I've worked with the cricut craftroom alongside my cricut mini, but just got the cricut explore air 2 as a gift and the design studio is new to me. Learning all the buttons and their uses and benefits needs a visual guide like this. Thanks so much!
OMG! Did I ever learn a lot with this video! I could give you the biggest hug right now! I tried a card and it was a big success...so so happy! I did it on my MacBook Pro, and I just discovered how to centre the front part of the card on my IPad!!!
Whoa! This tutorial is a gift that keeps on giving! I agree that it's a bit fast, BUT...I like to watch first, to see the concept. THEN after watching once or twice or...Try it myself. The PAUSE button is my BFF. Thanks for this!
Finally, someone has got it right, thank you,I've been a Brother machine user, got the Cricut maker and struggled to understand how to make cards from it but not anymore great Video :-)
Thank you so much for the tutorial I am a newbie and I have been having trouble with writing inside the card when I saw you do it I said ...Oh my goodness this is how you do it and it is so easy . thank you so much I will be waiting for more !!!!
Learning so much from your videos. This was the first one that I tried step by step while watching the video. Love the pause, rewind feature. I can do it as much as needed until it sinks in. :) Getting there! Thank you so much.
Love it ! Not boring. Very upbeat. Just started really learning how to use my Cricut Explore Air 2 and I am having a great time learning all these new things! Yes, it was a bit quick, but the beauty of youtube is you rewind :) Keep posting!!
Good tutorial Melody and I loved the one that came on before with the dramatic music and the add about 2 day shipping. I loved that dramatic music. Anyway I'll be watching again next time you're on. This was helpful to me as it's very confusing about what you can and can't do. thanks for the lesson. pat
Hi Melody, I ran across this tutorial and am soooooo glad I did. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into teaching new cricut users like me how to use the tools. This video in particular really helped me with making cards using slice, weld, and attach. If I could figure out how to insert a picture, I would show you what I made. Again, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I made a card similar to this with the Cricut Craftroom, but it took me forever. The Design Studio has streamlined my card making. Thanks for the tutorial!
This was great! Information-packed, & 100% useful for when this newbie wants to attempt his own design made completely from scratch! Thanks for sharing!
Love it, I just wish you showed the finished product. I'm a newbie and I think if I could see the final it would help in putting all the information together in my Newbie brain ;)
Thanks so much Melody! I'm a newbie and this was such a great way to learn new skills! I followed your video and was able to make my first card! I posted a picture in your facebook group :)
Melody Lane yes ! I had no idea how to do all that. I am slowly learning, but thanks to you and all your videos including your complete guide to DESIGN SPACE, I am getting their most out of my circut. xoxo
Hi Melody Just new to cricut and found you class love it i did all in design space it work great but when i went to cut it wrote it it cut it but it cut my card in 1/2 so when i went to pill it help
Great Video! I made a card base that's a rectangle with rounded corners. How can I round the inside corners by the score line? That way, when I fold the card, all 4 corners are rounded. Is this possible using a Cricut Explore Air 2?
