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Cricut’s Best Machine for First-Time Crafters is 30% Off

Cut out the clumsy scissor work and get the internet’s favorite machine to do it for you with greater precision.

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Cricket. That’s how you pronounce it. For the first few months, way back when I started covering these darlings of the crafting world, I was calling it cry-cut like a dolt. At least I can pronounce Joy without a support team guiding me every step of the way.

Cricut introduced the Cricut Joy 2, the follow-up to their most affordable and compact entry-level Joy, just this past February. Amazon knocked the price down to $130 just a few days ago for its first-ever sale, and then decided this morning to knock another $10 off, because why not? For $120 you can dip your toe into the waters of home smart cutting (AKA digital cutting) without laying out a huge chunk of change (or a bunch of valuable desk space) on a complicated machine.

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Joy 2 Rainbow Essential Bundle (opens in a new window)

The Joy 2 packs a massive leap in capability over the outgoing Joy that was released in March 2020. You can feed........

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