Carts with Fonts list

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To ensure the integrity of the information in this file, unfortunately I am unable to share it as a Word Document. Thank you for your understanding.

I also ask that you do not edit the PDF document in any way. 

7/9/2013 - Update to add carts for May - June 2013

Full list:  https://www.box.com/s/pne2u3fl5ppchbdftu2l
Additions only: https://www.box.com/s/eq1laxjaj0ck7damzlwx

29/4/2013 - Updated to add carts for Mar - April 2013

Additions only:  https://www.box.com/s/3uarg4zvywfk2eiholpr

Tiny Treasures (Creative Memories)

Southwest

The First Few Years

22/1/2013 - Updated to add carts from October 2013 - January 2013

Additions only: https://www.box.com/s/7ll3ezzyowopz8awlu9x

 
 
11/10/2012 - Updated to add August and September fonts plus some others that I had missed.

Additions only -  https://www.box.com/s/lqkmvrh48zlcfpjb1v97

Alex from http://cardsinthetree.blogspot.com/  alerted me that I have missed the font from Creative Memories Be Young. Thanks Alex!  I'll add it to the list next month! :)


24/07/2012 - Updated to add July fonts (there were no fonts released in June) - A Frightful Affair, Artiste and Fontopia

July fonts only - https://www.box.com/s/585d1fcbe14ac3a0574d

8/5/2012 - Updated to add May font - Wild Card 2 

May font only - https://www.box.com/s/f1c26bed0c41a7867843

17/03/2012 - Update to add March fonts - Art Deco and Chip Decor. I've also added the Roman Numerals digital cart.

March fonts only - http://www.box.com/s/1cf7dc9f1af75a33dbc5

17/02/2012 - Updated to add February font Creative Memories Divine Wedding.


February font only - http://www.box.com/s/6ksigzour4do9ajtu2xg

27/01/2012 - Updated to add January Fonts from Letter Envy, Olé and Type Candy Font.

January fonts only - http://www.box.com/s/ncqtqlqraimjmy2ryhxy

16/12/2011 - Updated to add December font - Creative Memories This & That and a cart that was previously missed - Baby Boutique.


December fonts only - http://www.box.com/s/gjbhufdbgtv5xi8g8ce7

 



19/11/2011 - Updated to add November fonts - Cricut Craft Room Basics, Cricut Font and Basic Shapes and Greek Alphabet.


November fonts only - http://www.box.com/s/etxy892ftbo7jbyb0nsp

22/10/2011 - Updated to add October fonts - Go Canada, 'Tis the Season, Noah's ABC Animals, Ribbons & Rosettes and Sweater Weather.

October fonts only - http://www.box.net/shared/8godt3094d9jsolqg47c

23/8/2011 - Missed the font from Paper Lace 2. It will appear in the next edition of the list. In the mean time I have uploaded an Additions sheet for it. Here's the link:

http://www.box.net/shared/15giqkmt39xiv5eigh26

And here's what it looks like.

15/8/2011 - Updated to add July fonts - Art Nouveau, Art Philosophy and Something to Celebrate

July additions only version: http://www.box.net/shared/821501a1p1b8dudbzjog

24/6/2011 - Updated to add June fonts - Ornamental Iron 2, Teresa Collins Sophisticated, Creative Memories Traveler.

There is one small error. Font 2 on the Sophisticated cart has the shadow, not Font 1 as I have noted. 


June only fonts (not the full document:  http://www.box.net/shared/ahngs63e71e0var47hxl

23/5/2011 - Updated to add April cart - American Alphabet - plus other changes:

April only fonts (not the full document) - http://www.box.net/shared/8603xh0gtz

March 2011 - I have added Storks Delivery to the Carts with Fonts list.


Here's a peek at the fonts on Storks Delivery...

A quick CCR cutting tip

Here's something that I regularly do when I have a mat full of objects and I only want to cut some of them...

Let's say my mat looks like this:

There's shapes and text from several carts on the mat. But say I only want to cut "celebrate" and one of the hearts....

... I could create another mat layer in my project and cut and paste the other images to the new mat.

... Or I could select the ones I don't want to cut and delete them.

Or..... what I do is move the images I don't want to cut away from the cutting area of the mat.

You may know by now that any images that go outside the yellow border around the mat won't cut. While that's annoying when I want to cut a large image in sections I can at least use that to my advantage.

Click the Zoom Out button on the toolbar so that you can see the white area to the right of the mat.

Now drag the images that you don't want to cut over to the white area beside the mat. Move your other images to where you want them to cut. (You don't even have to move them right off the mat. If even part of the image goes over the yellow line it won't cut.)

