{"id":7791,"date":"2014-02-14T10:45:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=7791"},"modified":"2015-06-08T11:07:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T09:07:23","slug":"cricut-craft-room-basics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/cricut-craft-room-basics\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricut Craft Room Basics – Valentine Popcorn Boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have always loved my Cricut machine, from the very first machine on the market to my current Cricut Expression 2. But it was a love hate relationships at times, until recently that is, when I downloaded the Cricut Craft Room. The Cricut Craft Room enables you to hook up your machine to your computer via USB cable and allows you to edit images and do all kinds of funky things with them. That is in layman\u2019s terms a brief description.<\/h3>\n

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Cricut Craft Room Rocks My Die-Cutting World<\/h2>\n

What I was most excited about was the fact that I could now merge my fonts when creating titles to create something really different and new. You always see those beautifully merged chipboard titles and die-cut images on projects, and now I can finally do it using my Cricut. Having said all of that, you still need your Cricut Cartridges, but soon there will be the added bonus of purchasing end-of-range cartridges digitally from the on-line store and even single images which in the end can work out much cheaper than buying a full cartridge where you may never use all the images. Although the Cricut Craft Room billing platform is currently only available to users in the USA and Canada, it will be opened up to the International market in the near future. And that\u2019s not where my excitement ends \u2013 I actually think I will use my machine even more now and have made a special little spot on my desk for it to take pride in.<\/p>\n

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His and Hers Valentines Popcorn Boxes<\/h3>\n

I used the Craft Room to create his and hers Valentines popcorn boxes for movie night. I bought the cute ready-made boxes from a party store and simply used my Cricut to create the decorative elements for the sides. I used a combination of smooth and textured American Crafts cardstock in 2 shades of pink to cut my images. I mainly focused on the word love that I typed and then \u2018welded\u2019 the letters together to create a joined image. As for the hearts, they were on one of the free \u201ccartridges\u2019 that you can access in the Craft Room and I simply loved their scalloped edges. I cut them in two different sizes and layered them on top of each other for dimension.<\/p>\n

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So Here\u2019s The Cricut Craft Room Basics…<\/h3>\n

First you will have to download the Cricut Craft Room (click here)<\/a> software to your computer. Create a Cricut.com account (click here)<\/a> if you don\u2019t already have one. Once your software is installed you sign in and get ready to start designing! I did have some issues with my machine and getting it to connect with my computer \u2013 but finally managed after having done a firmware update and Cricut Sync.<\/p>\n

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