Cricut Design Space 4+

I’m very very new to crafting full stop! The ultimate beginner.
One of the reasons I decided to purchase my Cricut machine was because of this app. It really did appealed to me because I knew I could design products when I had a spare 5 minutes here and there rather than waiting to get home and fire up the laptop.
At first, I was very excited when I downloaded the app as I couldn’t wait to get started, but this soon turned to me being confused when I first launched this app, I followed the set up new machine and first project tutorial which seemed easy but I actually didn’t take anything in, i was a little over confident really and that’s because I jumped in feet first and thought how hard can this be, surely it’s design, cut and go, however this all being said I’ve never created anything to this level before.
I decided to launch the design space on my laptop and do some well needed research and since then... wow what a great app!! When you actually understand how to use the tools and tab bars etc it is very easy. I am still only doing very simple products such as creating my own lettering and cutting out of vinyl but I’m getting there and this is also because I need additional tools for my Maker.
It’s so easy and convenient to use, it’s an absolute must have app for any Cricut user.

I saw how to make face shields on the Cricut Maker and decided to help provide them to care frontliners. With donations via friends and family to the Justgiving Page I set up, I received an amazing sum and put it towards my new Cricut Maker and accessories. With the balance I bought acetate, foam and elastic and set to work. Within minutes I was churning out cuts from the templates and in my first two days have produced 90 face shields to be donated to a large pharmacy, my local hospice, and a care home. It’s all gone without a hitch on this fantastic machine, and I am looking to my target of 1000 shields. I am confident my Cricut will help my reach my goal, and then I want to explore its full capabilities when this awful lockdown is over. Keep safe! 🌈🌈🌈

I started using the iPhone app at first as was just getting used to things really. I started with an explore air 2 but now have a maker 3. I find it’s easy and good to upload files to design space from your phone. However the app lacks hugely in a lot of the options available on iPad and then even more available on windows/pc. The iPad app has issues also. I’ve had the most issues with texts and find this is really glitchy. You have to zoom right in which then creates uneasiness as you can’t gage your design if that makes sense. Almost disorientates you as a user. Sometimes I just cannot enter texts at all, it just doesn’t work. Also there are issues with highlighting designs and fixing them together and/or slicing on the app. Sometimes it gives me the option to do that, other times it doesn’t. The range of options that are available on pc are just not there so it’s very limited and stops creativity. Print options are limited, viewing the cut/print/layers, also changing colours, is an awkward process. It’s frustrating. I really do think Cricut need to improve their iPhone app and make it a lot more user friendly. I don’t like it all that much, much prefer Canva at present. The windows app is a lot better but even that can have its moments but generally it’s allows for much more creative freedom.