Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New toy on the way!

I just ordered a Cricut Expression (12”x12”) craft cutter and I can’t wait to get my hands on it!  For those of you who couldn’t care less about crafting and have no idea what a Cricut is, this little beauty cuts shapes, designs and fonts in paper, vinyl and fabric (although that’s a lot trickier).  It’s been been around for years, but I finally decided I can’t live another day without one.  ;)cricut

For those of you who have one, what do you use yours for?  Having a little one at home, I can think of tons of projects I will use this for and had plenty of times over the past couple of years that I wished I had one.  Also, printing on vinyl opens up tons of possibilities for projects and gifts. 

I just downloaded the demo version of the Make the Cut software over the weekend and it’s a lot of fun to play with.  Since I don’t want to be tied to only using the Cricut cartridges, I’m planning on using this a lot to print fonts I already have on my computer and convert images to cut with the Cricut.  Does anyone use this software already?  If so, how do you like it?

7 comments:

M3 said...

Ooo, can't wait to see how you like it and what you do with it!!

Stephe said...

I am COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY JEALOUS!!!! I cannot wait to see all the cool stuff you can do with it!!! Stephe

Shauna and MacLean said...

I too am jealous and would love one can't wait for your first project!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow, I understood about a quarter of that post. You must be extremely craft/tech savvy, or at least more so than me ;)

Laura said...

Hi. I just recently found your blog but I love it! Your daughter is beautiful! You are going to love your cricut! I have had mine for over a year and I use it all the time. We have only been home with our daughter for 5 months and she just turned 2 so I haven't let her use it yet, but I will teach her soon. My nieces are 5 and 3 and they learned to use it as soon as I got it. There are quite a few cartridges with cute things for kids and using MTC will also be fun. I use mine for a lot of every day things too. If you ever have any questions feel free to email me - I'd be happy to help or point you to some great sites I have found!

mrsldavis at gmail dot com

Catherine said...

I'm excited to see how you use your cricut! Fun!!

I'm embarassed to say that I bought one over 2 years ago and have never taken it out of the box. I'm sure there is so much I could use it for but time just seems to get away from me.

Enjoy!!

Sandy @ The Mommy's Place said...

I got my cricut for Christmas and have done a few things with it, still learning. It was very intimidating to me at first and truthfully it still is.

I just found your blog and I am interesting in seeing what you do with your cricut.