My sister has one , has had it for a few years. She has bought a bunch of cartridges. She recently found out that with the smaller one Cricut machine) you cannot use all the cut outs on the cartridges :hunf: She gets hers from Joanns when they are on sale . She is not a happy camper , as no where does it say not all cut outs will work . you don't find that out until you try to make them and nothing happens :twisted: