Lifestyle Craft’s Epic is an extremely versatile crafting tool. It functions as a die cutter, embosser and a letterpress. For whatever purpose you use the Epic, there’s a wide variety of shapes and styles for holidays, occasion or every day use. Right now in the Lifestyle shop there are over 500 different items to use with the Epic!
Some of my favorite dies are the ones that fold up into boxes and treat bags like these Halloween cracker boxes featured on the Lifestyle Crafts L Blog.
Lifestyle Crafts has just released their new “It Kits”, including a Clip It Kit, Tag It Kit and an Edge It Kit. I was sent the Edge It Kit that includes 7 border dies perfect for making cards. Here’s the complete set of dies that are 6″ across and a variety of widths.
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Using the Epic
The Epic is very easy to use. From bottom to top, just stack up the cutting board, the die, your paper, and the cutting mat. Then use the handle to run that through the Epic and your paper is die cut!
Sometimes I’ve had a little trouble with my paper shifting as I’ve run it through so I’ve just used a post-it note to help hold it in place.
After running the sandwich of cutting board, die, paper, and cutting mat through the Epic, just peel your paper carefully away from the die. You can see that there’s white spongy areas in the die that press out any closed areas so you don’t have to spend any time pulling out all those little pieces. The little pieces just stick to the cutting mat (right side of the photo below) and are easily brushed off.
My Project
With the It Kit, I decided to make a paper wreath. I cut forty 4 1/4″ squares and used the border dies to cut one side of each square. Below is a sample of the six dies I used. After all my squares had a border, I folded them into cones and used a hot glue gun to secure the cone.
Next I hot glued an outer ring of cones to a cardboard circle. The circle has an 8″ diameter and a 3″ hole in the center. Then I glued on an inner ring of cones and smashed down the point of each cone so it stood up more.
Once all the cones were glued on, I glued an orange ribbon around the center of the wreath and it was ready to hang!
Discount
You can find more great information on the L Blog including demos and tutorials and see a variety of completed projects. And if you’re in the market to buy any Lifestyle Crafts products, check out our button on the sidebar for a code for 20% off your order!
Giveaway
Lifestyle has generously given us an Epic Combo Kit (a $170 value) to give away to one of our lucky readers! The combo kit comes with everything you need to get started die cutting and embossing.
To enter: This giveaway is now closed.
- Just leave us a comment telling us what you would use the Epic for.
- For a bonus entry, leave one comment letting us know if you’re a follower of Craft Buds through Google Friend Connect, RSS feed or e-mail.
Contest is open to US residents only through Tuesday, November 8 at midnight EST. The winner will be chosen by Random.org and announced the next day.
Bonus Giveaway! Lifestyle Crafts is currently hosting a giveaway on their site for an incredible Canon 60D camera and aqua Jo Totes bag. Just create an account to enter through midnight on Monday, November 7.
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I would like to use this to embellish scrapbooks. It would be fun to get together with my sisters or sisters-in-law and work on projects!
I would use it to make my christmas cards! Thanks for a great giveaway
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I would decorate gift bags for school.
I would use it to make gifts!!! What a great prize!!! I would LOVE to win this!! I really want to win this! Thanks for the chance!
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I would love to use it for some gift tags, personal items, but it probably would be best served on my behalf, by generously gifting it to my daughter who would bless me immensely with customized scrapbook pages, cards and whatnots…
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I would use it for scrap booking and card making 🙂
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I would love to use it to make things as great as what you are making, but to be quite honest, it would likely end up being used to scrapbook all of my kids a nice scrapbook of their childhood memories instead.. and THEN cool things like what you are making once I dream them up.
I am starting a small business since i was laid off, this would be perfect for helping me with packaging my products!! <3 the letterpress just can't afford it right now lol
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I would use this for craft projects for my grandson and for my shop…
What couldn’t I make?! I would love to tinker with this. Wouldn’t it be cool to make gift tags for holiday gifts? Or maybe place settings for the Thanksgiving table. My kids are in preschool and Kindergarten and I bet we could come with all kinds of fun projects.
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What wouldn’t I make with this machine! I would literally be transformed into Martha Stewart! I think I would start making our Christmas Cards this year for sure!
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I would use it for making gift tags and cards. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to explore using the Epic system for card making and I love the dimensional projects, too.
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Following through Google Friends! Great site!
I would love to have this to make homemade cards!
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I love the look of letterpress. I’d use the Epic to make cards and other fun items.
To start with, Christmas cards… and baby announcements 🙂
I would love to add this to my collection of tools for scrapbooking & card making! There’s so much you can do with this. Such an exciting give away!! 🙂
And, following through Google Reader… which they changed so much I may be driven away… but I’ll keep you in whatever feed reader I stay with!
I’m your newest follower on Google Friend Connect! 🙂
I would love to use the Epic Letterpress for my wedding cards + cupcakes!
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I would use this to assist in the creation of a HUGE scrapbook project I am about to begin which will chronicle our amazing 21 day trip from Denver to Portland and beyond! Also bet I could find ways to use this in creating party decorations or invitations for a graduation event we are planning in May for my daughter. Oh the possibilities are endless!!!
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I would make name tags for Christmas gifts!!
