Silhouette Portrait Giveaway!

November 23, 2012

Miscellaneus

***This giveaway is closed. ***

I know everyone is in frenzied shopping mode today, so I thought I would share a couple of giveaways! First, I am offering up the new Silhouette cutter – The Portrait, which is a smaller (and less expensive) version of the CAMEO.

You can make all sorts of beautiful things with it. Here are some ideas they have posted on their website…

I love those paper ornaments!

It even cuts fabric…

If you’d like to enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment at the bottom of this post. The giveaway will close Sunday, November 25, at midnight PST and I’ll announce a winner on Tuesday. You must be 18 or older and live in the continental US to be eligible to win. Good luck!!

AND… Since it’s Black Friday, Silhouette is offering some major discounts on some of their products. When you visit Silhouette’s secret Black Friday Page, you can get the following discounts…

1 Silhouette CAMEO® plus 1 copy of Silhouette Studio® Designer Edition (MSRP $349.98) for $229.99
1 Silhouette Portrait™ for $179.99
40% off at silhouetteamerica.com (Offer only valid at silhouetteamerica.com. Expires November 30, 2012. Rain checks not available. 40% discount excludes Silhouette CAMEO®, Silhouette Portrait™, downloads, download cards, subscriptions, and gift cards).

Just use promo code mustard at checkout.

The promo code will be valid November 23 – November 30, 2012.

Marian Parsons

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