Showing posts with label Cricut Expressions 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cricut Expressions 2. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Review of the Cricut Expression 2
Well last week I did it. I finally published a article on Hubpages about the Cricut Expression 2 or E2 for short (see the right side panel for explanation of terms I use on this blog.) I hope you enjoy the hub as they call them. Go to http://plogan721.hubpages.com/hub/Product-Review-Cricut-Expression-2 or click here to read it. Look for a a new Christmas card to be posted at the end of the week. Until then, I will see you and God Bless you.
Monday, May 9, 2011
It's Here!!!!!
As promised, E2 (Cricut Expression 2) has arrived. The stalking of the tracking number on www.ups.com is over. OK, for those of you who are expecting one from HSN.com, I want to give you a few pointers:
Well, I am going to play now, so I will show you what I made when I get finished. God Bless.
1) Do not tackle the UPS person. They have a job to do, and they have done their job well (that is delivering your new toy (or baby if you have no children) in one piece.
2) It is a heavy box. Muscles is key.
3) The company really taped the box, the secondary box and the machine. Do not panic, this is a safety measure.
4) You get with your machine the following:
a. One mat
b. Power cord
c. Manual
d. Certificate of authenticity. Great for scrapbooking.
e. UBS cord
f. Four books for the 4 carts already installed
g. Blade housing. Note: Be very careful when you open the plastic for the blade housing. Me and E2 had out first fight. When I got my expression and baby bug, the blade was separate from the housing. With the E2, the blade is already in the housing. Not thinking, I stabbed my finger, and drew blood. My finger is fine, but do be careful.
h. Stylus. Note: the stylus is located in the cover. Got the tip from Robyn the Pink Stamper.
5) Once you plug up E2, turn it on, and it will guide you to the calibration screen. Take your stylus, and tap your screen on the “x’s” that appear.
6) Register your machine, by going to www.cricut.com. I have not seen the cartridges to register as of yet, so I assume that once you register the machine, they are registered as well.
7) Have fun
Well, I am going to play now, so I will show you what I made when I get finished. God Bless.
E2
Hello-
I hope everyone had a happy mother's day. I fixed my mother dinner, and celebrated my sister and future sister in law just the same. I am now sitting on pins and needles right now. Any moment now, a big box will be delivered to me by the UPS person (started to say man, but I have seen what some of us can lift, especially when we are getting a new toy, LOL.) In the box will be the newest member to my little cricut family, E2. E2 is short for the Cricut Expressions 2, 5th anniversary edition. The funny thing about the whole thing is 1) I am stalking my UPS tracking number. 2) I keep opening the door. 3) I am jumpy ( do not know why, the person is going to ring my doorbell, I guess, they like to knock a lot around here.) 5) I was not going to get it, after all, I want the Cricut Imagine so bad, and still will get it. 6) OK, so my original one is 6 years old, and my E1 is 3, no big whoop there, LOL. 7) 4 installed cartridges is not a bad deal. 8) Did I say that I was stalking the UPS tracking number?
In the meantime, I am about to say goodbye to oldest member of my cricut family. Yep, I am selling my baby bug (original). It is bittersweet, because I need to make room (living in a small townhome is not fun), and I still love it, but at the same time, it is for the best. If no one buys it, I will still keep it, because it is in a cover with a handle. I will jut have to finagle space. I have the listing currently on ebay, then if that does not work, then it is on to Craig's list.
I am pushing to do some projects with the E2 (that is why I am stalking the tracking number, LOL) Robyn the Pink Stamper has a give-away that ends at 10pm CST (11pm my time) They are challenges, and I want to put E2 through its paces. The prize is an Imagine. Oh that would look good, LOL. I hope to enter, but if it is too late, and it has not gotten here (they promised by the end of the day), I may need to rethink my projects, and do all cutting with E1. Oh, did I tell you that this E2 is upgradable by Wifi? This means that I need a router (I have one, but it came with the Dell Dimension, which is now deceased), so I want a new one to go with this almost 3 year old computer. (got it 3 weeks before my neice Nine'na was born.) does that mean that every once in a while I can get a new cartridge in an update? Probably or probably not. Wo knows. I will post when I have it all figured out. God Bless.
