I have posted a new Advanced tutorial in the group Files section on how to do engraving, embossing and pen fills with your cutter. You can see a couple of the photos of the pen drawing my Cricut made

Thanks, Kay for sharing the link for your file. Since the spacing on your lines is a bit wider, it is nice to have a couple of different size options to produce different pen and embossing effects. Yo

The link for Kay's file takes you to a mediafire download. Once downloaded, you will have an SVG file. Import that file into MTC, and it should work ine Julie, craftymusician@... Flanagan Educ

Thanks, Brenda. In one of the tutorials I added step-by-step instructions for posting photos and files in the group. I will leave the adventure of finding them up to you - Like a treasure hunt! I look

I just posted a document that should be very helpful for you as you consider organizing your fonts. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MTC_Tuts/files/01_Introductory_Lessons/ 07_Cutting Font Organization.p

There is no time limit on use of the Trial version of Design Studio. I have been using the trial version ever since it first came out. I have not purchased it, and do not intend to unless absolutely n

If you have purchased Design Studio, and it has stopped working, you should contact ProvoCraft support to get help in getting it working again. Julie, craftymusician@... Flanagan Educational S

Ctrl+Shift+L will not work unless you have a shape selected. If you have selected a shape, hold down Ctrl and Shift keys and type L. A window will open allowing you to enter the name of your shape, an

No, this is not an update. I knew I posted this file before, but my tired eyes could not find it last night when someone was looking for it. So I posted it again. It is more of an Introductory tutoria

Welcome, Joyce! We hope you will be able to learn lots from the tutorials posted in the group's Files and Links sections. We look forward to seeing some of your lesson projects! Julie, craftymusician@

If you have not yet purchased Make The Cut, and would like to do so, you might want to take advantage of the new coupon being offered for a 27% discount! The sale starts tomorrow, March 27 at midnight

If you were not able to attend the first Make The Cut Webinar, you might want to go see it now. It is available here: http://dl.filekicker.com/send/file/230966-0N88/20100325.wmv Special thanks to Andy

Welcome, Katryce! You will find complete instructions for using the Cricut Jukebox for the cart backup process in this group's Intermediate Lesson folder here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MTC_Tuts/f

Someone asked about how to make the colors on the MTC appear opaque rather than transparent. While viewing the first Webinar, I learned that it is possible to make your image colors appear opaque for

The Pazzles Inspiration blade, the Gazelle regular or heavy duty blade, the Scrap-Savvy blade for Gazelle regular or medium to heavy weight, or the Cricut Deep cut blade all work well for me. The heav

It is very common for me to ruin blades when I first start using a new cutter, even though I should know better. I'm not saying that your blade is bad for sure, but that would be the first thing to ch

Gail, another thought about tearing: Sometimes tiny bits of paper get caught up inside of the blade housing. This prevents the blade from rotating as it should, and that can cause tearing in the next

I agree. Paulo has shared some beautiful files. I have been a fan of his since he started sharing his work. To cut intricate designs, it is important to cut with slower speeds in addition to using a n

If you already own MTC, and would like to earn a set of my Spring Swirl cutting files, you may do so by working through the lessons posted in this group's Files section, and post photos and files of a

If you make a CUT file in Design Studio that you would like to share with the group, you may post your Cut files in the File section of this group. I have placed a folder there for you to add your Cut