Click Cut/Go to send your project to the Cricut.

After it has cut the two shapes that are on the mat you will see this message:

Press the OK button to return to the cutting screen then press Done. Easy right????

If you want to cut some of the other shapes, just move them back onto the mat and move the others off if necessary. Then cut your project again.

There's no problem saving your project with the images off the mat. Just remember next time you open it your mat will probably be zoomed in and you may not see those images until you zoom out again.

 

Layering in CCR

Layering is a breeze in CCR. You just need to follow a few simple steps....

The most important thing to remember is that you must have Relative size selected. Otherwise each layer will be exactly the size that you have set as the Default Height. Using Relative size means that each of t-he layers of the image will be cut in proportion to the main image. (In this case the main image is the one on the Basic tab.)

You will find the Relative size button below the CCR keypad. If the button is green, it is active.

You also need to remember not to resize individual layers. You should select all the layers on your mat and resize them at the same time. More on that later!

Here's an example using the Raccoon from Create A Critter.

The picture below shows you the page from the handbook that has the raccoon on it.

In this cartridge each of the layers is on its own tab.

Some cartridges though will have some of the layers on the <Shift>  of the image keys.

I have circled the images that I will be using. Note that each layer is on the <Non Shift> keys.
I'll be using the Base (Basic) layer, Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3. I'll also use the Shadow layer. And because I have no idea what colour a Raccoon is supposed to be I'll use the colours that are in the handbook!  There's no Raccoons where I come from!!! :)

Now let's take a look at the CCR keypad for Create A Critter with the Raccoon circled.

You'll see the layer tabs above the image keys.

 

Don't forget you can zoom the keypad icons in and out by clicking on the - and + icons below the keypad. This makes it much easier to find the shape you are looking for. You should also see the name of the shape appear as you hover over the keys.

I want my finished shaped to be 2.5" in height. So I set that size in the Default Height box below the keypad.

Now I'll start adding the layers to my mat. Here is where you have a couple of options. You can place all the different layers on one mat (spreading them out over the mat so you can position the different colours of cardstock needed) and cut everything at the same time.

Or you can create a new mat for each layer and send each layer to the Cricut one at a time. For this example I'm going to use a different mat for each layer.

I'm going to add the Shadow layer to the mat first because that will be the bottom layer. Each time you add a new mat it will automatically be added on top of the previous mat. (That is until you start moving your mats around.... then things get a bit messier.)

• Click on the Shadow tab, then click on the Raccoon key. 

Because this is a new file the shape will automatically be placed in the top left corner of the mat. (No need to drag it there...)

I'm going to change the preview colour of this layer to black.

Remember... changing the Preview colour is different to using the Auto-fill feature. The preview colours don't print and are merely here as an aid to see what your finished project will look like. It's a great feature because you can play with different colours on the screen instead of wasting your precious card stock!

• Click on the red dot on the layer tab.

• Drag the arrow on the slider down to the bottom to change the colour to black. (That's the quickest way to get black.) 

Or you can type 0, 0, 0 in the RGB boxes

• Press the Apply button and the preview will now appear in black

• To add a new mat for the next layer click on the + button next to the Layer 1 tab.

The active layer will have a light grey coloured tab. In the picture below that is Layer 2. Notice how the tab for Layer 1 is now a darker grey meaning that it's not the active mat.

•  To add the next layer to our project click on the Basic tab. 
• Then click on the the Raccoon key.

The image is added to the active mat beside the shadow layer.

Next I'll change the colour of that layer. Going by the colour in the handbook I'll change it to a dark brown colour.

• Click on the Yellow dot on the Layer 2 tab. 

• Click somewhere in the yellow/orange zone on the colour wheel then drag the slider down to select a darker shade.

You can move around in the colour wheel to select different shades of a colour. You can also move the slider up and down to change from light to dark tones of that colour.

• Select the shade you like then press the Apply button. (If you want to use that colour again later write down the RGB codes from the boxes below the colour wheel.)

Next we'll add the image from the Layer 1 tab.  

(This can get confusing when our mat layers are called Layer 1, Layer 2 etc and so are the tabs on the cartridge keypad....!! You can rename your mat layers if that helps by double clicking on the the mat layer name and overtyping it with a new name.)

• Add another mat to your project

• Click on the Layer 1 tab on the keypad then click on the Raccoon to add it to the active mat.

 

I'll change the colour of this mat to a medium purple shade.

• Click in the purple area of the colour wheel and use the slider to select a medium shade.

• Click Apply

Using the same method as above I'll add the two remaining layers each on their own mat.