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Cool beans! I would have to start with Christmas projects, and then spring projects, and then birthday party projects for my princesses.
I would use the Epic to embellish frames and make holiday cards!
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I would use it for decorating and to finally finish my scrapbooks.
i would love to make personalized cards for holidays, and make gift tags for the handmade gifts
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I would use the epic to my picture wall i’m wanting to make and to make christmas decorations with. So many projects i could do if i won it = ) keeping my fingures crossed
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What *wouldn’t* I use this for???? First order of business would be handmade holiday cards!
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I would use it for scrapbooking! I’m always on the lookout for new scrap toys!
I would use it to make gift boxes and beautiful paper… And many other things !
I would sooooo use this for making cards!!! Probably, some other paper crafts as well 😉 Thanks for the chance to win something VERY Cool!
I would probably use this beauty to make Christmas cards. =)
I’d use this to make fancy wrapping tags! 🙂
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I would use it for scapbooking, making cards and a million other things!!!
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I would love this to make cards and other crafty projects!
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The first thing I would use it for would be making Christmas gift tags.
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Love the letterpress. have been looking at one for a long time would love to use it with my mixed media art and maybe incoporate it with my wings, Dreams and Cowgirl Bling biz:) the ideas are endless!!
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There are HUNDREDS of things that come to mind! Top things are Business cards, Christmas cards and wedding invitations. All 3 of those are on my project list at the moment too! 🙂
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I would definitely use it to make those adorable treat boxes! I’m always making treats for my friends and zip-locs don’t really have much charm 😛
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I think I would copy your idea and make a beautiful wreath!
I would use the Epic for making medallions to embellish cards. I am fairly new to card making but have caught the creative itch! This would be a fabulous addition to my arsenal!
I follow through Goodle Reader, thanks for the chance to win such a great item.
I would use the Epic to try out letterpress cards. This is an art dorm I want to design for and I think this machine would be the perfect way to experiment. Thanks for great posts, by the way.
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I would LOVE to make letterpress cards with this, what a great tool!
What a great giveaway! I’d love to use it to make gift tags, Christmas cards and gifts for family. 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to win!
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I would use it to work on gifts for family and friends
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Oh my goodness, what wouldn’t I use this for!? Cards, banners, fun paper crafts, the possibilities are endless!!
Wow, I’d definitely make some of those little cracker boxes. Wouldn’t they make cute favors for the Thanksgiving and Christmas tables? And for showers and birthday parties too. I’d make cards too.
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I would use this for all my fun crafting!!!! Such as cards, banners, handouts and gifts, to name a few.
i would use this to make gift tags for christmas presents!
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I would use it to assist with craft projects and decorating bulletin boards at the hospital where I work and the elementary school I volunteer at!
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Would love to use it to make holiday cards! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would LOVE to try this out! I use it to make gift tags. 🙂
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I would use it for all my crafting needs. specially for the christmas cards i want to make this year!
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I would use this for a ton of stuff…to start I would use it to make our Christmas cards this year!
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I would make decorations for my daughter’s 1st birthday!
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I do a lot of scrapbooking and card making – this would make embellishing a lot easier!!!!
What wouldn’t I make? First, I’d start with letterpress stationery and move on from there…I’m an RSS subscriber.
love the wreath! So many things to create – I don’t know where I’d start if I had one of those babies?!
Oh the possiblities! The holidays are coming and there is so much to make with this! Oh what fun we will have!
I would use it to make handmade greeting cards, mixed media art and banners:)
I would use it to finish my two kids baby books and to do projects with my daughter who is almost 4!!!
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Oh!! I would make some beautiful cards with this. It is on the top of my xmas list!!
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I would use it to finally get started on our wedding invitations!
I only dream of owning one! I’ve been wanting some kind of die cutting machine! I make my own greeting cards and gift tags and would use it for that.
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I would use this to make cards. I’m an avid card maker and am always finding reasons to make people a nice home-made card! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!
I love the embossing feature of this! I would make lots of cards, tags, and all sorts of fun stuff!
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oh my gosh you have no clue how badly I want one of these!!!! Santa told me it’s not in the budget….wahhhhhhhh!!!! I’d use it for scrapping, card making, home dcecor…it would be put to good use I swear!!!! Thanks for a chance to win!!
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I could use this for a lot! Scrapbooking and crafting with my two year old!
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My daughter’s 2nd bday is in a few months and I would love to use the Epic to make her invitations and other fun things for the party!
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I would use this for card making. Great ideas!
I would use it to make my christmas cards
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I have not dabbled in any paper crafts yet, but it looks like a blast! Not sure what I would make, but I’m sure I would enjoy whatever projects I attempted. The embossing image you showed looks like my style so I would probably try that first. Maybe make some cool blank cards and give them to my sister-in-law. She is always looking for cards to send pictures of the kids with.
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I would use The Epic to make my wedding invitations!
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I just retired from teaching 40 years. This would be an awesome craft tool to use.I have alot of spare time on my hands and I could use this for card making, scrapbooking and crafts. Thanks for a wonderful opportunity to win this. Kathleen J
I’d love to make cards with the Epic! It’d make great borders, and I love to emboss. Embossing combined with stamping give cards a fantastic look! Can’t wait to start using it!
