confessions of a cropaholic | a scrapbooking blog » gypsy http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:15:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 gypsy week: cutting with the gypsy…the final step! http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-cutting-with-the-gypsy-the-final-step/ http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-cutting-with-the-gypsy-the-final-step/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:47:05 +0000 admin http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/?p=472 Well we did it. We thoroughly explored the Gypsy in all its wonder. Today I show you how to connect the Gypsy to the Cricut and how they work together. I also show you my trick for cutting multiple paper scraps in one pass through the Cricut.

I hope you enjoyed these video tutorials. And if you have any questions or tips on the Gypsy, please leave a comment!

]]> http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-cutting-with-the-gypsy-the-final-step/feed/ 2 gypsy week: how to design with the gypsy – part 3 http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy-part-3/ http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy-part-3/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:29:53 +0000 admin http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/?p=468 Here’s the last video on designing with the Gypsy. Today we’ll go over the the kern tool.

I also mention the Relative/True Size tool, which truly, I don’t see the need for on the Gypsy. I’m still trying to figure out how this works on the Gypsy and how it relates to the “Real Dial Size” function on the Cricut itself (which I’m still a bit confused about).

I see another tutorial on this coming…

But as to not leave you hanging for now, here is the definition of the Relative/True Size tool from the Gypsy Quick Start Guide:

Click this button to toggle on Relatvie Size mode (white) or True Size mode (yellow). When highlighted white, this feature allows you to control the size of the images selected in relation to the size of the key height character. Every chartridge contains a key height character, and the size of every other character in that cartridge is based on the size of this key character. This is done so that when images are selected to be cut they are the correct size relative to one another. For example, if you enter the images C-a-t to be 1 inch tall, where “C” is the key height character and “a” should be half the height of “C”, then the “a” will really only be half an inch tall. You can control the exact size of all images selected without regard to the key character by toggling the button to True Size mode (yellow).

I’m probably making this harder than it really is, but I’ll do some testing and will get back to you (probably in video tutorial form) and let you know what I find out.

Promise.

So, on to the video…

]]> http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy-part-3/feed/ 1 gypsy week: how to design with your gypsy – part 2 http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-your-gypsy-part-2/ http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-your-gypsy-part-2/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:28:13 +0000 admin http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/?p=462 So moving on, today I’m going to show you how to use the weld, preview, delete, copy and undo tools.

Any questions? Please feel free to leave a comment on this or any other post. And don’t forget to enter the Gypsy giveaway here (before 1/19/10).

]]> http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-your-gypsy-part-2/feed/ 2 gypsy week: how to design with the gypsy http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy/ http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:13:16 +0000 admin http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/?p=457 This is the last video for the week…we’ll resume next Tuesday with more on designing with the Gypsy. Below, you’ll learn how to scale, flip, rotate and group images in the design area.

(And a word of warning…please don’t be alarmed by the sudden barking of a certain Chihuahua. He’s harmless…really).

Until next week!

]]> http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-how-to-design-with-the-gypsy/feed/ 2 gypsy week: getting started with your gypsy – part 2 http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-getting-started-with-your-gypsy-part-2/ http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/2010/01/gypsy-week-getting-started-with-your-gypsy-part-2/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:31:23 +0000 admin http://www.confessionsofacropaholic.com/?p=449 Being a merciful scrap blogger, I decided to split yesterday’s Gypsy video into two posts. 17 minutes was a bit long…

So continuing on, here is some info on the basic workings of the Cricut application on the Gypsy. More to come over the next couple of weeks. (And don’t forget to enter to WIN your own Gypsy from Provocraft over here. Go now…it ends January 19. Its ok…the video will wait. Promise.)

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