Can you provide the link to this guide, please? I looked through all of your videos and I could not find it. I even 'searched' for it and for a brief moment something popped up with the title but just as quickly as it popped up, it disappeared. I agree with some of the other comments, you've got great info, but it is difficult to follow along for a newbie. I think because I'm trying to follow but am distracted by your thoughts, rearranging, working through it yourself. It would be really cool if you re-posted this video but instead of you speaking as you think and process and create, you do a voice-over. What I mean is as you watch it, you describe what you're doing in terms of the technical aspects. I.E. when you show us how to add a shape and change it, you explain just the technical aspect. In this video you are moving your mouse around quickly, slicing, duplicating, etc. many times, all the while/each move you are saying what you're doing...but if you were to do a voice over you could spend more time explaining the process once even though you're doing it several times. Am I making any sense? Sorry, I know for you experienced Cricut users this all seems elementary, but if people are going to post instructional videos than they should try and imagine the first day they tried the machine. There are lots of videos out there, and bless you all for trying to help us newbies because Cricut's own videos lack specifics, but it's the basics, the little details that newbies do not know. I'm not trying to be critical, you put on a fairly professional video, you sharing your knowledge and expertise is very much appreciated...God knows us newbies need all the help we can get. I've watched more than 50 Cricut videos and your is by far the best so far...I just wish you could take it down a notch and go basic - beginner mode. :-) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Melody Lane...attending your live classes sounds perfect for me! What time do you air them? Also, please know, it is not my intention to be critical, as I previously stated, your videos are quite good. You do a good job including explanations and such. There are so many videos that claim to be for beginners, but they really are not. I've been looking for the steps or level of information that comes after the "out of the box" videos. So often I get lost because of terminology...contantly rewinding and/or pausing while I go look something up so that watching the current makes more sense. One of the things that keeps me confused, is the quick advancement and production of the machines. People who have known about and/or owned Cricuts for a while are aware of the changes, but to me, it's a blur. As a trainer who often covers the same info multiple times, I am fully aware how hard it is to keep the interests of people from multiple levels of knowledge...so, I am definitely not trying to critique...but I thought I'd ask for more detialed help - never know until you try, right? Anyhew, I look forward to catching some of your live classes. I've been looking for local classes, but none of the local craft stores offer anything on cutting, yet...keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again. Happy Cricuting!!!
@@AndreaStevens2012 I found it no problem by searching her channel - typed in "Complete Guide", popped right up, first one on the list - ua-cam.com/video/et3-_SiFnGE/v-deo.html
Great video, THANKS for sharing! I'm in the middle of a project and am stuck...can you please tell me if you attached your project to a shape before sending to the machine or did you send to cut as is seen in the last clip of this video? Any further instruction would be most awesome!
@@melodylane Thank you, no worries on the time frame. I have not figured it out yet as I put it aside until I heard back. I love your videos and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge...I learn something new each time I watch.
Hi Melody, thanks a lot for your fantastic tutorials! Am a newby and happy about every help I can get. I have several questions: As things have to be cut, scored and written you'll have to change the scorepen to the writing pen. What will the machine do first, writing or scoring and how can I see this ? Will I have to load the mat twice then? Thank in advance Manu
I just got my cricut a few days ago and am overwhelmed! Thanks for this video, super helpful. I would have loved to see it all of the way through to printing... I'm guessing that if you did different colors on the card, you would need different sheets of colored paper and then would have had to glue those onto the main card, right? Appreciate this, thanks!
Design Space is the same for the Explore machines and the Maker! If you want to check out some of my latest tutorials, here's a playlist to my free classes from this year. ua-cam.com/video/pQFGLCVLrKA/v-deo.html
I have just discovered you! I love how happy and upbeat your videos are. I am considering upgrading to the Explore and you have taught me a lot on how to navigate DS. I have a question please. With CCR we can see our mats. Can you place things on a mat with DS? It seems like it uses a bunch of mats.
Ok. I am writing on the out side of the card. I, also, want to write on the inside of the card. However, I do not have the “Edit” tab like you are showing. How can I flip it with the my DS?
you can't do both, you have to add a piece to glue to either the front or inside, I suggest a rectangle 1/4" smaller than the size of the card so it has a frame around it.
I tried it and it didn’t come out to well I think I changed too much. I did stars instead of circles and it didn’t score directly in the middle so I will try again in the future but thanks so much for the tutorial !
How do I edit and mirror an image in DS with a cricut explore air 2? I am following you up until the point to flip the card to write on the inside? Please help. Thanks =)
Does this work on the mobile app? I’ve tried multiple times and it’s not working. I try to select both the square and the score line and the slice and other buttons are not clickable like you stated. That’s as far as I can get lol
Melody Lane I didn’t attach them. At first I did because of a previous video but then I restarted. I put the square the size I wanted, put the score line in and selected both and it still wouldn’t show slice or any other button.