I love to make cards and I can just imagine all the fun ways I could use this to make gorgeous cards!
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I would use it for gift cards, Christmas cards, gift tags, Birthday cards…. etc, etc. Thanks for the giveaway!
I make lots of cards, but as of now I do not have anything to help me 🙁 I know the Epic would be a huge help and help my creativity as well 🙂
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I’d love to make some Christmas cards.
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I just started scrapbooking so I would love to have one to help out with cutting the pieces.
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I’d love to have one of these! I would use it for making fun crafty Christmas gifts. Also cards. Also I would probably go on a slight embellishment spree, and create little pretties for my car, my cube at work, and my home! Maybe even for my pets and boyfriend. I’m sure they’d all look cute with some embellishing!
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I have gotten the chance to play with this little machine and it’s incredibly fun and versatile! I would love to make letter-pressed business cards and stationary. It would also be great to make handmade embossed birthday cards. Thanks for the chance to win!
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hum… what wouldn’t i use it for?!?
although, i believe i would predominately stick to making homemade cards for every occasion. Oh! and definitely some coordinating party decorations and favors.
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I would make my own business cards!
I would use it for scrapbooking and crafting with my 2 daughters!
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This is exactly what I need to make my broderie anglais inspired wedding invitations for my wedding next year!
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I would use the Epic 6 and Letterpress kit all year long to make allsorts of crafts from cards to 3D projects! And I will blog about it! 😉
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I would love to use this for making arts & crafts with my kids and decorations for Holidays.
Wow! I would use it for so many things. One idea I have is using it to create components of paper dolls or my art, which combines painting and collage.
I would use it for card making and playing with some art idea I’ve had floating around. 😀
I would use this for EVERYTHING! The ideas are bouncing around in my head right now. Thank you for this fantastic giveaway!
Thank you for the chance to win an Epic 6! I would use it for cardmaking and paper ornaments for Christmas, also garlands to decorate my home.
I would love to use this for a paper christmas tree I want to make for gifts. Thanks for the chance to win one!!
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The holidays are coming FAST! I’d love to win the Epic 61 to help me in crafting my holiday cards and gifts for this year! Thanks!!
What a great giveaway. I would use this for the letterpress features especially. It would come in useful for doing all my holiday cards. Thanks for the chance!
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I am a beginner scrapper and would use the Epic 6 for embellishing my scrap pages and also for cardmaking.
I would love to win this Epic 6, my daughter is getting married soon and this would come in handy to make her wedding invites & favors and I am making her a family recipe book for a shower gift and using this Epic 6 would make it look really awesome. Thank you for the chance to win!
I would have so much fun making stuff with my grandkids!
I found your blog one day just getting lost in cyberspace and so glad I found it. I follow by email.
I would use the Epic for many different art projects, scrap booking, art journaling, business cards, greeting cards.
I found your blog on “Craft Gossip”. Your just what I need to help grow my business. I love what you made with the Epic! It has inspired me to make outer cupcake liners. I cater tea parties and this would be perfect! Thank you for sharing!!
I joined your site and I also added you on my Google homepage with the RSS Feed so I can visit often. Thank you for your many ideas. They have really helped.
I would use it to make cards. Thank You.
Clear the way! I’ve got to get my hands on this! As a crafter I love trying out new mediums but have not felt the tug of paper craft… That is until I set eyes on Lifestyle Craft’s Epic machine and read of all it’s capabilities and the adorable Halloween candy boxes. I immediately thought to myself; “I want to make that!”. Please count me in!
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OMGoodness I would love this, the ultimate machine. I do it all so I would be cutting aluminum cans for upcycled jewelry, my business cards (save $$ over the store made ones) My own cards in a pinch ( I can never find the right ones when I need them). Paper Ornaments, I could go on and on The uses would be endless.
I would use it for making cards and those wonderful gift boxes; Also love the paper wreath. Thanks for this chance to win the Epic 6.
Cardmaking, Scrapbooking, life living..I would use this all over the place. And the embossing feature? LOVE!
I would use mine working with senior citizens.
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I would absolutely use it for Christmas cards that would blow everyone’s minds – I’ve also seen it used to mat photos, which looks neat, and I think I’d use it to cut shapes out of paint chips for mobiles as well – that’s a project I’ve wanted to do for a while!
There are too many ideas to mention, but probably mostly greeting cards, Christmas cards, etc!!
What an awesome give away!
I cn’t begin to think of all the things I could use this for. Would love to be the recipient.
I would use the Epic for decorating my cards and other goodies I like to make ( and cut all by hand or simple punches!!). Thanks for offering a chance at one!!
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I am a stay-at-home mom, and my 11yo son has a life-threatening heart syndrome. I would use the Epic 6 to help him with scrapbooking… his newfound favorite thing to do!! Thanks for this opportunity to win!
So many things I could use it for ! ! ! Scrapping of course, cards, decorate photos in frames, stationery and on and on.
This thing is amazing.. it has an appropriate name because it is indeed EPIC! I would use it scrapbooking and gifts. I would also use it at my job as a librarian. I would be able to make fun crafts and hand outs for the kiddies. I would also use it to make neato extras for my Etsy sales.
