I have a new toy....

My creative interests has been changing over the past year as I learned more about paper crafting and really got into card making.  I receive a magazine called "Card Maker Magazine" and this month I noticed an ad for an electronic cutting tool. It is the Silhouette Cameo.  Once I read the ad, I researched it and then read everything I could about it and all the reviews.

I mulled it over, reread all the data available, and took the plunge on Wednesday night.  Amazon had the best price, no sales tax, and free 2 day shipping.  It came yesterday and I waited until today to set it up.

Oh. My. Gosh.  It is AMAZING!  No buyer's remorse here.  It was easy to set up and the software is user friendly and is similar to photo software I have used for years.  It can cut my own designs.  I can print on my Epson Artisan 810 on card stock and then cut out the designs by synching that to the Silhouette and feeing the printed card stock through the cutter.

And, if I would rather use a sketch pen in place of the cutting blade, it will "sketch" my design on whatever paper I feed into the Silhouette.  I haven't tried that yet, but I did order additional sketch pens that arrived at the same time.  I will play with them tomorrow.

Right now I have a glass of wine and am getting ready to watch my favorite horse, Orb, run the Preakness.

Then the Sprint All-Star and Show Down races tonight.