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Last updated: 03/12/2011
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What is a cricut-machine ?- Here are a few Notes on the Ins and outs of the Cricut machine !

Just in case you were thinking of buying the Cricut-Machine,here are a few pointers,before you invest ,in what is still quite an expensive piece of machinery for your hobby.

What is a cricut-machine ?

The Cricut-machine and the new Cricut Expressions machines are the future of home crafting.
Simply by pushing a button, Cricut-machine and Cricut Expressions machines will cut beautiful designs and alphabets for card making, scrapbooking, and paper crafting.

You do not need a computer, just plug it in. Place your favorite cartridge (these are sold separately )in your Cricut machine, and choose from hundreds of designs in 12 different sizes; ranging from 1" to 5-1/2"! That's thousands of possibilities! Allowing you to make shapes and alphabets easier than ever before.

The cartridges can be expensive, ranging from -

The Fonts Cartridges - All Mixed Up,Base Camp,Doodletype,George,Jasmine,Mini Monograms,Opposites Attract,Printing Press,Stamped,Teardrop,Zooballoo,
from $49.00 upwards

To the Shapes Cartridges - Animal Kingdom,Beyond Birthdays,Celebrations,Christmas Cheer,Doodlecharms, Doodletype,George,New Arrival,Paper Pups,Tags, Bags, Boxes and More,Walk in My Garden,
also $49.00 and upwards.

You can see there is a lot of variety,but of course with this comes a bit of an expense,there are other companys that allow you to do the job with this machine ,but for a lot less.

Cricut Design Studio Software - here is a new innovation,that allows you to set everything up on your computer,before you even think about cutting anything.
This will save time ,money and above all frustration.As they say you can plan ahead with this system, knowing full well that when you say cut,you will be getting exactly
what you wanted.

I think this is a great system, whether it's price and add ons prices are to be justified depends on you.If you do a lot of arts and crafts work,then it may be worth the expense.
If your like most folks ,then probably not,but if you have a loving spouse or family , who may chip in for that Wish List gift,then the skys the limit.

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Contents at a Glance

New Table of Contents
Cricut Machine
Learn how to Best use your Scrapbooking...
Cricut Cartridges - Another Cheaper solu...
Get Cricut on Amazon
Cricut Blog Info

Cricut Machine
Learn how to Best use your Scrapbooking time
Cricut Cartridges - Another Cheaper solution
Get Cricut on Amazon
Cricut Blog Info
Cricut Videos
Cricut Guestbook
Vote for your Fav Cricut Item
Vote for Your Fav Photo

Cricut Machine

What to do with your cricut machine.

I,m pretty new to this , but it seems an altogether far easier option,than using all those different types of cutters and dies,to make your cutouts.
Although this isn't cheap(over $250.00) at the last look ,you can of course get them second hand,for much less,but this cricut machine will definitely help save you lots of time.

Do you have boxes of old photos just sitting in your closet collecting dust? Memories of your loved ones ,baby cards,wedding and anniversary?

Have you been meaning to create scrapbooks of your memories but just can't find the time?
Then why not try try using the Cricut machine .

This makes scrapbooking fun, fast, and easy! With the Cricut paper cutter, you can turn those photos into the beautiful scrapbook pages and treasured family heirlooms that you have always wanted!

The Cricut site ,also has a forum and a new club ,if you need to talk over any aspects of the cricut machine ,and it's different uses - Join the FREE club Now!
They also give you a 20%discount on their machines and products ,so well worth a look.

Each Cricut Machine will accept many of the different Cricut Cartridges, just not all at once. At times, the Cricut Cartridges will be in the form of shapes .
The machines will easily link up with any and all Cartridges. You can do cutouts of all different sizes with the machine.

Of course you now have the choice of 2 machines,if 1 wasn't confusing enough.The people at cricut, have brought out Cricut Expressions, a newer faster ,all bells and whistle machine,and of course at a premium price.But you gets what you pays for ,Right!
I f you can afford to go for the larger model,it probably will serve you better in the long run,as the list of features just goes on and on.
In the old version you could cut up to 6"x12" max,with the new one it goes all the way to 12"x24" quite a difference.Also you have such features as ,
Quantity - Tell it how many you want printed
Auto-Fill - Speaks for itself
Multi -Cut- If you need to cut out harder materials such as chipboard
Portrait- for resizing
even Multiple Images on 1 card.
The list goes on and on,the only choices you have to make are,can I afford it,and do I really need it.
Sometimes we convince ourselves that the next best thing really will be ALL I need ,so think about what you use it for, will the price be justified ,and if so, Go for it.

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Learn how to Best use your Scrapbooking time

Learn the quick way to use the Cricut Design Studio

Are You Tired of Spending Your Precious Scrapbooking Time, Trying to Figure Out the Cricut Design Studio software ?.

My Friend , Brandi Gore has come up with some brilliant Hints and Tips,along with over an hour of Video ,showing you exactly how you can save time ,and increase your pleasure.

Some of these precious Hints are

1. Save money by not ruining paper with "trial" cuts

2. Use your time to actually create, not "figure out" how to make the cuttings you need

3. Avoid hours of frustration and research by using our step by step video tuorials

4. Feel confident showcasing your precious moments by using her advanced techniques.

You will receive her newly released e-book, the Cricut Design Studio "manual" that includes step by step screenshots and directions to the techniques you must know to be a successful Design Studio user.

If you really want to learn a faster,simpler way to use your Cricut Design Studio,

Get your Cricut Equipment
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Cricut Cartridges - Another Cheaper solution

Heres a cheaper way to get Fonts and shapes for your cricut machine

You may or may not be using Cricut cartridges for your machine, and you must know that they can be very expensive,so how about a system that uses Cricut,and just about any font or shape you can name,for a fraction of the price.

Interested ? this new system,comes from a company called Craft Edge,they are selling a new product called Sure cuts a lot!,now this product isn't exactly cheap(about $75.00),but at a one time payment ,it does all and more that the cricut cartridges can do, but for a lot less.

With this software(you do need to use a computer),"Sure Cuts A Lot" is an easy program to allow you to cut your True Type fonts and various shapes on your Cricut(TM)Machine. With the combination of using your Fonts and importing custom artwork (SVG), the possibilities are endless!

It doesn't take a lot of learning ,and then you can make almost limitless fonts and shapes for all your craftwork.

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