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i’d use it with my brownie troop!
I would use these to make mail art
I would give it to my mother. She has made her Christmas Cards by hand every year since 1967 and would love the possibilities that would open up with this new tool!
what a great gift for the holidays
Ooo – I have wanted an Epic since learning that it exists! I would use it for everything – home decor, holiday cards, birthday party decorations… but first I would use it to make wedding invitations and accessories for my brother-in-law and fiance!
The skies the limit~ I would love to create with the Epic 6! All holiday’s, tree’s, card, wreaths for all seasons~ Hooray 🙂 Thanks for the chance!
I would use the Epic for making tags for my lotions and scrubs as well as wraps for my all natural, cold pressed soaps
there is so much i want to do i can not think of just one! i have wanted a die cutter for so long!
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I’m wanting to try fabric printing and so I would stamp ink through some of their intricate designs
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The first thing I would use the Epic for is to make that great paper wreath of yours! I scrapbook but also like to make home decor items out of paper, so the Epic would open up lots of possibilities. Thanks for the giveaway!
i love papercrafting! I’d start by making gift tags for Christmas presents.
I would use it to create cards!
I would really like to get into card making, the edge it dies seem like they would be perfect for that!
With all the holidays coming and so many cards and tags to do. The Epic would not get a rest. It might even think I am abusing it with all the smoke coming from it. Whewwwww. So busy and the holiday will be here. Thank you for a chance to win.
OH my gosh! I’d love to enter this giveaway. I would use this thing for EVERYTHING. I want one pretty badly.
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I am also interested in doing letterpress printing!
I follow through email! Thanks for the chance!
I would use it to make cards to mail to all the people I love 🙂
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Thank you for a chance at this great giveaway! I am the only teacher in our small church. I would use it to help in preparing things for my lesson application activities – it would save so much time and be so much nicer results! Thanks again!
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I would love this for card making and scrapbooking!
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Oh, what a Fantastic giveaway. Thank U
I would use the Epic for my cards and in making ornaments for my tree and also items to put on gift packages.
ColleenB.
I would use it to make the really cute scalloped circles Christmas tree that I saw recently.
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Thank U
ColleenB.
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After losing everything to Hurricane Katrina, I decided to retire and focus on trying to have a small business. I found I give more away than I sell, so this would make a wonderful new toy to produce new items to give away and sell. I have a hard time charging people for stuff knowing that most around her lost everything. Guilt gets the best of me lol. Thank you for letting me join in.
So many possibilities!
I’ve wanted to put a murel on my bedroom wall and this would be perfect for doing the shapes, borders and such!
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I am starting a small business and this would be perfect for scrap booking and card making. I am a blog follower by e-mail
I could use this for so many things! Cardmaking, scrapbooking, papercrafting! The skys the limit! This is an I need!
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I would love to make some cards for christmas. Thanks, [email protected]
I am now following by e-mail. I would use this to create new cards and elements for scrapbooks.
I would to win this! It would be great for wrapping gifts and making gift tags this holiday season!
I would love to try this machine to embellish by cards
I want to learn to use a letterpress to make cards and tags!
I am now following your blog – glad I found it!
I would make ultra cool christmas cards.
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I would use it for embellishing projects
What an amazing giveaway! It would be great to have for Christmas!
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I would love to use it to make scrapbook layouts and cards!
How awesome is this giveaway, I have been loving this from a far for quite some time…it would be an awesome win!
I would love to have this as I am new to scrapbooking and I can see a 1000 avenues opening for me if I had this neat gizmo to use. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I am a new follower of your blog and am so glad I found you through CraftGossip this morning. Happy day to you!!!
This would be great with greeting cards! I follow your RSS feeds via Mixtab for Mac.
I’ve always wanted to try letterpress. And with the added features of embossing and die cut, the possibilities are endless. I’d start by letterpressing some notecards for Christmas and go on from there. Thanks for the chance to win!
Wow! What a fabulous giveaway! I would use this for many things…scrapbooking, cardmaking, making journals, home decor…you name it!
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Cards, Cards, Cards.
I would love to give it as a gift to a very special girl who loves crafts. 🙂
I would use it for everything!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am absolutely kooky for krafts!!1
I love paper crafting so it would be hard to list just one project I could use this for. But…..oh, the possibilities.
Well….I’ve heard of the Epic Letterpress….but I wasn’t really sure what it did! This is so neat! I would LOVE to make some Christmas Cards!
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Wow! What a wonderful prize. I mostly make cards but I love doing three dimensional items too. Your little treat boxes are so cute! Thanks for the chance!
I would use it to make crafts for gifts and to help support my family.
I would make presents for all my friends!
This is my first time at your blog. I love what I see. I signed up for an email subscription. Thanks!
The possibilities are endless! Christmas cards to start….
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Oh man, this would be amazing to have! I would love to replace my original Sizzix machine with the Epic.
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I would use it for Christmas cards and most likely my sister’s upcoming wedding. Hope I win!!
I do some scrapbooking so this tool would come in so handy! Thanks for a cool giveaway!
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Love this! I make and sell jewelry, so I would make little boxes, hang tags and other materials to better display my work. Fun!
