Free Shipping from Silhouette! {w/ min $25 order}

Here is a new promotion from Silhouette: From now until Aug 31, get free shipping when you make a purchase of $25 or more from the Silhouette Store! The discount is automatically given at checkout and no promo codes are required.

If you have been holding back from buying the PixScan mats because of the high shipping fee, now is the time to get them. Just add two PixScan mats at $14.99 each to your cart and you will automatically get free shipping! Click HERE to go to the Silhouette Store.

** I am not affiliated with Silhouette America. I'm just happy to share a good deal with y'all! ;-) **

from the Silhouette newsletter.

20% off Silhouette Online Store Subscription from Aug 5-19

For those of you who have been asking for a Silhouette Subscription discount, this post is for you:

From now until Aug 19th, use the code "AUGUST" to take 20% off when you sign up for the Silhouette Subscription plan. Please note that this is for the Silhouette Online Store (for shapes/designs) and not for the Silhouette America site (machines/mats/etc.).

See below for the full details of the promotion and click HERE to go to the Silhouette Online Store.

** I am not affiliated with Silhouette America and I did not receive any compensation for this post. I'm just happy to share a good deal with y'all! ;-) **

from the Silhouette newsletter

Bonus freebies for August 2014

Here are the LD bonus freebies for the month:

Click on the image(s) below to go to the LD site and add the Pop School Paper Pack, Knit Wits Play graphic and cut its (SVG), and the First Day Signs printables to your cart and check out. You pay $0!

There is also a free sample alphabet posted on the LD site. Unlike their usual freebie(s), you cannot checkout with the whole alphabet set to get it for free. Instead, you can only download a word or a phrase. Hence a free alphabet sample. (Hint: Use it to make a free title for your scrapbook page!)

To get your Let's Play alphabet sample, click HERE to go to the LD site and click on the Try Me Now tool on the top right corner. Enter a word or a phrase in the text box and the preview box will show you how it looks like in the form of the alphabet. If you like the way it looks, you can get the word/phrase as a free sample by clicking on the Save button. Don't forget to change the image to a higher resolution before starting the download. Note that you can only download the word or phrase that you type in the text box for free. Unlike the usual LD freebies, you will be charged for the alphabet if you try to check out with the entire set in your cart.

Click HERE to get your free sample.

NEW! Silhouette Studio version 3.1.417

It's here! Silhouette Studio v3.1.417 is out! Will it be better than the earlier v3s? Did Silhouette fix all the bugs or did they make it worse? I have no idea but I will be downloading this (to a separate laptop) just to see what their new PixScan is all about. Download at your own risk and if you don't like it, you can always uninstall (see tutorial HERE).

Click HERE to get v3.1.417.

Hurry! Silhouette Cameo for $197.46!!

Hurry! The Silhouette Cameo is on sale for only $197.46 or 34% off the List Price! It sells for $299.99 in the Silhouette store! Amazon changes their prices often and I don't know how long this offer will last. If you want this, click HERE to get it before the deal is gone.

If you already have a Cameo cutter, check out the other Silhouette accessories that are also on sale. The Silhouette replacement blade as well as the Fabric blade is only $8.22 while the Cameo replacement cutting mat is $9.40, and the Sketch Pens Starter Kit has been marked down to $12.14!

Click HERE to see what other Silhouette products are on sale.

Friday Freebies!

Sorry I'm late posting today's freebies. There are so many exciting things happening (e.g. THIS and THIS), I can hardly keep up! :)

LD released new graphics and cutting files today. Check out their Hello Bella. It's so pretty!

If you are getting the collection, consider buying the bundle instead. It's a better deal and you can even use a coupon on top of that.

You can use the code ALittleBird to save 30% when you spend $12 or more on the LD site. Good deal!

It's a new month and LD has a brand new "Earn-It-Free" promotion:

Just spend $15 between Aug 1st and Aug 31 and the entire Out of This World collection will be added to your LD library at no additional cost! Click HERE for the full details.

In addition to all the new stuff, LD has a new "Sneak Peek-of-the-Month"!

The "Sneak Peeks" are only available during the checkout process when you are buying something else. They are priced at 50% of the regular price as an introductory offer.

using Backyard Fun SVG set

LD is extending their $1 SVG sale to make up for a computer glitch on their site. The sale will end tomorrow night (Saturday night). (UPDATE 8/2: Looks like the sale has ended. Sorry!). Click HERE to grab your $1 SVGs before they go away.

using the Rise and Shine SVG set

And now (finally!), here are your Friday Freebies:

Click HERE or the image above to go to the LD site. Add the Out of This World- Cupcakes printables to your cart and checkout. You pay $0.00! The link to the downloads will show up after the "transaction" is completed.

scrapNfonts is a sister site of LD and they too have a freebie to give away. Click HERE to go to their Fontaholic blog and download the Birthday Tags Printable.

Silhouette users, don't forget to grab the weekly freebie from the Silhouette Online (Shape) Store.

Have a super weekend!

NEW Silhouette products: PixScan, Vinyl Feeder, Pen Holder and more!

There's exciting news from Silhouette America today! They are releasing several new products. First, check out the new PixScan:



(If you are following this blog via the newsletter, please click HERE for the video).

With PixScan, you can take a picture or a scan of the image (and the mat) and cut with your machine. In order to use PixScan with your Silhouette cutter, you will need to buy the new PixScan mats and use Silhouette Studio version 3.1 that will be released very soon.

image from the Silhouette store

While I am excited to try PixScan, I am wary of version 3. As you may know, I didn't like many things about it (see my posts HERE and HERE) but I will give v3.1 a shot just so I can give PixScan a try. Click HERE to find out more about PixScan or HERE to join my Facebook discussion.

For those of you who cut a lot of vinyl with your Silhouette, this next product may interest you:

The Silhouette Roll Feeder looks like another good idea but it is $39.99! Ouch!

Oh lookie! Silhouette has finally done something about their not-so-useful pen holder. They have come out with a new one!

The 3-cap system reminds me of the old (discontinued, non-ratchet style) Silhouette blade. I'm not the most organized person and I was always afraid of misplacing and losing those caps! If you buy this new pen holder, be sure to keep the different adapters in a place where you can easily find them. They wouldn't be very useful when they are lost. Just sayin'.

There is also a new etching cream in the Silhouette Store now and...

... a new Business edition for Silhouette Studio is coming soon!

According to the Silhouette newsletter that I received, the features of this software include:

Multi-cutter support to control multiple Silhouette devices at once.

Automated weed line creation to automatically add weed lines for easy vinyl and heat transfer removal.

Matrix copy to create multiple copies of the same project with variable data as inserted by the user. This feature is ideal for making name tags and other personalized batch projects.

Advanced nesting preview mode automatically nests individual pieces in the Cut Preview to provide efficient usage of the material being cut, while maintaining the image's original positioning in the Design Preview mode allowing the user to continue editing and refining the design.

Job repeat to replicate a cut job multiple times uninterrupted.

Ai/EPS/Cdr file support to handle a broader range of file types.

The MSRP of the Business Edition is $99.99 and it is expected to launch at the end of August. There is no mention of whether it can save files to the SVG format.

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Of all the new products, I am most excited about PixScan. I want to try it out but so far Silhouette Studio version 3 has not impressed me. I am really hoping that with the upcoming release of version 3.1, Silhouette America would have fixed the bugs and issues that made using Silhouette Studio version 3 so NOT fun to use.

Are you excited about the new Silhouette stuff? What are you buying? Please share your thoughts in the comments below or join my discussion HERE.