Hand-Cut Playhouse Silhouette Promo

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Anything in miniature is just irrisistable, is it not? Penelope and I found these little miniature plastic toys at the toy store a couple weeks ago. They’re no taller than half an inch, making them the perfect travel play buddies.

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I’m always trying to find appropriate quiet toys for Penelope and Felix to play with during our church services on Sundays. They can be the hardest 3 hours of the week if I don’t come prepared with ample toys and snacks. Problem is, often times they get bored with the toys they typically play with. The idea struck for Sunday-only toys when I found these little cuties.

They were great last week, but we were missing scenery. The little pouch my friend made is perfect for housing all of the animals and any coordinating accessories so my mind set to work to make something collapsible that would fit inside the little pouch (isn’t it too cute?!?).

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Making little cut-outs with Silhouette’s chipboard did the trick! Designing the scenery was a breeze, too. It was a fun little mommy-daughter activity for us to decorate the scenery together.

I’m not sure I’ve seen this kind of excitement from her in a while.

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Now my only hope is that I can hide these little goodies during the week. She wants to play with her toy scene all the time!

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Yesterday started a huge promotion over at Silhouette. They’re offering huge discounts on not only the machines, but a whole pack of goodies. If you don’t have a machine yet, I advise you get one with this promo. You’ll get so many fun starter goodies you’ll be crafting well into the thick of winter.

Use promo code MELISSA at checkout for this exclusive deal.

Specialty media plus a Silhouette CAMEO® for $269.99 (savings over $120 from retail cost $383.90)

  • 1 cardstock essentials pack (new product)
  • 1 pack printable adhesive kraft paper (new product)
  • 1 pack printable clear sticker paper
  • 1 pack temporary tattoo paper
  • 1 pack printable cotton canvas (new product)
  • 1 pack chipboard
  • 1 pack printable silver foil
  • 1 pack printable magnet paper
  • 1 pack double-sided adhesive

Specialty media plus a Silhouette Portrait™ for $129.99 (savings over $110 from retail cost $263.90)

  • 1 cardstock essentials pack (new product)
  • 1 pack printable adhesive kraft paper (new product)
  • 1 pack printable clear sticker paper
  • 1 pack temporary tattoo paper
  • 1 pack printable cotton canvas (new product)
  • 1 pack chipboard
  • 1 pack printable silver foil
  • 1 pack printable magnet paper
  • 1 pack double-sided adhesive

30% off on all specialty media

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I am a Silhouette affiliate. I wouldn’t blog about their products unless I really loved them. And I do. I receive a portion of sales made with the promotional code MELISSA, so thank you for your support!!

 

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    1. Alycia says:

      I’ve been wanting to get a Silhouette for ages… alas the promotions only work on the US site. Australians don’t get sales. :(

      • Melissa says:

        NUTS!!! Do you have any friends/family in the US that could buy one for you and ship to you? I read a post from DesignMom about how she shopped US stores from france. She used friends and family, but talks about MyUS.com where you can purchase items from US and have them shipped to you. Here’s her post: http://www.designmom.com/2011/06/ask-design-mom-shopping-as-an-expat/

        • Alycia says:

          I do, but the power supply would be different. I shall have to give this a bit of research over the next few days to work out if it’s viable. Thanks!

          Also, I forgot to mention, the playhouse is awesome! I reckon my nephew would love something like that.

          • Melissa says:

            I always forget about the power thing!!! ARG! That’s so frustrating.

            • Alycia says:

              I have been reliably informed that it should work over here just fine with a simple adaptor. Now to decide on all the nice extras want to play with.

              Thanks so much for the advice!

    2. phil says:

      cool animation

    3. Amanda Gracey says:

      Hey Melissa! I ordered a Cameo last week using your promotional code. :) My husband is a graphic designer and we use Adobe CC software so we’d like to make our designs using Illustrator. How do you make your Illustrator designs into “cuttable” files for the Silhouette? Do you have a link to a current plugin? Thanks!

      • Melissa says:

        I don’t think there’s a plug-in for it (It would be nice, though!). I make all of my graphics with a black fill in Illustrator, make sure none of the graphics are grouped or in a compound shape, then compound all of the graphics into one shape before saving. Export as a DXF file. Then import to your library like any other graphic. You should be good to rock and roll. Email me if you run across any issues.

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