate Mazzolini's comment makes me want to create her idea!!! ('A sign for the Kitchen that says, "Dinner Choices 1. Take it 2. Leave it" ')
Would make a "Family Rules" Subway Art. Thanks
Amazing projects have been created on this product I am so impressed with the simple simplicity of the process that creates beautiful items. Would love to see all the amazing things it can do.
There are so many fun things to make… Labels for the playroom, vinyl words for the wall, and cute home decor to name a few. Thank you!
Pallet art JUST LIKE THIS!!! I have at least 1000 pins for great inspiration! DYING! 🙂
I've been making all kinds of crafts without a Silhouette, so I can only imagine how much easier and cuter my crafts would become with one! I'd start with vinyl labels for my kids and for my classroom and then move on to some subway art, then update my wood sign that has faded. I'd be kept very busy!!
Signs. A whole bunch of signs for my house and friends houses!
I would love to make some vinyl designs for the kids play room!
I seriously love that sign…adorable. Thanks for the chance…I'd love to make something like that.
Thanks for the giveawy! I would love to make labels and more.
well since i love your sign and literally when i saw it i thought, 'that would be a great way to make new house numbers' i would probably do that….followed by a list of ideas i've kept running through my head, each idea prefixed with 'if i only had a silhouette i could…..'
I would make stencils for baby onesies!
I would love to make pantry labels and house numbers for our new place!!
I have wanted one of these machines for the longest. I have a few signs I want to make and this would make it tons easier. Thanks for the giveaway!
My pantry is in need of some cute labels, and my kids playroom is really in need of labels,and a cute pice of artwork
love the sign!!
I would make some Subway art
I want to make some new signs for my house! Without the stencils and paint!
I have so many holiday things in mind! Would love to get a jump start on them before the holiday season is here!! Thanks for the giveaway!
There are so many things! Appliqués, vinyl labels for my jars, signs…
I found one of you DIYs on Pinterest and since then I could not stop checking out you site! It's absolutely amazing
I have a few wall decor projects that I would love to use a Silhouette on!
Happy July!
Awesome give away….I would love to make a "Happy Day" sign
Sweet
Thanks
Teresa
I don't have an electronic machine so I think if I had one I would be putting vinyl sayings all over the house and dogs!
I would make some snazzy wall art for my kids' rooms!
Quotes for my walls, some cute signs, labels for the pantry…I have so many ideas! LOVE this giveaway!
I'd love to make nice labels for my laundry hampers, etc.
Yes please because who doesn't love to make stuff???
Wall decor for various rooms in our house
I could do so much with this! Thanks for a chance to win!!!
I've been wanting a Silhouette for a long time to ramp up my scrapbooking!
Cute little baby onesies. 🙂
I would love to make a birthday reminder board!
This sign is so adorable!!!!!!! I love it!!!
I love using vinyl to make gifts and stuff for myself. Having a Silhouette would be awesome!
I would love to win this for my sister! She loves to craft and this would be perfect for her.
I dream of making wall art for my bare walls!
Um, everything. lol Especially wall art.
Thanks for the great giveaway!!!! I love all the crafts ideas using the Silhouette.
So many things on my list to make with the Silhouette – scrapbooking pages, cards, home decor! Would love to have my own!
I would love to win a Silhouette and make some quotes for the walls!!
I'm dying to label everything into home and classroom!
I love making stencils for wall art
I'd love to make some wall art….scrapbook embellishments….
I want to make some cards!
I cant wait to get a Silhouette machine o make ctrafts for my home and my classroom!
I want to make some fun shirts with heat transfer vinyl!
I'm really excited to make some decor items for my daughter's upcoming first birthday!
The theme is Bees!
Home decor, applique shirts, party decorations and a million other things!!!
I want to make some fun signs for the baseball field my nephews built in their backyard.
"A Good Deed" Globe ~ A Wooden sign ~ my list goes on and on
I need/want one of these little portable machines so badly. it would be so sweet!!!
A new cheers sign (a board with all cheers for cheerleaders!)
I am dying to make the birthday invites and decorations for my son's first birthday!
Decorations for my kitchen and kid's rooms. Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy July!
School Spirit Items, Labels for my classroom, Teachers gifts, etc…. the List goes on forever!
Cute summer signs!
Birthday invites
Stencils for Stan glass cutting and jewelry making. It is the perfect size for making and taking with me. Thanks for the chance to win!
