I used to have a Cricut Baby Bug. When I had bought about 20 cartridges I put a stop to it. I looked at my cartridges and would only use about 5 different images!!!! It was getting too expensive. I now have a Pazzles Inspiration electronic die cutting machine. I LOVE IT

and use it for all my crafting projects. No cartridges! Please take a peep at my blog and see some of the things I make with my Pazzles. I have had it about 2yrs and not regretted it.
http://ilove2cutpaper.blogspot.com/