admin on December 14th, 2009

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.

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admin on December 9th, 2009

If you are already an owner of a Provo Craft Cricut Cutting machine and you have a computer, you will love the latest release from Provo, Cricut Design Studio software. This adds a totally new depth to your crafting with Cricut whether it is the original you own, the Expression or the Create. Using a USB port you plug in the cutter to your computer and then install Design Studio software. The software is simple to use and you do not need to be a computer genius to be able to utilize the creative effects it offers.

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admin on December 3rd, 2009

When you first got your Cricut cutting machine you may have found you wasted paper as you worked out how to use it. Manuals are all well and good but there is nothing like just doing it yourself and learning from your mistakes. Cricut Design studio can be used with any of the Cricut cutting machines (original, Expression or Create). It allows you to design and see what is going to be cut before it happens. You can weld letters together, change shapes and more and if you notice something wrong with the design you have created, or you want to change something, you have the opportunity to fix it before it is cut.

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admin on November 29th, 2009

So you have bought Cricut Design Studio software but do not know what to do next? Here are some basic points to help you get going.

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admin on November 25th, 2009

Once a crafter has the cricut machine it hard to imagine going back to cutting by hand. Owners love their machines and the latest addition to the cricut tools by Provo Craft is becoming a very popular piece of software. It is the Cricut design studio software meant to link cutting machine to computer.

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admin on November 16th, 2009

One of the design functions on the Cricut design studio software is the ability to weld. For example you can weld letters together to make a word, and there are two ways to do it. One way is by bringing in each letter as a separate image that can be manipulated and the other is by working as if the word is one image to be manipulated.

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admin on November 12th, 2009

The software package called Cricut design studio means you get more control over designing. You can take a cricut image and then change it, flip it, resize it, rotate it, stretch it etc. You can also take a combination of shapes and weld them together creating a totally unique shape, just let your imagination soar.

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admin on November 5th, 2009

Using a scrapbook is a great way to record an adoption story, something special to share with the child when they are young and something they will appreciate when they grow up. Sometimes it is hard to get such a project started because of the lack of time new mothers have for anything apart from the child, however using a cricut to help design and cut for a scrapbook will save you lots of time for your other job of being a parent.

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admin on October 27th, 2009

Most scrapbookers know about Provo Craft’s Cricut cutting machines, and most love them as they take a lot of tedious work out of many projects, they don’t need a computer to work and are simple to use and even offer design opportunities. There are ways to make money from your hobby, and with a Cricut design more projects can be completed. Use some of the ideas below to make a little money from your hobby and perhaps cover the cost of the machine!

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admin on October 27th, 2009

One of the most popular ideas to use a Cricut machine for is to design a scrapbook about the children. After all children always love hearing stories from when they were younger, their birth, their first word, the first time they walked and so on. Creating a baby scrapbook means you have something to look through with them as you tell these stories making it even more of a special moment.

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