I’m not sure why this has poor reviews, too each their own. But I LOVE this blade and think it does an amazing job.   I make baby name albums and be for this blade I used the deep housing blade , it was good but had to cut many times to go though the chip board I use for these albums. Then I would have to sand the edges to smooth everything out because it wasn’t a clean cut.   Now with this blade way few cuts and no sanding ... this blade is AMAZING... thank you Cricut!