On laptop there is a way to get the right click on the touch pad, I think double tap, not sure I use a mouse with my MacBook and iPad just use the buttons for each feature in the app. I am not sure why I said to left click in this video it’s an older video, but you can still do anything with out the mouse.
today I just found out about these machines, never knew about these machines. Have a few questions, please can someone answer them for me?.. From what I have gathered, these machines cut through different materials. Do I need to pay to use their services (after trial if there is one?) Can I not just design my own work and send it to the machine to print/cut? -- if this is possible which machine will allow me to do this?
holy cow, please lower your voice. I had headphones in and you practically blew my eardrum out. With that said, I found the video very informative and helpful. I think you should show the finished product before going into the whole video so people can see exactly what they would be making.
I've been doing exactly what you've suggested here but I'm still struggling a bit. I know you have all the answers, I just gotta figure out how to follow you. If you go to 19:21 or so you'll see an example of you moving too fast. It goes something like this, "oh I forgot, let's go back. Here, do this, OK now go here..." It's as if I should know what the do this and go here mean...you go to two different drop downs but I am not sure why or what or how. Thanks for all your answers to these comments, they've helped a ton! I am a little OCD and need explanations as to the why. Sorry, for bugging you on all these comments, but I do like your info and vids and you seem to be the most knowledgeable thus far in my search for help. Sorry, Melody...you're too good to pass up! :-)
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You move so quickly through your instructions for the newbies that it is still all greek to me!
Not a newbie now. This answered my questions on how to make a caerd! Thanks Melody, miss you!
I've worked with the cricut craftroom alongside my cricut mini, but just got the cricut explore air 2 as a gift and the design studio is new to me. Learning all the buttons and their uses and benefits needs a visual guide like this.
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I was able to follow and make a 5x7 card using simple boxes, an image, and words!
OMG! Did I ever learn a lot with this video! I could give you the biggest hug right now! I tried a card and it was a big success...so so happy! I did it on my MacBook Pro, and I just discovered how to centre the front part of the card on my IPad!!!
love the way you teach! Makes it make sense
Whoa! This tutorial is a gift that keeps on giving!
I agree that it's a bit fast, BUT...I like to watch first, to see the concept. THEN after watching once or twice or...Try it myself. The PAUSE button is my BFF.
Thanks for this!
Exactly what I do...PAUSE is awesome!
Finally, someone has got it right, thank you,I've been a Brother machine user, got the Cricut maker and struggled to understand how to make cards from it but not anymore great Video :-)
CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS----YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
Thank you so much for the tutorial I am a newbie and I have been having trouble with writing inside the card when I saw you do it I said ...Oh my goodness this is how you do it and it is so easy . thank you so much I will be waiting for more !!!!
You are so welcome! I am glad I could help! Happy crafting!
Thank you so much for sharing. I never did a card before. Now...with your help, I did it.
Great video Thank you Melody for all of the FUN HARD WORK YOU DO FOR ALL OF US.
Learning so much from your videos. This was the first one that I tried step by step while watching the video. Love the pause, rewind feature. I can do it as much as needed until it sinks in. :) Getting there! Thank you so much.
Love it ! Not boring. Very upbeat. Just started really learning how to use my Cricut Explore Air 2 and I am having a great time learning all these new things! Yes, it was a bit quick, but the beauty of youtube is you rewind :) Keep posting!!
Good tutorial Melody and I loved the one that came on before with the dramatic music and the add about 2 day shipping. I loved that dramatic music. Anyway I'll be watching again next time you're on. This was helpful to me as it's very confusing about what you can and can't do. thanks for the lesson. pat
Hi Melody, I ran across this tutorial and am soooooo glad I did. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into teaching new cricut users like me how to use the tools. This video in particular really helped me with making cards using slice, weld, and attach. If I could figure out how to insert a picture, I would show you what I made. Again, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I was so frustrated and ready to return the Cricut Maker. I am very new and can’t thank you enough!
Great video!!! I was starting to feel overwhelmed and found this video and feel so relieved!
Thank for the how to write inside the card. I have had such a hard time with it.
I made a card similar to this with the Cricut Craftroom, but it took me forever. The Design Studio has streamlined my card making. Thanks for the tutorial!
This was great! Information-packed, & 100% useful for when this newbie wants to attempt his own design made completely from scratch! Thanks for sharing!
