Sorry I have to take down the Design Space video

Sorry, I was asked by Cricut to take down my video until the 5th of February. I will put it back to public then and have more videos. I will post them all here.

I also want to thank Cricut and my subscribers, it is because of you they are sending me the machine and letting me try their software early. Cricut believes I have an audience they want to reach. I have the best audience ever! You guys are awesome!

I will post other projects until then, Thank You!

Here are a few videos from Cricut

 

Cricut Design Space Software video

Here is a video of the New software Cricut Design Space. The software looks stretched a little, the next will be better. The software is better quality than it looks in the video.

This software can only be used with the New Cricut Explore machine.

This is just a first look, there is so much more to show you I could have gone on for hours, but this video is 25 min.

Leave me comments and tell me what you want  to see in the next video.

Cricut Design Space

I am playing with the New Software for Cricut's new Machine Explore. You are going to be amazed, I was. Here is a picture of what I created in the Design Space Software from a jpeg.

Here are some pictures of the cut file I created using only the new Design Space Software.

 
 

This is the picture I used to create my cut file. I had to make different layers as all the different colors in the software is a different layer. I think I did a pretty good job as this was the first time I have ever used this software and I had no instruction. I just played around with it to learn it.

 

I can not wait to cut this out, I will not have the machine until feb 5th. I'm so excited to make videos for all of you.

Please leave questions in the comments. Tell me what you want to see in the software. I will try to make videos of what you want to know about the software.

Good News from Cricut Explore

This is an email I got from Cricut

"We listen to our consumers and what they want. In the past few days, people have been saying that they want to cut .svg and .dfx files for free—not as part of our monthly subscription.

Upload and design with .svgs, .dfx, .bmp, .jpg, and .gif files absolutely free. Design with your system fonts absolutely free. Use Cricut Design Space™ for free, and try out any image in your design for free."

Thank You Cricut! I am so excited to get my machine, I can't wait. 

Here is a quote from Cricut Gena in the Cricut Message board

 
Hello All-

We listen to our consumers and what they want. In the past few days, people have been saying that they want to cut .svg and .dfx files for free—not as part of our monthly subscription.
In response you can now upload and design with .svgs, .dfx, .bmp, .jpg, and .gif files absolutely free. Design with your system fonts absolutely free. Use Cricut Design Space™ for free, and try out any image in your design for free.

Here is the wording from the site:

The Cut What You Want® tool makes it easy to convert your own design into a cuttable image in just a few clicks! Upload .svg, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, and .dxf files absolutely free. You can even use fonts already installed on your computer

Please note that it does say cuttable, no need to look for any hidden meanings here! Enjoy! We are a consumer driven company and we definitely listen to our customers.

-Cricut Gena

Cricut Explore is the new machine

Cricut Explore is the first product to be released as part of this new era for the brand. A versatile cutting, drawing and embossing machine, it works with powerful software that lets you create a HUGE  range of craft products.

Despite the picture making it look small it will cut on a 12x24 mat.

There are significant feature upgrades in the machine and new software it is Easy, Precise and Versatile and is Bluetooth so no more cords.

The new machine will draw, emboss and cut. But more about the software...Cricut will be offering a Subscription service for over 25,000 images (about half of the library) for a monthly fee of $9.99.  You are able to subscribe month to month and cancel anytime.  They are offering it as an annual subscription for $99.99. That's only $8.33 a month if you buy the annual subscription.

As you can see in the picture below you can cut from a tablet.

Looks like 2 blade housings, one for cutting and my guess the other for drawing? It does it all at the same time, see picture below of the Thank You.

That's not all! Just wait til they announce more! You will not be disappointed So Much More to Come!

HSN has announced it will be for sale 2/12

MSRP Only $299



Here are pics taken at the ALT Summit from other bloggers, They are saying it cuts SVG and more.

This is where the cartridge goes.

This was made in only one pass of the Cricut!

Any new news will be posted here and in my vlog videos as I do them 5 days a week.

Here is my video about the new machine. 

Become a Patron to me on Patreon.

By Becoming a Patron on Patreon you have access to all my files and more.

I am now a Close To My Heart Consultant. 

New Cricut Cartridge is coming soon!

Shop here http://melodylane.ctmh.com

New Cricut Cartridge is coming soon!

Look at the New Idea Book here!

If you don't have a Cricut Explore yet get it here, The Price has dropped!

Hang Out with Me on Monday Live

I am having a LIVE Google Hang Out, Monday 1pm Central time! I will try to do a Christmas Card in 30 min but the catch is you are going to be telling me how to make the card. You can be live in video or just in Q&A and tell me what to do next. You can also craft along with me and try to do what I am doing.

If you want an invitation to watch and chat live let me know your Google+ name. If you want to be in the video live let me know I will have to send you an invitation too. I can have up to 10 people in the video.

Here is the link to the event where you can ask questions or tell me what to do.
You can watch live here or on Youtube. It will also be on youtube afterwards unedited.

Thank You Snowman Tent card

 

I made this card using the Cricut Artiste cartridge. It stands up by itself because of the way I scored it at the bottom. I was told it's card a tent card. I made 2 of these a little different you can see how I made them both in the video below.

Thank you all for coming I am going to try to keep my blog up to date and will be posting much more soon!