Two new creative appliances have just landed in Australia: the Cricut Joy 2 and Cricut Explore 5, with both adding more tools, materials, and guidance to kickstart craft projects.
The Cricut Joy 2 is the sequel to the brand’s smallest cutting machine, made for creating your own labels, cards, and decals. Priced at $249, the Joy 2 comes as part of a bundle that includes an assortment of cardstock, vinyl, transfer tape, and iron-on sheets out of the box.
New to Cricut’s upgraded compact cutting machine is the ability to make fully coloured stickers. Its “Print Then Cut” sensor can recognise printed images and precisely cut around them, making the customised stickers possible.
Another upgrade comes in the form of the Cricut Joy 2’s ability to cut more materials. Cricut advertises compatibility with “75+” materials, up from the original Joy’s (and the Joy Xtra’s) 50+.
Launching at the same time, the Cricut Explore 5 is a slimmer iteration of an appliance that can do all sorts of cutting and design projects, including customised clothes. It’s 30 per cent smaller than the previous model, taking up less space.
In Australia, the Cricut Explore 5 costs $449 for the Essential Bundle, including many of the same materials as the Joy 2, albeit in larger sizes. Both appliances hit stores, including Spotlight and Officeworks, on 6 March.
Across Cricut’s entire range, the company has also updated its Design Space app. It’s a platform that helps control each device, including a library of designs and instructions for different crafts.
New to the updated platform are “Guided Flows” to help walk Cricut users through projects step-by-step, including what materials and tools they need. When using one of these guides, projects automatically apply the size of the selected medium (i.e. shirts or mugs), providing a preview of the end result.
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