Wow! What an incredible machine!  I am a teacher and a scrapbooker.  I know the machine is expensive, but if you are willing to think outside the box a little, you will get your moneys worth.  We recently took a trip to Disney and when I went to our local scrapbooking store to but embellishments to use in my album, I spend well over $100.  If I would have watched and purchased a couple of Disney cartridges when they were on sale, I would have had them to use later....like for birthday cards, bulletin boards at school, birthday party decorations, etc.....I haven't tried it, but you can also...