*This giveaway is now closed. Winner is Alexandra “I would love to use it to cut fabric and vinyl! I would love to make some art for my living room!” Congratulations, Alexandra. I will be contacting you through email with instructions to claim your prize!
Did you notice the “Hello Sunshine” banner on the patio swing makeover yesterday?
Silhouette now has chipboard! Adding another FUNction to my Silhouette machine. Love it! {This is a sponsored post with affiliate links when using code “showoff”.}
Chipboard Banner Tutorial
I created my banner letters using the Silhouette Studio software and sent to “cut”. Add chipboard to cutting mat and insert into the machine. Remember to change the settings for each page to “chipboard” and to change the blade depth before cutting.
Two ways to paint chipboard letters (I used acrylic craft paint):
1. Remove lettering and paint. You will have painted fingers when trying to hold letters.
2. Don’t punch out chipboard. Paint lettering intact then punch out when dry. Letters will need touched up when removed from chipboard.
I painted both sides. Letters may need to be placed under weights (books) to flatten when dry.
When dry, using a hole punch, I placed two small holes at the top of each letter.
And laced with two long pieces of ribbon (long enough for my words “Hello Sunshine”, including room for spacing and tying the ends. I laced starting in the back of the letter and pulling the ribbon through to the front, then into the second hole, coming out the back.
Tie off the ends.
Ready to hang! I think I’m going to add a little color to my banner. And I’m going to love making customized party banners.
May’s Promotional Bundles
Visit Silhouette America and use the promotional code “SHOWOFF” http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/chipboard to take advantage of these amazing deals:
(1) 1 Silhouette CAMEO®, 1 pack of chipboard, 1 natural dust cover, 1 $25 download card: $269.99
(2) 1 Silhouette Portrait™, 1 pack of chipboard, 1 grey dust cover, 1 $25 download card: $129.99
(3) 1 pack of chipboard, 1 $25 download card: $19.99
ENTER TO WIN A SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT:
Giveaway is open to US residents and runs Wednesday, May 8, 2013 until Monday, May 12, 2013. Winner will be chosen randomly and announced shortly after. Good luck!
Here’s a video with some awesome information on the new chipboard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL2qbJyUCu4&list=UUdt8jBsW4kvA__vAcAGMvBw Enjoy!
I would make some cute teacher gifts to end the year with a little awesome!
These look so great. I hope I win!
The silhouette machines are so impressive. I can’t believe all the things a person can create with one.
I would label everything in my life!! I’d love to win this!!
I would use my new silhouette to cut out some wonderful designs in fabric for an appliqued quilt.
I would love to have the portrait to make signs for my etsy shop ! 🙂
Susan
I’d like to try using the chip board – it’s so cool!
I would love to win this for my sister! We would have a blast collaborating from a distance 😉
I would make labels for my jars!
I am just in the beginning of setting up my “new” craft room, and what a wonderful addition a Silhouette Portrait would make!! Thank you for this chance.
I would LOVE a silhouette – I have so many projects to do in my house!
What a fun new feature!
I would use it to help make decorations for my sons birthday party!!
oh how cute is your sign? Love it! I would use it to make a “welcome baby” sign for when we bring our baby home from the hospital this summer 🙂
I would use the Silhouette in my normal scrapbooking as well as labeling and other fun projects around the house!
Could have so much fun with this!
I would use it for card making, gift tags, etc.
Would love to win one and make cute decor and party gifts for little one’s birthday ! Thanks
I’d have to gift it to my sister. She deserves it!
i am a grandmother of a 1-week old, a 3-year old, and a 5-year old. Need i say more?
Would love to try cutting vinyl! Thanks for the giveaway.
The uses for this could be endless! At the moment I’m thinking of VBS crafts, bulletin boards, and booster club uses. No more cutting out things by hand!
Oh would I be a busy girl if I won! I have so many projects written down to do.
What a cute idea and awesome tutorial ! I can think of about a bazillion uses for the silhouette and would be so blessed to be chosen.
Thanks so much !
<3 Sarah
How FUN!!
We desperately need a chore chart!
I want to CREATEALLTHETHINGS!!! …but mostly, I want to create a couple of vinyl signs for my kitchen!
I love your swing makeover! I have an older swing in need of a little spruce up, and your timing is perfect. Thanks for the inspiration! I may have to use the Silhouette to make a swing banner of my own!
