Scrapbooking is a wonderful form of art and memory preservation, practised the world over by both young and old. A lot of self satisfaction is achieved by scrapbookers who put pages together of one or more photos, along with a story, to preserve a memory of an event, or capture a unique moment in time.
Now anyone who is into scrapbooking, especially with embellishments, would be very familiar with the company Making Memories. They also make a wonderfully extensive range of some amazing scrapbooking tools like the tag maker, eyelet setter, stamping die sets and much more.
However the question here is, with the popularity of die cutting machines for scrapbooking and the massive competition in the market from the two big brands of Die Cutting Machines... the electronic Provo Craft Cricut range of machines and the manually operated Sizzix range of machines, can Making Memories make a Die Cutting Machine that is comparable with these two big brand names?
Making Memories entrance into the Scrapbooking Die Cutting Machine market, has only come recently with its Making Memories SLICE machine. The SLICE retails for US$150.00, so it is half the price of the cheapest Cricut machine and slightly more expensive than the Sizzix Big Shot machine.
Where the Making Memories SLICE stands out though, is that it does not require a power cord to be operated. So it markets itself as being more portable than the Provo Craft Cricut, but with the same advantages, and as equally portable as the manual version of die cutting machines like the Sizzix. However since it is an electronic die cutter, it does not really compete with the Sizzix range of manual machines.
Like other electronic scrapbooking die cut machines, the Making Memories SLICE has the same basic similar features, like being able to plug in different design cards (like cartridges) and letting one cut these images out in varying sizes electronically. It also does not need to be attached to a computer like the Cricut.
Where the Making Memories SLICE differs though is in the type of material it can cut. Electronic die cutting machines with all their fantastic features are limited by the thickness of the material being cut. Where manual machines like the Sizzix can cut anything, but are limited by the fixed dimensions of the die shape. The SLICE attempts to reduce the difference by allowing materials up to 0.5mm to be cut, where as the Cricut can only cut thin cardstock.
From all the tests conducted and feedback received from owners of SLICE machines, it does cut materials up to 0.5mm very well. Also, when compared to other types of die cut machines for scrapbooking, it is very compact and needs far less desk space than its competitors.
So with all these wonderful advantages of the SLICE, it is definitely a wonderful machine that will be envied by all scrapbookers for its ability to help them create unique embellishments quickly, easily and inexpensively. Its only slight advantage over its more expensive Cricut competitor, is that it has to be baby sat a little more, by holding the machine while it makes the cuts, as it does not make use of a sticky mat like the Cricut.
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About the AuthorJenny James is a passionate scrapbooker who loves to embellish her pages with die cuts made fromdie cutting machines for scrapbooking. She reviews a lot of machines like the Making Memories Slice Machine to see how they perform.
