Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The Best Die Cutters Are Cricut Machines

By Jenny Spuknik

Cricut Die Cutters are wildly popular among paper crafters and scrap book artists. It is a free standing machine that does not require a computer interface to produce precision-cut designs in card stock paper. Designs are chosen by means of cartridges, each of which contains designs on a certain theme.

Cricut machines offer several cartridge designs including birthday themes, patriotic themes, and wedding themes. These cartridges all work among the different Cricut machines. The most popular machine is the Cricut Expression, followed by the Cricut and the Cricut Create.

The Cricut personal electronic cutter costs about $300 and comes bundled with the "George" cartridge, which is full of fonts and basic shapes including blackout, shadow, silhouette, charm, slotted, and sign. This cartridge makes accents in 12 sizes.

The Cricut Expression uses the exact same cartridges as the Cricut personal electronic cutter. The difference is its ability to cu on a 12"x24", which is great for larger format project. This package typically retails for around $500.

The Cricut Create is a lot like the Cricut Expression, in that it cuts shapes and letters in a larger format. This machine is typically packaged with the "Don Juan" starter cartridge. The cartridge offers sever fonts, shapes, and creative designs to get you started with your scrapbook project. The various shapes include shadow, stitched, marquee, puzzled, and under pressure designs. The Cricut Create package retails for around $400.

Scrapbook artists love the Cricut machines because it's such a great investment. With one cartridge, you can literally replace the need to buy sheet after sheet of alphabet stickers and shaped cut outs. With one cartridge you can design several different looks in various sizes. By adjusting to a variety of different sizes and paper choices, the Cricut machine can create several different looks with one cartridge.

One of the best features of a Cricut machine is its ease of use. School aged children can use the Cricut machine for design projects or reports for school. Cartridges typically offer around 250 deigns in 12 sizes. Also, Cricut offers so many different cartridges. There isn't much you can't do with a Cricut machine. They are perfect for scrapbooking, artistry, school projects, and sign making. The possibilities are endless with the Cricut Machine.

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