The Layer 2 image is a dark purple and the Layer 3 image is a pale purple.

Once that's done your screen should look something like this:

You can move the shapes on each mat on top of each to see what the final image will look like when it's cut out and put together.

Click on the brown layer and slide it over the black layer and align it. Repeat for the other layers until you get something like this:

When you're ready to cut the project you can either move the shapes to different areas of the mat and cut each layer in turn. Or you can copy and paste everything to one layer, load up your mat with each of the colours and cut it all at once.

If you decide you want to resize your images make sure you select all the layers first. To do that select Ctrl A (Cmd A for the Mac) or select Edit, Select All. Then use the bottom right handle on the images to resize all the layers together. That way they'll all stay in proportion.

(If you have pressed the eye button (hide/show mat) on any of the mats, the image/s on that mat won't be selected. Press the eye button again to view those mats again. Then Select All.)

I hope that helps you with your layering!!

CCR Cartridge libraries

There are many different menu options in the CCR Cartridge filter.

So what are they all? Some are fairly self explanatory (eg Cricut Lite) but here's what you'll find in each of those categories.

My Cartridges: The My cartridges library will contain any cartridges that you have physically linked to your Cricut account using CCR, any digital cartridges you have purchased from Cricut.com and the "Cut it for free" cartridges that Cricut.com release weekly. Those free cartridges change each week. When the new free cartridges is added, the old one is generally removed. The exception to that are the Obama and Romney cartridges that are still free to cut with.

When/If the Gypsy Link process is finally released the cartridges that are linked to your Gypsy should also appear in the My Cartridges library.
 
All Cartridges: Every available cartridge including the Digital cartridges are found in this library. If you don't see any of the Imagine cartridges check the "Show Cricut Imagine cartridges" below the Cartridge filter list.

Cricut Craft Room Exclusives: This will contain all the CCR exclusive Digital cartridges. Digital versions of the regular cartridges won't be found here. They will be found in All Cartridges. 

Most of the cartridges in this library can also be linked to your Gypsy. However there are some exceptions eg. Barack Obama. Update your Gypsy and check the All Cartridges library. If a cartridge doesn't appear in the All Cartridges library then it can't be linked to the Gypsy.

Cricut Cake: This library contains the Martha Stewart Cake cartridges and the Cricut Cake cartridges.

Cricut Events: This library contains any cartridge that has been branded an Event cartridge. Eg. Baby Shower and Bridal Shower. Look for the Events label on the cartridge.

Cricut Everyday: This library contains the majority of the Cricut cartriges. Anything that doesn't fit into any of the other categories will be found here.

Cricut Famous Friends: Here you'll find cartridges from Close To My Heart, Creative Memories, DC Comics, Disney, Disney/Pixar, Nickelodeon, Sanrio and Sesame Street.

Cricut Imagine: Yes.... you'll find all the Imagine cartridges here!

Cricut Lite: Here you'll find all the exclusive to Walmart and Cricut.com Lite cartridges.

Cricut Projects: Any carts branded as Project carts will be found here. Carts such as Giant Flowers and Frame of Mind.

Cricut Seasonals: If you're looking for something for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Spring, Summer etc you'll probably find it here.

Font Cartridges: Any cartridge that Cricut have identified as having a font on it will be found here.

Bookmarks: Here you will find any cartridges that you have bookmarked. Bookmarking is different to Linking. Bookmarking is merely a convenient way of identifying which carts you own. 

To add to or edit your Bookmarks click on the Bookmarks filter then click the Edit Bookmarks button

To Add a bookmark scroll through the list of cartridges and click the green Add button beside the cartridge name.

To remove a bookmark scroll through the list of cartridges and click the brown Remove button beside the cartridge name.

When you have finished click the Continue button and you'll be returned to the main CCR screen. 

Your newly bookmarked cartridges will now appear in the Bookmarks filter. 


Wish List: Got a hankering for some new cartridges but aren't ready to purchase them? You can add them to a Wish list so you don't forget.

Select Wish List from the Cartridge filter then click the Edit Wish List button.

 
To Add a cartridge to the Wish List scroll through the list of cartridges and click the green Add button beside the cartridge name. You will see every cartridge listed here, even ones you already own and have linked to your account. (You never know when you might want to buy a cartridge for someone else, right???)

To remove a cartridge from the Wish List scroll through the list of cartridges and click the brown Remove button beside the cartridge name.

If you would like to print your Wish List click the Print Wish List button and select your printer.

When you have finished click the Continue button and you'll be returned to the main CCR screen. 


And that's all I got to say 'bout that!