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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 5:58:15 GMT
I was liking DS3 until I got the stupidest glitch. You all know I am nit picky about my computer. I just redid my system and had not downloaded the Cricut Plugin. I used DS3 last week to look up alpaca's. I know I never look up anything normal, lol. I downloaded the plugin. Did everything right, DS pops back in and just starts spinning in circles. Yes, real circles. I have vertigo too so that was a lot of fun (Sarcastic). I was like "What the F?" I closed my browser window, cleaned out my Internet session, logged back in and now DS was moving in tiny sideway increments and then going back. I was like "These people are on something, I just know it!" I know it's not my browser, so I uninstall the plugin. Can I tell you all how much I hate uninstalling. I do not like to uninstall. That's why I Ghost my systems so I can just clean correctly. I put that plugin back in and it was just fine but the store was bouncing up and down. Then it wouldn't load. Finally, after a few seconds it settled down. I could look up alpaca's. They didn't have any that I liked. I am thinking I went through vertigo for generic looking alpaca's. Thanks ProvoCraft. I am not amused. Silhouette has alpaca's, lol. I find an alpaca at their store. Girl has to have her alpaca's. Thank you Silhouette. Side note Silhouette I like your new software but I don't like BonJour. Really, you should know better about this Bonjour thing Silhouette. I saw the new Cricut Maker at Michael's. It is nice but I don't know. Here's nitpicky. I don't want it because I don't like the color. It would look horrible in my room. I am sure somebody loves the color though. Not knocking the color. It's not my favorite color. I was feeling Wowed when they announced it. Realized I don't need the machine after I did my big room redo and noticed I don't cut heavy items any more. Then see it at Michael's and felt let down. I think there are better heavy duty machines on the market at a better price. I think the Maker will still be a hit for ProvoCraft.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Nov 1, 2017 16:46:29 GMT
Canadians, Michaels has some good deals on Cricut Cartridges but they are going fast. I picked up Tags, Bags, Boxes and More for $10! It's a digital code though. I have the second one and always wanted to find the first one at a good price.
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Post by garagesaler on Nov 4, 2017 3:04:14 GMT
Hobby Lobby has Cricut cartridges clearanced. They were down to $10.79. I saw Mickey and Friends, Cinderella, Sesame Street, and several font cartridges. Of course, I bought these cartridges when they were a lot more money, but these are a great deal for someone looking for cartridges. Check your local Hobby Lobby.
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 4, 2017 16:49:41 GMT
JoAnn's has cartridges on clearance, too. I think they are $10.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Nov 19, 2017 23:53:46 GMT
Heads up font lovers. Cricut has a $29.99 digital November Fonts Mystery box. I bought it and it has 16 fonts in it. I do not subscribe to Access so this was cool find for me. I see it is still listed on their website to buy. I used scrappydiva to get 15% off my order (or it might have been 10% can not remember which).
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 25, 2017 18:18:08 GMT
I used my Explore Air 2 last night for the first time in almost a year. I tried looking to see if Cricut.com had a Black Friday sale on any cartridges, because I was trying to find more Disney designs to make t-shirts for family members who are planning a trip there. It didn't look like they had much of anything on sale for Black Friday. Did I overlook something, or was their Black Friday basically non-existent?
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Nov 26, 2017 5:13:00 GMT
I used my Explore Air 2 last night for the first time in almost a year. I tried looking to see if Cricut.com had a Black Friday sale on any cartridges, because I was trying to find more Disney designs to make t-shirts for family members who are planning a trip there. It didn't look like they had much of anything on sale for Black Friday. Did I overlook something, or was their Black Friday basically non-existent? Their Black Friday has been pathetic. The Easy Press is on Sale. Their Black Friday Mystery box was Anna Griffin dies and embossing folders. I think there's a discount on their site for some supplies like mats. But really meh. There seems to be a few cartridges on sale but they aren't that great for me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2017 8:01:18 GMT
I used my Explore Air 2 last night for the first time in almost a year. I tried looking to see if Cricut.com had a Black Friday sale on any cartridges, because I was trying to find more Disney designs to make t-shirts for family members who are planning a trip there. It didn't look like they had much of anything on sale for Black Friday. Did I overlook something, or was their Black Friday basically non-existent? I think all the die cutting companies were a little quiet this year on Black Friday sales. Nobody had any good sales either online or brick and mortar stores. I think the die cutting industry is in a standard place like the sewing machine industry that it's not a good trend sale any more for them. Now, they are going to a sewing machine standard of just being classic in sales terms. Kind of sucky for us who love a good Black Friday sale but nice for long term sales and discounts in the future. I hope that made sense. My husband is playing Morrowind and give me a play by play. Love him more that anything but I can't think, lol. Did you know a big cat is chasing him in town and nobody will help him? The big cat just ran in a building and just disappeared. He thinks he's finally in Tamariel and etc, oh and this is happening and he thinks he might be in town but is not sure, lol. He found his buddy who is hanging out in his lap. That is our cat not the cat chasing him.
