Elegant Edges

Elegant Edges is the latest addition to my "must have" list of Cricut cartridges.  This cartridge has so many great cuts for both cardmakers and scrapbookers and is incredibly versatile with a variety of creative options.

I have written a review about Elegant Edges.  You'll find it on the Scrappy-Go-Lucky blog - just click HERE.  In the review I have included directions showing how to make cards (the one item missing from the cartridge) with the wonderful edge cuts included on the Elegant Edges.

Please pop over and visit the Scrappy-Go-Lucky blog to see my post and be sure to check out the amazing flowers that were submitted for the Imagine giveaway competition by scrolling back a few posts.

We are home from our trip - safe and sound though it did start raining fairly hard and the prediction is rain for the entire week.  Just to clear up any confusion, we were in Madison, New Jersey - not Madison, Wisconsin.  My sister and brother-in-law who have the bed and breakfast are near Madison, Wisconsin, in Albany (not to be confused with Albany, New York!).  Why do so many place names get repeated over and over?

I have given away all of the flowers with the three month Cricut Circle memberships.  I am sorry that I didn't have enough to give one to everyone who was interested.  In the end, nearly all of the flowers went to people that are in my geographic area in the hopes that I can arrange a get together and deliver the actual flowers in person.

One more reminder - if you are leaving a long comment in reply to the Discussion Day questions, be sure to copy it into another document (such as a draft email) before you try to post the comment.  Sometimes, if comments are too long they won't post and just disappear which can be very frustrating! 

link to Discussion Day #4  -  How do you decide?

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New Cartridges - Oh My!

For Cricut fans, the third week of the month is always exciting - it is the week of "Hello Thursday" when the new cartridge releases are announced.  Sometimes, a retailer might release cartridges ahead of time and reduce the element of surprise but it is still fun to get all of the details and to see the handbooks.  This month three of the new cartridges are already available at AC Moore.

I have two favorites in the new releases - Can you guess which ones?  It is probably obvious that Elegant Edges and Damask Decor are just my style of cartridge.


Here are the sample sheets from the Cricut.com site.  You can find sample sheets and full cartridge handbooks in the Cartridge Library on the information page - here is a LINK.


Four of the cartridges are full cartridges:


Damask Decor - So many fabulous possibilities with this and very elegant!

 

You can download the complete handbook HERE.


Elegant Edges - lots of great shapes and frames for cards and layouts and wonderful borders.

 

You can download the complete handbook HERE. 

Everyday Pop-Up Cards  Pop-up cards for all occasions and lots of cute images

 

You can download the complete handbook HERE. 

Pop-Up Neighborhood (this is the next Cricut Circle exclusive cartridge)

 

You can download the complete handbook HERE. 

The other three cartridges are seasonal limited edition cartridges: 

Father's Day

 

You can download the tri-fold for this cartridge HERE. 

Happy Graduation

 

You can download the tri-fold for this cartridge HERE. 

Luau

 

You can download the tri-fold for this cartridge HERE. 

More cartridges were also added to the retired list this month.  They are  

Joys of the Season

Learning Curve
50 States
Stamping
Word Builders 1 A Word Party

I really like both Joys of the Season and Stamping.   50 States is far more than just an educational cartridge with flowers and birds for all of the states.  If you think you might want these cartridges it is time to add them to your collection before they become difficult to find (and sell for crazy prices on eBay!).

 

There are Design Studio and Gypsy updates available with the new content.  The Design Studio update is available HERE.  You will need to be signed in to the Cricut.com site.  The screen says that the last update is for November, however, if you download the font pack update you will see that the version number has changed and it is V110308.

 

You should SAVE the download to your computer and then run it to have the new cartridge information load correctly.  You will need to close and reopen Design Studio to see the new cartridge listed.

To update your Gypsy, connect it to your computer with the USB cable, turn it on and run the Cricut Sync program. IT takes a while but mine when smoothly.  The Version will now be 1.4 (0208:0216).

To see some projects made with these new cartridges, be sure to check out the Hello Thursday blogs - here are the links...

Joy's blog 
Melanie's blog 
Robyn's blog
Tammy's blog

Have fun checking out all of the new possibilities and let me know what you think...

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