Details on the Cricut Create

The following is a press-release on the Cricut Create found on www.marketwatch.com. (Text color changes are mine for emphasis).

Enhance Your Imagination with the New Cricut Create
The New Device is Exclusively Available at Michaels Stores Through 2008

SPANISH FORK, Utah, Aug 27, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Provo Craft, craft & hobby industry leaders and creators of the popular Cricut devices, today announced the latest addition to the line: the Cricut Create(TM) personal cutting machine.

The Cricut Create combines the portability of the original Cricut with many of the features of the Cricut Expression(R). Like the original Cricut(R), the Cricut Create weighs around 10 pounds and is about the size of a typical home printer. But unlike the original, the Cricut Create allows cuts from 0.25″ up to 11.5″ on a 6″ x 12″ cutting mat and also has several features previously available only with the Cricut Expression.

The Cricut Create will be available exclusively at Michaels stores nationwide through the end of 2008. Log on to http://michaels.com to find a location near you. It will not debut in any other locations until January 2009.

“The Cricut Create is perfect for the crafter that needs heavy-duty output from a lightweight machine, whether at home, on the road or in the classroom,” said Tonia Conger, Provo Craft’s director of marketing. “We see it as the next logical step in empowering women to express their creativity in the most unique ways possible.”

Borrowing from the Cricut Expression, the Cricut Create offers a portrait mode, an auto-fill mode, fit-to-page mode, a center point function and flip function. The Cricut Create is compatible with all cartridges as well as the new Cricut Jukebox(TM) and Cricut DesignStudio(TM) software.

Provo Craft also recently announced several new products, including the Hello Kitty and Sesame Workshop Cricut cartridges. For more information, please visit: http://www.provocraft.com.