Cricut

Has anyone gotten or tried the cricut machine? I am thinking og ordering one, but don't know much about them.

Marcia wrote:

Has anyone gotten or tried the cricut machine? I am thinking og ordering one, but don't know much about them.

Hi Marcia,

I bought mine at Michaels before Mother's Day. I just couldn't wait. I love it already.
Well, Its a diecut machine like the Sizzix but electronic. It really easy to use. You just plugin 1 cord, pop in the cartridge which has like 95....Yes 95 Different letters, shapes, and phrases. Then those 95 letters, shapes, phrases can be cut in different sizes from 1 inch to 5'1/2 inches. I love large letters! Anyways, that's not all. Those same 95 LSP, can be changed into totally different items.
With George (the free cartrige that comes with) you can go from a regular Letter K to a K that's on a tag with ribbon slots. Or go from a cute flower cutout to a Silhouette of a Cute Flower. Your creativity will run wild. Plus, no more carrying all those heavy dies around to crops. I love it. Just remember to buy a second cutting mat.

Michaels is having free Demo's of the "CriCut" May 27th. Check it out yourself.

Hi Kyandy,
Thanks for letting me know about the cricut. I bought one. Love it! My grandaughter can even do it!We haven't done a project with it yet, just played. Thanks again!

I saw a demo and I just had to have it. I bought it right away. I just love it. I have only done one project so far, but I have done a lot of playing. I want more cartridges now.
Just Love It!

I got a cricut for my anniversary... I do love it, one great feature I haven't seen mentioned and was hard for me to find out when I shopping for them, is YES! you can type in your own words and phrases. I am curious about about the usb port on the back of it... does this mean we may be able to download fonts in the future? Also, I got the tool kit and I have no idea which tools are for what...hope I am using the them for the right job. Can anyone out there help me?

I saw a description of the tools at Michael's web site. Very nice.

I have the Cricut die cutting machine and was wondering what projects have others made with it? I would like to make something for Thnaksgiving with it.
Thnaks for your help

I purchased this machine about 2 weeks ago and it hasn't had a break since. I am a hopelessly addicted scrapbooker who used to spend hours cutting letters by hand which I had traced from templates. Now, what used to take hours literally takes less than minutes. I love to use the shadow feature to make letters and then the sillouhette feature letters over top. It creates a very unique and beautiful effect. The most time consuming part would be the actual gluing. Glue pens work beautifully for these types of projects. Already, I can see that the possibilities are endless. By the way, even if I never get another cartridge, I can't see that I would ever exhaust the uses for "George"(the cartridge that comes with the machine). Every project I have completed is very unique. This machine is definitely the future. I wouldn't waste another dime on templates or manual die machines. WELL WORTH THE MONEY!!!!

I need ideas for projects for Christmas

Hi there,

Was thinking of purchasing the Cricut but wanted to find out from "users" if I would be able to run through my zyron first so that I don't have to worry about adhesives when applying.

Thanks

Cecille wrote:

Hi there,
Was thinking of purchasing the Cricut but wanted to find out from "users" if I would be able to run through my zyron first so that I don't have to worry about adhesives when applying.
Thanks

Yes, you can run the Xyron first. But I didn't get clean cuts with the small fine shapes like the connected words at 2". It worked smoothly with all the shapes I've tried though.

Hi! I'm trying to get a definitive answer on whether or not I can create my own "connected" phrases/words for title pages using Cricut. I realize that many cartridges come with pre-made connected words, but haven't really seen anything about personalized connected words. Any users out there than can help answer this?

I think there's a new cartridge called Opposites attract that allows you to create connected words and phrases. I just got the cricut and can't wait to try it out!

Sherri Chapman wrote:

I need ideas for projects for Christmas

Try the michaels website and even cricut.com may have some ideas for christmas projects. Have fun!

very disatisified.... returning it tomorrow...

Jennifer, why are you dissatisfied?

Jennifer wrote:

very disatisified.... returning it tomorrow...

I'm thinking about buying the Cricut Machine. I have seen it at Michael's Craft Store for $179.99 w/George cartiage. Is that a good a deal?

$179.99 is a great deal. That is what I bought mine for and they let me use the 20% off coupon last Sat.

I bought the Cricut the other week too when it was on sale. Yes - 179 is a really good deal. Michaels also had the cartridges for $49.99 (reg $89.99).

Michael's wouldn't take the coupon on Cricut Products, but I think my husband bought it for me for Christmas. I'm so excited, but I have to wait until Christmas.