I want to make a whole bunch of vinyl cutouts to decorate my neices room.
I would love to add some great accents to my classroom as well as use for gifts for parent volunteers!!!
It is super easy to drive right past our house, so I would love to make a sign for it!
I would like to make some signs and get started on birthday and Christmas gifts.
So many things… but mainly something vinyl for my house!
Would love to win tihs!
Love your site!
Love the silhouette cutter. I have been coveting a friends for some time!
Would love to win this! Love your site!
I would label jars and glasses
Label things!
I would love to make some art work for my daughters Room.
EVERYTHING!
Holiday tees would be my 1st project! Thanks for the giveaway. Happy 4th to your family. twelve30(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love, love, love to have one of these!! These are so much fun to work with! It definitely ups one's crafting game!
Labeling or vinyl letters for my boys rooom.
Labels for all the jars and boxes with my craft supplies. It would be amazing if I could get more organized.
I want to make cute things for my boys' room and preschool!
Scriptures on canvas!
Family subway art!
I would love to make more signs!!!
I would love to make some customized tote bags to fill up with goodies as a welcome gift for our guests coming to our destination wedding!!
I really want to make cuter cards with it!
I would use it to make sayings for my walls and wood signs!
Labels labels labels! 🙂
I would make vinyl letters and quotes for my boys room and house, and all other sorts of things! 🙂
I would love to make pallet signs.
Glass etching anything and everything!
I want to make an inspirational sign for my office at work so bad!
I would use it for party decorations
Oh my goodness, so excited for this giveaway! Actually trying to win this for a friend who has talked about this for soooo long!!! Good luck everyone!!!!!!! 🙂
I want to make pillows for the two rooms I am making over – my living room and my family room 🙂
I would make monogram Christmas gifts for everyone!
Tshirts, wall art… Thank you!
I’m dying to make some etched glass creations, party decorations, and so much more!
use it for making a sign for the yard things for my son's room o my i could go on and on
Just organized my pantry & need labels for containers so that's what i'd make first
I am dying to make some sgns just like yours for my daughter's new home.
Vinyl for my walls!
I've been wanting to try out some vinyl art…love what I've seen done with the Silhouette.
Love all of the vinyl projects – this sign is adorable. Would love to make that!
Vinyl deco for my house! Then about a gazllion other things! Thanks for the chance to win :O)
I am dying to make pop up cards with this and also embellishments for mystudents to use on the Mother's and Father's day card they make every year.
Omg, if I had one of these things, I would go to town putting labels on everything! I loveeeee making stuff look homemade, unique, and cute!!! This would be perfect and make my year!
I want to use it to etch my big glass canisters.
I would love to make some decorations for my home
The posibilities are ENDLESS!!! My brain is in project overload!
With so many possibilities its hard to know where to begin. Probably with something for scrapbooking memories. Thanks
I desperately want to make a sign that says….HELLO I love you! Your sign is too darn cute! I'd really love to start with labels. I have seen so many creative ways of labeling household items…I want to label everything…even the kitchen sink 🙂
Would love to label my pantry containers.
I want to organize my pantry!
I want to make cute signs!
labels for storage as we complete the reno downstairs. and stencils… for my sewing projects!
Subway art and holiday crafts!
I can't wait to use this on our Church bulletin boards!
anything with vinyl some wall decor mainly and of course some custom shirts.
-jamie
babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com
I could make so many fun things!
Flash cards for my kids
I would use to label everything in my house as my husband says I have OCD, and then for a bunch of classroom's projects!!!!!
labels, artwork for my baby's room, and did I mention labels?
Everything! I would use it for EVERYTHING!
OH MY GOSH! I can't even think of what to start with because I've wanted one of these for so many crafts for a long time now! Oh I would LOVE to win. <3
I would love to make a sign for my kitchen.
I need labels to organize my pantry.
Subway art!
Vinyl sign for my garage door – maybe saying "hello." In cream vinyl?
subway art 🙂
Labels, labels and more labels!!!
I want to make party decor!
I would love to make some vinyl wall decals.
Iwouldd cut fabric for appliqué!
I want to make signs!!!
I want to make inspirational signs for veterans and for hospice folks, plus of course family and friends.
Appliques & some wall art
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
I want to make my daughter a cute pool bag
Labels for everything!!
fabric appliques for onesies
I have some glass that needs frames and I would print off sayings and pictures and put them on the glass for some easy art work.