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Post by scrapnnana on Nov 27, 2017 4:46:06 GMT
Thanks. At least I know that I wasn't just blind and overlooking something. The only cartridges on sale were physical cartridges, and I saw only a couple of carts on sale. Their difital versions were full price.
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Post by Night Owl on Jul 3, 2018 18:35:36 GMT
I contacted Cricut about a missing font (When I Was A Kid) because it doesn't show up in Design Space. They said they were aware of the problem months ago but that still hasn't been fixed. I also am a broken record about requesting the Offset function, yes I have found a way to work around it in other programs but I shouldn't have to do that.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 4, 2018 15:29:56 GMT
I contacted Cricut about a missing font (When I Was A Kid) because it doesn't show up in Design Space. They said they were aware of the problem months ago but that still hasn't been fixed. I also am a broken record about requesting the Offset function, yes I have found a way to work around it in other programs but I shouldn't have to do that. When Cricut uploaded my cartridges for me, there were a few that were missing, but they were the ones that came free with my Gyspy. Since my Gypsy did not seem to be working, and customer service had to upload my 100+ cartridges for me based on the photos that I sent them, I decided it wasn't really worth the trouble to pester them about it. The Tags, Boxes, and Bags was one of the missing carts, but I had most of the designs (or almost identical ones) on my Silhouette, since they weren't unique to Cricut. Otherwise, I would have probably tried to get them to upload at least that one. As for the offset function, that is something I really don't understand, either. That has been requested by customers for ages. Ever since Cricut came out with the original Baby Bug, they have been more interested in creating new machines on a regular basis than creating better software, which suggests that new machines make more money for them, no matter what customers request in the way of software improvements. It seems to me that unless a lot of customers get extremely upset, they just ignore most of the customer complaints.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2018 9:54:23 GMT
You know what makes me ragey? This offline software thing. I really do love my Cricut. I don't love it as much as my new ScannCut but I do really love it. I hardly use it any more because the software is such a hassle. Oh, it does really creepy things in the background on your computer. Yes, Cricut some of us do run security software on our computer and we see you spying. It is nothing major. So girls, please don't think Cambridge Analytics and Facebook, lol. It is still creepy they need to keep that running in your start up even when your not using the Cricut. Think about that. Is our Silhouette running in the background when we are not using it? No. Are any of the cutters on the market doing that? No. I know that probably doesn't bother a lot of you. I am stickler when it comes to software running in the background. It is a performance issue on a lot of PC's too.
Silhouette has offline software and a store. They are doing just fine. Really, Cricut doesn't have that as an excuse about copyrights, theft, blah, blah, blah they try to manipulate us into thinking. Then ScannCut came out with cloud based software. Then what did they come out with? Oh, that would be offline software? No, it's not fancy. It is really basic. It has an offset. There is no reason that Cricut can't do the same thing. I guess when ScannCut came out with the offline software I lost it about Cricut. I think that was my final straw. All of us that use Brother products know how proprietary they can be about their machines. They actually care about customer feedback apparently. That was something I didn't think customer's were asking for but they were. Goes to show you.
I agree the machines make Cricut more money. They reached the pinnacle. There is really nothing else they can loop us into. I think we are going to start seeing some downhill decline from them. The Maker is starting to get some serious bad feedback. That does make me sad but it's ProvoCraft. That Cricut Access is really ticking people off.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 7, 2018 18:46:19 GMT
I did not realize that a lot of people dislike Cricut Access. I don't bother with it because I have so many cartridges. Their licensed designs are the ones I use the most, which are NOT included in Cricut Access.
