Crafters and Scrapbookers alike have become reliant on the great cutting machines from Cricut, whether the original, Expression or Create. The ease of which letters, shapes and numbers are cut at whatever size you program makes scrapbooking pages, wall art and display boards so easy and quick to do. But now crafters have a chance to get even more creative with the release of Cricut Design Studio Software. This allows crafters to connect the home computer to the cutter and opens up an endless amount of new designs and shapes to create.
Once the software is installed it means you have access to a database of all letters and shapes from the entire Crciut cartridge library. That is all the ones you own plus all the ones you do not! When new cartridges need to be added you just go online to the Cricut website to update your library. The tools that are available mean you have total creative control on what you want to design. Meld together shapes or letters, and use the virtual cutting mat to personalize shapes before you get cutting.
Remember that though you can design with all cartridges that are out, you need to have them to actually cut. But you can save designs until you are able to purchase or borrow the cartridges you need. As well as getting updates for bug fixes and cartridges online, you can share designs with other users and if you are looking for something and are having a creativity dry spot you can find designs that others are willing to let you download.
There are still the opportunities to create different layers to the designs such as shadowing or other elements. Create each element in a separate layer in the design studio software and then the machine will cut them separately as you need not altogether on one paper.
Cricut Design Studio software sells for about $60 and is well worth the money. Cricut fans will love the creative ideas they come up with using this software.
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