Vinyl Pantry Labels with the Silhouette

My Silhouette showed up on my front door the day before we left to go out of town for Thanksgiving.  Now that we are back I cannot wait to start working on some of the projects that I have been dreaming about.

I did sneak in a few things before I left town.  I used some of the shapes that come free with the Silhouette and a font I already had on my computer to print out some labels:

They couldn't have been easier to make.  I chose one of the shapes that came with my Silhouette:

And with a simple double click it appears on the work area:

With another double click I can resize and move the image:

I make it a little smaller and move it to the top left so that it doesn't waste vinyl when it is time to cut:

Next I select the Text too (hard to see on this image, but it is the A that is grey):

And then click on the work area and start typing:

You can manipulate the size and shape just like you would in Photoshop or even a word document.  When you have it the way you want it you send it to your Silhouette the same way you would send it to your printer.

Easy Peasy!

And I have some video I will be showing you in the coming weeks that will show you just how easy it all is!

Stay tune, and if you haven't entered to win the Silhouette SD that I am giving away, you can do that over on the Silhouette Giveaway Post.  You have until tomorrow morning to enter!

Silhouette SD Review and Giveaway!

I could not WAIT until the day after Thanksgiving to tell you, so I am letting the cat out of the bag now!  Silhouette America is giving one of my readers a Silhouette SD electronic cutting tool:

One of you will be getting this pretty little cutter and all of the fun that comes in the box with it!  I just got mine yesterday and I have not stopped playing with it since it showed up at my door.  There are paper turkeys lying all over my house and a million projects swimming around in my head.

I should be getting ready for Thanksgiving, but instead I have been playing with some of my fun Silhouette products.  I used some vinyl and changed my pantry labels from this:

to this:

And turned one of Ruby's plain red shirts into this cute white flocked Christmas tree shirt:

I still have so many fun products to play with and I can't wait to share some tutorials with you (I might even throw in a VIDEO or two!

I will be posting a full review later this week, but I couldn't be happier with this machine!  It is SUPER light way, easy to set up, and I honestly had cut out a paper turkey within 2 minutes of setting it up.

So now to the fun part!!!

To enter to win, leave me a comment below and let me know why you would like to win the Silhouette SD.

Want some additional entries?

Head over to Silhouette and tell me which products you would like to try with your new Silhouette SD!

Stop by the Silhouette Blog and leave a comment letting them know that Lorie from Be Different, Act Normal sent you or become a follower of their blog.  Either one gets you another entry.  Just leave a comment letting me know. 

Post about this giveaway on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter.
Then leave a link in the comment section of this post.  You can even do all three and earn three different entries.  

You can use this tweet if you like:   

@milliemux is giving away a #silhouette http://bit.ly/dLCESs

And last but not least become a subscriber or Follower to Be Different, Act Normal.  Leave me a comment and let me know if you are a long time follower, or brand new to my blog.

That should just about cover it!

You have until 10:00 AM MST on Monday November 29, 2010  to enter.  A winner will be randomly chosen from all entries and announced within the hour.  Why so quickly?  Because if you don't win, you will still have a chance to use the AMAZING discount code that Silhouette has offered to my readers.

You have until November 29th to use the code bedifferent to receive $100 off the purchase of a Silhouette SD.  You will get the machine for $199!  And to make the deal even sweeter Silhouette has thrown in a roll of vinyl, a roll of transfer paper, and their Home Decor CD for FREE!

Your shopping cart will look like this:

Free is so fun!


Disclosure

Silhouette America provided me with a Silhouette SD to use and review along with a second machine to give away to my readers.  All opinions shared regarding the machine and use of the machine are my own.


Silhouette America currently only ships within the United States.   The contest is open to anyone with a shipping address within the US.


***This giveaway has ended***