I don't think Cricut Maker is as big of a dud as the Imagine was (which had huge quality control issues), but the super slow speed is surprising and disappointing. That was part of the deal breaker for me, and started me seriously thinking again about saving up for the Silver Bullet if I really need a more powerful machine.
I know people who always rush to get a new machine, but I like to wait till the bugs are worked out first, and to see the more honest reviews.
I had thought that Cricut was starting to listen to customers b cause they backpedaled so fast on the SVG issue (which originally was annuounced that it would be part of Cricut Access). There was so much bad feedback immediately upon that announcement, that they changed their mind pronto. They may have felt customers were going to refuse to buy the machine that they had invested so heavily to develop. Whatever the case, it made customers think that Provo Craft was finally listening. However, they seem to have gone back to their previous "ignore the customer requests" attitude. Offline software is probably not ever going to happen. Offset function might, but they would have to tweak the software, and they wouldn't get any additional money for doing that (or the offline software). I use my Explore on occasion, but mostly I use my Cameo. My ScanNCut comes 2nd for usage, and the Explore is last, even though I like the machine itself.
I bought the business edition of the Cameo software, so that I could create designs for leather projects in Silhouette software, then export the file in SVG format to cut on the Explore. The only things I cut with my Explore are Disney designs and designs that I want to cut from leather. Once in a rare while I will cut one of the other Cricut designs, but hardly ever. If the Design Space software were (1) offline and (2) better for designing and tweaking designs, I would use my Explore a lot more than I do. Since neither of those options is likely to ever become a reality, my Explore gathers dust most of the time, which is sad, because it is a good machine. The Cameo and ScanNCut just meet my needs better.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 7:18:54 GMT
scrapnnana Sadly my Cricut Explore is gathering dust too. Like you I would use it a lot more if it even had basic offline cutting software I could access on my computer. I have upgraded to a more powerful iPad and can use the Cricut app but it's not the same. Designing I can go back and fourth between 2-3 design programs. I need to tweak too. I make a lot of mats with my designs since I still do a lot of layered files. No offset is becoming a serious issue for me. I can make a mat three seconds in Silhouette or ScannCut but I have to do a five minute workaround in Cricut. That is unacceptable. I cut all my Disney files from coloring pages, lol. I am not selling. I understand if you are selling you have to use the Cricut. I know how hard Disney can be on sellers. I have heard the Craft Fair horror stories. I get so many cute coloring books at Dollar Tree. I cut out the pages and keep them in binders. All I have to do is flip through my binder and say "Oh there is my Aurora and Merida design." By the time I look through my binder and all my inspiration in there I forget I own the Disney cartridges, lol. I agree with you I think the Cricut Explore is such a good machine. The software makes it so unusable for us that have specific needs or advanced skills. That makes me so frustrated. I love my ScannCut. I am doing 90% of my cutting with that now. I would use my Cricut probably equally if they would just fix some simple things. They are easy issues. Provide a very basic offline software like the ScannCut canvas. If we use a design then it can connect to the Internet (like the other ten million programs on the market) to check if we own the design. Offset is not hard to write. This is lazy programming on their part. Definitely basic editing tools, least for our own designs. I can understand why they might not want us to edit their designs. Then Silhouette allows it so another argument that Cricut has lost. I am wondering what next year they will be bringing. I know I am not buying. I do think they will start slowly declining and some of the other cutters will become more popular with an audience whose needs are now outgrowing their basic cutter. I think Cricut has made a huge mistake releasing a cutter that is only for newbies and not realizing that the majority of people own cutters now and newbies are no longer a marketing base.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Jul 10, 2018 18:28:10 GMT
I can't afford to get a new cutter so I'm clugging along with my Explore. They just RECENTLY gave is curved text. How long have we been wanting that?!?! So not sure if we will ever see an offset. I find the Maker a big overhyped. Yeah, it's got fancy new blades. Still not buying it. I only cut paper and vinyl. I too think it's a big mistake they aren't concentrating on making Design Space BETTER and yes, an off line feature! The other cutters are still going that have an off line feature so clearly crafters will visit the store when they want to buy. We aren't stupid and I hate the fact that Cricut feels like they HAVE to advertise. One of my Cricut FB groups that is heavily linked to Cricut considering the contests they have, has recently decided that there will be no talk of heat presses. Um WTF? You can only talk about that little portable glorified iron that Cricut sells. Thank goodness I have other groups that aren't concerned with making Cricut happy.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Jul 10, 2018 18:35:22 GMT
And don't forget Cricut Craft Room is shutting down soon for those of you that have the machines before the Explore line. Though you may be able to find one of those Juke boxes where you can have several cartridges plugged in at once for sale on sale sites. I remember what a pain in the butt it was to just use one cartridge at a time! That's why I ended up with a Gypsy.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jul 11, 2018 14:10:51 GMT
Amayalylac, I have used some online Disney clip art, as well as the Cricut Designs. I don't sell anything, so that isn't an issue for me. I made about 27 custom t-shirts for our Family when we had a reunion at Disney World last Christmas.
