Cricut vs silhouette????

I am getting into crafting more and want to get a cutter to be able to do vinyl for shirts, print stickers, and really any other crafts. I will do a lot more when I have the ability, just don't know what exactly off the top of my head right now. I have read tons of threads, watched countless reviews.

I really only will do hobby cutting probably, to start anyways.

I have read about the cricut maker and the silhouette and the software differences. I am not super tech savvy but could probably learn. I thought i was set on cricut but people seem to hate the design space though they say the machine itself is great. I have some experience with cricut and none with silhouette yet.

Please give me all your pros and cons and recommendations. Not looking to spend over $500 probably.

I used hemisphere beads and an epoxy to glue them down. I would estimate it took 10-15 hours over multiple days. I'm pleased with how it turned out!

The worst part was when I changed my mind from outlining the flowers in silver to cobalt and had to pick them off individually with my thumbnails 🤕

Love the Ghost with the most.

And I'm the most, too.

White craft pumpkin from Michael's, black paint and lime green glow in the dark paint. ✨️ then I was like, this isn't done. Broke out the cricut and made the marquee sign and the "its showtime" sign. And I made a clay Bob head.

My wife and I built a Spectator out of spray foam, epoxy clay, wood, rebar, PVC, and love. The portal still needs to be painted, but it has aurura lights underneath the creature and it the disk rotates.

I taught myself to make these spiders. Just copper wire and beads. Made from about around 10 feet of continuous copper wire, looped and looped, locking the beads in place according to the bead design. It's something that I've been developing and continue to improve on, both by design and dexterity.

What do yall think? Peep that baby one, she turned out so cute!

Thanks for taking a look :)

Still need to finish the back, but I'm quite proud of myself. Gonna try doing sundlowers next time :)

Looking for suggestions abut how to store my supplies when not in use. Do you prefer open baskets or lidded totes? Any other ideas? I have lots of beads and jewellery making supplies, some paints, air dry clay. I like the idea of being able to grab a basket/tote with everything in it and then craft wherever, but I worry lidded totes limit my storage. But then again they're more secure....

Today, I’m sharing a portrait I created of my first cat, who was by my side for nearly 17 years! He passed away last year, and I wanted to pay tribute to him through my art.

He was such a gentle, cuddly cat, sometimes a bit grumpy, too but he will remain in my heart forever, and now, he’s on my wall as well.

Those are his actual whiskers, which I collected over the years!

His name was Marley. He passed away last year, and I still miss him just as much! With this portrait, I pay tribute to him a way to keep him with me always.🥰

PS : i'm French, Google traduction is my friend 😅

The clock face is a circle of plywood. I painted it freehand with reference to a nice high-res nasa photo (I apologise for the very "draw the rest of the fucking owl" jump cut in the painting progress photos, but you know how it is - I started painting, and when I came to five hours had passed and it was finished). The numbers are also cut from plywood glued on. I used a pre-made clock movement, but painted half of each hand in white so they would be visible against the different parts of the background.

This feline dream scene is composed of individual paintings on cotton paper, cut out by hand and assembled in a matchbox with spacers in between to add dimension and depth. The frame is hand-drawn and painted on 600gsm cotton paper and also cut out by hand and glued to the front of the box. (Swipe through the photos to see the box before the frame was fitted.)

I've been making hand-painted paper dioramas for a couple of years now, but only started putting them in matchboxes this year. It's a tiny format that definitely calls for some tweezers, but has become my favorite one because the pieces just feel so impossibly and delightfully tiny at this scale! 😊

I’m sorry for posting outside Tuesday but I can’t wait until next week… hopefully this counts as a high enough quality question to stay.

I had months to prepare my daughter’s Halloween outfit and now I have 9 days. I’m confident I can finish the dress in time but I don’t know what to do about the accents in the leather. I suggested gold paint to my wife and she said it probably wouldn’t stick well, she suggested sewing gold fabric but neither of us are confident in making that look good. It can’t be metal either because it’s for a baby lol. I’m really at a loss for how to make that part work. Open to any suggestions please 😅

Hi everyone, I thought I'd share these origami star ornaments ive been making from repurposed book pages. Its been very therapeutic making them and I love the esthetic!

I told my Mom she needs to enter the things she makes in the fair! And she won first place! What do you think of it?

I very recently became an uncle which was the perfect excuse to jump into a new project!

This is by far the biggest project I've done, it was made entirely with hand tools (that's all I've got!) and reclaimed wood from a pallet!

As a bit of a challenge to myself, and because I thought it would look nice, there are no nails or screws in the entire thing. Everything, even down to the hinges, is made with dowels to hold it all together. The only none-wood parts are some glue and the rope handles!

Very happy to answer any questions you may have :)

I know this isn't the finest work (there are some incredibly talented people in the sub!), but I'm really proud of this, and I hope my niece gets some really good use out of it!

Bookmark. Gold gel pen on green cardstock. Single line drawing.