There is a great deal on a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine today. You can get the basic machine for $199 and that includes free shipping. Please note the sale is today only (5/24), while supplies last.
This is the machine I have- actually mine is the older version. This is the newer Cameo which has a few new snazzy features.
If you have been considering a Cameo, this is really close to the price we see during the holiday season. The downside is that this machine doesn’t come with any of the extras that you need to for projects.
The Cameo machine is a cutting machine and cuts fabric, vinyl, paper and so on. You need to actually buy the supplies- paper, vinyl, stickers and so on for the project. So keep that in mind.
For $199 you get the following:
- Silhouette CAMEO® Electronic Cutting Tool w/ cables and manual
- Silhouette Studio® Software
- 12-inch Cutting Mat
- Cutting Blade
- One-month Basic Subscription to the Silhouette Design Store PLUS 100 free digital designs- this is where you buy designs such as a sunshine or a superhero or fun fonts or whatever you want to cut.
- Crosscutter
- Hook
- Scraper
- Spatula
- Pick-Me-Up Tool
- 25 Free Exclusive JoAnn Shapes
- Extra Cutting Blade (total of 2 cutting blades in this bundle)
So that is actually a nice deal.
For this offer head over to Joann’s to take a look.
As a second option, you can really get a party kit for $259.
This one has the same machine but also comes with the following:
- Vinyl Starter Kit: Includes 4 sheets of premium vinyl (9-inch by 24-inch of black, white, dark pink, leaf green), 10-feet of premium transfer paper, Silhouette hook, Silhouette scraper, exclusive download card good for 10 vinyl designs, idea booklet and instruction guide, and an instructional DVD.
- Cameo Starter Guide by Silhouette Guru Melissa Viscount (Vinyl, Heat Transfer, Sketch, Print & Cut, and Paper), 12-inch x 12-inch Cutting Mat
- Cutting Blade, 12 Inch by 12 Inch Pixscan Mat, 1 Vinyl Trimmer Blade, Scraper Tool, Hook Tool, and Glitter Pen Set (black, green, blue, black)
- 100 Exclusive Designs, One month to the Silhouette design store worth $25 in downloads, Studio Software for windows XP/ Windows Vista/ or higher and Mac OS X 10.5.8 and higher, USB Cord, Power Cord 110V-240V
So basically the big difference here is that you get the vinyl to get started with. The colors are pictured above and the transfer paper which is a must for keeping your designs even (otherwise you freehand place letters and such on your project and they never line up correctly.) Plus you get the (4) glitter pens which can go into the machine instead of the cutting tool and you can write stuff. I used a gold pen to make this sleepytime label on this project.
If you’d rather get the bigger bundle, you can head over to Amazon to take a look. There are a few variations to choose from priced at $249-259.
Please note prices may change at any moment. Prices current as of 9am PST on 5/24/16.
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