Two of the best shirts were made from Disney clip art or coloring pages.
Ontario Scrapper, if any group refuses to allow mention of heat presses, except for the Cricut version, they are eliminating the gals who sell their products, and that is stupid, because they will probably have some of the best orojects. They are shooting themselves in the foot.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Aug 18, 2018 5:29:52 GMT
So recently in some of my FB Cricut groups, a member of Cricut was asking crafters about using Design Space OFF LINE. He was gathering opinions and I have to see LOTS of crafters said they would love to have the option to go off line especially for those who live where there's crappy internet.
Could they be seeing the LIGHT? Is it too late?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 6:37:43 GMT
OMG!!!!!! That is such hopeful news. I really, really hope that happens. I do like my Cricut but lack of offline just makes it practically unusable machine for me. I did use my Cricut to make one of the girls from Rock Princess last week. She turned out so cute. I would be so happy if they went offline, even if it is basic offline, I will not complain so much about the lack of offset, lol. Thank you OntarioScrapper for sharing. I appreciate it.
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 18, 2018 8:47:32 GMT
Oh, that would be great!
Where do we go to make our voices heard? What specific Facebook Groups?
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Post by Restless Spirit on Aug 18, 2018 12:58:15 GMT
I saw a “follow up” survey yesterday in the Cricut Design Space FB group. I never saw the first survey.
It was posted by member JP Teerlink yesterday, Friday, August 17 at 6:07 pm. This survey asked only a few questions about why do you need it off line, how would you use it (ie what functions would like offline), etc. It almost sounds like they are thinking about offering a “lite” version on the software offline, not the full blown software like Silhouette. Did anyone else get that feeling?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2018 7:49:32 GMT
Restless Spirit Thank you for more news. I would be very happy with a "lite" version. That would be great. I know some would complain. I would be happy and content. I am using ScanNCut's lite version of software and it is perfect for me. This is super hopeful news. I don't mind CCR. I design in other programs and transfer over. The always online component is just too much. I want the Cricut Maker. I know I am one of the very few. I refuse to buy it because it has to be online. All I keep thinking about is a piece of expensive fabric on my mat and CCR goes down. I would lose it. I am really laid back but that would be my Incredible Hulk moment and the last of my Cricut days. I do really hope this offline software happens. I don't mind connecting online to cut files from the store or the Cricut images I already own. I understand 100% that will be a must in their software. I am so happy about this news, lol. It is the little things. If they announce offset we all will be like "This machine is perfect!" ROFL.
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Post by Ohno on Aug 21, 2018 17:50:17 GMT
I’m hoping this is a good place to ask this. I used a coupon at Joann’s yesterday to get a Design Air 2. Before opening the box, I wanted to check out the software. I can’t figure out how to shadow a welded image. Should I take the machine back? Is this software just a pain in the neck? I have an old Expression, but I thought the newer machine would be good.
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Post by Night Owl on Aug 21, 2018 19:50:06 GMT
I can’t figure out how to shadow a welded image As I have said before, my biggest complaint is that Design Space (the online program you use for Cricut) does not have an Offset function (that makes a shadow). What I do is I downloaded the free Silhouette program and I use that to make my titles that I want shadows for because it has an offset function, then I convert it to an SVG and upload it to Design Space. Somebody else here probably has an easier way. Otherwise you may want to switch to a Silhouette product because they have the Offset function.
