Posted by ">Meghan on 10th November 2009

Top Ten Reasons Scrapbooking with Cricut is The Best

Top Ten Benefits of Scrapbooking with Cricut

1. You don’t have to have a computer.

The Cricut can be used alone, or with the Gypsy to re-scale, crop and select images to cut. It’s simplicity at its finest.

2. Makes very cute noises when you turn it on

These sounds are rays of sunshine when I turn on my Cricut, and inspire me to make bright and beautiful scrapbooking pages that reflect my sunny outlook on life.

3. The cricut is better eye-candy than other cutters

The light green and light slate are fashionable and neutral to my scrapbooking and craft room. The carrying bag is also stylish, in comparison to the drab black bag of other cutters.

4.With the Sure Cuts A Lot software, you’ll never have to buy another cartridge

If you are short on cash, or crave a design that Cricut does not offer yet, this software allows for a greater range of creative freedom. I would love to design some of my own one day, which could then be converted into the SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) format.

5. You can easily upscale and downscale cuts.

This is an amazing feat for the Cricut, as some pictures in my scrapbooks don’t need to be overshadowed by big colorful die-cuts, but accented lightly and daintily by slight effects on the outer edges. The Cricut allows me to do this.

6. The Cricut can cut faster than any other die-cutter.

In two shakes of a lamb’s tail, I have the cuts that I need just as I have prepped my sticky pads or glue sticks.

7. It cuts the longest borders and largest shapes.

You can cut extra long borders which allows for seamless die-cuts that you don’t have to glue together! If you are like me and you need to have neat and tidy pages, the Cricut will make awesome borders.

8. The cartridges carry the most die-cuts in comparison to other cutters

From what I have seen from my friends other cutters is that my Cricut cartridges offer more “bang for your buck” in the sense that they carry more designs and more value is squeezed into that cute tiny cartridge.

9. The Cricut can cut up to .5mm thickness of paper

This is ideal for cutting card stock, glossy card stock, stiffened fabric, and even felt (if you use the multi-cut option). You can surely add a variety of textures and thicknesses to your pages and greeting cards with this feature. Other cutters only go up to .3mm cutting thickness.

10. The blade lasts the longest, at 500-1500 cuts! That’s LOTS!

This is probably the most important feature of them all: Quality. The Cricut screams quality of design, because it’s incredibly durable, not finicky or delicate and you don’t have to be afraid to try new things! If you do happen to break a blade after the thousands of cuts that you do, they are cheap as potato soup! You’ll love it, trust me.

Downsides?

It’s addicting!

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