Love it, I just wish you showed the finished product. I'm a newbie and I think if I could see the final it would help in putting all the information together in my Newbie brain ;)
I did in the beginning, when the video starts. anything I made after that I had no idea how it was going to turn out until I made it.
I am new to crafting and my new Maker, but this is exactly what I was looking for! Can't wait to try it tomorrow! Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful = making cards tonight - thanks
This video answered so many questions thank you so much, I cannot wait to try this out.
Thank You!!! You are a fantastic teacher. This helped me so much!
Awesome video! Not just the same old thing. Love it!
This was sooooo helpful
Can't wait to try this. Great video!
Fantastic! So much information presented in a useful way. Thanks!
You are so amazing! So glad I found you
Really thorough tutorial! Thanks Melody :)
Thanks so much Melody! I'm a newbie and this was such a great way to learn new skills! I followed your video and was able to make my first card! I posted a picture in your facebook group :)
I'm new here and someone recommended me to Melony Lane ,I just got a Cricut explore air 2 on Dec 29th 2020
Welcome, I hope you learn a what you need to here. If possible try to catch a love video you will learn so much from the chat not just me
The video was useful for understanding how to write on the card .
THANKS! Now I look forward to having a go1
As usual very informative and fun to watch.
Excellent video! Thank you so much!
WOW!! a lot of info! Thank You so much!
This was AWESOME! Thank you so much, can't wait to get started on my card🤗
Great tutorial as usual. Thanks for sharing.
This is so timely! I was wondering how to get the score line centered. Thanks!
Thank you. I thought I knew how to do all this but guess what! As always I learned somethings new from your video. So enjoy watching you.
Wow, I learn so much from you. Thank you
Oh my goodness! thank u sooo much !
Melody Lane yes ! I had no idea how to do all that. I am slowly learning, but thanks to you and all your videos including your complete guide to DESIGN SPACE, I am getting their most out of my circut. xoxo
the most out of my cricut.
Wow! This was very helpful.
Used your code just last night to purchase on cricut.
Fantastic!!!
AWESOME!!!!
Awsome video!!
Tablet qued up to UA-cam video.....✔
Computer qued up to Design Space.....✔
And......GO!
Thank you so much for your video, I have learnt so much! :)
Thank you!
thank you for this!
Thank you can't wait to make a card Please show how to make a 3D card too .
Hi Melody Just new to cricut and found you class love it i did all in design space it work great but when i went to cut it wrote it it cut it but it cut my card in 1/2 so when i went to pill it help
Great Video! I made a card base that's a rectangle with rounded corners. How can I round the inside corners by the score line? That way, when I fold the card, all 4 corners are rounded.
Is this possible using a Cricut Explore Air 2?
Eeeeeek love it!
Melody, How do you make the cuts on the corner to insert the paper on the inside?
This was very hard to follow for a newbie!
Can you provide the link to this guide, please? I looked through all of your videos and I could not find it. I even 'searched' for it and for a brief moment something popped up with the title but just as quickly as it popped up, it disappeared.
I agree with some of the other comments, you've got great info, but it is difficult to follow along for a newbie. I think because I'm trying to follow but am distracted by your thoughts, rearranging, working through it yourself. It would be really cool if you re-posted this video but instead of you speaking as you think and process and create, you do a voice-over. What I mean is as you watch it, you describe what you're doing in terms of the technical aspects. I.E. when you show us how to add a shape and change it, you explain just the technical aspect. In this video you are moving your mouse around quickly, slicing, duplicating, etc. many times, all the while/each move you are saying what you're doing...but if you were to do a voice over you could spend more time explaining the process once even though you're doing it several times. Am I making any sense?
Sorry, I know for you experienced Cricut users this all seems elementary, but if people are going to post instructional videos than they should try and imagine the first day they tried the machine. There are lots of videos out there, and bless you all for trying to help us newbies because Cricut's own videos lack specifics, but it's the basics, the little details that newbies do not know.
