I just went to the Joanns site now, to see if I can get a few extra cutting mats and here is where I got redirected to:
http://backup.joann.com/

I'm glad they'll be honoring their prices and coupons, but it's a bit ridiculous. I haven't had that trouble with any other online retailer.

I got mine! There were still a few left in the store at about 9:30 AM Friday morning.

Cricuts for 69.00? Geez I paid almost 400.00 for mine

i was at joannes today, and they were demo-ing the cricut. a stunning machine! so i said to the sales lady, that it can be used for cake decorating - to cut gumpaste. she looked at me like i had ten heads! and she absolutely disagreed with me.
thank you for posting your pics so i know im not crazy.
would LOVE to have one, but way out of my price range.
have fun with yours!

YAY Polkadot! I'm glad that it worked out for you in the end!! Now we can have fun together learning how to use our new toy.

I was gonna buy one this weekend, I couldnt resist the price. I was telling my boyfriend I was about to buy it, and he was like "NO YOU CANT!"

And I was like " Are you kidding me, its on sale?!"

Than he spilled the beans and told me he got me the cricut expression for christmas

I cant wait, I have the best boyfriend ever!

Awwww good boyfriend!!

anyway....people will stop looking at us like nutters soon
I noticed at the Florida ICES mini classes

Using the Cricut Cutter- Norm Davis
Norman will show how to cut out fondant/gum paste by using the electronic Cricut cutter. You will see how simple it is to cut out intricate lace pieces, characters, flowers and numbers and place them on your cake. This method is so quick and easy. Now, what you can do for scrap booking you can also do on cake.

That is really cool!

Jen

andpotts,

i don't have an expression but i think the mypinkstamper videos are worth watching because the woman is such a hoot!

Yes, andpotts I got the cricut expression bundle from getmycricut.com I love it but the HSN bundle was better than mine & I have cute gumpaste with it. But I'm afraid the blade might get damaged at first had a hard time with the rollers marking the gumpaste lol.

I just got my Cricut at Michaels on Friday for $69. I was SO EXCITED about the price. I cannot wait to try it out!!!

i'm finding that it's fairly easy to cut simple designs but takes some tweaking to get small detail. i'm going to try gumpaste today.

He's awesome, and he won major points for that.

Althought hes torturing me now cuz he picked the slowest shipping so it would get here closer to christmas. So I have to wait 2 weeks for my cricut. I hope he doesnt expect me to leave it wraped untill christmas, cuz thats just not gonna happen. lol

He propably got me the cricut to shut me up, lol. I've been talking it for months, since I saw it could be used for cakes.

I already saved the link to mypinkstamper and scrappydew.com.

I cant wait

OMG I came home from work and there was a big box waiting for me. YAY! I though I would have to wait forever.

kayla,

you are in for some serious fun!

i've had mine for a couple of weeks and finally had success with it today.

it's good to know that someone else is doing the happy dance today!

So, am I understanding correctly that you guys are inserting gumpaste into the machine and cutting it? I asked this question before and was told no, but it sure sounds like that's what you're saying (without going back to the beg. of this thread).

I just got my new Cricut Expression on Tuesday from a local craft store (Craft's Direct). They still have this amazing deal on a limited edition (Blue) Cricut Expression and it comes with 2 cartidges, the mat, etc. Their website also has deals on cartidges right now - I just got one for $24.00. Since the store is in my town, I can pick up the items and not pay shipping, but I think shipping is $7.50 or so. I love my new Cricut and am excited to start using it for cakes. I have also been doing a lot of research on SCAL and I am waiting for Version 2.0 for the Apple Mac. Does anyone use SCAL with your Mac?

Here is the website...I'll put some spaces in so it doesn't get blocked.

http: //www. cricut-craftsdirect. com/servlet/StoreFront

I forgot to mention on my previous post that my Cricut on that site was $238. I haven't been able to find any that cheap for the "Expression." And it's so pretty with the blue and the designs on the front and back. Attached is a pic of it

Got the Cricut today and my friend and my friend asked "did you get a food grade one? So that made me question the sanitary aspect of this. How do you get the sticky off and then sanitize the board? How about the needle etc.?

The cricut cartridges are on sale this week at Hobby Lobby for 39.99 each

Hi everyone! I'm glad you're all having such fun with your Cricuts! I'm still a bit to chicken to use mine for gumpaste yet, but I'm getting up the courage slowly.

I just found a craigslist add in my area for a woman who rents Cricut cartridges for $5 a week, with a $20 refundable deposit. Compared to the price of buying one that I would only use for one or two projects, that is a great deal. You may want to check to see if there's anyone in your area that does this!

I have been using my Cricut for a couple years now.....and have a HUGE library. I have something that I want to share that I LOVE!

Get the "Make the Cut" software...... you can convert all jpeg files to SVG files and cut the on your cricut. You will want to have the Cricut software on you computer...just so you can maniplulate things anyway. Also....If you go to Sure Cuts Alot's website...there are a whole slew of free True Type files....with AWESOME Wingdings!!!

I went with Makes the Cut instead of Sure Cuts Alot because it works well with my cricut software and it is OH SO EASY to use!

After May 1st, you can get the food grade mats from www.cricut.com. Just keep them, and the blade that you are using seperate from paper tools.

I hope this isn't old news but I just saw that they now have a Cricut just for cake decorating. You can see a short video on it here: http://www.cricut.com/cricutcake/