Cricut magic

[Bow]

Wondering if anyone else has a cricut machine or perhaps have been sitting on the fence about getting one and I could maybe help influence a purchase? 😉

Ive had one for a few months and love playing around with what I can make with it. 

Happy to share some of my creations, try and explain how to do stuff too 

I’ve made up these recently to put on Christmas cards 

 

@tyme 

[AlwaysMyself]

They are great @Bow ! I dont know the "magic" model, but ive often looked at a few other ones in the past. I dont do craft anymore though so i cant justify buying one lol. I used to do it with friends which was good.

I do still enjoy seeing peoplea creations though!

[tyme]

Hey Creative Folk here and @Bow ,

I am really lookingforward to this thread because I have a cricut machine that was sitting in a box for 3-5 years (in fact, it's in its box right now). I thought it could only do one thing, so I wasn't really enthused...

But it looks like the possibilities are endless!!!!

If you have creative artwork, please feel free to add it here. I'd love to see it. 

Just a note: Please don't post identifying projects e.g. names of people etc.

[tyme]

@Bow ! I just looked on the box of my cricut and it says it has a pen, but I've never seen it! So YES i MUST have one!

And folks, one thing I'm REALLY proud of myself with it comes to the cricut is that I replaced the rubber roller grips ALL BY MYSELF! And the cricuit still works!

I hardly used the cricut and by the time I pulled it out of the box from the garage, the rubber had rotted away. I phoned around to get quotes to get it repaired and no one even does it!

Then I googled it and bought the parts (including the special screw drivers/keys) and replaced them! It wasn't easy at all, so I'm happy I did it.

So if you need help with that, it's something I CAN talk about!

Oh, and I have the Cricut maker.

[tyme]

Did you get your printing done today @Bow ?

[Bow]

I did go and pick up my printing from office works today @tyme @little disappointed with some of them, quality not the best. Hard to tell on the computer if the image is going to print nice and crisp when it’s enlarged a little. And I’m missing a page! I now have a bit of a numb finger though cause I was using a craft nife to cut out most of the pictures. 

Had to go to spotlight too, mum needed fabric. I grabbed some more vinyl cause they had a Black Friday sale. 

did you find your cricut pen?

and @AlwaysMyself  cricut ‘magic’ isn’t a machine name…. Just kinda referring to the magic that cricut machines can do! All the tricks and features. 🙂 

[AlwaysMyself]

@Bow oh that makes sense then! I have heard of the models such as "joy" and "air", so I just assumed "magic" was another version 🤣. 

Shame that there is a page missing in your printing 😞 and that the images were not as crisp as hoped - I've had that with photos before where sometimes the printer place is really high quality and some aren't so good (even if providing a properly high resolution image). 

@tyme it made me smile that you had left it in the box so long the rubber rollers had perished lol. I have had similar experience with craft tools before that i have bought with a desire to use and not got around to! I gave a never-used air-spray-paint machine to a relative earlier in the year 😕. 

Big congrats on replacing the rollers yourself! 😄 So much cheaper and a great accomplishment to feel proud of.

I wonder what your first project will be?

@Bow I understand the pain of a craftknife cutting out. I spent 24 hours (over a week) hand-cutting out paper for a pop-up card once. I made this pattern: https://onlinepartysupplies.com.au/products/handmade-turquoise-ferris-wheel-3d-pop-up-card I have a Japanese book with the pattern (and others, but I loved this one most). It was so painful and hand cramps.  Its actually party why I want a cricut or similar - but I want one that can cut around a solid printed line (rather than having to mark it all out in the software); I don't recall if the cricut could do that, or if it was a similar machine by Brother at the time I was looking years ago.

[Bow]

Oh wow @AlwaysMyself  that is a lot of work to cut out by hand!!

This was originally why I started looking into getting a cricut… I cut out all of this by hand 

 

 

my cricut machine can do all that work for me now! And so much more! 

last time I had a numb craftknife finger tip it was numb for weeks. Hoping this doesn’t last as long.

[AlwaysMyself]

Oh my gosh! That is amazing @Bow !!!!!!! I love it so much!!! I cannot imagine how many hours that took to cut out and make by hand 😮. Looks so good though!

[tyme]

So amazing @Bow ! Wow!

I was thinking... can you laminate the printed sheets first and then put it through the cricut?

Yes @AlwaysMyself ! I changed the rollers! I was hard and time consuming though... hope these rubber rollers last longer than the original! I'd rather pay someone to do it, but no one even does it! I phoned cricut and they pretty much said to buy a new one.