I'm not trying to be critical, you put on a fairly professional video, you sharing your knowledge and expertise is very much appreciated...God knows us newbies need all the help we can get. I've watched more than 50 Cricut videos and your is by far the best so far...I just wish you could take it down a notch and go basic - beginner mode. :-) Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thanks, Meli C! Now, if Melody would be able and willing to do this for some of her videos, we all will be experts in no time, eh? :-)
Melody Lane...attending your live classes sounds perfect for me! What time do you air them? Also, please know, it is not my intention to be critical, as I previously stated, your videos are quite good. You do a good job including explanations and such. There are so many videos that claim to be for beginners, but they really are not. I've been looking for the steps or level of information that comes after the "out of the box" videos. So often I get lost because of terminology...contantly rewinding and/or pausing while I go look something up so that watching the current makes more sense. One of the things that keeps me confused, is the quick advancement and production of the machines. People who have known about and/or owned Cricuts for a while are aware of the changes, but to me, it's a blur. As a trainer who often covers the same info multiple times, I am fully aware how hard it is to keep the interests of people from multiple levels of knowledge...so, I am definitely not trying to critique...but I thought I'd ask for more detialed help - never know until you try, right? Anyhew, I look forward to catching some of your live classes. I've been looking for local classes, but none of the local craft stores offer anything on cutting, yet...keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks again. Happy Cricuting!!!
@@AndreaStevens2012 I found it no problem by searching her channel - typed in "Complete Guide", popped right up, first one on the list - ua-cam.com/video/et3-_SiFnGE/v-deo.html
Does this work on the mobile app? I’ve tried multiple times and it doesn’t work.
Great video, THANKS for sharing! I'm in the middle of a project and am stuck...can you please tell me if you attached your project to a shape before sending to the machine or did you send to cut as is seen in the last clip of this video? Any further instruction would be most awesome!
@@melodylane Thank you, no worries on the time frame. I have not figured it out yet as I put it aside until I heard back. I love your videos and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge...I learn something new each time I watch.
I think with a regular keyboard to choose 2 items, I held down the shift key and clicked each item and then aligned .
Melody, what do you prefer to use to 'glue' all the pieces of the card together?
Hi Melody, thanks a lot for your fantastic tutorials! Am a newby and happy about every help I can get. I have several questions: As things have to be cut, scored and written you'll have to change the scorepen to the writing pen. What will the machine do first, writing or scoring and how can I see this ? Will I have to load the mat twice then? Thank in advance Manu
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. I HAVE ONE QUESTION HOW DID YOU GET THE WORDS TO STACK ON TOP OF EACH OTHER?
Thank you so much for sharing
I just got my cricut a few days ago and am overwhelmed! Thanks for this video, super helpful. I would have loved to see it all of the way through to printing... I'm guessing that if you did different colors on the card, you would need different sheets of colored paper and then would have had to glue those onto the main card, right? Appreciate this, thanks!
Hi Melody, I just wanted to know if work the same with the Cricut maker? I just brought my Cricut maker and I’m clueless
Design Space is the same for the Explore machines and the Maker! If you want to check out some of my latest tutorials, here's a playlist to my free classes from this year. ua-cam.com/video/pQFGLCVLrKA/v-deo.html
How do I make the smile card which is a cut and draw in the font but I also want the cricut to write something for me on the inside how do I do that?
I am looking for a video to do a simple wedding invite with images text and even writing? Im a little lost with this one?
Im trying to cut a heart and a letter in the middle also cut?
I have just discovered you! I love how happy and upbeat your videos are. I am considering upgrading to the Explore and you have taught me a lot on how to navigate DS. I have a question please. With CCR we can see our mats. Can you place things on a mat with DS? It seems like it uses a bunch of mats.
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Ok. I am writing on the out side of the card. I, also, want to write on the inside of the card. However, I do not have the “Edit” tab like you are showing. How can I flip it with the my DS?
you can't do both, you have to add a piece to glue to either the front or inside, I suggest a rectangle 1/4" smaller than the size of the card so it has a frame around it.
@@melodylane Ok. Thanks for you assistance and quick response.
How do I become a Parton? I know u commented on another post I can’t find it?
I tried it and it didn’t come out to well I think I changed too much. I did stars instead of circles and it didn’t score directly in the middle so I will try again in the future but thanks so much for the tutorial !
