If you want a brilliant cutting machine to make crafting so much easier look no further than the Cricut and its supplies Expression machine. Any kind of project you can think of it can help you with whether paper or vinyl. Scrap booking gets a professional life when you use the Cricut and its supplies and you do not need to use a computer. It may have the appearance of a printer but it is not. All that is needed are the specially made cartridges that fit into it which tell it what shapes and letters to cut out. You design what you want and the machine cuts it out for you.
When you purchase one you get a cutting mat and two cartridges, one shapes and one font. When you are ready to buy more cartridges they vary in cost from around $35 up to $100. At the moment there are 78 other cartridges you can choose from so whatever style or project you have in mind the cricut has a cartridge that will suit your needs.
Although you do not need a home computer for it to work there is a software program that you can get that links the machine to your pc called Cricut Design Studio. This allows you to work electronically, laying out your projects and organizing them before you send it to the Cricut and its supplies to cut out the shapes you need.
Other basic supplies are a starter kit great for beginner crafters and special sized vinyl and paper. The prices of these supplies vary but at the lowest are just a few dollars.
One supply that regular users of the Cricut recommend is the Jukebox. Without it the Cricut takes one cartridge at a time and you have to switch between them when you want to change over. The Jukebox solves that problem as it allows up to 6 cartridges to be connected and since three jukeboxes can be used this means 18 cartridges attached with no swapping in and out.
If you are scrap booking or a teacher the cricut is the perfect crafting tool. Once you have the machine that is just the beginning, there is a world of supplies out there to explore.
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