Yesterday was "Hello Thursday" - the day when Provo Craft announces the newest Cricut cartridges. Five new cartridges were announced - four of them are already available at ACMoore stores.
To see the full cartridge handbooks for each cartridge just click on the name of the cartridge below to go to the proper page from the cartridge library under the information tab on the Cricut site. Here is a LINK to the cartridge library page - if you haven't seen this valuable resource you should take a look. You can find single page previews of each cartridge and the full digital handbook as well.
Cindy Loo
Freshly Picked
Mini Monsters
Wall Decor and More
You can see some information about Toy Story in the shopping section of the Cricut.com site (the handbook is not yet available in the Cartridge Library).
Two more cartridges were listed as retiring - All Mixed Up and Christmas Cheer. If you are interested in either of these and don't have it yet you should try to get it soon.
More Cuttlebug Companion folders to go with the four new cartridges were announced. You can see them in the shopping section of the Cricut.com site - here is a LINK to the page for all of the Cuttlebug Companions.
You can add all five cartridges to the Design Studio program by downloading the font pack update HERE. You will need to log in to the Cricut.com site to do the download.
When you download the update you should save it and then run it to be sure that the new fonts will be properly installed.
There is also a Program Update available at the same link.
I tried the program update on my new desktop and found that there are some issues. I would recommend waiting until these are cleared up before installing the update. There are some reported issues from people who say they have had their older files corrupted by the new update. I did try opening a few older files and did not have a problem.
It does appear that work is being done towards the grouping feature. You can click and drag to create a box around two objects or sets of objects in separate selection boxes. Then you can move them around the mat together. When you try to enlarge the items, they will enlarge together but their relative positions will not stay the same. This new feature also does not keep a flipped item flipped and you can't copy and paste the selected object as a unit.
I did not try doing any cuts with the new update after I discovered these problems - I'd rather wait to be sure things are working properly (and my desktop is two floors away from the Cricut!).
I did spend some time looking at the new cartridges and each one has features that interest me - so the wish list is growing. There are some empty spots and repetition of images (such as the blackout of the frames and seed packs on Freshly Picked). While I would prefer to have cartridges with no keys left empty and no images repeated, I understand that the cartridges are designed with the user who is working directly from the cartridge in mind. Keeping the blackout image on each key does simplify using the cartridge.
I'd love to know what you think of the new cartridges and which one is at the top of your wishlist. I think my top two are Cindy Loo and Wall Decor and More...but that could change(!)
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