Creating die cut shapes/letter

[bunnyfoo]

Hi everyone! I wanted to get into scrapbooking again - my previous pages just consisted of some journalling, stickers and photos. Not very creative

Anyway, I'm wanting to create a scrapbook for my last trip and was looking for some advice. What is the best machine to get to create die cut shapes and lettering? There seem to be a lot of them out there - the QuicKutz Silhouette looks nifty but seems expensive.

Any suggestions

 

[happypooh]

love my cricut expressions....love love love it.....

 

[Faerie]

I have a baby bug and I love love love it I don't make anything larger than 5 1/2 inches so the baby bug is perfect for me

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

love my big shot! wouldn't trade it for the world!

 

[aroyer]

I also have the Cricut Expression and absolutely love it. It is fantastic! I didn't think I would cut anything over 5 1/2" - I really got it for other features. I love the screen that shows you what you are going to cut, it is especially helpful when using the Mickey cartridges. I also use the flip feature quite a bit. And I have cut something that was 8" but that is as big as I have gone.