Forgive my ignorance but I'm new to scrapbooking, in fact I haven't even started my first one yet, but I did buy some stuff if that qualifies! I keep hearing about the Cricut and I saw it at the craft store half off for 100 something, but since I didn't know what it did or if that was a good price or even what I'm doing, I didn't buy it. Personal cutting what does that mean? What are all those cartridges that were like $50 each! Do you have to buy the system, then the cartridges for it to work? Seems cheaper to me that I just buy what cut outs I like since I don't get to sb that often. I do want to start though, just haven't had time. Anyway, for all you wise scrappers out there please fill this newbie in!

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I have the cricut machine. I actually do enjoy using it. It's like a computerized die cutting machine. You can select your sizes on the machine and the individual cartridges allow you to make different lettering fonts. I only have 2 cartridges, but i'm still learning to scrapbook. I purchased mine at Michael's i think it was either $119 or $129. But I've seen them on QVC for 2 cartirdges and the machine for around 179.

For me it's just easier to use. I found with some of the packages I purchased that you run out of specific letters, this allows you to type out exactly what you want.

Hope that helps a bit!!!

Its friggin awesome is what it is. lol When it came out and everyone on the board was talking about it... I avoided all conversations.. cause I knew if I got into it.. Id want one! And they are expensive (in my book!) My friend just bought one.. and let me babysit it for a few days.. and now Im saving pennies to get one. I could live with one cartridge really. She had 4 and I only used one (Tear Drop) You can check out my blog there are a lot of my recent pages that have die cut letters from the cricut on them. Love it.

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Oh I want one too sooooo bad! I am begging DH for one for Christmas!

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Okay it does sound friggin awesome, but does it just do lettering? Does it do shapes and stuff too? I am always running out of letters when I am trying to spell something. Does it also do the symbols, like apostrophes and quotation marks?

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It does do lots of things. Here is the website, they have some introductions videos on the site you can watch for free.

Cricut

I think I have found my new christmas present

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I love my cricut! DH bought me one for Christmas last year. It is freakin awesome. It does everything. I have four cartridges. Two that do letter, numbers, and basic shapes. One is animal kingdom which does (I think) over 50 different animals and lots of things w/them. And I have tags, bags, boxes, & more; it does everything from gift tags to those little boxes like Stampin' Up sells, to mini popcorn boxes to crayon boxes. Oh, btw, the cartidges at WalMart run around $50.

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Anyone know if their is a loan or rentail system for the cartridges out there? I told my dh I wanted one for my birthday next month but the cost of the cartridges seems a little high.

I have a Cricut question -

I am also thinking about asking for this for Christmas...what is the difference between them? Some are $180, some are $379 - what is the difference?

And this truly is the best on the market? I haven't been to a crop in a couple of years, and remember being all hyped up about the Sissex cutter. I have seen the Cricut, the sissex and the xyron. I really need to go to a crop and check one out. I wonder if they have demonstrations at my Joann's..........hmmm.....I'll have to check that out........

The $379 is the new Cricut Expressions machine. It does bigger stuff; the way I understood it, they were advertising it more towards teachers and the like for classroom diecuts and whatnot.

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