A Great Surprise! (updates for new cartridges)

Today was not "Hello Thursday" - it was Friday the 13th and that turned out to be a lucky day!  When I reviewed the two Creative Memories cartridges on Wednesday (here is a LINK to that post), I wrote that I was hoping that the new cartridges would be added to Design Studio and the Gypsy on the next Hello Thursday.

Well...I plugged my Gypsy into my computer to transfer a file and there was an update.  It took quite a while to do (the Gypsy updates have been taking at least half an hour for me) but it was definitely worth it.  The two Creative Memories cartridges have been added, along with the three Martha Stewart Crafts Cake cartridges and yet another surprise - three new seasonal minis!  The new minis are called "Christmas Cards," "Christmas Village," and "Thanksgiving."

So...I thought I'd check and see if there was a Design Studio update.  When I went to the update page the information was still the same, listing the July 15th update as the most recent, but I decided to try downloading the font pack again.  I found that the Creative Memories, Martha Stewart and the new seasonal minis are all in the download which is V100810 even though the page says V100715.

ETA:  Thanks to Kymberlee from the Circle Message Board for pointing out that there is yet another "surprise cartridge" - Boys will be Boys!  This is a full cartridge and looks like a lot of fun.

To update your Design Studio go to this LINK.  You will need to be signed in to the Cricut.com site if you are not already.  Go ahead and download the Font Pack, save it to your computer and then run the download (if you try to run instead of saving the update when you download it will not work correctly).  When you open Design Studio you will find the newly added cartridges.

To update your Gypsy, connect the Gypsy to the computer, run the Gypsy Sync program and follow the screen prompts.

I didn't have time to do much with the updates tonight but here is an example of a full page design made using a border from Reminisce Accents.

You can also use the design as a frame and add a contrasting color.

I am so happy that we don't have to wait another week to start using these cartridges with the software.  It is a busy birthday weekend for our family and we have friends here to visit tomorrow but I will take whatever chance I can to create some designs - I hope I have time to cut some of them out!

Don't forget to keep checking on the Scrappy-Go-Lucky blog hop.  As more and more cards are revealed it should become easier to figure out the theme.  Remember - your guess at the theme and your favorite cartridge must be posted in a comment on Mandy's Original Post on the Scrappy-Go-Lucky blog to be eligible to win one of four new cartridges, Country Life, Happy Hauntings, Rock Princess and Winter Frolic.  The Schedule and links to the blogs are in THIS POST.   Good Luck!

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