Posts Tagged ‘Design Studio’

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/

There are have been several cricut cartridges announced.  I will start with the 3 oldest ones that I have not had a chance to post on my blog yet.  Cricut Design Studio has also been updated.  You can download the latest font pack for all the cartridges here.   http://www.cricut.com/cds/Update.aspx

1.  Give A Hoot Cricut Cartridge

You can see the handbook here.

http://www.cricut.com/res/handbooks/GiveaHoot.pdf

2.  Just Because Cards.

You can see the handbook here.

http://www.cricut.com/res/handbooks/JustBecauseCards.pdf

3.  Preserves

You can see the handbook here.

http://www.cricut.com/res/handbooks/Preserves.pdf

4.  Birthday Cakes (Cricut Cake)

Handbook not available online yet.

5.  Elegant Cakes (Cricut Cake)

Handbook not available online yet.

6.  Holiday Cakes

7.  Create A Critter

8.  Robotz

9.  Nursery Rhymes

10.  Summer In Paris

11.  Summer Vacation

12.  Independence Day

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 fell in love with the I-top custom brad maker after watching the video from youtube.  I told my husband that I wanted it for Christmas and he said to just order it.  When www.ohmycrafts.com had a 20% off coupon come out I ordered it from them.  I can not tell you how much I love this tool.  I made this video last week but unfortunately I was not able to get it posted to youtube until today.

Ohmycrafts has a bundle pack where you get the I-top tool and large brad carriage, case, 3 different brad sizes and 3 size paper punches.  I ended up not going with that bundle.  I think I paid $7.00 more then the bundle to get the same items in the bundle and the pink i-tool.  I had e-mailed and asked if they could swap the pink I-Top tool for the black in the bundle and they replied nicely, no.  I signed up for there e-mails and they have a new 20% coupon code (BLACK) good for 20% off any order over $20.00.  Expires 11-03-2009.  (I have no affiliation with ohmycrafts.com I am just sharing the savings that I took advantage of.)

**updated** They have there I-top bundles on special right now, the lowest bundle is $29.99 and you can use the 20% off code on top of the sale price.  Click here to see all the imaginisce products on sale at ohmycrafts.  I also received a new 20% off coupon code (NEW20) for 20% off any order over $20.00.  Expires 11-03-09

Here is what I got.  First, the case is so cute!

The tool, packages of brads, the large carriage fit perfect in the case.  It also has extra room to store the brads that I have already made.

The three paper punches make cutting your custom size paper pieces a snap.

An alternative to the paper punches are templates.  You just trace the template and cut.  

There is also a Cricut Design Studio cut file for the templates that was made using the Accent Essentials cricut cartridge or the George and Basic Shapes cricut cartridge.  The 2 cut files can be downloaded from the blog, Imagine That.  It is an awesome blog with lots of other scrapbooking and cricut information. Click here for the link.

Sorry the picture is a little blurry of the finished brads, I could not get the focus and flash setting just right.  They look so much better in person.

Here is the video.  Sorry if my hands get in the way a bit.  I am left handed and my camera has to be on the right.

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.