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It is time to update your Cricut Design Studio and Gypsy.  The following new cricut cartridges have been added.  Batman, Serenade, Paisley, Superman and Sweet Treats cricut cartridges!!!

You can download the Design Studio font pack update here.

You can download the latest Gypsy update here. There is no firmware update included in this update.  SCAL will still work fine.

1.  Batman Cricut Cartridge

2.  Serenade Cricut Cartridge

3.  Paisley Cricut Cartridge

4.  Superman Cricut Cartridge

5.  Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge

Michael’s and Joann’s Black Friday sales have finally been revealed. 

Joann’s Black Friday Cricut Sales

It is what we have heard.  The cricut personal machine for $74.88 and cartridges on sale for $28.88.  The Gypsy for $249 and cricut expression machine for $249.00

Michaels Black Friday Cricut Sales

Cricut cartridges that are regularly $69.99 will be on sale for $27.99.  Cartridges that are normally $89.99 will be on sale for $35.99.  That includes The Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge and Paisley Cricut Cartridge.  Joann’s has a better deal on the Cricut Personal Machine. 

I found the black friday sales ad online at http://www.black-friday.net/.  They are all listed on the right hand side.  Just click on the store that you are looking for to view the complete ad. 

Michaels has the Cricut Gypsy on sale this week for $279.99.  There is also a promotion that you can get $100.00 voucher for cricut.com. I am not sure how much of a deal that really is because cricut cartridges and accessories are pretty expensive at cricut.com.  Free if free though, so if you buy your Gypsy from Michaels before November 30th you qualify for the promotion so don’t forget to fill out your offer form online.

Michaels has a wonderful 50% off coupon this week.  I am hoping, hoping and hoping that the paper packs are not going to be on sale.  I really want the My Minds Eye Christmas paper packs that they have at Michaels and 50% off is my kind of deal.  My Minds Eye paper products are becoming one of my favorites products.  They are just so original and pretty and cut just wonderful on my cricut expression.   The designs stand out from all of the other paper packs.  I fell in love with the Santa paper in this paper pack and even if it goes on sale and I can’t use the 50% off coupon I may have to break down and buy it.

Here is this weeks new coupons.

Yesterday the long awaited update came out for the Gypsy and Design Studio.  I am so excited and played with my Gypsy more then I should have today.  I just connected my Gypsy and it syncd with no trouble.  No SCAL trouble interference either.  If you need to download the Cricut Gypsy Sync Software, click here. Cricut Design Studio has also been update to allow converting files from .cut to .gypsy or .gypys to .cut.  To download the update click here. My 2 favorite things on the Gypsy right now are the flip and weld feature and the new multi-page options.  I took a word book and converted it to the .gypsy and it was sooooo smooth.  I can say that the Gypsy and Design Studio together now exceed any expectations I have had for them.  I will be spending some time getting files together for a friend.  Several months ago I talked her into buying a cricut expression.  She loves it, she is not into computers or electronics but when I told her about the Gypsy she LOVES it as well.  I update her Gypsy for her since she does not have an Internet connection.  I got her to bring her notebook over so I could install the Design Studio trial for her.  She has not tried it out yet but I am hoping she likes it.

Here is the news on the update…copied from the e-mail that Provocraft sent out.

Cricut App Version 1.2 Build 0142
Added Features:

• You can now share files between Cricut DesignStudio and the Cricut App on your Gypsy.
• The Cricut App now supports multi-page design.
• By holding down the Zoom button and selecting an image on the keypad, Gypsy will now display a full screen preview of the image so that you can see the details of the image without having to go to the mat screen.
• The name of the cartridge displayed on the keypad window now shows in non-bolded red text if you do not own the cartridge.  If you own the cartridge it shows in bolded dark green.
• On the keypad screen, if you tap and hold an image in the image queue, the cartridge name to which that image belongs will be displayed.  Clicking the cartridge name switches the keypad to that cartridge.

Enhancements:

• Welding preview is now faster and shows a progress bar.
• Welding preview no longer has to be redrawn when you zoom in or out (you can now enter preview mode and zoom without having to wait each time you zoom). Dragging large groups on your mat is now faster.
• Load and Unload button on the cutting menu is now smart.  If you have a mat loaded in the Cricut machine the Cricut App will only display the “Unload Mat” button.  If you do not have a mat loaded it will only display the “Load Mat” button.
• Updated keyword database.
• Updated the warranty to expand the warranty coverage form 6 months to 12 months (please read the warranty for details).
• New firmware for the Cricut machine that enables some of the features above and improves the reliability of cutting.
• You can now use the zoom and pan buttons to scroll up and down through your file lists when opening and deleting files.

