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Originally Posted by craftycrunchymama I think I am going to ask Santa for a Silhouette. I want to make sure that it's the right decision though. I want it for scrapbooking and card making. I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
What do you love about it?
What don't you like?
Is it easy or complicated to use?
Have you found any great how to videos?
Is this your first/only electronic die cutting machine? If not, how does it compare to your other(s)?
Show us your favorite project made with it! (Yours or somebody else's)
Would you recommend it to friends? |
Hi,
I really love my Silhouette, and am loving it more everyday! I learn something new about it often - just today, I found out that I can cut contact paper and make the little sticker that people have been putting on their backglasses of their cars - too cute!
I love that I can cut any font that I have downloaded on my computer and any shape. I can take free clip art and turn that into shapes as well. I really like a lot of the designs that you can buy from Silhouette as well. Very affordable at $1.99 each or you can buy a monthly subscription. I have an unlimited subscription and have downloaded thousands of files.
I can't say that there is anything I don't like about it except it is very noisy when cutting. It doesn't bother me that much, but my husband couldn't stand it, so I bought a 15' USB cable and moved it as far from my hubby as it could get!
I think that it is fairly easy to use, but like the above poster said, there is a slight learning curve and it does take some getting used to. I didn't use mine a lot when I first got it, so I found it difficult every time I did want to use it. But as I used it more and more, it has gotten much easier. Plus, I think the updated software is better than the old version. I also downloaded Inkscape which is free and have used that to design my own files.
I haven't found great videos, but there are many tutorials that are very helpful. Here are some links to some sites:
http://www.aussiescrapsource.typepad.com/
If you scroll down about a third of the page, there is a sidebar on the left titled Quickutz Silhouette with 5 tutorials. Number 5 was very helpful to me.
The Silhouette website itself has a great step by step here:
http://www.silhouettemachine.com/tutorials.aspx
The Yahoo Group, SilhoutteUsers is also a great resource. If you join, you can have access to the FAQ's which are helpful.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silhouetteusers/
This is my first and only electronic die cutter. I've never tried another one.
I haven't taken pictures of my scrapbook pages that I have used the Silhoutte on, and I'm too lazy to go upstairs right now and do it, LOL. But here are a few good blogs:
http://nicholmagouirk.typepad.com/th...really_matter/
http://erinlincoln.blogspot.com/2009...by-shower.html
http://kerribradford.typepad.com/just_me/
http://silhouettemachine.blogspot.co...g-lets-do.html
You can probably tell by my really long reply that I would definitely recommend it to anyone!
Let me know if you have any questions, though I am far from an expert!
Connie