Cutting Machine

Oscaralley

Oscaralley

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I own a Silhouette Cameo and it happens to be my FAVORITE crafting tool! It helps so much with hybrid projects. Does anyone else have a cutting machine?
 
I think about it since I do lots of cutting, but haven't had the extra funds for one. I make invitations, party decorations and all sorts of greeting cards. It would help tremendously but instead I just use punches and hand cut stuff, lol.. It works for now :)
 
emscraps said:
I think about it since I do lots of cutting, but haven't had the extra funds for one. I make invitations, party decorations and all sorts of greeting cards. It would help tremendously but instead I just use punches and hand cut stuff, lol.. It works for now :)
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I know what you mean Em. I started putting money back each payday for mine. I'm so glad I have it. I have a portrait....never used if you want it.
 
I have an old cricut - back when they only had the small one - from my paper scrapping days. I keep it because it helps tremendously when doing bulletin boards for church!
 
kimb said:
I have an old cricut - back when they only had the small one - from my paper scrapping days. I keep it because it helps tremendously when doing bulletin boards for church!
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I had an old one too....gave it to a friend with a bunch of cartridges. They would all have helped with bullentin boards. I use silhouette every couple of days....on weekends...all weekend. My favorite thing to do with it is the print and cut.
 
I have a Cricut AND a Silhouette. I haven't really been using the Silhouette much. I am afraid of it :) I need to get rid of the cricut and JUST use the Silhouette. Jump in at the deepend.
 
I have a Cameo. I keep saying I'm going to use it more but I always find something else that needs to be done before I can play.
 
FormbyGirl said:
I have a Cricut AND a Silhouette. I haven't really been using the Silhouette much. I am afraid of it :) I need to get rid of the cricut and JUST use the Silhouette. Jump in at the deepend.
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I love my Silhouette. There is so much that you can do with it, but my favorite thing to do is PRINT AND CUT. I won't lie, it has a little bit of a learning curve. I feel like I know the program pretty good....for what I do I like it better than PSE....but I know there is so much more you can do. I really don't like the new version because the icons are so stinkin small....UGH
 
Oscaralley said:
Once you have a little time, just dive right in. If you need help with anything, I'll be glad to help.
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Thanks. Like you, I've got the print and cut thing down (make stickers for my planner). My and vinyl are a different story. Missi (missdamsel) is a whiz at the vinyl stuff. I might be headed to see her in July and plan on packing my Cameo so she can tutor me.
 
StephanieH said:
Thanks. Like you, I've got the print and cut thing down (make stickers for my planner). My and vinyl are a different story. Missi (missdamsel) is a whiz at the vinyl stuff. I might be headed to see her in July and plan on packing my Cameo so she can tutor me.
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Yeah....I do a little vinyl things, but not much. I really want a heat press but waiting on my husband to build the garage. :)
 
I have non of the above. However, I have all sorts of the original Creative Memories stencils and cutting devices. Plus a lot of bunches etc. STILL have a lot of paper and stickers.
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I just got the Cricut Explore 2 for my birthday...Yah ME! I love it for doing cards and off the page projects.
 
I have a Cricut Expression and probably 20 cartridges. I can remember only using it for my son's school projects -- I think he used it more than me! LOL I MIGHT have made a card or two. Then I got a Silhouette Portrait. I REALLY wanted the Cameo, but I just didn't have the room for it on the little table next to my computer; I think it was about 1/2 to 1 inch too long. Ugh. My Portrait sat in its box literally at least a year -- I had gotten a great deal on it but it just stumped me. I made I think two graduation cards in 2014. Then in 2015, while I was unemployed after being laid off, I decided to really look into it. I've been using it ever since to make cards. I have used the print and cut feature one time, and now I can't remember how to do it, as I'm always in a hurry making cards and don't have time to stop and try it again. But I am going to try it again!

