Reacting to Your Unpopular Cricut Crafting Opinions 

Thanks so much for watching! 😄 Do you have an idea of a similar video I should make in the future?

Hey Kelly I enjoyed the trip around cape town having your lashes done. Thanks for sharing

Hilarious! It was fun seeing this other side of you, and your kitty is beautiful. ❤ My biggest gripe is only having 5 1/2" of canvas space on which to work because I'm on a smaller laptop. It'd be nice if I could make the layers column narrower. Ugh!

I'm new to your channel and immediately thought that you sound like my friend from South Africa. Then I discovered that yes, you are in South Africa. You even have her laugh. I've always loved her accent! Love it! I very much appreciate the honesty of your content. You are talking about things people are thinking but don't always know how to put it or know if it's just them having certain issues with the machine, consumables, and software. Thanks!

I am amazed that you can talk and make a craft. Mine would be a mess! 😂 I just bought a silhouette because of the rubber wheels going bad on my maker. A known problem should automatically be fixed.

The cricuit expression I thought was a marvellous machine. You have to keep using it, even though you are slower at first. I now have a cricuit explore and it’s even better. I love it. It is so quick and easy. I sent the brother scan and cut back.

I have all the machine. Started with the little Cricut with carts. I have about 100 Cartridges. I have Silhouette’s and all the Cricut’s.My favorite is right now is the Cricut Joy Extra. I like it because you can make stickers with it. Uses 8 1/2 x 11 paper.

Very interesting Kelly, good to hear other crafters’ opinions and experiences. When I find some time I’d love to try out the other design software you mentioned… one of these fine days!! Always a treat when your gorgeous kitty makes an appearance! Thank you for sharing a great video. ❤😘

I absolutely loved this video. Great content, cant wait for the next video

Fredness!!! Soooo cute!!! Not sure when the world forgot that people are allowed to have their own opinions. But this video was awesome!!!

I totally agree on using silhouette for print and cut

28:56: I knew it! Fred looked irritated in his earlier appearance that you were looking into a camera and talking to us. Not him😂

I absolutely love this video. You rock.

I bought my Cricut Maker rather than upgrading my Silhouette because of it’s more solid build and the noise. However, I much prefer Silhouette’s design store to Cricut’s design space. One shouldn’t have to pay for the extra features - per month after the hefty cost of the machine.

I watched this video because I don't have a favorable opinion about Cricut. I purchased a Cricut Expression around 2008. I loved it even though I only had a few cartridges. I found a program called Sure Cuts Alot - SCAL, and with this program I could cut almost anything I found. Well Cricut desided to sue Make the Cut which did the same thing as SCAL. They won. These programs hooked the Expressions to computers with a printer cable and allowed you to design and cut things without a cartridge. Back then the cartridges cost 80 us dollars. I only purchase them when they were on sale for 50% off. Cricut did not even have a program that they were selling, you only had their cartridges to work with the machine. Because of SCAL I was using my Cricut more and would purchase their mats. After the suit I desided that I would not support Cricut. I worried about updating my firmware, because I was warned that the software would not work with the updated firmware. So over the years when I upgraded my cutting machines, I would not consider the Cricut for purchase. I now own a Silhouette 2 and a Brothers Scan and Cut. And I agree the Silhouette is noisy but effective. I have moved up from my paper cutters. I also own two lasers, a diode and a C02 laser. I was wondering about your accent. I studied The Great Trek when I was in college. I also read and taught my inner city middle schoolers about Trevor Noah's book Born a Crime. I loved his book. Be well! Thanks for sharing.

5:34: Update: I contacted a local group called Fix-It-Fest, which I found through our city representative’s newsletter. I shared details about the Maker and posted pictures of the rollers and roller-repair videos from RU-vid. I'm optimistic that they'll be able to connect me with someone willing to take on the project. Anyone with the skills to fix this common issue with Cricut’s machines could earn a decent income in their local area.

Hi. Thanks for the video. The thing I picked up last week is that there's now some features that I can't use because I don't have Cricut Access anymore. This left me feeling demotivated of using my machine.

7:10-7:16: Cricut is based in Utah. Is that right? I ask because California, as of July 2024, enacted a Right to Repair law. In part, it requires “… manufacturers of consumer electronic devices and appliances-from smartphones to dishwashers-to make repair guides, parts, and tools for those electronics available to product owners, service and repair facilities, and service dealers.” I am unsure how the law impacts businesses selling their products in California.

How cute is Fred!

ROFL I love your Fred. Beautiful. I have a kitty-girl named Squirrel. I had a pet hamster in my early 20's named Fred. He was QUITE adventurous and unpredictable. 😉 lol Thank you for all your wise opinions. Agree on so much of it, in fact, I don't think I disagreed with anything. lol THANK you for all your great tips and suggestions of things to try. 😊

Hey Kelly, I love watching your videos. Thank you for all that you do... A couple of weeks ago I was using Design Space and clicked the Make It button. It then wouldn't let me 'make it' until I subscribed to Access. 🥴 I'm not sure what I was or wasn't doing, but yeah, I had to subscribe to move forward. I had imported multiple third party SVGs... Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Love you love your cat love your advice!

I use Affinity for all my designs and it's very easy to import my images

I struggle with maizeys htv 🤦🏻‍♀️ I get lifting etc and I don't know how to sort it out. I'm using the craft express handheld press so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️😬 I have good results with the flock vinyl but the normal htv I'm always worried 😬

Regarding being able to export designs to other software, or even my computer - I often purchase png files from other sources and bring them into the Cricut software to work with. I feel I should be able to export those files anywhere I want to because they are not Cricut designs . But, once they go into the Cricut cloud I can’t use them anywhere else. If there is a way to export those designs to my computer I would love to know how. An example is that I also own a ScanNCut and I would like to be able to print the designs I create with the Cricut software on 12 x 12 cardstock and cut them on my ScanNCut.

That knife blade settings cost me a mat and no way to actually save the correct settings

Love your content of your videos! Fred is a cutie 😻

I have a silhouette curio and a cricut maker and joy. My daughter finds the curio studio easy and intuitive. I find it has too much math. That's her thing not mine. I'd rather use the dummy proof cricut. I do prefer to create in other design programs and bring them into cricut. If the next iteration of cricut goes to all smart vinyl, I'm out, though. Horrible product.

Why do I see someone replied to my comment here? I never saw this and never said amything....came to see....nothing.

I have all the machine. Started with the little Cricut with carts. I have about 100 Cartridges. I have Silhouette’s and all the Cricut’s.My favorite is right now is the Cricut Joy Extra. I like it because you can make stickers with it. Uses 8 1/2 x 11 paper.