I hope everyone had a happy mother's day. I fixed my mother dinner, and celebrated my sister and future sister in law just the same. I am now sitting on pins and needles right now. Any moment now, a big box will be delivered to me by the UPS person (started to say man, but I have seen what some of us can lift, especially when we are getting a new toy, LOL.) In the box will be the newest member to my little cricut family, E2. E2 is short for the Cricut Expressions 2, 5th anniversary edition. The funny thing about the whole thing is 1) I am stalking my UPS tracking number. 2) I keep opening the door. 3) I am jumpy ( do not know why, the person is going to ring my doorbell, I guess, they like to knock a lot around here.) 5) I was not going to get it, after all, I want the Cricut Imagine so bad, and still will get it. 6) OK, so my original one is 6 years old, and my E1 is 3, no big whoop there, LOL. 7) 4 installed cartridges is not a bad deal. 8) Did I say that I was stalking the UPS tracking number?
In the meantime, I am about to say goodbye to oldest member of my cricut family. Yep, I am selling my baby bug (original). It is bittersweet, because I need to make room (living in a small townhome is not fun), and I still love it, but at the same time, it is for the best. If no one buys it, I will still keep it, because it is in a cover with a handle. I will jut have to finagle space. I have the listing currently on ebay, then if that does not work, then it is on to Craig's list.
I am pushing to do some projects with the E2 (that is why I am stalking the tracking number, LOL) Robyn the Pink Stamper has a give-away that ends at 10pm CST (11pm my time) They are challenges, and I want to put E2 through its paces. The prize is an Imagine. Oh that would look good, LOL. I hope to enter, but if it is too late, and it has not gotten here (they promised by the end of the day), I may need to rethink my projects, and do all cutting with E1. Oh, did I tell you that this E2 is upgradable by Wifi? This means that I need a router (I have one, but it came with the Dell Dimension, which is now deceased), so I want a new one to go with this almost 3 year old computer. (got it 3 weeks before my neice Nine'na was born.) does that mean that every once in a while I can get a new cartridge in an update? Probably or probably not. Wo knows. I will post when I have it all figured out. God Bless.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Expression 2: Did you get it?
My world has been upside down lately. I will not explain as of yet, but I have some purchasing news to share. I am getting a Cricut Expression 2 Electronic cutter. In case I said something foreign to you. Two or three months ago, I had a post explaining the different electric cutters ProvoCraft makes. They are
• The Cricut Personal Cutter (original)
• The Cricut Expression Electronic Cutter
• The Cricut Create
• The Cricut Cake machine
• The Cricut Imagine Cutter Machine
Since that time, ProvoCraft has introduced two more (actually 3 more machines) under the Cricut name and they are:
• The Cricut Cake Mini-smaller version of the Cricut Cake machine, much like they did with the Create, making it a miniature version of the Expression, only allowing a person to cut 6x12 sheets of paper (or in this case, fondant)
• The Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine-updated version of the Expressions cutter with some added features (more in a minute)
• The Martha Stewart version of the Cricut Cake Machine. We all know that MS has to put her stamp on almost everything, so she got together with ProvoCraft, and basically told them that she approves it, she loves it, put her name on it, and in return she will create an exclusive cartridge for them.
Since QVC has basically broken almost all ties to the crafting world, HSN (The Home Shopping Network) has taken off when QVC stopped showing their famous craft shows, and has gotten into bed with ProvoCraft. The marriage seems to be working, because two months ago, PC announced to Scrapbooking update that they are coming up to their 5th anniversary with their Cricut product, and they wanted HSN to have exclusive rights to the new product (at the time, it was not announced as to what the product was). At that time, the Imagine was introduced, so it was not another version of that machine, so the Expressions 2 machine was born.
The machine is a cross between the Expression machine and the imagine, without the printing part added. It has all the features of the expressions cutting machine (such as center point, quantity, flip, etc..), but it has features of the Imagine as well (touch screen), but it also has other features to, such as a LED light where the cutting blade is, a little grove to hold the paper in place, you can use both regular and imagine cartridges in the machine (you just cannot print the images), two ports. Comes with a longer cord, and a USB cord. The machine is equipped to be used with WIFI (time for me to find a new router) for easy updating.
