Cricut Review

Overall 4.24 of 5 view all 33 reviews

kkepler1020
Mechanicsburg, PA

A must for every scrapbooker!

married, a busy person

Pros

it makes crafting fun, Ease of operation, Versatile

Cons

pricey cartridges

MAR

2008

I bought the original Cricut (or "baby bug" as it is sometimes referred to) in the summer of 2006 and it has been such a time saver. The price of it was pretty expensive, but it has already paid for itself. Before I bought the Cricut, to make titles for my scrapbooks I would print letters out individually on card stock, cut them out with an Xacto knife and then use them as a stencil to trace letters on paper and then cut those letters out to put on my scrapbook pages. It took forever!! Now with the Cricut I can cut letters and shapes out in no time flat. The Cricut machine comes with the cartridge "George & Basic Shapes", to get other shapes and fonts you have to buy additional cartridges that can be pretty pricey, but are sometimes on sale you just have to look around. I haven't bought any other cartridges yet, but have been tempted to. I'm holding out in hopes that the company develops some way for you print/cut out letters from True Type fonts that are already on your computer like other machines allow you to do.