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List Price: $249.00
Our Price: $188.20
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Manufacturer: Provo Craft & Novelty
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Cricut
Color: Silver
EAN: 0093573430015
Feature: Portable electronic cutting machine for greeting cards, scrapbooks, and other paper crafts
Label: Provo Craft & Novelty
Manufacturer: Provo Craft & Novelty
Material Type: Plastic with Steel blades
Model: 29-0001
Publisher: Provo Craft & Novelty
Studio: Provo Craft & Novelty
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Portable electronic cutting machine for greeting cards, scrapbooks, and other paper crafts
Choose from 250+ designs in 12 different sizes--from 1 to 5-1/2 inches tall
Cut letters, shapes, or phrases; works with vellum, paper, cardstock, and vinyl
Cartridge-based system; no computer required; George and Simple Shapes cartridge included
Measures 17-4/5 by 9-2/3 by 12-8/9 inches; 1-year limited warranty
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Cricut personal electronic cutter is the future of home crafting. Simply by touching a button. Cricut can cut beautiful designs and alphabets for card making, scrapbooking, and paper crafting. No computer is required, just plug it in. Place your favorite cartridge in your Cricut and choose from over 250 designs in 12 different sizes; ranging from 1" to 5.5"! That's thousands of possibilities! Cutting customized shapes and alphabets has never been easier. The Cricut machine weighs only 7 lbs and comes with the George & Simple Shapes cartridge to get you started.
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Summary: The Cricut is the best thing out there
Comment: Personally, I love my cricut. I have very little artistic ability, but I love to scrapbook the events in my life. As result when I saw this machine that made diecuts of exactly what I wanted I was thrill. My friends and family now praise my scrapbook pages and especially my handmade cards, which are less expensive than store bought and can take as little as five minutes to make. The machine works beautifully and I have had no problems using it at all. You do need to be able to read and follow directions to use it, though. However the whole system-machine, cartridges, mats, blade, etc. can be expensive. Everything except for the machine and cartridges has to be replaced. This is why I rated 4 stars. Both my husband and I were a little taken aback by the fact that the mats you place the paper on would have to replaced eventually. Use baby wipes to make them last longer. Also many of the essentials, like the spatula tool where not included unless you bought the machine from the infomerical. [...]
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Summary: I love it!
Comment: I have owned my Cricut for almost a year and I have to say I am in love. I haven't had any problems with my machine (knock on wood). I have called customer service with Cricut and they seem nice enough. But I haven't really called for any issues other then to try and order a cartridge. Is the Cricut expensive.. Yes and No. The baby bug (the personal cutter) has come down in price so that it's only slightly over what other die cutting machines cost. The Cuttlebug is 79.99 to 89.99 at local craft stores when not on sale, and the Cricut personal cutter is usually around 120-140 dollars locally and online. As with all new technology it does start out high and then comes down as time goes on. I'm not saying that 120 dollars isn't a lot of money but the fact that I get to choose what size I want my die cuts makes the Cricut worth the extra money. All other machines the size of the die is what you get. When I got my machine I read all of these articles of how the mats loose stickiness quickly. So I ran out and purchased some extra's.. Well then I read on a message board that the spray on quilting glue works very well in holding the paper on the mat. I ran out purchased a BIG can for 5 bucks. A couple of quick sprays and I am using the same mat that came with the machine. (I have only had to use the spray on glue twice) At one point in time I thought my cutting blade had become dull. I do use this machine a lot.. So I purchased new blades and set out to change my blade. I then found that it wasn't a dull blade but paper that had wrapped itself around the blade up into the blade housing. Removed the paper popped the blade back in and I was good to go. So now I have new blades that I am still waiting to use. This was also something people have talked about on the message boards. Cartridges, I've ready a few reviews where people complain about cartridges. I have never paid full price for a cartridge. The most I have paid was 50 bucks and that was for a Disney Cartridge. I agree with someone who said finding these carts on sale in the stores is hopeless. So I instead have searched online and found a group of stores that offer some great deals on Cricut carts. Most of them will take a check, and a lot of them have free shipping on cartridges. I do spend a lot of money at craft stores I don't buy my cartridges there. My one cartridge complaint, Provo Craft will release "special" carts to be added to certain machines. They will not release the cart for general sale. If you like the cart you are stuck paying a premium to get the thing or going without. I personally feel that they should make that a perk for buying a machine you get this cart for free. And then release it for the rest of us who have been supporting their company for however long. My complaint about the machine is that I cannot rotate cuts or stretch them. I understand that this can be done via some additional software. But I don't keep a pc in my craft room. The Expression also does this but I purchased this one before I knew about the expression. At some point in time I would like to upgrade.. Other then that I am in love and use this machine a lot in my scrapbooks and greeting cards. I've found its cheaper to make my own embellishments instead of buying them. The cut outs are quick the putting together can take time. I recommend buying a sticker making machine if you don't already have one. This will cut down on glue time.
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Summary: I love it!!
Comment: I love my cricut. I took it to my classroom immediately and started putting it to use with my students. They loved helping me create posters and media for the classroom. It looks so professional. I can't wait to start buying more cartridges for my cricut!
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Summary: Cricut Machine not all it's hyped up to be!
Comment: I bought this machine thinking it was the "do all end all" in scrapbooking but it turned out to be a real "money pit"! The cutting matts wear out way to quickly, as do the cutting blades. The cartridges are so expensive that I have to limit my purchases to one or two a year if they are on sale in Wal-Mart. Also I get "no where" witht he company. Oh, if I have little comments they are fine, but they keep sending me "survey's" to take and rate new products..I get no where with these. They "offer prizes" to people who won the surveys but for some reason "my survey's" never get accepted or I am unable to "submit" them. I have complained to the company and all they tell me is that they are too busy or have had overwhelming responses. So I ask them to "resend" me the survey and it's never the same one with the "good prizes"! I have also requested a list of their "survey winners" and they have refused to send me the list, which I have heard is required by law. I think their surveys are just an info gathering skeem and I am seriously thinking of filing a complaint with the Utah Attorney General. Since they seem to ignor me when I make a serious request of any thing. I feel the program cartridges are way to expensive for what you get. Most are "child" orineted and I am not interested in that type of program. I thought this machine would be great for card making, which it is, but it is so limited on the designs you can get that pertain to adults! I too watched the infomercials on TV with this machine and saw all the great creations but I am guessing you have to "buy" almost all the cartridges they have to offer to make even a quarter of the projects that they demonstrated on that commercial! All in all..I like the machine but it is way too expensive to use for very many projects..so it sits for special occassions.
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Summary: I love my cricut!
Comment: My husband got me the Cricut for my birthday and I'm having a ball with it. It's great for titles - you just make what you need. (You can only use so many q's and z's!)If you can only afford one cartridge at first, I recommend the doodlecharm. It has something for each season and makes a nice sampler.
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