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I had a request for a SUMMER word book using the Plantin Schoolbook cricut cartridge.  Here is the .cut file.  For those Cricut Gypsy owners I have included the .gypsy file in the download as well.

If you are interested in the Summer wordbook in an SVG format I did one last summer.

http://mytimetocraft.com/2009/08/24/summer-wordbook-svg/

It is time to update your Cricut Design Studio and Gypsy.  The following new cricut cartridges have been added.  Batman, Serenade, Paisley, Superman and Sweet Treats cricut cartridges!!!

You can download the Design Studio font pack update here.

You can download the latest Gypsy update here. There is no firmware update included in this update.  SCAL will still work fine.

1.  Batman Cricut Cartridge

2.  Serenade Cricut Cartridge

3.  Paisley Cricut Cartridge

4.  Superman Cricut Cartridge

5.  Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge

Yesterday the long awaited update came out for the Gypsy and Design Studio.  I am so excited and played with my Gypsy more then I should have today.  I just connected my Gypsy and it syncd with no trouble.  No SCAL trouble interference either.  If you need to download the Cricut Gypsy Sync Software, click here. Cricut Design Studio has also been update to allow converting files from .cut to .gypsy or .gypys to .cut.  To download the update click here. My 2 favorite things on the Gypsy right now are the flip and weld feature and the new multi-page options.  I took a word book and converted it to the .gypsy and it was sooooo smooth.  I can say that the Gypsy and Design Studio together now exceed any expectations I have had for them.  I will be spending some time getting files together for a friend.  Several months ago I talked her into buying a cricut expression.  She loves it, she is not into computers or electronics but when I told her about the Gypsy she LOVES it as well.  I update her Gypsy for her since she does not have an Internet connection.  I got her to bring her notebook over so I could install the Design Studio trial for her.  She has not tried it out yet but I am hoping she likes it.

Here is the news on the update…copied from the e-mail that Provocraft sent out.

Cricut App Version 1.2 Build 0142
Added Features:

• You can now share files between Cricut DesignStudio and the Cricut App on your Gypsy.
• The Cricut App now supports multi-page design.
• By holding down the Zoom button and selecting an image on the keypad, Gypsy will now display a full screen preview of the image so that you can see the details of the image without having to go to the mat screen.
• The name of the cartridge displayed on the keypad window now shows in non-bolded red text if you do not own the cartridge.  If you own the cartridge it shows in bolded dark green.
• On the keypad screen, if you tap and hold an image in the image queue, the cartridge name to which that image belongs will be displayed.  Clicking the cartridge name switches the keypad to that cartridge.

Enhancements:

• Welding preview is now faster and shows a progress bar.
• Welding preview no longer has to be redrawn when you zoom in or out (you can now enter preview mode and zoom without having to wait each time you zoom). Dragging large groups on your mat is now faster.
• Load and Unload button on the cutting menu is now smart.  If you have a mat loaded in the Cricut machine the Cricut App will only display the “Unload Mat” button.  If you do not have a mat loaded it will only display the “Load Mat” button.
• Updated keyword database.
• Updated the warranty to expand the warranty coverage form 6 months to 12 months (please read the warranty for details).
• New firmware for the Cricut machine that enables some of the features above and improves the reliability of cutting.
• You can now use the zoom and pan buttons to scroll up and down through your file lists when opening and deleting files.

Fixes:

• Reported welding issues have been fixed.
• Selection boxes that appear around images and groups have been improved so that the show correctly even when they spill over the edge of the mat.  The boxes display while they are being dragged.  They do not show when at rest.
• The Cricut machine remembers if you are in mm or inches after you shutdown and then restart.
• Designs that contain templates, where the template contains images you don’t have the rights to cut, can now be cut*.

I downloaded the Gypsy update before it was pulled from the web.  It was pulled because a lot of people are having issues cutting with there cricut after the update.  You can still create and cut the files on your Gypsy but if you import a file to cut on your Gypsy it will not cut.  The same happens if I weld and flip an image.  My Gypsy goes through the motion and acts like it is cutting but it is not.  I think that we are soooo close to what we have been asking for. 

 For those of you who did not get the update before it was pulled.  Here is a video of the Gypsy Sync in action.  We can now change .cut files into .gypsy and and import our .gypsy files into Design Studio and change them if need be to .cut files.  ***The update requires that the cricut be updated***I did the update and used SCAL and had no troubles*** hopefully it stays that way.

One of the other things that I noticed that I hope gets fixed it when you import a wordbook that has multiple pages into your Gypsy.  All pages are on one mat in the Gypsy so it is just a mess.  I asked on the Cricut MB Gyspy Tech Support if we were going to have to save each page into its own file to import into the Gypsy.  I will post the answer when I get it. 

You can download the new Design Studio Update here. 

New cartridges have been added to Design Studio and the Gypsy.

Here are the new cricut cartridges added.

1. Destinations.

2.  Designer’s Calendar

3.  When It’s Cold Outside

4.  Snow Friends

5.  Very Merry Tags

6.  Dinosaur Tracks

7.  Pagoda

8.  Old West

9.  Elmo Party

To update Design Studio you have to download the current font pack here.

To update your Gypsy you have to connect it to your computer and sync it.  People on the cricut.com message board state that they are having trouble syncing it and had to uninstall the Gypsy Sync software and then download and install it again.  The Gypsy then syncs fine.  If you also have trouble you may want to try that as well.  I updated my Gypsy and my friends and did not have any trouble.