I would LOVE to win one! My husband and I made our own wonky letterpress to do our wedding invites, and I’ve been obsessed ever since. We had to abandon it when we moved – and this would be great to replace it!
I would love to make my own handmade Christmas…cards, crackers, charms, confetti, candleholders et al. What an extraordinary giveaway- thank you.
I’d use it to make cute personalized gift tags for the holidays! Thanks for the giveaway and review. I always appreciate hearing others’ tips and tricks. leahclaireh(at)gmail(dot)com
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I would make cards, Christmas, Birthday, etc.
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I’d use the Epic to create packaging for my products and thank you notes to customers.
I subscribe to Craft Bud’s RSS feed.
Signed up for email – looking forward to more inspiration and craft!
Would make crafts upon crafts with this cool tool!
definitely Christmas cards. And other cards too!
I too would use it for cards–for art openings.
Wow! This would be so great. I love to make cards and paper flowers. This would save a lot of time as well as my arthritic hands.
There are countless things I would do with this product, including letterpress and specialty packaging for gifts. what a great item!
Wow, what a generous give away! How awesome it would be to win this. I would use it for all kinds of things, but mostly card making. I adore the wreath you made – it’s very striking! I’m a follower through e mail!
What a great give away. I found you through craftgossip.com.
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I would use the Epic to die cut fondant or gum paste or sugar sheets for my baking. I would also use it to make little crafts for my daughters class and to make cards! What a cute little machine.
We’d use the Epic to print wondrous cards for our newly joined member businesses, and birthday cards, and thank you for being local flat cards. So many options!
Best,
Rachel.db
What a neat tool! I’d use it to make handmade cards to attach to my knitted gifts.
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I could use this for so many things: holiday & birthday cards, making decorative bread & cake boxes, center pieces, etc.
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I would use it for scrapbooking. Thanks!
Oh my – if I had that machine – what WOULDN’T I use it for! 🙂 But would love to use as die cut for my wool work.
i would want to try the letter press feature!
debbie
I would try to make and decorate postcards. Thank you very much for this generous giveaway!
I could go wild with my paper crafting with this press. I would LOVE to add it to my crafts. I follow you with google friends & email!!!
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Wow! This machine is so cool! I would use it for scrapbooking and general crafting! I have 3 tweens and among us we could rock this thing!
I would use it for some of my custom paper crafts and art for my online store. Also, for my own scrapbooks and cards. The uses are endless!
I would love to use this to make cards and invitations with my sister!
I would love to use it for scrapbooking 🙂
What a GREAT give-a-way!! I would go on a creative frenzy if I win! Oh the cards and LO’s I would create.
I’d love to use it for card making and holiday decorations.
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it would give me tools that I so need to give that special touch to cards I make! They would look fantabulous!!!
Dora
What a great little tool. I can think of many things i would like to make with it.
I would use this machine to make gift cards and Christmas cards. It would also help with my scrapbooking. I follow you through email.
I would use it for making cards, I also love to make scrapbooks and wallpaper craft which this would be perfect for.
I would use the machine for everything! I love crafting and party planning. I also think it could add some notion capabilities to fabric craft 🙂
I really love the Epic. I work with children in an afterschool program and we are always trying to find craft projects and ways to make them easy for children. The Epic would make our job much easier.
I am a follower of Craft Buds on Google
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If I could learn any new craft, it would definitely be letterpress! Thanks so much for the giveaway.
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I would use it to make lots of embelished gifts! What a great prize!!! I would LOVE it!! Thank you for the giveaway!
I would LOVE to use the EPIC for the 100+ Christmas cards my family will be making this season.
I would LOVE to use this for those beautiful paper cones, strung into a candy-filled garland!!
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I would make cards and holiday decorations with it!!
I have eleven grandchildren, and love to make home made cards for them, as well as scrapbooking! This would make it all so simple!
The question should be “What wouldn’t you use it for?” That would be much easier to answer! Paper projects for upcoming baby showers and birthdays, as well as scrapbooking and cardmaking.
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Cool giveaway. I haven’t heard of this before. I would use it for die cutting mainly, but I love that it is versitile.
I follow via GFC, and RSS (Google reader!).
Hmmm…cards, scrapbooking, home decor, all sorts of papercrafting! I love to emboss pieces for all types of crafting! Thanks for the opportunity to win one of these beauties!
( : This is an AWESOME giveaway! I would love to have something like this for my homeschooler, girl and boy scouts, not to mention my personal uses of scrapbooking and crafts!! : )
I have been seeing these machines everywhere in many styles! I have been doing more and more craft nights and would love to be able to make my own supplies! So excited to be able to win one!
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I love this!! I would find so many uses for it while making cards and gifts for family and friends!! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!!!
I scrapbook every event for all 3 of my children, so this machine would be a fabulous addition to my scrapbooks. I am also an avid sewer so i would also use it for cutting out shapes, letters, etc. to sew onto my handbags, clothing, etc.
The possibilities seem endless. I would love to use it in my collage work. What beautiful embellishment.
I love to make mini albums so I’d use the Epic to help with that. I usually make seven or eight mini albums for Christmas gifts.
