New Cartridges for April

Cricut announced the new cartridges for April last week. These cartridges will be available in mid-April. Four cartridges are intended for the Cricut Cake machine: Cake Basics (available with the Cricut Cake machine only), Birthday Cakes, Holiday Cakes, and Elegant Cakes. Three Seasonal (limited time only) cartridges: Independence Day, Summer Vacation, and Summer in Paris. And three full cartridges that were shown at CHA: Robotz, Create a Critter, and Nursery Rhymes.

Design Studio and the Gypsy Sync software have both been updated to include the new cartridges. Get the Design Studio Update here. Get the Gypsy update by running your Gypsy Sync software on your computer. Get the details of the update here.

Two more cartridges have been retired: Stamped and Tags, Bags, Boxes and More. I have started a Cricut Cartridge Graveyard post to track the retired cartridges.

Cricut Cartridge Graveyard

These cartridges have been retired by Cricut and will no longer be manufactured. The month noted is the month the retirement was announced.

1. Blackletter – February 2010
2. Christmas – February 2010
3. Sans Serif – February 2010
4. Street Sign – February 2010
5. Stamped – March 2010
6. Tags, Bags, Boxes and More – March 2010
7. Printing Press - April 2010
8. Paper Pups - April 2010
9. All Mixed Up - May 2010
10. Christmas Cheer - May 2010
11. Makin' the Grade - June 2010
12. Mini Monograms - June 2010
13. Baseball - July 2010
14. Basketball - July 2010
15. Soccer - August 2010
16. Zooballoo - August 2010
17. Stone Script - September 2010
18. Indie Art - September 2010
19. Beyond Birthdays - October 2010
20. Teardrop - October 2010
21. Base Camp - November 2010
22. Fabulous Finds - November 2010
23. Locker Talks - December 2010
24. New Arrival - December 2010
25. Celebrations - January 2011
26. Serenade - January 2011
27. Speaking of School - January 2011
28. Speaking of Winter - January 2011
29. WordBuilders 2 A Garden of  Words - January 2011
30. WordBuilders 3 An Ocean of Words - January 2011
31. Animal Kingdom - February 2011
32. Camp Out- February 2011
33. Home Accents- February 2011
34. Home Décor- February 2011
35. Wedding- February 2011
36. Joys of the Season - March 2011
37. 50 States- March 2011
38. Learning Curve- March 2011
39. Stamping- March 2011
40. Word Builders 1 A Word Party- March 2011
41. Car Decals - May 2011
42. Doodletype - May 2011
43. Ornamental Iron - May 2011
44. Printing 101 - May 2011
45. Speaking of Fall - June 2011
46. Opposites Attract - June 2011

March/April Class Schedule

Here's the March/April schedule of classes at AC Moore in Harbison. The Party Decorations Class is this Sunday; come learn how to make banners for parties and holidays. We'll also have the Glass Etching class in April.

If you are interested in the classes or swarms, please call AC Moore at 407-5242 or register in the store. Make sure you get your class supply list or click on the class in the Class Schedule on the right to access the class description and supply list.

Sales
Walgreens.com has 4x6 prints for 15 cents each through March 6th. The code is 15PRINT.
Michael's has the Gypsy for $199.99 through March 6th.
AC Moore has cartridges for $49 and the Cricut Expression bundle for $349.99 through March 6th.

Crops
Memories in the Making will be holding a "Cupcake Crop" March 12-14. I'll be there and I am designing some fun make n takes for the crop.
They also have a “How Our Garden Grows Crop” scheduled for April 16-17 in Forest Acres. Check out their blog at http://memoriesinthemakingcrops.blogspot.com.

AC Moore Schedule
Party Decorations with Cricut - $25
Learn how use your Cricut to make themed party decorations like banners, invitations, cards, centerpieces, and more. For our final project we will make a banner.
PRE-REQUISITE: Creating with Cricut class.
Level: Intermediate
Sun. March 7, 2-5pm

Creating with Cricut - $30
You will learn all of the basics of the Cricut machine (Original and Expression) as well as how to get the most out of your cartridges in this hands-on class. We will make a scrapbook layout for our final project.
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Sun. Mar. 28, 2-5pm
Sun. April 18, 2-5pm

Glass Etching with Cricut - $30
This hands-on class will teach you how to use your Cricut to make and use stencils for glass etching. We will do a practice project and a final project. Class price includes 2 pieces of glass, glass etching cream and vinyl for stencils.
PRE-REQUISITE: Creating with Cricut class.
Level: Intermediate
Sun. April 11, 2-5pm

Gypsy Basics - $30
Learn how to use the Gypsy handheld device with your Cricut machine. You will learn how to weld words together, cut words or images out of the middle of shapes, and make an object outline. We will make a scrapbook layout for our final project.
Sun. April 25, 2-5pm

Glass Etching With Cricut Class Description

This hands-on class will teach you how to use your Cricut to make and use stencils for glass etching. We will do a practice project and a final project. Class price includes 2 pieces of glass, glass etching cream and vinyl for stencils.

PRE-REQUISITE: Creating with Cricut class.
Level: Intermediate
Class fee - $30
Class size limited to 12

Look in the right menu for class schedule.
Call AC Moore on Harbison Blvd. (Columbia, SC) at 407-5242 to register.
Download Class Supply List