Pazzles Inspiration Creative Cutter

I have a resale license to sell scrapbooking supplies, and this is my newest inventory item.  This machine is my new happy thing in my scrapbook world.  Last weekend I traveled to St. Charles, Illinois near Chicago to the Scrapbook Expo at the Pheasant Run Resort and spent 2 days with my buddies Thea and Klo (Pazzles guru) learning how to use the Pazzles Inspiration machine and demoing and selling it to scrapbookers.

Frankly, it’s freaking awesome.  People kept coming up and saying, “Okay, what does this thing do?” And we’d have to say, “Everything!”  You can cut out your own titles, design and cut out your own die cuts, window clings, vinyl quotes for the wall or other items, make your own rubber stamps, make iron ons for shirts.  This machine will cut through chipboard and acrylic and fabric.  I don’t even know how to use it well enough to know how to do everything, and I can already say it rocks.  We made me a window cling for the back of my car to advertise my website.  I think I showed the cool T-shirt that Klo made me a while back here on my blog.  Here are some things I made while learning how to use it at the expo.

Here’s a cool title guru Klo made for my daughter (Klo hurt her feelings once and made her cry so she was trying to make it up to her).  Their newest CD just out has a lot of Disney-ish princess images and fairies and dragons and castles and cool stuff.  I love it.  Tinkerbell is from that.  (By the way Klo, Summer says thank you and she loves it, but she’s still mad at you!) hehe

If you’re a good drawing artist (not me!), then you can freehand draw pictures on the software and cut them out.  You can download clip art from the internet or scan pictures from books or coloring books or your kids drawings or whatever and it will cut them out.  You can even scan photographs and cut them out.  I’m a font person and I have a lot of them, and this software will use any true type font you have on your computer (or download free off the internet) so you don’t have to go out and buy cartridges or disks or whatever like some of the other cutters on the market.  You CAN buy CDs if you want.  Pazzles has some pretty cool ones, like the one with Tinkerbell, but with a little more time you could just make your own.  Personally I like the convenience of not having to make my own!

I also love it because you can “weld” your letters together for a title and cut it all out in 1 single piece all hooked together instead of each letter individually and then trying to line them up straight (can’t do it).  You CAN cut them out individually if you want, but you’d have to be crazy!  haha

My friend Klo (Pazzles design team and demo person) has a blog here where she shows free video tutorials teaching people how to use it, and she has a great way of explaining things.  The videos are great for people who tend to be visual learners and want to SEE how to do it. 

So the machine sells for $599.00 plus $35.00 shipping.  What saves you money in the long run is that you don’t have to buy the cartridges or disks or anything else to go with it.  You also don’t have to buy diecuts anymore!  Make your own!  It comes with a cutting mat and a cutting blade, so you will need to replace those eventually and they inexpensive.  The blade goes through 1,000 cuts and the mat lasts for 70-100 cuts.  Included is also 60 fonts already on there and 300 images already on it to get you started.  They also offer a 90-day phone support and a 1-year limited warranty.  It is shipped directly to you from the Pazzles company.  If you’re interested, contact me.  You can purchase one from me through my Paypal widget just to the right up there at the top of my blog securely.  I also have it available on my website at www.summerrosescrapbooks.com but to purchase it you would have to fill out the contact form and let me send you a Paypal invoice (don’t have a shopping cart yet).  I do accept credit cards and you don’t have to have an account with Paypal to use it.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.  I can also provide you with a brochure by mail if you’d like.