If you’re just starting with a new Cricut machine, mastering Transfer Tape is one of the smartest skills you can pick up.

The Design Space app is great for lining things up and duplication, so if you design something like a paper rose once, you can just as easily make 50 of them using the Venture.

Cricut is updating the machines’ accompanying software, Design Space, by putting caps on uploads that could restrict the number of projects Cricut owners are actually able to make.