One of the reasons that I liked the Silhouette over the Cricut was because I could technically use all the fonts in my library, although many of them just aren't conducive to being cut. Chunkyish ones work best. I don't know if Cricut still has that limitation.
 
lizziej said:
I have a Cricut Expression and probably 20 cartridges. I can remember only using it for my son's school projects -- I think he used it more than me! LOL I MIGHT have made a card or two. Then I got a Silhouette Portrait. I REALLY wanted the Cameo, but I just didn't have the room for it on the little table next to my computer; I think it was about 1/2 to 1 inch too long. Ugh. My Portrait sat in its box literally at least a year -- I had gotten a great deal on it but it just stumped me. I made I think two graduation cards in 2014. Then in 2015, while I was unemployed after being laid off, I decided to really look into it. I've been using it ever since to make cards. I have used the print and cut feature one time, and now I can't remember how to do it, as I'm always in a hurry making cards and don't have time to stop and try it again. But I am going to try it again!

One of the reasons that I liked the Silhouette over the Cricut was because I could technically use all the fonts in my library, although many of them just aren't conducive to being cut. Chunkyish ones work best. I don't know if Cricut still has that limitation.
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I did the exact thing with the Cricut....had all these cartridges and ended up giving them to a friend. Then I ended up giving the cricut to another friend who has NO cartridges....UGH.....I shoulda gave them together. I just like helping people and didn't think about the person I gave the machine to not have any cartridges....I was thinking maybe it would be a backup.
I looooove my Silhouette Cameo. I have the portrait but have never used it. I'm giving it to a girl here at work to do vinyl stuff. I have to find the cord first. I have no idea what I did with it. I took it all out of the box and threw the box away. I shoulda kept it in the box since I've never used it.
Ever want to do print and cut, shoot me a fb message. My facebook page is under TanyaAdamsAlley. I'm at work so I can't get the exact address right now.
 
Route66 said:
I just got the Cricut Explore 2 for my birthday...Yah ME! I love it for doing cards and off the page projects.
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They are so much fun!!! I want to get into the pages, but all photos are on phones now. I need to get my family to send me some. I'm not a huge cell phone person...lol. Every now and then when everyone is around, I will take my camera out so I can have a few photos.
 
msbrad said:
I have non of the above. However, I have all sorts of the original Creative Memories stencils and cutting devices. Plus a lot of bunches etc. STILL have a lot of paper and stickers.
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That's awesome....you can definitely incorporate digi into that mix!!!
 
I have a heat press, a silhouette and tons of vinyl. I have had for a year!! SOmeone needs to come over and motivate me. I will share :)

I have a cricut and because I know it so well, it is so easy. The sofftware interface for the Silhouette seems awkward and clunky and i don't have lots of files for it, so I don't really know what to do with it. I had the best intentions, but I need to spend a weekend and dig in.
 
FormbyGirl said:
I have a heat press, a silhouette and tons of vinyl. I have had for a year!! SOmeone needs to come over and motivate me. I will share :)

I have a cricut and because I know it so well, it is so easy. The sofftware interface for the Silhouette seems awkward and clunky and i don't have lots of files for it, so I don't really know what to do with it. I had the best intentions, but I need to spend a weekend and dig in.
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Oh man.....I want a heat press and vinyl. Wish we lived closer!!! Right now files are.50 (most of them)...well they were yesterday. I wait until they are on sale.
 
StephanieH said:
Thanks. Like you, I've got the print and cut thing down (make stickers for my planner). My and vinyl are a different story. Missi (missdamsel) is a whiz at the vinyl stuff. I might be headed to see her in July and plan on packing my Cameo so she can tutor me.
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Oh My Gosh - the very first thing I have ever used the silhouette for was this last week. We had glitter vinyl and made bridesmaids shirts. I am still SO excited about how well they turned out. AND we made a sash that said "Soon to be <lastname>". It was the most fun I had in forever.

Plus I have a t-shirt press that I used for the first time. I am not sure why I thought I needed a t-shirt press, but oh how I loved it this week...
 
A-M said:
Esther, which one do you mostly use.
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I'll be honest it depends on the scale of the project. For a lot of my hybrid projects using digital designs, I seem to be using my cricut joy & brother scan and cut. I mainly use the brother scan and cut when I don't feel like fussy cutting or if I have a lot that needs to be cut out. I will pull out my sizzix big shot/side kick if I'm going to use some of my actual dies to incorporate in my hybrid layout.

If I'm doing mass cutting, I'll use the maker and/or the cameo. I do feel that the cricut overall does better fine cutting than the cameo (but that could just be my imagination).

Software wise, I will say the cricut is easier to use.
 
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