I just used one for the first time at a crop on January 25th, and I love it! I ordered the larger one (Cricut Expressions) and found it online for $299 (which included two cartridges that I got to pick out). I won two auctions on Ebay for cartridges, plus Hobby Lobby had 2 cartridges for $100 last week. I used it this last weekend to help create 6 pages. Cartridges are around $50, which when compared to $150 for Sizzix alphabets (which I had been using), are a really good deal. I can cut a letter from 1/4" to (I think) over 5"...plus there are shapes on the cartridges too.

It has definitely given me the incentive to put aside housework and scrapbook even more :)

I too have the Cricut (the little bug). I absolutely love it! I've used it on pages, cards, school projects and more.

I also have the Design Studio which enables you to use different elements from a single cartridge to make a design, welding them together. It's an amazing tool!

You won't be sorry you bought it.

I have used the Cricut at crops. I used to be a scrapbook instructor so I got familiar with it. But for myself I bought the Silhouette. It is the same as a Wishblade and the Xyron version but is made by QuicKutz. I bought it because I LOVE QuicKutz designs and because it connects to the computer. This means that I can save any graphic file in Photoshop Elements and translate it to a readable file for Silhouette to cut. I can also download tons of free fonts from the internet (or buy from QK's website). And lastly it even had a pen holder so that it can print graphics like a plotter. Okay, that wasn't the last thing. The last thing is that it will also syncronize with a printer so that an image can be printed on the printer and then the outline can be cut in Silhouette.

I get that not everybody is into the same things as me. There are some really good cutters out there and I think it's a matter of finding the one that works for you and your needs. Can't wait to see what you do once you get one!