Gypsy Now Links to Cricut Craft Room and Birthday Wishes Just For You!

One quick thing: be sure to scroll down and see the info on how to link your Gypsy to the Cricut Craft Room so you'll easily be able to use all your cartridges while in the Craft Room.  No more plugging in cartridges as you cut in the Cricut Craft Room!  Plus they've added a $20 digital credit to your account!

Also, the winner of the Creative Cards Cricut cartridge from last week is Linda Hobein!  Congratulations, Linda!

Hello ~ Happy Wednesday! Today is day 3 of my guest designing on Joy's blog and the My Creative Time Sneak Peeks! I hope you all have enjoyed this week so far! I am still having so much fun, and I hope you all are too! Let's get right to my card today!

Well today I will be showcasing the stamp set "It's All About You" . There is a coordinating die called "Stitched Mini Frame and Arrow" ( SOLD separately). Some other ladies on the design team will be showcasing some other stamps and dies. Just head on over to Emma's blog to see ALL the fabulous creations! I promise you are going to want this whole entire release ~ you are going to LOVE them!

For my card today I needed to make a card for someone special in my life, and there is this PERFECT sentiment on the "It's All About You" stamp set! This special person LOVES to shop, so I searched through my cartridges for a bag. 

I found this bag on 3 Birds on Parade cartridge. Now you are probably thinking, "What?  Where???" On page 39, there is this cute little ghost bird holding his little treat bag! I enlarged the image on the layer 1 button. This bag has jagged edges on the top but I knew that wasn't going to be an issue because I wanted to add some boa! Now, my sentiment is heat embossed on a scrap piece of paper that came from the "Stitched Postage Frame Die" . My balloons were created with the dies from the "Warm Holiday Fun" stamp set. I added some twine, and this card was complete! Something quick and simple, right??

Materials Used:

Circut Cartridge ~ 3 Birds on Parade ~ gift bag ( cut @ 13.75)

My Creative Time ~ "It's All About You" ~ sentiment

My Creative Time ~ "Stitched Postage Frame Die" ~ paper that comes from the center 

My Creative Time ~ "Warm Holiday Fun" ~ dies for my balloons

Paper ~ Paper Trey Ink, Simple Stories and Paper Company

Twinery Twine

Ink ~ Archival

Ribbon ~ Paper Trey Ink

Boa

GIVEAWAYS  

Okay in celebration of Joy allowing me to take over her blog for a week and Emma’s April Release, I have decided to have a giveaway! Fun, right? To qualify for my giveaway all you have to do is head on over to my blog, Scrapin Mom Of One Inspiring Little Boy, become a follower and leave a comment! Simple, right?

1st prize is a $25.00 gift certificate to My Creative Time

2nd is a $25.00 gift certificate to Liz’s Paper Loft Boutique

I will announce the 2 lucky winners on my blog on Monday, April 22. You have until Sunday, April 21 @ 12AM EST to comment. PLEASE leave a way to contact you! Random.org will pick the winners.

 Go visit Emma's blog, My Creative Time,  to see her exciting giveaways this week as well & to see some AMAZING sneak peeks!

GOOD LUCK!

Here's the latest on linking your Gypsy to the Cricut Craft Room:

	April 16, 2013 Dear Cricut Gypsy™ owner, Gypsy linking is here! We're happy to announce that you can now upload content from your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your account in the Cricut Craft Room® design software. Here's how: Make sure you have the latest versions of Cricut Craft Room® and Cricut Sync. Connect your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your computer and follow the prompts to update the firmware. Open the latest version of Cricut Craft Room®, agree to the linking Terms and Conditions, and then sync and uplink your cartridges.
	That's it! After you link your Cricut Gypsy™ device to your Cricut Craft Room® account, you will be able to access the cartridges on your device in Cricut Craft Room®—and vice-versa! For more information, visit our FAQ page. We've put detailed, step-by-step instructions there, too. If you're not familiar with the Cricut Craft Room® design software, now's the time to link your Cricut Gypsy™ device and try it out! Just like your Cricut Gypsy™ device, Cricut Craft Room® lets you drag and drop your images onto the virtual cutting mat design away—size, slant, weld, rotate, flip, or stretch to make your perfect image. If you're not familiar with the Cricut Craft Room® design software, now's the time to link your Cricut Gypsy™ device and try it out! Just like your Cricut Gypsy™ device, Cricut Craft Room® lets you drag and drop your images onto the virtual cutting mat design away—size, slant, weld, rotate, flip, or stretch to make your perfect image. We'd like to give you a $20 credit to purchase digital images and try Cricut Craft Room® and Gypsy linking for yourself. Just shop for digital content on Cricut.com—when you check out, you'll see your credit in the shopping cart. Then log in to Cricut Craft Room® using your Cricut.com account information and you'll be able to start using your images. Any unused portion of the $20 credit will expire on May 17, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. MST, so hurry and start shopping now! We know that the wait for Gypsy linking has been long—we appreciate your patience and are confident that you will find it worth the wait! Thank you, The Cricut Circle™ Team Good news, huh!?  YAY! A couple more things:  Cricut now has repair options for those of you with Gypsies that do not work.  See below: Click HERE to see more details about the repair plan. Also, Provo Craft announced this in regards to the Gypsy: While we are dedicated to providing ongoing support and repair options for the Cricut Gypsy™ device, we have made the decision to stop production on the current Cricut Gypsy™ model. This will allow us to focus our efforts and prioritize our product offering. We will still offer support and content updates for the Cricut Gypsy™ device.

And this about the Cricut Design Studio:

We will also stop providing updates to the Cricut DesignStudio® software in order to focus those resources on creating and improving the Cricut® experience. We will still offer support for the software, but there will be no further content updates for the Cricut DesignStudio® software. 

You can get the final update to Cricut Design Studio HERE -there will be no cartridges added after April 11, 2013.

What do you think about all the news?

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