Silhouette America Starter Kit Vinyl

It seems that reviews for all of the Silhouette starter kits are mixed up, so to be clear, I have the glass etching vinyl, and stamping kits. I think that the best aspect of buying the kit, as opposed to buying the items separately, is the confidence factor. Yes, you might be able to get the items for a few dollars less than buying the kit, and no, you might not need another scraper tool (unless you lost it like me), but having all of the items in one kit with basic instructions and some extra inspiration from the pamphlets just seems to make the projects seem less intimidating. That's probably why they call them starter kits. If someone is already an expert, they don't need recommendations for the type of transfer paper or the quality of vinyl to buy, but someone just starting out, who may already be a little intimidated about using their silhouette, might benefit from having everything they need in one place. And what is worse than sitting down to a project and realizing that you've forgotten something important and having to run out for it or (worse) having to order it online and wait for it?So, for the individual kits...The glass etching kit is absolutely awesome. This has everything you need to make some very impressive gifts (or much-deserved gifts for yourself). Add a few pieces of glassware from the dollar store, and you've got a gift worthy of a silver anniversary or a milestone birthday. This kit has paid for itself so many times for me. The results are very professional looking. If you need to be convinced of all that you can make with this kit, just search glass etching on that very popular pinning site.The vinyl kit has enough vinyl to put your monogram on every plastic cup in the house, which is what you will probably want to do the first day. I gave tumblers (another dollar store investment) to the kids in a club I supervise and cut out their names and some clip art (remember, you can trace any image for the Silhouette - you don't have to get everything from the store), and they had a great time decorating their cups. Personalized items are so popular right now, and this is a great way to DIY. I am not a huge fan of pink, so I wish they had chosen something more neutral instead, but otherwise, I am very pleased with it.I have not tried the stamping kit yet, so I will update this review when I do.Happy crafting!

***see pro tip at the bottom if you are a 1 star reviewer citing a machine or material error, i.e. bunching up, not cutting through, not making the shape***This kit is pretty fantastic. I was curious to see why there were SO MANY one star reviews, so I read them all to find that these are a result of user error.. I had great success with this kit even as a novice Silhouette user. I love the quality of the acrylic block, it held even the tiniest little pieces right on the block without losing them. I had dots smaller than the eyehole of a sewing needle in my cut, and they stayed on the block.The ink pad is also of great quality and made a flawless stamping despite my inexperience with stamping medium.. I honestly don't have a clue how to put ink on a stamp from a pad properly, but this makes me look like a pro at times. I stamped on many different types of paper. Note the dog's eyebrows. they are actually a piece of stamp material smaller than the dot a ballpoint pen makes! They're stayed right there on the stamp block and made a transfer onto the page so beautifully.The stamp material itself is phenomenal. I cut a 2.5 inch by 2.5 inch very detailed stamp using an old blade that had a lot of wear on it. It still cut so great. You do have to pull at it to remove the cut from the material, but it's not a difficult weed.****PRO TIP****your cut mat is not off white, it is a translucent cut mat, just like the regular ones for silhouette. if it appears off white, you did not remove the protective cover. Just like your larger cut mats with a blue protective sheet, this one is off white with dots on it. Your cut mat will not work to hold your stamp material if you do not remove the cream colored cover. IT WILL NOT WORK! I see that most of the one star reviews, especially the ones that included pictures, STILL HAVE THE PROTECTIVE COVER on the mat.If you can cut a piece of vinyl with your machine, you can cut stamp material; it is literally the same process, you don't even have to do it backward like you do with htv. it's SO simple, the only way to screw it up is to not remove the covering from the cut mat. .

The pen set is a great way to get started using the sketch feature of your Silhouette machine. The drop in the holder with no extra parts and clamp right in. The multitude of colors will cover you for several different small projects. The metallics are especially fun when you want to add a little something special to your project. Best of all, they write clearly and smoothly every time you use them.These aren't cons to the set because the set is great, but if you're planning on doing a large project, you should first be aware that the pens themselves don't have a lot of ink. They're about a third of the size of a normal ink pen. Second, you can't order individual colors so if you run out your only option is to buy another set. When I decided to use my Silhouette to sketch all my wedding invitations and address all the envelops I shied away from using the set pens knowing this would be the case.I'm still giving the set 5 stars for the variety of colors and ease of use but you should be aware that they're really for making one project at a time, not large scale production.

Bonitos y listos para usar,yo los recomiendo si tienes una maquina de corte, viene con su tarjeta de regalo de diseños para descargar. Contenta con la compra

Work great, sometimes have to a test run before they start working properly, just like any other pens. Great value for a starter kit if needed would order again

Funcionan muy bien, pero son muy caros para ser unos simples bolígrafos con poca capacidad de tintaEs mejor comprar el adaptador y usar bolígrafos normales de colores

Creí que por ser un paquete de Silhouette sería algo especial, fue el primero que compré, la verdad lo sentí muy equis, las herramientas pues si son básicas, pero si ya tienes de la misma marca o de otras ya te sirven más, si tomas cualquier curso de cameo te incluye lo mismo, mejor explicado, el que traigan CD con los videos se me hace muy anticuado, tuve que estar buscando en la página para ver el video y pues no tiene ninguna explicación, ningún tip, ningún nada. Los diseños que te dan gratis (10) son muy sencillos. Sinceramente creo no vale la pena y tampoco me quedaron ganas de comparar ningún otro paquete de este tipo.

El producto cabe perfecto en una caja de 10x10 cm las piedras que vienen son diminutas, nada como lo que viene en las imágenes.Pongan fotos reales del interior del producto.