I have purchased quite a few craft glass blocks and I would use the Sihlouette to make the decor for the blocks for gift giving. Plus with the addition of my third granddaughter the thoughts of projects are endless!!!
I would love to have this baby for use when making projects for home and for projects for my online shop.
What a great tutorial ! Your blog always has great inspiration. I can think of so many things I want to make!
What a great new addition to the product line! This is definitely what I want to try next.
I’ve been wanting one of these for years! I badly need organization in my life and I’m quite sure this silhouette would do the trick! Have a Fantastic day!
I would make all sorts of cool banners!
We just got our first home and I would love to create one of a kind decorations for our 7 month old’s new room! Have been dreaming of one of these for a long, long time!!
Party banners! YAY!
I’d love to create some vinyl art!
birthday banner for the kiddos coming up
I would make tshirts for my boys!
I would make something for the babies’ rooms!
I would make decorations for my home and cards for friends!
Fun! I’m hosting a baby shower in a couple of months…what a creative way to make a banner!
Everything is improved with a fun banner, unless you ask my husband, which we’re not….
I would use it to make personalized gifts and to put cute labels ALL OVER my house. =]
the ways to use the Silhouette are endless. Craft projects, business projects, school projects, church projects…many many ways I could use the Silhouette!!
I’d use it for crafting at home, gifts & cards – the possiblities are as great as my imagination!
If I won I’d label everything and to make greeting cards! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Endless possibilities.. lots of fun crafts and word art
Great giveaway! I would make some art for our new patio!
I have a project I want to do now I was just thinking, “If only I had a Silhouette already, this would be so easy!” I want to stencil some words on a tee shirt. Guess I’ll have to do freezer paper instead for now.
I would love to use this for craft projects and decorating
I would love to make cards!!
I’ve been reading about this for so long. I’m dying to try it!
I would use it to make banners like you did!
I would love this for signs! Also for making shirts for my husbands hobby business!
Karen U
I would use it to decorate my whole house-kids rooms included!!!
Recently bought a new home so would use it to add a personal touch to my home decor. I have wanted one of these since day one….so have my fingers crossed so hard it hurts…Good Luck Everyone…thanks for hosting this for us..Hugs Zana
I have been seeing a lot of fun projects that use this lately. I would love to be able to try doing some of the projects.
Oh, I would love to do some crafty labeling with it!
I would tackle some vinyl projects!
I’d love this to do some cardmaking classes
I would begin by making a sign to carry to the Cardinals Games this summer to promote awareness for Childhood Cancer…thanks for the chance to win.
Oh I want one of these silhouettes so badly. Going to keep my fingers crossed!
I’d like to make some chipboard berry boxes
I would use it in so many ways. Labels, tags, crafts, the possibilities are endless!!
love to do some vinyl for the kitchen!
rwvanvoorhis at gmai ldot com
I’d use it for scrapbooking, cardmaking, gifts, and decorating our home!
I’ve just got to have one of these. 🙂
I would make some stencils for some signs for my home
So many projects could get done!
I would make some vinyl labels for my kitchen and wall art for daughters room.
Honestly, I don’t know how I would use it. I am just starting to craft again (totally forgot how much I loved it) and there are all these new gadgets that I would love to try! This is something I have been toying with looking at for Mother’s Day!
I have been wanting one of these to make cards!
I would make subway art!
I would love to use this to make etched glass for gifts
I have many of projects To Do in my FACS classroom! Label,Label, Label!
I would love to use it with projects and scrapbooking. I’m sure I will find lots of other ways to use too! Thanks for the chance to win it.
Thank you for the chance to win. I would love to win it.
I’ve been wanting one of these for SO long!!! Come on random selector… pick me! So many projects I want to make… vinyl, etching… oh my!
I have been trying to win one of these for such a long time. I have four little girls and tons of projects I have in mind for decorating and organizing their rooms. What a great give away!!
If I were lucky enough to win, I would use the Silhouette for making cards!
Cheers,
Julia
It’s Always Ruetten
I would make stencils!
Oh the possibilities… I would make so many things. At the top of my list would be some cards for my sister’s bridal shower
I think making tags or accents for cards would be great. It’s such a diverse tool in the art of craft <3
labels, labels, labels! And signs for my kids sporting events!
I want to make a vinyl sign for my kitchen! Crossing my fingers!
I would use it to make cards.
I’m excited to try the gift boxes with chipboard!