Fixes:

• Reported welding issues have been fixed.
• Selection boxes that appear around images and groups have been improved so that the show correctly even when they spill over the edge of the mat.  The boxes display while they are being dragged.  They do not show when at rest.
• The Cricut machine remembers if you are in mm or inches after you shutdown and then restart.
• Designs that contain templates, where the template contains images you don’t have the rights to cut, can now be cut*.

I downloaded the Gypsy update before it was pulled from the web.  It was pulled because a lot of people are having issues cutting with there cricut after the update.  You can still create and cut the files on your Gypsy but if you import a file to cut on your Gypsy it will not cut.  The same happens if I weld and flip an image.  My Gypsy goes through the motion and acts like it is cutting but it is not.  I think that we are soooo close to what we have been asking for. 

 For those of you who did not get the update before it was pulled.  Here is a video of the Gypsy Sync in action.  We can now change .cut files into .gypsy and and import our .gypsy files into Design Studio and change them if need be to .cut files.  ***The update requires that the cricut be updated***I did the update and used SCAL and had no troubles*** hopefully it stays that way.

One of the other things that I noticed that I hope gets fixed it when you import a wordbook that has multiple pages into your Gypsy.  All pages are on one mat in the Gypsy so it is just a mess.  I asked on the Cricut MB Gyspy Tech Support if we were going to have to save each page into its own file to import into the Gypsy.  I will post the answer when I get it. 

You can download the new Design Studio Update here. 

New cartridges have been added to Design Studio and the Gypsy.

Here are the new cricut cartridges added.

1. Destinations.

2.  Designer’s Calendar

3.  When It’s Cold Outside

4.  Snow Friends

5.  Very Merry Tags

6.  Dinosaur Tracks

7.  Pagoda

8.  Old West

9.  Elmo Party

To update Design Studio you have to download the current font pack here.

To update your Gypsy you have to connect it to your computer and sync it.  People on the cricut.com message board state that they are having trouble syncing it and had to uninstall the Gypsy Sync software and then download and install it again.  The Gypsy then syncs fine.  If you also have trouble you may want to try that as well.  I updated my Gypsy and my friends and did not have any trouble.

If you have been waiting for the Gypsy to comes back to HSN here is is.  Or search item # 567-277.

It is a little different then the first offering.  It comes with the Destinations cricut cartridge.  I have not heard about it before but it would seem that it is an exclusive cartridge to this bundle.  No one else has it right now and I can not find any screen shots of it either.

If you missed the Gypsy on HSN you can sign up for a special notice.   You can sign up by clicking here.

Hi Everyone,

The Cricut Gypsy has been updated again.  You need to connect your Gypsy to your computer and sync it to get the new software update.  I have not updated my own yet.  I bought my friends Gypsy home with me tonight to register and update it for her since she does not have the Internet at her house.

I update mine from my Imac so I decided to update my friends on my Vista computer.  I registered and downloaded the update fine.  Connected her Gypsy and let it sync.  The sync seemed to take awhile.  Some of the updates that have been noticed so far are:

1. Icons for Preview are larger and have a purple border now.

2. Group Welding.  (I could always do this on mine before but apparently some people could not.)

3. Weld and Rotate fixed.  (Sorry to say the flip and weld has not been fixed, maybe next time)

I also wanted to say that by the time that I registered and synced the gypsy that I had the e-mail for her to register her 200 gypsy points and her 500 hsn points.  She does not collect points.  She gives them to me but I told her that she better start.  Only 100 points away now from a free cricut cartridge and www.cricutrewards.com.

The first update to the Gypsy has been released.  You just have to connect your Gypsy to your computer and sync it.  You can now copy and paste.  It is really easy now.  Just click on the image, then click on the copy and paste icon and it duplicates it.  Yeah Provocraft!

Updated 09-29-09** I have connected my Gypsy to my expression and updated it and cut  fine.  I also cut from SCAL afterwards and SCAL will work just fine after the update as well.