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Post by Ohno on Aug 21, 2018 20:38:53 GMT
I think I see a return in my near future. I have messed with the software for quite a while today and I usually don't have problems. I think they made this clumsy on purpose.
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Post by Night Owl on Aug 22, 2018 3:34:40 GMT
I have messed with the software for quite a while today and I usually don't have problems. I think they made this clumsy on purpose. I have wondered if they purposely don't give an Offset function because they want you to buy the Cricut fonts that have shadows or they want you to make their projects and buy Cricut Access (I have never paid for it, I used it until my free trial ran out)
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 22, 2018 12:12:10 GMT
I think I see a return in my near future. I have messed with the software for quite a while today and I usually don't have problems. I think they made this clumsy on purpose. I agree that the software is clumsy, especially when compared to the Silhouette software. I have a Silhouette Cameo and the Cricut Explore Air 2. I use the Cameo far more, because I prefer the Silhouette software. However, the Explore can cut heavier materials that are a bit too much for the Cameo. I bought the Explore to cut leather, and it works well for that. Also, when making Disney t-shirts, I had bought Disney cut files from Cricut that I wanted to use. I got a bit more used to using the Cricut Design Space software as a result. Once you get used to the differences, and as long as you don't need the offset function, it works okay. I don't know why they do not include offset. Silhouette does. Silhouette has better, more capable software, but it takes more time to learn since it is more capable. YouTube helps, and it is so easy to use their offset function. However, of the two actual machines, the Explore can cut details slightly better than the Cameo, and it will cut thicker materials. It is a better machine than the Cameo because of that. Too bad their software is so clumsy and limited. They do want you to buy their designs or subscribe, although some people do their design work in a program such as Inkscape and export as svg for importing into the Explore. If you don't need to cut heavier materials, and you want software that will let you create almost anything you want, then I recommend that you return the Explore and get the Cameo. Of course, the Cameo will not cut your Cricut cartridges.
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Aug 31, 2018 19:30:00 GMT
I saw a “follow up” survey yesterday in the Cricut Design Space FB group. I never saw the first survey. It was posted by member JP Teerlink yesterday, Friday, August 17 at 6:07 pm. This survey asked only a few questions about why do you need it off line, how would you use it (ie what functions would like offline), etc. It almost sounds like they are thinking about offering a “lite” version on the software offline, not the full blown software like Silhouette. Did anyone else get that feeling? There was a follow up? Wish they would pin stuff like that. I missed it. I only saw the first survey. They should just allow people to do everything offline and go online when you need to. I bet they would sell way more machines!
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 31, 2018 21:42:48 GMT
I saw a “follow up” survey yesterday in the Cricut Design Space FB group. I never saw the first survey. It was posted by member JP Teerlink yesterday, Friday, August 17 at 6:07 pm. This survey asked only a few questions about why do you need it off line, how would you use it (ie what functions would like offline), etc. It almost sounds like they are thinking about offering a “lite” version on the software offline, not the full blown software like Silhouette. Did anyone else get that feeling? There was a follow up? Wish they would pin stuff like that. I missed it. I only saw the first survey. They should just allow people to do everything offline and go online when you need to. I bet they would sell way more machines! If they had everything offline, where customers only needed to go online when they wanted, I agree, they would sell more machines. However, if they had better software that was comparable to Silhouette's, they would probably stomp Silhouette competition into the ground. The Explore is a better machine than the Cameo. I will never understand why they refuse to have a software that is worthy of the Explore. If Silhouette would release a machine comparable to the Explore Air 2 (cut ultra fine details accurately and heavier materials), they could probably take the lion's share of the market. I don't really want to see either company fail. Competition benefits the consumers, but I also think both companies have their blind spots. Why can't either of them see the obvious?
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Post by OntarioScrapper on Aug 31, 2018 22:00:17 GMT
I found the survey from JP Treelink and filled it out.
You would think that either Silhouette or Cricut would want the best of everything to take over the market.
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