Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What Makes Cricut Machines The Best Die Cutters

By Jenny Spuknik

A Cricut machine does not require a computer interface. The Cricut die cutters are free standing machines that produce precision cut designs in card stock paper. These Cricut die cutters are wildly popular among paper crafters and scrap book artists. Various designs are selected by cartridges to allow scrapbookers and artists to create designs within a selected 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 retails for around $500.00 and uses the same cartridges as the Cricut personal electronic cutter. This machine has the ability to cut on a 12"x24" mat. The larger cutting area makes it perfect for large format projects.

The Cricut Create costs around $400.00 and is the same size as the original Cricut. However, with the Cricut Create, cut shapes and letters are in a large format size like the Cricut Expression. The "Don Juan" starter cartridge typically comes with this package. This cartridge offers multiple fonts, shapes, and creative features. This cartridge includes shadow, stitched, marquee, puzzled, and under pressure shapes.

There are several reasons why a Cricut is a great investment for those who love scrap booking. One cartridge, when adjusted to a variety of different sizes and paper choices, can make countless different looks. For those who make quite a few layout titles, using a Cricut can eventually be more economical than buying sheet after sheet of alphabet stickers to make one layout title.

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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