I recently worked on this video for those of you who are unsure which Explore you should get.

All Cricut machines can cut an unbelievable variety of materials, such as paper, vinyl, iron on, shrink film, acrylic, heavy or lightweight chipboard, cork, fun foam, fabric, leather and many more.

The Explore One has only one cutting head and you can purchase a bluetooth adapter and a pen adapter so that the Explore One can do all of the same things that the Explore Air can do.

The Explore Air has two cutting heads so that you can use the blade and a scoring stylus or pen without having to swap out the blade. Everything can be done in one go.

Both are ON SALE right now so if you have been thinking about getting one, now is the time.

For more information on the wide range of thick materials the Explore One can cut, watch my video below.

At this time, I am giving back to all of my YouTube subscribers in the form of a $25 coupon for anything in my Ecwid store. There is no purchase required whatsoever -- you can go in and order up to $25 worth of cutting files and fonts and not pay a penny. The only restriction is that each person can only use the coupon once. This will go on until the end of August. I just want to hit that magic number of 100,000 subscribers!

To get the coupon, first subscribe to my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/homevidka ... then send an e-mail message to me at scrappydiva@macroconsulting.com ...

You must use the words YouTube subbie in the subject line exactly.

If you have just subscribed, I will be able to match up your e-mail message and the notification I receive from YouTube. If you were already a subscriber, send me a screen shot or photo of your screen that shows you are subscribed to my channel.

Please understand that the point of this is to increase my subscribers so you must be subscribed when I check. Once I have been able to check, I will send the coupon code to you with instructions. Thank you so much for your support.

Just when you thought that Cricut's Explore® machine couldn't get any more amazing, they are now introducing their Cricut Explore Air!

This new machine has all the incredible features of the Cricut Explore®, but now it has built-in Bluetooth technology - so your projects can go wherever you go! In addition to being able to cut just about anything, including leather, balsa wood, fabric, vinyl, craft foam, and even silk, cartridges are also included in the software. So anytime you want to use a different cartridge, you just do a quick search on your iPad and it brings up all the images on the cart. How efficient is that?! 

By far this is the most advanced electronic cutting machine on the market with an unbelievable amount of helpful, time-saving features. While there are almost too many to mention, I can't resist sharing a few more of my favorites:

• It's wireless and compatible with Cricut Design Space iPad app.
• Since it's wireless, all projects can be saved to the cloud, which allows users to conveniently swap between their laptop and iPad.
• Cartridges are linked to your Cricut ID and delivered over the cloud. So once you've loaded a cartridge, you have it everywhere you go.
• There's no overlay simply because it's not needed! You just lay all of your cuts out in the Cricut Design Space app and you can see everything you are cutting all at once. So goodbye handbooks!
• It comes with a ton of "make-it-now" projects. You just send them straight to the machine and they are ready to go. You can also customize them with your own font and images!
• Fonts and images can be uploaded for free - the machine can actually print writing that looks just like handwriting! You can also draw and upload pictures to the machine without having to cut anything out.

The Cricut Explore Air is really just amazing - and so fun to use! If you've been thinking about upgrading your cutting machine, now is the time to do it! Especially since you can get free shipping with the code MARCHSHIP. Now you can really cut a rug to celebrate!

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking through my links. 

If you want to see what all the excitement is about, check out my video below where I show you how easy peesy it is to set up the Cricut Explore Air with the Design Space iPad app.

Note that both the Explore Air and iPad app will be launched early next week.

Join us at I LUV my Cricut for the HSN launch and tons of giveaways all this weekend and into next week. We are giving away coupons for SVG files, bluetooth adapters for the original Explore AND an Explore Air!!!!

We are so excited about the launch of the Cricut Explore Air and we want you to be as excited as we are. On the night of the HSN launch, we will be running a giveaway in our launch party event.

One lucky group member will win an Explore Air, which is the same as the current Explore, but has built-in bluetooth. We will also have two bluetooth adapters to give away. These can be added to the current Explore to give it the same capabilities as the Explore Air.

Full details are in the I LUV my Cricut group. Look for the Explore Air HSN Launch Party Giveaway event.

The Rafflecopter form below is the one you need to complete as part of the entry in the contest.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

In anticipation of the imminent launch of the new Cricut Design Space, I am giving away a $75 coupon to my Etsy shop in which you can choose many different SVG files that you can cut with your Explore.

You can use the coupon to pay for existing files and fonts, or you can use it to pay for custom designs. You can even use part of the coupon to pay for my Commercial License so that you can use the designs to make items you sell.

To enter, you will need to click on the Rafflecopter giveaway form below and then follow the instructions. You must be subscribed (new or existing subscriber) to my YouTube channel to win and this is the requirement in the Rafflecopter giveaway.

The contest will run until midnight on February 18 to coincide with the HSN launch of the Cricut Explore Air, the new Design Space and the iPad app for Design Space.

Good luck everybody!!!

a Rafflecopter giveaway