I think I’d probably use it to make cards, even cards for my shop customers!
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I would try to use it for cutting felt, but what I really want it for is making my own stationery.
I would love to use it for letterpress cards. I’ve always wanted to give it a go.
I followed a link from Francine Clouden’s blog and have now subscribed to your RSS feed, via Google reader.
There are so many things I would use this for I wouldn’t know how to pick one.
I am a new follower of Craftbuds thru email.
Letter press cards
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Ohh the things I could make with this awesome tool… scrapbooking, monograms, appliqués, patches for my kid’s worn out pants 😉 favor boxes, candle decorating,the possibilities are endless!!! I would put my stamp on everything around me! Fingers crossed:)
There are so many things I would use this for. I like to make homemade cards, I also love to make buntings.. but really it would be a looong list because I love paper crafts.
Would totally use this for cards and a bazillion other things!
I would use it to make gift tags for Christmas.
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i’m totally getting into art journaling these days, and can see so many uses for this fabulous machine!
wow – this is such a fabulous machine! I would use it for snazzing up some christmas cards. How fun to edge some standard Costco xmas cards!!
what a neat tool to win! I do lots of different crafting and this would come in so handy- thinking it would be great to make fantastic tags for my booth items too!
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what a neat tool to win! I do lots of different crafting and this would come in so handy- thinking it would be great to make fantastic tags for my booth items too!
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I would love to win this. I have 4 grandchildren that would love to help craft different items.
I would use it for sweet little treat boxes.
would love to have this machine! It would be used for all my crafting away from home (might take over for all my cardmaking! It looks light weight, easy to carry and does everything I want it to! Love it, if I don’t win I guess I will have to get one soon! Sandy
I’d use it to make decorations for parties and cards, of course. Thanks!
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I would make beautiful packages for all of my Christmas gifts!
I would use this to make cards to send overseas to servicemen and -women, who could then send the cards home to their families.
I follow you on email, which is where I heard about this generous giveaway.
I am following you via email.
Wow, don’t know where to start. I’m a huge crafter and would love to use this in scrapbooking, card-making, for murals, and for all sorts of craft projects. I love this! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I’d love to use this with my grandkids!
I follow Craft Buds on Facebook.
I would use it to make favor boxes and cupcake toppers for my baby’s birthday party.
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What a Birthday gift this would be. My Birthday is on the 8th. Thank you for this great giveaway.
I follow on Google Friend.
How would I use this? Wow…I don’t think there is enough room to write everything down. I would make cards for all occasions; signs for the church; holiday decorations, gifts…the list just goes on. I know I would include my granddaughters. They are very crafty.
I am thinking of all the cool stuff to do with it…
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I would love to win the letterpress to make lots of Christmas crafts:)
What a wonderful giveaway. I would like to make some gift boxes if I won. I am a follower through google. Please enter me into the draw.
I would use it to make custom holiday and birthday gift. Later, I would probably use it as part of the packaging for clothing and bags I want to sell.
What fun to experiment with all kinds of craft projects. Probably used mostly for cards to start with and branch out from there.
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I would love to use this to make mini albums! The grandmas need new brag books!
I would use it for home decor, to make fancies for holiday food gifts, gift tags, jewelry tags. . . the sky is the limit!
I would love to use this to make cards, gift tags, photo frames… and well anything else I could think of! Thank you for the great giveaway!
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This looks great to get started with card making!
This would be great to use to add some pizazz to my holiday cards!
Thanks for the chance to win!
–Liza
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I would love to have this for some of the charity work that I do. It would be great for children’s crafts and for jazzing up invitations, thank you’s and presentations.
I just subscribed to RSS feed too. Love the blog.
I would use it to make name signs for my little preemies at work. Helps make parents feel a bit better!
i would use the epic for adding an extra spark so my sewing projects.
I would use it to make Christmas cards, scrap book, make seasonal decor, sewing. I can’t think of many crafts it couldn’t be used with.
This is such a lovely giveaway. I do adult crafts at my work and with this Epic Combo Kit I could do so many things with my group. Just to be able to experiment with all the possibilities would be awesome.I work at a library
I would use this to make holiday decorations! How fun!
I would use this to get started in the world of die cutting and more. What a great giveaway!
I follow Craft Buds on rss feed.
I recently started scrapbooking, and could use this tool for so many things! I have started gathering supplies, but still have a lot to go. This would be a really useful tool, and would save me a lot of time, money and trips to Michael’s.
I found this blog via another blog, but have since added your RSS feed to my Google Reader.
Cheers!
I would use it for scrapbooking and card making. It would totally improve my creations!
I would use it for dye cuts for scrapbooking… for vinyl lettering… card making… there are so many things I would use it for.
I am a follower through google friend connect. Thanks!
Someone is going to be very lucky! I am starting my own business selling my fine art work and assorted crafts. This giveaway would be perfect because I currently do all of my cutting and embossing for cards by hand.
I love letterpress and would use it for holiday cards and thank you cards.
The Epic looks relatively easy to use, unlike some other machines I’ve tried. Thank you for the opportunity to win, I would use it with my nephews to help them make handmade holiday gifts for friends and family.