The only thing I am upset about it mine is on back order. Most people will receive theirs on or about May 6th (some are actually getting their this week, due to something HSN calls expedit shipping). I am getting mine on the 16th. I can wait, because I actually need to make some room for it.
In return for getting this rare piece of machinery (it was only available to HSN for that day only), I am selling my baby bug (the original) on Ebay. I have already written out the description and have it as a MS Word Document. I have to do it take a picture of it, and upload the photos on Ebay. I do not want to, but to honest, I have not used it since July 2010, when I had a class I was teaching at my church. I was going the basics of scrapbooking, and showed so extras.
I will be doing my actually comparison of the two expressions in a later post, after I do some playing around. Oh, I forgot the best part. The bonus is there are 4 build in carts in the machine. I guess the idea behind it is soon you will not need carts for it. Two of the cartridges are exclusive to HSN, and the other two will be available for the public. I should have written this post the day of the premiere, but I was out of town, and had to use my cell phone to call the order in. The only Cartridges I remember is Just a note, and American ABC’s or something like that.
Well that is it. You all be good, and I will talk to you later. Happy Crafting and God Bless You. For those of you cleaning up after the tornado in the southern states, I am praying for you all.
• The Cricut Personal Cutter (original)
• The Cricut Expression Electronic Cutter
• The Cricut Create
• The Cricut Cake machine
• The Cricut Imagine Cutter Machine
Since that time, ProvoCraft has introduced two more (actually 3 more machines) under the Cricut name and they are:
• The Cricut Cake Mini-smaller version of the Cricut Cake machine, much like they did with the Create, making it a miniature version of the Expression, only allowing a person to cut 6x12 sheets of paper (or in this case, fondant)
• The Cricut Expression 2 Electronic Cutting Machine-updated version of the Expressions cutter with some added features (more in a minute)
• The Martha Stewart version of the Cricut Cake Machine. We all know that MS has to put her stamp on almost everything, so she got together with ProvoCraft, and basically told them that she approves it, she loves it, put her name on it, and in return she will create an exclusive cartridge for them.
Since QVC has basically broken almost all ties to the crafting world, HSN (The Home Shopping Network) has taken off when QVC stopped showing their famous craft shows, and has gotten into bed with ProvoCraft. The marriage seems to be working, because two months ago, PC announced to Scrapbooking update that they are coming up to their 5th anniversary with their Cricut product, and they wanted HSN to have exclusive rights to the new product (at the time, it was not announced as to what the product was). At that time, the Imagine was introduced, so it was not another version of that machine, so the Expressions 2 machine was born.
The machine is a cross between the Expression machine and the imagine, without the printing part added. It has all the features of the expressions cutting machine (such as center point, quantity, flip, etc..), but it has features of the Imagine as well (touch screen), but it also has other features to, such as a LED light where the cutting blade is, a little grove to hold the paper in place, you can use both regular and imagine cartridges in the machine (you just cannot print the images), two ports. Comes with a longer cord, and a USB cord. The machine is equipped to be used with WIFI (time for me to find a new router) for easy updating.
The only thing I am upset about it mine is on back order. Most people will receive theirs on or about May 6th (some are actually getting their this week, due to something HSN calls expedit shipping). I am getting mine on the 16th. I can wait, because I actually need to make some room for it.
In return for getting this rare piece of machinery (it was only available to HSN for that day only), I am selling my baby bug (the original) on Ebay. I have already written out the description and have it as a MS Word Document. I have to do it take a picture of it, and upload the photos on Ebay. I do not want to, but to honest, I have not used it since July 2010, when I had a class I was teaching at my church. I was going the basics of scrapbooking, and showed so extras.
I will be doing my actually comparison of the two expressions in a later post, after I do some playing around. Oh, I forgot the best part. The bonus is there are 4 build in carts in the machine. I guess the idea behind it is soon you will not need carts for it. Two of the cartridges are exclusive to HSN, and the other two will be available for the public. I should have written this post the day of the premiere, but I was out of town, and had to use my cell phone to call the order in. The only Cartridges I remember is Just a note, and American ABC’s or something like that.
Well that is it. You all be good, and I will talk to you later. Happy Crafting and God Bless You. For those of you cleaning up after the tornado in the southern states, I am praying for you all.
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