Thursday Tutorials - Downloading Cricut Handbooks

Hello all, JoNeita from Create with JoNeita here with a video tutorial.  I find that I need to look through my cartridge handbooks a lot when I am deciding what images I want to use.  I found this great video that shows how to download the handbooks to the cartridges that I own from the Provo Craft website.  This video, that I found on the Simple iPad Tips website, shows how you can then add the handbooks to your iPhone or iPad. 

I love the idea of adding the handbooks to my iPhone, as it would be a great way to know which cartridges that I already own, when I am shopping.  Also, once they were downloaded on my laptop, it was really easy to side load them onto my nook.  This has been useful, as now I can plan my next project when I am waiting in line to pick up my son from kindergarten.  It's so easy, since it is all right there together. 

I also want to point everyone to FCCB design team member, Jilliene at Jilliene Designing.  She has a blog post where she had linked almost all of the cartridges, just updated in September 2013.  Using her post, I was able to download almost all of my handbooks really quickly. 

I hope you find this a useful tip and spend some time getting organized.

Happy Crafting!!!

 

Quick Tip Tuesday

Hello to all of you Crafty Cricuteers! It's Angie from Angie's Paper Passion with a quick tip about Cricut handbooks. Personally I love looking at my handbooks while I am crafting with my Cricut but I don't like hauling them all out every time. So I have found that this tip works for me. Since I have my laptop out when I craft I can always go to the Cricut.com Image Library, find a cart, click on Details, and then on Digital Handbook.

But I have found a blog that has done all the work for me! Paulette from Around The Block with Scrapalette has created a page on her blog that has a complete list of every cart and all you need to do is click on the one you want to see the entire handbook. You can see her Cricut Cart Library here! I even put the link on my phone's home screen ~ now I can get to any handbook quickly, 

even if I'm out!

I have also downloaded an app to my phone called iBooks that I'm using just for my Cricut carts that I don't have the handbooks for ~ like the digital carts and files that I've purchased. It's easy to add the handbooks, too, just by opening a handbook in your phones web browser and then save it to your iBooks

Now it's very easy to see the Cricut handbooks that I want to look at. 

I hope that you find this tip helpful, too! Comment below and let me know how you like to keep your handbooks! Do you like to keep them handy or do you hardly ever pull them out!

Don't forget that the FCCB Vinyl University will take place in September. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn something new each day on how to use various types of vinyl cut with the Cricut machine. Click HERE for more details.

Please check back tomorrow for the "Cool Treats" Wednesday Winners!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!