I would use it to make gift tags
I would use it for everything!!
OH I NEED THIS
for all kinds of things,but I have been wanting to make a custom t shirt for my husband
Vinyl projects and for scrapbooking
This would be awesome to win! Would be great for all sorts of projects 🙂
Labels, door welcome sign, cute cards, scrap booking, glass etching and the list goes on!
I would organize…..everything.
I might be able to actually finish some projects that I have pinned up on Pinterest! I will be making lots of numbers! Good Luck everyone!
I would sooo love to have a Silhouette and have been dying for one for several years. There are tons of projects I would love to do!!!!!!!
I would love to use it to cut fabric and vinyl! I would love to make some art for my living room!
I would make some slot-together stand up animals.
You have a great tutorial for making a lettered signage…I am really impressed on how easy the Silhouette works…WOW…I want one!
There are so many things I’d like to try. I think I might start off with heat transfer to make some cute tees. Thanks for a chance to win.
twelve30(at)gmail(dot)com
cards, vinyl, decorate my laundry room and basement. thanks!
I am planning my wedding and I would use this for everything I possibly could!!
I would use it to cut vinyl and fabric mostly. I’d love to make some vinyl wall decor for my sons room.
I would use it to redo my kids’ rooms, complete with banners, organized jars with cute labels, paper flowers in vases, and even use the fabric blade to cut out shapes for throw pillows..
I could use this for so many projects! I work at a library, and could find a million uses for it there and at home. Banners, signs, all the things!
My girls got new beds, but the rest of their room could use a little update…vinyl shapes on the wall, names above their beds. Oh, the fun I could have!
I would organize my life! And decorate!
I would LOVE to win this.
I would use it to cut shapes for my cards and cutting vinyl.
FABULOUS!!!! I’ve been coveting a Silhouette for a LONG time! The list of projects to complete with one will never end!
FABULOUS giveaway!!!! I’ve been coveting a Silhouette for a LONG time! The list of projects to complete with one will never end!
It would be such fun to win a Silhouette. I would make stencils to start. Fingers crossed!
I would use the Silhouette to create promotional signage for trade/craft shows as well as home-based business. Being a confirmed organization addict, I would label everything that’s not labeled yet. Thank you for the opportunity…
I’d make decor for my boy’s rooms!
Momma needs a new toy for Mother’s Day! Oh, what fun this would be!
I’d LOVE to have a Portrait! Thanks for the chance to win! I’d love to make some chipboard mini books. 🙂
I love the chipboard banner, I might just need one too!
I would love to use this to make super cute boxes!
I would make pictures for my sad, bare walls!
I would love to win and use the Silhouette to make tags
I have so much I would use it for-decor, card making to name a couple.
I would use in for EVERYTHING!. I am thinking of the vynil for glasswear and the walls as well as using it on fabric.
vinyl omgoodness! It is important to proof read.
I’d make lots of title for scrapbook pages or mini albums
ooohhhh, these are fabulous!!
I’d love to add some homemade decor to my girls room and for diy home decor!
I would give it to my daughter who is a teacher!
I would finish my scrapbook journal!
I would add the finishing touches to my scrapbook pages
Wow! I would first make a ‘welcome to the porch’ banner for our porch. We have friends stopping by all the time in the summer. Thanks!
My first project would be to make new house numbers for my mailbox.
I would love to make a Happy Birthday banner for my sons’ birthdays!
I am going to school to be a teacher so I would use the Silhouette to make awesome stuff for my classroom and to decorate my home!
I would give it to my wife for a late Mother’s Day present. 🙂 She really wants one.
I would make some cute teacher gifts for the teachers of my kids.
scrapbooking, my little ones room. lot of projects on my mind.
I would give it to my sister since she has been oogling mine.
I would make business cards!
Trying to decide between a Cricut and a Silhouette. I hope you make my decision for me!
GLASS ETCHING!! this would help me make great gifts!
I would love to hold a craft night with my friends and make all sorts of things with it.
I think the first project I would tackle is some art for our guest room. Thanks for the giveaway!
I would use it to create play area banners for my daughter in our living room as well as for favor tags for parties!
I would use it to decorate my kids rooms and to make the end of the year teachers gifts. I know that it would get tons of use in my busy house of 9. I could even see my husband using it!
I would first create a bunch of cards so I will always have one ready when I need it.
I will be creating vinyl art for every room in my home. I have wanted to work with vinyl for years.