*Updated 11/18/14 to add Joann Fabrics* Yes, it’s that time of year again! The Black Friday specials have just started to be leaked. As usual, Hobby Lobby does not participate. Also, A.C. Moore does not seem to have any big ticket scrapbooking items this year (pretty much a first with no Cricut items on sale.) […]
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Cricut revealed some great news last week, and implemented the first phase this week! The biggest piece of news is that the “print then cut” function for Cricut Explore owners is now available via Cricut Design Space. What does this mean? This would allow you to print an item on a printer, then put it
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I know I’ve been getting asked about seeing the Cricut Explore in action. I am not lucky enough to have gotten to test it yet. So instead, I’ll give a plug for someone who has: Anna Griffin! Her videos showing off the new machine, as well as the Design Space software have been being posted
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I wanted to take the time to answer questions about the Cricut Explore. I’ve seen a lot of online confusion that I hope to put to rest. (See previous posts I’ve made about the new machine: here and here.) Is the new Design Space software backwards compatible with older Cricut machines? At launch, no. It
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The new machine in the Cricut line-up was revealed today: The Cricut Explore! (This is a follow-up to my posting yesterday.) Cricut invited a bunch of crafting bloggers to come to the unveiling event. (How I wish I could have scored an invite! I just got a Cricut Expression 2 for Christmas, finally, and will
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For the past few weeks Cricut has been sending out teaser images about the newest machine in their lineup. The reveal date is tomorrow! Here are some of the teaser images released: Rumors online have been flying since the teasers were released. Any pictures or videos, however, seem to promptly found and exterminated. We can
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I am following my tradition for the 3rd year in a row of posting Black Friday specials for my crafting sisters. This list will be updated as I get more info about the various stores. JoAnn seems to be the early bird this year! As is typical, Hobby Lobby does not offer any specials. Also, I
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**The images on this post were lost due to the blog redesign.** Before I get started, I wanted to touch on why I felt the need to actually make my own pattern for the Cricut Mini. I spent days searching all over the net for a pattern. In my wanderings, I found patterns for the
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Next in my (much delayed) Relay For Life crafting series is screen printing. My daughter and son’s Relay team wanted to make their own shirts for the day of event. We had previously designed a screen, but we needed to make it bigger. (Which ended up with us getting a wide format printer to print
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Recently I mentioned the release of the new Cricut Iron-on “film”. Close on its heels comes fresh new colors of Cricut vinyl! Vinyl comes in handy for many things. You can cut words and designs to decorate walls, scrapbook albums, handcrafted items, techie items, and more. Vinyl is also excellent for stencil use (on walls, fabric,
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