And I’m a new discoverer of the website – signed up immediately to follow via email. Thanks again for the chance to win!
I’m a new follower of your website. I would love to win the Epic. I would use it to make my Christmas cards, Birthday cards and all the cards in between. I like to make my family and friends smile and make them happy. I’m also a crafter, so this would help in all of my endeavors. Thanks for the opportunity.
Charlene
What wouldn’t I use it for? I love adding creative flourishes to everyday things, and I know the Epic Letterpress would give me the opportunity to embellish every aspect of my world. With my background in creative cakery and pastry, I’d love to use the Epic Letterpress’s die-cutting ability to create items in the kitchen and for the party table.
I follow Craft Buds with GFC.
I would use it for tons of stuff. But first, I think I’d make a tone of die-cut shapes and sew them together to make a garland. It would be so cheap and quick and easy to make themed garlands for every occasion.
Also, I follow the blog via google reader. 😀
I would use this for scrapbooking and card making.
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What a great machine. I would use it for card making.
I follow Craft Buds through RSS feed.
I would use it for notecards! 🙂
I’d love to make letterpress Christmas cards! Thanks for the chance to win.
Oh man after watching the tutorial i have so many ideas running through my head i can’t just name one. I live crafting and am always looking for new toys to help me create.
I follow on twitter and email.
Visions of sugar plums are dancing in my head. Oh the Christmas crafts I could make with this.
I would like to make and sale old fashion paper Christmas ornaments
I could really dress up my scrapbooks with the Epic!
I already follow through GFC as sandyandcosmo.
What wonderful possibilities are in store for the lucky winner of a Epic . It would be used in my card ministry work and the letterpress techniques would be great to thank the volunteers who help in our various fund raising activities at church.
I follow on FB already!
I would use the Epic for scrapbooking and card making.
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Life would be so much easier if I had the Epic. I would make all the decorations for our family celebrations. Christmas cards would be a breeze to create and I’d have even more fun with the grandkids when they came over to craft. Hope this dream comes true!
Where to start? Invitations, decorations, school projects……lots of stuff!
I’d use the It Kit to make wedding invitations & decorations!! Thanks so much for hosting!
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I have been DYING for one of these! I would so be all over the letter press for my cards and baked good labels!
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I’d love to use this for cardmaking!
I just signed up to follow via email!
I follow with google friends connect! yipee!
I would use it for everything! Scrapbooking, cardmaking, gift tags…
I would love to win this for scrapbooking and also to cut some fabric with! It really looks neat! Thanks!
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I would love to make labels for my knitting presents for Christmas! How sweet would that be?! Thanks for the super great giveaway chance!
I follower Craftbuds through email, thanks!
I would use it in my scrap-booking and making cards, which I love to send all the time. And share it with my new DIL to use as well. Thanks for the chance to win.
I follow craft buds via email. I love them.
I would use it for card making and bookmarks for my students.
I follow craft buds via email.
My husband and I are using all of our money to travel home to TX for Christmas so I’m having to make homemade gifts this year. This could really help our family out with that! Thank you for considering us!
for scrapbooking and my small craft business, would be perfect!
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What a great tool to have in the arsenal. I would definitely use it to make cool packaging for cookies and candies!
Hi! I would love to have your Epic, but not for myself. My grandfather recently passed away, and my grandmother has been keeping her self busy with all kinds of crafty endeavours. She has a Sissix she uses, but I would love for her to have the Epic to do her paper crafts! Thank you for this opportunity!
I love to bake and I’m crazy about the treat box die Presentation is everything. Love it.
Christmas Crafting season is here! And after I finish chairing a quilt show this weekend I’ve promised myself time to sit and play – so who knows what I could come up with if I win…
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Just in time for Christmas cards, how nice!
And I subscribe through email on Craft Gossip…
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I would love to use this to help my sister make her wedding invites
What a wonderful tool! I would like to make little folded boxes for the jewelry and brooches I make.
This would really simplify my Christmas card making!
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I would use it to make letterpress cards for my friends and family.
I would want to cut out something with the dies and then emboss it to go onto a card or onto a scrapbook.
Wow, Epic giveaway indeed! And just in time for the holidays!! I make my own Christmas cards and gift tags, this would be PERFECT and would likely be the first of many projects I would use this Epic kit for. Thanks for offering! <3
P.S. I follow Craft Buds via RSS with Google Reader. Thanks again!
wow – what a great system. so many possibilities!!
I would use the Epic for scrapbooking and doing arts and crafts with the grandkids. Thanks.
I’d make cards! I’m making wedding invitations soon, and this would be a GREAT addition!
I’m a GFC follower as sblake1989 on google
I would use it to make beautiful Christmas cards and birthday cards all year long.
I am an email follower and happy to be one too!
I’ve been considering getting a die cutter for the cards I’ve been making. The Epic is one I’ve been seriously thinking about.
I would love to have this to make my boyfriend a scrapbook with letterpress in it for our anniversary! 🙂
I follow via the RSS feed!
What wouldn’t I use it for? Though I think the first thing I’d use it for would be Christmas cards.
wow, this is such an exciting giveaway! I would use this tool for so many things, such as cardmaking and scrapbooking!
