My sister and I are proud owners of a Creative Cutter Inspiration by Pazzles! We saved up for a couple of years. All the while resisting the urge to purchase a Cricut or any of the other cartridge type die cutters. The cutter options available from Pazzles were very pricey but to me it only made sense to save up and spend more up front instead of buying a cheaper machine and then spending $50 or more per cartridge to get different fonts.
The Creative Cutter Inspiration by Pazzles has the ability to cut any true type font on your computer! That means you don’t have to purchase or store a single cartridge. So yes, the initial up front cost is a little more. The Inspiration Cutter has the unique ability to print the true type fonts already installed on your computer, take a peek and see just how many true type fonts (ttfs) you already have on there and how much you would spend in competitor cartridges, you are sure to be amazed! Not to mention that you can also download more free true type fonts at many sites all over the internet!
I have a friend who paid approximately $200 for her Cricut. She wanted more fonts so bought the cartridges. 8 cartridges later at approximately $50 each she had already paid more for her Cricut and its limited fonts than we had paid for our Pazzle Inspiration cutter and its hundreds of fonts.
The Creative Cutter Inspiration retails at $599. The Creative Cutter by Pazzles is the most advanced paper cutting machine available and includes: Creative Cutter Inspiration, Inspiration Design Software, one blade, one 12" x 14" mat, instruction manual and tutorials, and 300 images! This compact cutter has a 12" cutting width and can cut vellum, vinyl, cardstock, poster board, and more! Using your home computer, you can design and create home decor, bags, boxes, wearable's, stamps, and more! It can draw with your favorite markers and refillable bleach/ink pens. It embosses, engraves, distresses, and pierces. You can design and create your own images using home photos and a scanner. Features great accessories such as the Pen Tool, Embossing Tool, Engraving Tool, Cutting Tool Kit, Vinyl Sticker Material, Engraving Mat, Embossing Mat (accessories not included), and much more! You will need a PC running Windows XP with updates or Vista and one USB port.
The possibilities are truly endless with this machine. I will admit that there is a learning curve with this machine but once you sit down and play with it for a couple hours you will be amazed at the things you can do. Cutting titles for your scrapbook pages is just the beginning with this machine. It took a little saving before we could purchase it, but it was certainly well worth the wait!
