October Cricut Classes

Here's the October schedule of classes at AC Moore in Harbison. I had to cancel the Glass Etching class on September 26. This will be rescheduled in November. 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 email me and I will send it to you. If you have any questions, just send me an email. Pictures of the class projects and supply lists can be found on my blog. Just click on the link for the class in the class schedule on the right side of the blog.



Sales

• AC Moore - Original Cricut for $96; seasonal cartridges for $24.99. The sale is through 09/18/10.
• Michaels - older cartridges (reg. $69.99) for $32.99 and newer cartridges (reg. 89.99) for $39.99; Pink Expression for $279.99; Original Cricut for $94.99 through 09/18/10.
• Hobby Lobby - Cricut Expression for $264.99; cartridges 2 for $89.99 through 09/18/10.
• Walgreens has 33% of your entire photo order through 09/18/10. The code is 5YEARS.

Cricut News

• The next Cricut machine is the Cricut Imagine. It prints and cuts. Cricut partnered with HP to develop this machine. It will be is now available on HSN and in stores in October. Cricut has dropped the suggested price to $499.99. For the scoop on this, read my blog post.
• Today was Hello Thursday, so Cricut announced new cartridges Birthday Bash, Nifty Fifties, and Shall We Dance (Cricut Circle only).
• If you are interested in the Creative Memories cartridges and do not know a Creative Memories rep, let me know. I have had a few contact me about the 2 cartridges exclusive to Creative Memories: Cheerful Seasons and Reminisce Accents.
• Retiring cartridges are Stone Script and Indie Art. All retired cartridges are on my blog in the Cricut Cartridge Graveyard post.

Other News

• A new scrapbook store is coming to Lexington. SCRAPBOOK UTOPIA! An imaginary place will be opening in September, at 5341 Sunset Blvd. Suite C, (Hwy 378) Lexington, SC 29072. It's in the Topspin Plaza. The sign is up and you can see it from the street.
• The new Joann's store on Two Notch Road, in front of Walmart (old Goody's location), has opened.

AC Moore Schedule
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. October 3, 2-5pm


Cutting Fabric with the Cricut - $30
This hands-on class will teach you how to cut fabric with your Cricut. Class price includes fabric and project materials.
Sun. October 10, 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. October 24, 2-5pm


Design Studio and Gypsy Updates
The Hello Thursday newsletter said that there is a new font update available for Design Studio with the October releases. Get the Design Studio update here. The Gypsy update has the same cartridges. Get the update by running your Gypsy Sync software on your computer. Get the details of the update here.