Make The Cut Webinar

The Make The Cut Webinar from June 23 that Andy did has been posted at the MTC Forum. It's in two parts. You can find the links to all the posted webinars HERE.

If you would like more information on Make The Cut or to purchase, click HERE. The sale ends July 4th.

For Cricut Circle Members Only

Provo Craft Announces Cricut Circle Education Initiative

06.24.2010 – South Jordan, UT –Provo Craft today announced details for its Cricut Circle™ Education Initiative. Beginning July 1st the first 500 Cricut Circle members to nominate a qualified school (preschool through eight grade) across the country will sponsor a gently used Cricut Expression donated to the school in their name. Nominations will be accepted through mid July and machines will be delivered to schools in August, just in time for the new school year. You must be a Cricut Circle member to participate. Nomination forms will be sent to all Circle members on July 1st.

Click HERE to see the Press Release.

T-Shirt Vinyl

Expressions Vinyl now has T-Shirt vinyl. How cool is that! Click HERE to check it out. Use Coupon Code: TSHIRT for an additional 10% off!

We are so excited to announce that we now have T-Shirt Vinyl! This is known by several names, T Shirt being a more common name. Call it T-Shirt vinyl, heat transfer, iron on, or whatever, but it is really cool! It is available to purchase now and we are working on some instructional videos and tips and will let you know as soon as we can get those on the website. Basically you just have to cut your stuff backwards, because you actually cut from the backside. Their is already a film on it that works like transfer tape. Then you just iron it on. Click HERE for a video tutorial. ~Expressions Vinyl

HSN Special - 3 Birds on Parade Cartridge

This cartridge is available exclusively from HSN.

Enjoy the little adventures throughout the year! The 3 Birds on Parade cartridge is filled with images of birds with different themes such as holidays, seasons, and sports. These cute layered images also have coordinating phrases and a complementary font.

Cricut Spatula Tool

3 New Seasonal Cartridges Introduced

H20 Seasonal Cartridge
Quench the summer heat with the H2O cartridge! This seasonal cartridge is brimming with delightful water themed images like suntan lotion, a lifeguard, swim goggles, and more. Whether you’re looking for the perfect image for your summer pool party invitation or to reinvent your living space, this cartridge is sure to be a hit!

Pumpkin Carving Seasonal Cartridge
Get ready for Halloween with the Pumpkin Carving cartridge! This seasonal cartridge features fifty themed images that are perfect as jack-o’-lantern templates, party décor, scrapbook backgrounds, and many other projects. Don’t be afraid to take your spooky celebrations to the next level!

October 31st Seasonal Cartridge
Put the scares back into Halloween with the October 31st seasonal cartridge! You will absolutely love the clean and classic designs, including haunted houses, gravestones, jack-o’-lanterns, and more. These images are a great addition to any scrapbook, party décor, or other project!

Cricut 29-0422 Die-Cut Cartridge, Stretch Your Imagination

Cricut Circle - HAHAHA!

Hear that? Yes, it's me. LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY!

Perhaps NOW would be a good time to mention MAKE THE CUT! Click HERE for details.

(Click on the images to make them big enough to read.)

Cricut 29-0562 Jukebox Die-Cut Cartridge System

Attn: MAKE THE CUT Peeps!

Andy from Make The Cut will be presenting a instructional webinar on Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT. This will be a great introduction to the great new features that have been added to Make The Cut.  Click HERE to sign up for the June 23 Webinar.

Sign up today before you forget. You will receive a reminder the day before if you sign up now.
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/321783625

In the mean time, Andy gave a quick demo of some of the new features of this version of MTC in the Webinar this week. Click HERE for a look at that presentation.

If you have not yet purchased Make The Cut, and would like to do so while the sales special is still on, click HERE.  The special price of $58.36 will be good until July 4 if you use the following coupon code on your order form: MTC327

The regular price of the software is $79.95. There may be price changes after July 4.


