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03-07-2007, 02:46 PM
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| Should I or Shouldn't I???? Cricut Question. We're expecting to get our tax refund next week, and DH thinks I should purchase a Cricut plus some cartridges....I'm not entirely sure that I'd use it enough to make the investment worth-while. Okay, I know that if I have it, I'll find excuses to use it, but is it really, truly worth buying??? I know that some of you have one of these little beauties, so what's your take on it? I'm really torn here.......  
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03-07-2007, 03:25 PM
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| Mrs. Jack Sparrow  Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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| If your gonna get one I would wait for the new one. I wish I knew when it was comeing but it will use 12x12 paper. I am waitingto get that one.
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03-07-2007, 05:01 PM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma
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| They have them on clearance right now, because the new models are about to come in. and YES they are so worth it. Buy the cartridges on ebay though, much cheaper, but lucky you, I had to beg.
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03-07-2007, 06:19 PM
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| Yeti Chaser  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Way down south
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| I used one last weekend at our crop, it was pretty neat. My friend's DH bought hers on QVC and she said it was much cheaper than the stores. So you might check QVC out before you buy. Do you use a lot of letter stickers? It would take the place of those - you can cut out your letters to match your paper exactly.
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03-08-2007, 07:36 AM
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| Community Rank: Jetsetter   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Long Island, NY
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| I love my Cricut and use it all the time. They even have 2 Disney cartridges coming out at the end of the month! I can't wait. My DD, 11 uses it all tht time too to make cards and school projects.
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03-08-2007, 08:03 AM
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I was thinking about picking one of the old models up when the new ones came out! Maggie
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03-08-2007, 09:24 AM
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| A Woman With Hobbit Feet  Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: WI
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| Oh, I may have to keep an eye out for the clearance one too. That's the only way Jason would ever be okay with me getting one. Of course, he wants a $500 tool set with our tax return (in addition to a GPS for the boat) so maybe I have some leverage. 
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03-08-2007, 10:44 AM
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| Right now Hobby Lobby has them for $194 and change. The cartridges are $59.98. I didn't know about the Disney cartridges! Wow!!! I only use 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock for matting, etc., so maybe the current model will do me fine....And yeah, where are they on clearance?????
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03-08-2007, 05:20 PM
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| Yeti Chaser Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Way down south
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| If you're only going to cut out letters or shapes, you will do fine with 8 1/2 x11 paper. I think you can set the machine for what size paper you are using. I actually used thin strips of paper, since I didn't cut out a lot at a time. The paper sticks to these sticky plastic sheets that feed into the cricut, so you can use any paper, as long as it's big enough to hold what you're cutting out.
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03-09-2007, 08:09 AM
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| Community Rank: Jetsetter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Long Island, NY
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| You can use a 6x12 piece of paper which works well for me as I use it for mostly letters and small embellishments. I got mine at Wal-mart before Christmas for $149 and the cartridges were $59. I thought that was reasonable so look around there are deals out there.
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03-09-2007, 09:36 AM
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| Yeti Chaser Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Way down south
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| Carol - what's included in that price? Is it just the machine itself, or does it include the sticky plastic sheets, any cartridges, tool kit, etc?
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03-09-2007, 11:15 AM
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| Community Rank: Day-Tripper Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois
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| Oh my goodness. I just went to the Cricut website to see the Disney cartridges and I'm already thinking of ways to sneak them in the house without the DH knowing.
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03-09-2007, 11:18 PM
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| The machine includes a plastic sticky sheet and a font cartridge. Oh, I just gotta check out the Disney cartridges....
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