How do I edit and mirror an image in DS with a cricut explore air 2? I am following you up until the point to flip the card to write on the inside? Please help. Thanks =)
Never mind, got it. Thanks!
i dont got it!!! ?????
I don't have and undo button on my cricut design space. Where is it?
Does this work on the mobile app? I’ve tried multiple times and it’s not working. I try to select both the square and the score line and the slice and other buttons are not clickable like you stated. That’s as far as I can get lol
Brittany Stedding you can’t slice a score line, you can’t have a score line grouped or attached to slice. You can only have 2 times selected to slice.
Melody Lane I didn’t attach them. At first I did because of a previous video but then I restarted. I put the square the size I wanted, put the score line in and selected both and it still wouldn’t show slice or any other button.
Do you have a video or is there a way to create your own pop up card with your own image?
do you need to use a mouse? if not, how do I click left?
Deerheart Studio Arts what device re you using?
Melody Lane , Thanks for replying. I use the iPad & Macbook Pro (no mouse)
On laptop there is a way to get the right click on the touch pad, I think double tap, not sure I use a mouse with my MacBook and iPad just use the buttons for each feature in the app. I am not sure why I said to left click in this video it’s an older video, but you can still do anything with out the mouse.
today I just found out about these machines, never knew about these machines.
Have a few questions, please can someone answer them for me?..
From what I have gathered, these machines cut through different materials.
Do I need to pay to use their services (after trial if there is one?)
Can I not just design my own work and send it to the machine to print/cut? -- if this is possible which machine will allow me to do this?
Thankyou for replying quickly to my question.
This is great news for me as I can use my own designs and send them to the machine to print.
Just one more question. What is the biggest sized "paper" it can take? can it take upto a max a4 size or a3 size?
Left mouse button? I’m new and on an iPad. How do I find “left mouse button”?
i have the explorer air 2 and i don't have "edit" how do i flip the card?
it just has cut copy and paste. there is a flip button. do i just flip horizontally?
thanks so much for a quick reply!!!
I followed all the steps and now it’s not letting me weld? I’m doing it on my iPad does that have anything to do with it?
Emily Yyyy you have to have more than one thing selected and you can not weld writing
I made the card but instead of printing the words it cut them out. What did I do wrong?
Why does your design space look different than mine?
Mrs. Melody what paper do you use to make cards is it plain cardstock paper or something else? Thanks so much! I love your videos!!
Melody Lane yes ma’am thank you so much 😍😍
Does it matter what size cardstock paper and can you tell me where I get it from or what brand you use... I am a newbie 😩
I can't go further since I'm trying press q on my keyboard. Nothing is happening when I'm doing this... Heeellllpppp
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This was very instructional however i am just wanting to do a simple wedding invite
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holy cow, please lower your voice. I had headphones in and you practically blew my eardrum out. With that said, I found the video very informative and helpful. I think you should show the finished product before going into the whole video so people can see exactly what they would be making.
A lot of good info but too much fast forward for me. Also I work form an iPad so not all directions are the same
A design space video for the iPad would be most helpful for you then.
Lol this is complicated and I'm tech savvy
Melody Lane I am trying. I will need to practice. I appreciate these videos. It's a big learning curve
I'm sitting here, thinking the exact same thing. LOL...I'm lost! :-)
You go way too fast for use beginners...
Very confusing.... you need to explain what you are doing and why.
I've been doing exactly what you've suggested here but I'm still struggling a bit. I know you have all the answers, I just gotta figure out how to follow you. If you go to 19:21 or so you'll see an example of you moving too fast. It goes something like this, "oh I forgot, let's go back. Here, do this, OK now go here..."
It's as if I should know what the do this and go here mean...you go to two different drop downs but I am not sure why or what or how. Thanks for all your answers to these comments, they've helped a ton! I am a little OCD and need explanations as to the why. Sorry, for bugging you on all these comments, but I do like your info and vids and you seem to be the most knowledgeable thus far in my search for help. Sorry, Melody...you're too good to pass up! :-)
AWESOME!!!!!