Cricut 29-0297 Essentials Kit

Design Studio Update - LITE Cartridges

You can now download Design Studio to include the LITE cartridges. Click HERE.
FYI - DO NOT uninstall Design Studio. DO download the DesignStudio Font Packs (2nd Download Button)

Cricut 29-0500 DesignStudio Die-Cutting Software with Bonus Pack

Cricut LITE Cartridges

The Hello Thursday email just came out. We can now see all the new LITE cartridges (and I do mean LITE) by clicking HERE....but...I have to say people....I just can't get excited over these. Do you guys not realize that there are fewer cuts on these cartridges than there are on the Solutions cartridges and they sell for $16-$19? Sorry to be a downer but 40 BUCKS for THIS? Seriously?

Creative Options Grab & Go Sewing and Storage Box/Organizer

Attn: GYPSY Owners!!

Holy Cow! Look what Kendra has for sale over on her blog! If you are frustrated with your short cord, this is a GOT.TO.HAVE!! (...and I'm lovin' that price!) Click HERE to check it out.

A Make The Cut BETA has been Released!

Only $79.95!

Now $58.36!

Limited Time

For more information, download the trial version or to purchase, click HERE.

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From Andy at MAKE THE CUT!

Hello Everyone!
2.3.0 Beta
Well, it's about time. We have put together a fresh version of Make The Cut! that brings us some awesome new tools and enhancements. There are a lot of them. Because there are so many, we have decided to do what we call a "soft" or "beta" release and only announce this in the Forum. Everyone can try it out, give us some feedback and hopefully if everything goes well, this will be the official release.


Pixel Trace (Trace Raster)
The big enhancment is with the Trace Raster tool (now called Pixel Trace). The tracing has been completly redone from the ground up. You will now get cleaner, more precise traces -- We believe this new tracing interface is the best around and am sure you will think so as well.

* You can now paste from the clipboard as well as import from a file or TWAIN source.
* You can preview the trace with the original image in the background.
* When importing an image, it takes in to account the image's DPI (great for TWAIN imports).
* And many, many more features!

Auto-Simplify
If you don't know what nodes are, or what they are for, you can skip this part!
Welding, Boolean Joining and Shadowing creates output that are made of many nodes, otherwise called "Flat Paths". These paths (shapes) take a long time to cut. The only way you could remove unneeded nodes was to use the Smooth & Simplify tool. This is tough to do sometimes. So, we came up with a new method called Auto-Simplify. Auto-Simplify (shortcut is CTRL+G) will automatically remove these unneeded nodes. We also added an Auto-Auto-Simplify... which is on by default. This will simplify all welds and Boolean Joins automatically.

Object Import Menu
The Custom Shapes tab has been removed. I know this is probably going to be a shock to most people, but it needed to go. Imagine having to add an icon for each supported format. Make The Cut! would have tons of icons as time goes on. Instead, we added an Object Import menu. You can now import from the File>>Import menu as well as the Toolbar at the top. The new icon is the Sprocket/Gear.
The "Personal Library" has been moved to the "Basic Shapes" as a new tab entitled "Your Shapes"

New Import/Export File Formats
You can now import:

• Vector PDF files
• SCUT/SCUT2 files (Version 2.012 and older -- this is experimental and will be worked on)

You can now export:

• Vector PDF files
• EPS Files
• AI Files
• Alpha PNG Raster Files

We also added in Inkscape clipboard formats. Now you can copy and paste between Inkscape and Make The Cut!

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Bézier Warp/Text On Path/Object On Path, Vertical Text
Here is something fun! You can create some great new effects with this tool. I won't get in to it too much since this is more-or-less a fun thing to learn on your own. You can also do vertical text in 2.3.0.
Here is the new Bezier Warp tool:

And Much Much more!
There are so many new things here and there that listing them all would take a while. So I will leave it up to all of you to find the rest of it!

I will be scheduling a webinar soon where I will run through how to use this stuff soon. I just want to make sure there are no major bugs right now.

Here is a link to the BETA: Version 2.3.0.

Thanks everyone for testing!

Andy and Ann
Make The Cut!

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Whoohoo!! I've downloaded my copy and played with NO problems!! =D

For more information, download the trial version or to purchase, click HERE.



Diecuts with a View All-Occasion 12-by-12-Inch Glitter Scrapbook Paper

More LITE Cartridges are Hitting the Shelves

More LITE cartridges appeared at my Walmart today.

Fixing Up The Place

 

 

Slumber Party

 

 

Savory

 

 

Block Party

 

 

Dude

Botanicals