Signs and tshirt stencils!
I would love a silhouette and I would use it for everything!!
i would love a silhouette to cut out letters and shapes…..i am new to crafting and have realized very quickly that i suck at cutting things out nicely!
I have so many ideas for a Silhouette! Lables, wall decor, signs, and more!
I would make subway art for myself! It would help with a craft night Im having with my church!
I want to make stencils to use on my painted furniture.
i have so many projects that i want to do if i ever get a silhouette! i think first i'll do the vinyl wall art.
Soooooo many ideas!!! Need this!
I have a whole project board with ideas for making things with a Silhouette! I'd love to win one! I guess the first thing I'd make would be labels for my kitchen containers! – Karen
OMG what am I not dying to make with the Silhouette. To name a few Wall art for my kids room. Glass etch desinges. Handmade cards the projects are endless. Thanks for the chance to win this and Good luck all
I am dying to make EVERYTHING!!!! Vinyl, paper, iron-ons, you name it…I've been waiting a long time.
MY husband some custom t shirts and some cute little custom clothes for my new niece
I have lots of ideas just waiting to be done. Vinyl lettering and labels are top on the list. 🙂
I have been wanting to add vinyl labels to everything! Thanks for the giveaway!
I would use it to make large scale replicas of ASL signs to attach to different objects for my HOH son. It would also help my husband to remember to sign an what they are.
I would use it for everything! Labels, gifts, endless ideas!
signs for my home
subway art for my home!
I want to make some cards.
Everything!! I have project folder on Pinterest!
I need to get some titles on my scrapbook pages that are going to stand out!
I would LOVE to make some t-shirts for my kids!
I desperatly need one for labeling my kitchen, my husband is not gluten free and I have more containers than ever!
I really want to make so many things. I will start with embellishments for my cards and then some stencils for my canvas projects and signs…. Gotta love the signs. Thanks for the chance.
I would start by making signs and shirts!
I would love to make some kind of word art for my office
I would love to make Vinyl signs!
I would use it for school, gifts, and just about everything.
I am dying to make vinyl stickers for everything in my house!
Lisa K.
I want to make some personalized artwork for our new family room gallery wall! 🙂
I would love to make personalized backpacks for all the kids summer adventures. Thank you!
I can't wait to make some vinyl decorations
I want to make signs!!
Dying to make jewelry cutouts and wall hangings
I would like to make some vinyl art work for my daughter's first apartment!
would love to make signs just like the one above so cute
Something for my daughter's birthday party this July 31
I would make a sign for the kids playroom.
I want to make some baby onesies and some signs for my house.
I really want to make some Vinyl decor for my kitchen. Would love to have this to decorate my house!!!
I would love to make some personalized totes for the ladies in my family.
I would love to make some canvases for our master bedroom and some onesies for my son!
stencil? interesting. I did not relaize you could make a stencil
We just bought a new house and I need to get my decorating on so I would be making lots of things…starting with vinyl signs!
I would love to make vinyl decorations!
Awesome! Would love to decorate my bookcase!
This is awesome!! I wan to make signs!
i want words on everything…all over my house and on literally everything. love words.
I want to make signs for my wedding this October and for my very first classroom this August!
would love to use it to make christmas presents!!
I would love to use it to make both parents a scrapbook of our wedding!
This would be great for my projects. Thanks for the opportunity.
If I had a Silhouette Portrait I would decorate my stairs with historical facts of the building dating back into the 1800's. Up these stairs has walked…..
I want to make vinyl wall decor
I really want to make some t-shirts with funny sayings.
I've been wanting to make a custom glittered lampshade design.
I can't wait to get a silhouette, I know I'll label everything in the house!
I would love to make gorgeous girly decorations for my baby’s first birthday using the silhouette. Hope I win, thanks for the chance.
I would make all wedding decor for my son's wedding.
Vinyl decor for my incomplete gallery wall.
Wedding decor for my son's wedding.
Wall art!! I love the look of customized wall art.
Wall art! I love the look of customized wall art.
I am so ready to craft right now! 🙂 Thanks for the chance.
I want to make table signs for my wedding.
This is the greatest! I love the things a silhouette can do. I can't wait to get one!
