The very first thing I made was some letters. I had a vision in mind for something I wanted to put in the scrapbook of my parents' wedding photos, and the Cricut I got came pre-loaded with the perfect one:
(Those were the photos I got from their reception.)
A few days later, my newest cartridge arrived for it. I made a card:
I'm planning to send it to my son while he's at camp. :) I also programmed it to cut out the envelope, but that was how I learned NOT to use heavy paper for envelopes. I'll find a lighter paper and try it again. (The grasshopper in the picture above is also supposed to have a frame around it, but I rather unwisely cut it out of the same light green paper. So...no frame for the time being.
Then, just to show off the layers feature, I made a little thing:
In the yellow: the Silhouette feature. The red paper shows the Layers, and the orange is the Shadow.
Assembled, it looks a little something like this:
(The magnets are a future post--I have more to make!)
The Layers are a little hard to see , but there's two dots underneath the first M, and the other accents are inside the U, the E and the R.
And like I said, I've barely scratched the surface of what I can do. I know people who have made their own stickers, or vinyl clings, or labels...I could go on and on.
Anywho. With the number of scrapbooks I have coming up to make, this thing is going to get a LOT of use. I'm thinking once Adrian's camp scrapbook gets underway, this Summer cutout will go in it.
There are some significant drawbacks to a Cricut--not the least of which is the cost. The machines are NOT cheap, especially if you want to be able to use all the cartridges they sell. There is a much less expensive model available, but rather than cartridges, you have to use your computer, and I'm not sure what designs are available that way. The cartridges are expensive too--if you're lucky, you can find them on sale at the local crafts stores for $35. Otherwise they're anywhere from $40 to $90.
The sticky mats don't last forever--but I'm told there's a way to re-stick them. Haven't tried it, will let you know when I do.
What truly sold me on wanting one was when one of the ladies I talk to told me her kids use hers for school projects. I can imagine this thing will help make any poster cool, no matter how boring the subject matter has the potential to be. :) (Cuz let's face it, we all remember some of our class projects being VERY boring.)
My husband is right, my mother would have loved this sort of thing.
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