(By the way, in this post, I’ll be referring to the Cricut Explore series. I didn’t know much about Cricut machines a year ago, and, to be honest, when I first got my machine and reviewed it, I had only the vaguest ideas of its capabilities! Now that I’ve been using it regularly for about six months, I have learned that Cricut machines can do so much more than what I originally thought. Supplies for this post were generously provided by Cricut. I may receive compensation (at no added cost to you) if you make a purchase using these links.
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The Maker series has always offered creators a little more flexibility, but now supports over 300 different materials you can feed into the machine and 13 different tools you can add on to expand your capabilities.A few weeks ago, I shared a Facebook Live video about getting started with a Cricut on the Underground Crafter Facebook page and a reader mentioned that she had “no idea what this machine does.” In this post I’ll tell you all about Cricut machines and what you can use them to make, and I’ll share more than 15 beginner-friendly Cricut projects that you can make right away once you get your machine.
Both the Explore and the Maker series now offer a roll holder to help feed vinyl and other materials into the Cricut a little more easily, so there's less mess and fewer opportunities for jamming. The more feature-rich Cricut Maker 3 offers the same Smart Materials support with twice the cutting speed and support for up to 12 feet in a single project, but also supports the more expansive list of tools. For home creators running stores where volume is important, being able to make large batches of anything is likely to be a welcome feature.
The Explore 3 will also cut Smart Materials twice as fast as standard materials, so those larger projects will also get done faster. This increase only applies to projects done with Smart Materials, but the ability to work on multiple projects in a single roll should make it significantly easier for home creators to spin out multiple projects simultaneously. This new model supports jobs of up to 12 feet long through the use of Smart Materials, where the previous iteration of the Explore line only supported jobs of up to 2 feet long. In other words, these special rolls of vinyl and iron-on material don't require the firm cutting board most things need when being inserted into these machines, but at a slightly increased cost. Unlike the standard vinyl material you can buy in most stores for your Cricut, Smart Materials are rolls designed to provide more precise information to the cutting machine for how deep the blade needs to go in order to cut accurately instead of relying on a special mat to protect your Cricut. The new Cricut Explore 3 brings over some of the more interesting features from the smaller, newer Cricut Joy model by supporting Smart Materials. Today Cricut is announcing new versions of its popular Explore and Maker series of machines, with the primary reason to consider upgrading being the ability to create bigger ideas faster. It's never been easier to go from designing to actually creating something at home, and this tech has enabled tens of thousands to do extremely clever things all by themselves. Makers all over the world love these machines, and with good reason. I dare you to go on Etsy for longer than 30 seconds without coming across something made on a Cricut machine.