I am dying to make some custom-sized lettering for a scrapbook page that has been waiting on my desk for me to finish! A friend said I could borrow her machine, but it sure would be nice to have one on hand for my own projects 🙂 Great sign and tutorial! And I just happen to have some of that beautiful Catalina Mist paint left over from my daughter's wedding decoration projects! Yay!
I would love to make some chalk labels. Thanks for the giveaway!
im dying to make some vinyl signs! 🙂 Thanks for the chance!
I would love to make some signs for our wedding on 10.12.13!
I am dying to make a sign for my living room using viynal cutouts!
I would love to make SO much! Like a vinyl "family" for our car and birth announcements for our new baby!
I want to make somethng for my classroom!
I would momogram stuff !!!
I just bought a house so I have a ton of projects I would like to do! I think the first would be a stencil for my dining room with a quote about family.
I would love to make some stencils for my scrapbook pages
Not dying…but dorm decorations!
I don't know what I'd make first, but now that I've seen your awesome sign, that would definitely be something I would try. Thank you for the chance to win one. I've been wanting one for so long.
I love your Hello sign! And I love all the ideas on Whipperberry! Keep up the great work!
I would love to make vinyl decals!
I would make my girls birthday banner!
I would love to try some of the great ideas on Whipperberry!
Inspirational signs around my house
I would love to make some fun decorations for my husband's birthday party.
I would make fancy cards for my family!
I would make decorations for my very first apartment!
I'd love to use HTV to make cute tote bags and shirts!
I'd love to try cutting fabric for applique!
I'd make cards to send to our troops, and get a jumpstart on my Christmas cards, too. So many possibilites with that awesome Silhouette!
I'd get a jump on holiday gifting.
I would love to make signs, banners, any home decor! I love crafting!!!
I need to make labels for my pantry!
Thanks for the chance to win a silhouette — such an awesome machine!!!
Onesies for my soon to be born first grandchild
Crafts of course but to make personalized gifts for family
I would love to make cute t-shirts
I would make all sorts of super cute labels to organize my entire house!
I would LOVE to be able to do some vinyl wall art!
I want to make subway/word art of our first dance song! Cutting all of those letters out by hand is too daunting!
I am most excited for fabric crafting, but really everything. I'm going to make EVERYTHING.
i would love to win a silhouette!! i would love to create signs for all our rooms!!
I have so many Pinterest projects that I would love to do using a portrait!
I would make some decorations for my house.
I would really like to make a wooden sign from my house with the scripture "As me for and my house we will serve the Lord."
Honestly, letters for titles for bulletin boards out of all the cool fonts I find online!
i have a whole list of things to try with the silhouette. one of the first will have to be a sign — any sign — with vinyl.
Onesies!
I'd love to copy this sign or use different wording. You're so creative!
A wedding scrapbook!
I am dying to make some custom t-shirts!
I cant WAIT to make vinyl stencils for my walls!!!
So Cute!!
I'm so new to this machine but would love to win and give it a try! I bet it's great! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I would love to make party decorations!!
I would love to make a "Bless This House" sign to o over my front door in our entryway!
I'd love to make a customized door mat for each season!
I'd love to do signs for the bedrooms
Oh my word – I'm dying for a silhouette!!! 🙂
I have so many uses for this, but this time of year, I would get busy making christmas gifts!!!
I want to make jar labels!
I am wanting to do vinyl labels for spice jars – I keep seeing them on blogs and want my own!
I would make cards!
I really need some birds to be flying on my living room wall. And maybe a few dragonflies too! Sooooo would like to win. 🙂
I have NEVER seen this machine. LOVE!!!! My mind is spinning with ideas!!!
I want to make a "all you need is love" sign for my upcoming barn wedding!
Would love to make some custom signs and artwork for at home and for some upcoming PARTIES!!
I would love to make matching Disneyworld shirts for my boys!
Love this sign! I would love to make some beachy art for my house.
what am i not dying to make with a silhouette?! cards, banners, the sign you made in this post, etc..
I'd love to make a couple of signs for my daughters room!
would love to make some graphic signs for our bathrooms and my boys rooms!!
I would love to make some Halloween pieces with this!
Shirts for my AVID students
I would make a subway word art mural for my new nephew!
I love your sign! I'd love to have the ability to make something similiar as well as cute shirts and decorations for my home.
Appliques!!!
I would get started on my many, many projects for my daughters dr.seuss themed birthday 🙂