That is amazing ! Exactly the last big thing I need for my crafts 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win this fabulouse price !!!
I would love love love this! So many possibilities!
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Oh my goodness! I would love to make my classroom and my daughter’s classroom (we’re both teachers) more beautiful for our students.
Cards, paper mobiles, the possibilities are endless.
I follow on google connect.
scrapbooking, cards, labels… ect so many uses!!
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I’m a new follower through e-mail. I scrapbook, make cards and all types of paper crafting. I also teach Creative Paper Crafting and rubber stamping classes and love to share using different tools that are on the market. I’d love to own a die cutting machine… thanks for the opportunity!
Catherine
I would use it for cardmaking, scrapbooking and other paper crafts. So many possibilities!
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I would love to use this in my scrapbooking. I need to get back into it. I’m also trying to make more gifts so this could really come in handy.
I am a mother who loves making different things dealing with school things to home things.
This would be awesome for making special packaging and tags.
I’d start with Christmmas cards and go from there. Lots of craft projects with my daughter.
I would love to use this to make some Christmas/Holiday cards for Operation Write Home this year! 🙂
What would I use it for??!!??? The list is endless, such possibilities. My personalized stationary, gift wrapping, stencils for powdered sugar cake decorating, kids’ school projects….
I would use the Epic for absolutely EVERYTHING! Scrapbook, cards, misc. craft projects…
I would use the letterpress to make birth announcements for my little guy.
I would create beautifully made business cards and event cards with this. I would love to have this for my community service crafting club. It would give a nice touch to those in need. It would give them hope that someone wants to make something nice for them.
Great giveaway. I follow Craft Buds. Would love this to make all kinds of notecards and cards for special occasion. Thanks for the chance to win it!
I would use this for scrapbooking.
I would make tags, cards and who knows what else. The possibilities are endless.
I follow via GFC.
I’d use it to make cards.
I love to craft with paper! I’d make cards and gifts. Maybe a cute paper bag?
The projects I would use this for seem infinite, but would probably use it first in one of my mixed media paintings.
I follow craftbuds via email
I’m a follower.
Wow, impressive machine! It would really kick my scrapbooking up a notch!
Thank you for such a fantastic giveaway! I’m now a follower on twitter. 🙂
As a graphic designer I’ve always loved letterpress. I’d probably use this immediately for my holiday cards (which I always make by hand anyway) to make them extra special. But after that…the possibility are endless. I do love that paper wreath!
I would love to use it to make my own Christmas Cards!
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The first thing I’d use it for is to make fall or christmas decorations for my house!
I follow on google reader (rss feed).
I would use this for ALL SORTS of decorations!!! But I’d probably use it to make Christmas Cards first of all. I LOVE making cards but normally I cut everything out with scissors or an exacto knife – this would save me LOADS of time!
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I would continue to make cards and maybe decorate my sis’s classroom at school. She would love that and this would make it a “cut” (sorry couldn’t resist) lol
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What wouldn’t I use it for? I love paper crafting supplies
Eeee, how exciting! I work with a few writing conventions and I’d use it to handmake handouts for book releases and conventions. Everything is much more cherished and attention-catching if they’re handmade!
I’m following you via GFC as mercedes!
I love die cutting and embossing but I have been lusting after this machine because I love the letterpress option! To have it all in one machine? Heaven . . . .
Following you through Google Friend Connect – glad to have found you!
i need this for my christmas cards this year 🙂
I would share it with my cousin Stacy who is equally as crafty as me but in a different manner. She does scrapbooking & card making. I have hopes and ambitions of getting my Halloween shop off and running in the next year and this would help with tags, cards, the possibilities are endless
I follow via email & RSS feed
I’d love to use it for card-making!
I’m a follower via GFC!
I would absolutely LOVE this for many project like scraptbooking, accessories, and decorations!
I would use the Epic for EVERYTHING! I’d start with this year’s Christmas cards, move on to all the birthdays coming up and branch out to cards for no special reason except I like you. I’d love to do some boxes and play around. Oh, I really really would like to wind this! Oh, and I also follow Craftbuds via email.
What wouldn’t I use it for?!?! I would love to use it for cards and crafts instead of having different machines for embossing, die cutting and letterpress.
Ahhh! I’d love this machine. I love to make epic Christmas cards. Thank you!!!
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I would use it to make 3-d flowers. Please pick me I have been bugging my husband to let me get one for weeks now.
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I would love to use this on invitations!! and for card making 🙂
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That wreath is beautiful, I think it’s the first project I would try. But after that I’d make some beautiful holiday gift tags!
this would be perfect to use for making my Christmas cards!!!
Thanks for a great give-away!
I would use them for Christmas cards!
Oh! I would love to use this for CARDS!!!
I would definitely make some beautiful cards with it! Tthanks also for a chance to win!
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thanks also for a chance to win!
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what an amazing giveaway! It looks like you could do SO much with that! Cards, tags, decor… really neat!
Ameryn
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I just joined your site. Looks like fun!
Ameryn
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Am a groupie om google,the first thing I would do is some decorating in the kitchen, it’s so drab needs a pick me up , then of course embellishing cards. Thanks for the chance to win, I have been dreaming of owning one.