The Provocraft Cricut die cutting machine has the most amazing range of cartridges available.  Each cartridge is able to cut out hundreds of shapes in varying sizes. Each shape is also able to be cut as a solid shape, a negative, or an outline. With Cricut Cartridges, you can let your imagination run wild.

The 5 main categories of Cricut Cartridges include:

• The font collection.  A wonderful collection of fonts from calligraphy to script, to licensed characters like Sesame Street, Hello Kity, Disney and much more
• Shape Cartridges. Shapes for every scrapbooking page you can image. Includes a wide range of licensed shapes like Disney.
• Licensed Cartridges. A whole range of well known brands everyone will recognise including Hello Kity, Disney, Sesame Street and more
• Classroom/Classmate Cartridges. Not just for teachers, but for anyone who wants to add some educational die cuts to your scrapbook pages.
• Solutions Cartridges. Cartridges for any problem! Home decor, street signs, christmas and much more

I was introduced to the Cricut Personal Cutting Machine abut 2 years ago now at a scrapbooking workshop. Wow, imagine the love I have for the Sizzix, but now I can set the machine to cut out shapes while I keep scrapbooking. It is a dream come true.

I waited a while though before buying a Cricut, as I had to convince myself it was worth it. I went back to a number of workshops and was eventually won over by its versatility. With just one catridge, I can create the same font in different sizes. This was always the disadvantage of the fixed sized Sizzix dies.

However, the Cricut also has a disadvanted in that it can only cut thin cardstock, where as the Sizzix can cut through thicker pieces of fabric like denim, thick cardstock, multiple pieces of paper and lots of other textured material.

So in my house, I am afraid to say, that I have both as both do things the other doesn't.

Provocraft have since introduced two more Cricut cutting machines, the Cricut Create and the Cricut Expression, which I will discuss in another post.

They also have a wide range of cartridges available in many font styles, branded character sets like Sesame Street, shapes and the usual set of themed cartridges for every possible scrapbooking page like baby, christmas, beach, camping. You name it, they have it!