Making my own ivitations - Does anyone own a cricket?

Re: Making my own ivitations - Does anyone own a cricket?

• HisCB

  

  April 2010

  i have a cricut and will be using mine to embellish my computer printed invites with the perfect paper (if i ever find it!)
  
  cutting all the words would be difficult without extra software, unless your invite was very very simple and short. the smallest letters are about 1/4 inch, so that would get very large once you include the details.
  
  the cricut does have a marker attatchement that you can use instead of the blade, i am not sure if it writes in small enough font to be able to write the invites out.
  
  you can cut different designs out of the cricut and then layer a printed invite on it, then add embellisments. like a doiley type background or border or something.
  
  i got printable invites on clearance for $8 for 100, i plan to print mine and then add elements using my cricut and the sweathearts cartridge.
  
  sounds like you arent a scrapbooker, its a big purchase for the invites only, check to see if scrapbooking stores in you area have a cricut for customers to use. my fave scrapbook store has "crop nights" where you pay like $5 for 6 hours of cropping in the store after hours, they have bunches of tools to use, including a cricut and bunches of cartridges.

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• dibsontop member

  

  April 2010

  As PP said, I don't think you'll be able to get the letters small enough.  As PP also said, a cricut is a costly purchase just to do your invitations.  I do a lot of scrapbooking and card-making so I already have a cricut and will be using it to cut my inserts to the proper size.

  
  

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• JanoBean75

  

  April 2010

  Even if you use the Silhouette (like a Cricut without the silly cartridges), the space left by the cuts is the negative of the outside outline. While it does cut the inside of a letter (like e, o, p, g, etc.), the inside and outside are not connected -- You'll end up with a vaguely e-shaped hole, but the little half circle at the top of the e will not be attached. Make sense? I haven't had my coffee yet, so I'm not capable of being clear!
  
  I could see using it for graphics or even a monogram (if designed in the negative) to have the base card peep through...but logistically I don't think it will work.
  

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• detailsBYoksanaDOTcom

  

  April 2010

  There are now marker and pen holders for the cricut, but even those are for larger size fonts. Cricut is a good idea, but the letters do need to be big enough for the machine to pick it up, because what ends up happening is if the letters are square and small, the machine rounds off the corners, and it just looks differently than if you were to print the letters.
  
  I use cricut to design custom envelopes and diecuts for my invitations, making sure that the images are big enough for the machine to pick them up. Cricut is a great investment, for those who have a business or like to scrapbook, but there are also classes on cricut that will allow you, for a small fee to get a feel for it. See if there are classes in your area, to be sure that you like the machine and what it is capable of :-)
  
  Good luck!

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