Hello, Tips: I. When you are just getting started, buy a few necessities, instead of buying a lot of fancy gadgets and adding to your cost. Buying one or two decorative cut scissors that can be used frequently will suffice. II. The deckle cut, stamp cut and pinking cut are a few that work well in many layouts. III. Find items around the house that you can trace and then cut. It works just as well. IV. You can also trace cookie cutters and pages out of coloring books for some cute ideas. V. Make use of $2 shops for stickers, paint, stencils, punches, beads and heaps of other stuff. VI. Don't waste money on circle and oval cutters. to read the complete article please vist the following link http://www.articleboom.com/Art/article/craftwork.htm Thank you