my coworker got me a sizzix texture boutique from Michaels for christmas...on sale for about $24....again, good for small cards only (A2 folders)...and strictly embossing.
if you're willing to invest more, go for a big shot....you can do embossing AND die cuts!
check out (or just call) scrapbook warehouse...they sometimes have the big shot on sale as a package...around $150 and includes 1 die and 4 embossing folders....
haha....if you're willing to go all-out, i believe there's one (not sure which brand) that does embossing, die cuts, and has coloured cartridges so you can print stuff out in colors!!! i saw it at wal-mart before at around $280....but i'm too cheap hehe think michael's has it too
i think big shot is the most popular one out there...that's what most of my friends use.....
to be honest, one reason i didn't buy myself any machine is because of the recurrent costs....so my coworker got me the machine for $24....i ended up spending over $50 getting embossing folders
it'd be nice to get some embossing folders, one or two matching nestabilities/spellbinders, some cute die-cuts for b-days to start it'll be appreciated!
have u looked online? i remember a friend telling me that she got the big shot on a website for around $65....but cuz it's an american website she had it shipped to Point Roberts and picked up from there....bit more trouble but cheap nonetheless...
haha...again, comes back to recurrent costs...not just the $60, but i will want the circles spellbinders, the scalloped circles, the Grand labels ones...and i can't resist the dies.....they will add up!!