All About the Cricut

swtprncess23 says:

If you design something on a piece of paper the only way to design it using DS is to use the Cricut cartridges. So lets say you want to make a house you would use triangles and squares, weld them together to make a house. http://okieladybugsscrapnmore.blogspot.com/ has been able to make a lot of different things using shapes. Here she’s made a tractor:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YchahUF_iD4/R6krvgu80qI/AAAAAAAAAEg/6RfGxmfiMsQ/s1600-h/tractor.jpg

If what you have designed can not be narrowed down to shapes welded together then the answer would be no.

There are third party softwares: Make the Cut and Sure-Cuts-A-Lot that allow you to cut fonts and shapes from your computer. I use SCAL and was able to write my signature, scan it into my computer, use Inkscape (which is a free program) to turn into a svg file, import it into SCAL and then cut it with my Cricut.

DS= about $65 I got mine from walmart

SCAL = is on sale right now, http://www.craftedge.com/purchase/purchase.html
reg price: $90.00 (Full Version) Downloadable + CD-ROM $74.95 (Limited Special Offer)
reg price: $75.00 (Full Version) Downloadable only $59.95 (Limited Special Offer)

MTC = on sale right now $58.36 http://www.make-the-cut.com/