They can tell you if you would like to learn, about hot press, cold press, grain, and toothiness of papers.Ĭard making has been my personal hobby since 2016 and I adore it but your note about 200 dies is very accurate. Ask the people who work at the store – most will love to talk about papers, supplies, ideas.
I highly recommend getting lost in an art supply store with a really great paper section. The double-sided adhesive dots and pads of designed paper are super fun to play with to make 3D designs. I have also used many supplies from my scrapbooking years with paper crafts and cards. That said, I am still a sucker for sheets of marbled paper and good quality card stock. I get great satisfaction in hacking the supplies as best I can. I have made wonderfully satisfying cards with coloured construction paper, basic scissors, markers, ball point pens, and glue sticks leftover from back-to-school supplies. I get good results with Elmer’s Glue and clear tape. That being said, one can have endless fun with papers found at an art supply store that can be used for art, cards, wrapping paper, and ornaments. For me, it would be too much money spent, too little space to work or store it, and projects not sufficient for the investment. While I have long wondered about diving into a Cricut I ultimately decided not to. Oh, I have long been in love with paper crafting!! My entry point was cutting heat transfer vinyl, which does not necessarily need a mat because it has a backing material.Īs others have said, it’s definitely a hobby that can open the door to many more purchases! I don’t use my cutter a ton, but I like having it around for specific projects that I want to make ‘just so,’ so it’s been worth it for me. There are some bundles that come with mats but you may end up wanting something with a different level of grip/tackiness or in a different size. If you do buy a Cricut, you’ll probably end up looking at lots of accessories. Honestly, though, I wouldn’t run into that limit often, so I may just be stubborn. This was going to apply even to existing users, and was so incredibly unpopular that they finally walked it back, but I’m still a bit wary.
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I ended up getting a KNK Zing cutter, which is great at interoperability and has met all my needs, but was a small business and ended up closing down.Ī few years ago, Cricut got some bad press because they tried to impose a new limit on how many designs you could import into their (mandatory) cutting software without paying for a new monthly subscription. Yikes, it was 5 years ago that I explored this question! I ended up opting to not go with Cricut because it seemed like there were some limits on what you could do with outside software, like photoshop.
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I noticed a lot of these videos have manual machines that use metal dies, but I kind of don’t want to buy a bunch of metal dies, because I know myself and soon I will have 200 steel dies and buyer regret. What do I actually need? I think the mat is kind of neat but should I get that one? Also, I would love to make designs in photoshop and print them and then cut them out, so should I get a Cricut? What kind? Should I get the Air 2 one, which is on sale for Prime day on Amazon? If I buy a Cricut do I have to get mats or do they come with it? So I am trying to be wise with this situation. Gordon is not very good at helping me set limits, because his answer to a question, “Do you think I should waste x amount of money on a hobby?” is always yes. The mat our dude is using in the video is about $80. This can pretty quickly get to be an expensive hobby. I have markers, washi tape, stickers, some Distress Oxide inks, and some cheap stencils. I have a little art pad with watercolor paper in it, and I am just going to make cute little designs in it to make myself happy.
There must be something therapeutic about it.
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