Cricut Cartridges Guide

Find Cricut Cartridges On Sale!

admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:18:06 +0000

Having looked all over the internet for deals on Cricut cartridges, I can say for sure that it is difficult to find discounted prices. Sometimes your too late for the sale, and most of the time it's on cartridges that you either already have, or simply don't want. Furthermore, the local craft shop that carries Cricut doesn't let me use my weekly coupon on Cricut items.

In all my internet searches, nothing comes close to the price and selection of Ebay.com. Trusted for years as a source of fantastic variety and great deals, Ebay.com is your one stop shop to cheap Cricut cartridges. Though rare, I have seen Cricut cartridges go as low as $4.99! For ease of use I have included links to all the Cricut cartridges on sale on Ebay.com.

I have found it's best to sign up for Paypal.com as well. Paypal is a trusted partner with Ebay and is accepted by almost every seller as a primary way of payment. It's nice because the small cost of using Paypal is charged to the seller and not you! It is free to sign up and very secure. I have been using it for more than 8 years without incident. As a matter of fact, the only Ebay transaction I had turn sour in 8 years of using Ebay was quickly refunded by Paypal after I initiated a dispute. It was simple, effective and timely. My experience has only increased my desire to use the internet as a means to shop. Paypal is also accepted outside of Ebay at many different websites making it a truly useful internet tool.

In addition to Ebay there are some other sites that I have used in the past to scour the internet for deals. Google's shopping (accessible from Google.com) is a nice way to search many vendors at once and lets you see the websites rating. There are also user reviews that allow you to spot trouble merchants from a mile away.

Craigslist.org is another site that I've had great luck with. It's a free online classified ad website with local websites catering to most every major U.S. area. It's updated constantly so patience is required and you must make it a habit to check it every couple of days. But the payoff is worth it. I have found plenty of furniture, a bike, even my two cats, and my dog! There is plenty of other stuff on it besides stuff for sale. It's worth it to check it out.

New Basketball Solutions Cricut Cartridge

admin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:08:22 +0000

Brand new in October 2008 is the newest addition to the solutions line of Cricut cartridges. As with any solutions cartridge this is chock full of basketball themed shapes, phrases, words, and images. This cartridge should satisfy anyone with a sports playing child or family member as the uses are endless. As it is part of the shape family it should have at least blackout and shadow as it's special features. I can't wait to see what Provocraft does with this one. It should retail for somewhere around $40. Can't wait!

New Hello Kitty Grettings Cricut Cartridge

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:59:47 +0000

This Cricut cartridge is a companion to the Hello Kitty Font Cartridge and is slated for release in October of 2008 along with the other 10+ new Cricut cartridges. It is a shape cartridge, and as such, should have tons of Hello Kitty shapes to use in all your crafting projects. It should retail for somewhere around $65.

New Hello Kitty Font Cricut Cartridge

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:53:01 +0000

I love the fact that Hello Kitty is coming to the Cricut. Matter of fact, there are going to be 2 Hello Kitty Cricut cartridges. It's nice to have Cricut partner with such high profile companies like Disney, Seasame Street, and now Hello Kitty. This cartridge is a font cartridge with a couple of neat, detailed shapes for every scrapbooking fan. It will be released in October 2008 and should retail for somewhere around $65. It's a bit more expensive probably because of the licensing fee that Provocraft needs to pay on a Cricut cartridge such as this one.

New Blackletter Cricut Cartridge

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:44:56 +0000

This new Cricut cartridge should appeal to all the medieval and gaelic fans out there. It looks to be a sort of an old(e) english font cartridge. It does have some neat shapes as well like celtic crosses and coat of arms. This Cricut cartridge should come ou in October 2008 along with the rest of the 10+ cartridges. It should also contain the blackout and shadow special features as that is what most cartridges have at a minimum. It should retail for somewhere around $40.

New Graphically Speaking Cricut Cartridge

admin — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:32:40 +0000

What a fantastic new cricut cartridge by Provocraft. It is named Graphically Speaking and is a shape cartridge. It looks like it might have 5 special features though from the picture it's tough to tell. At least it should have the standard shadow and blackout and the minimum. This one will be released sometime in October 2008 and will retail for somewhere around $60. Looks to be great for posters or teachers.

New Christmas Solutions Cricut Cartridge

Sammy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:10:27 +0000

Provocraft just announced 10+ new Cricut cartridges. What a great time to be a scrapper! This one is called Christmas Solutions and looks to have a ton of christmas shapes on it. It should at the minimum have shadow and blackout, but who knows what other special features this cartridge will have. It should retail around $40 or so and is slated for release sometime in October of 2008. This will join the other 2 christmas cartridges joys of the season, and Christmas Cheer. Boy I'm excited to create wonderful, handmade christmas cards and gift tags!

-Sammy

Stretch Your Imagination Cricut Cartridges Review

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:42:12 +0000

Stretch Your Imagination (Item 29-0422 and UPC 093573504228) is another item in the shape family of Cricut Cartridges. It was designed by David Walker who also designed the ZooBalloo and Paper Pups Cricut Cartridges. It retails for $89.99, though there are ways to get discount Cricut cartridges.

This Cricut Cartridge features foundations keys. This can be used to create a solid version of the shapes in the cartridge. This can be useful for creating thank you cards, or layering shapes to create your own special card. Combine them with the other creative features on this Cricut cartridge, or other Cricut Cartridges for unique gift cards!

There are many many different shapes that are on this item. Phrases are also included as well. Shapes like: ice cream cones, watermelons, bikes, sunflowers, turtles, beach items, pumpkins, squirrels, trees, buses, school themed items, Christmas themed items and much, much more. There are tags and envelopes available for your use too.

The creative features available on this cartridge are: Layers, Silhouette, Card, Card Frame, Shadow, and Blackout. Layers creates small pieces that are used on top of the base shape to give a 3D layered look to your project. These can also be cut out on different textures or colors to really make your project pop. Silhouette cuts out the perimeter of the base shape, while card cuts out a rectangle card with holes already punched out. These can be used with string or ribbon to attach your card to a gift. The card frame shape cuts out an empty rectangle of various styles (it depends on the base shape). Shadow and blackout are features on most Cricut Cartridges.

All in all Stretch your imagination is worth every penny of the admission price. This Cricut Cartridge is sure to inspire your projects to the next level. Check back often for other write ups of your favorite Cricut Cartridges.

Home Accent Solutions Cricut Cartridge Review

admin — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:06:17 +0000

The Home Accent Solutions Cricut Cartridge is another really popular item. The item number for Home Accent Solutions is 29-0542 and the UPC code is 093573305429. It is part of the shape line of Cricut Cartridges.

As with all the Cricut Cartridges, home accent solutions is compatible with both the original Cricut cutting machine, and the Cricut expression machine.

It comes with the keyboard overlay, the instruction manual and the Cricut cartridge itself, and retails for $49.99. Of course you can always find them for cheaper.

The Cricut cartridge contains a fantastic array of shapes and phrases. 50 to be exact. There are tons of flower-like doily shapes as well as some doily shapes that remind me of snowflakes. There are leaves and plant stems, and butterflies in the same doily type style. The doily theme is carried through to boarders useful for scrapbooking layouts or framing pictures. There are straight lines in the same style as well.

Some phrases included with Home Accent Solutions is "welcome," "imagine," "dream," "home," "family," "inspire," "faith," "grow," "live, laugh, love," and "love," with a heart.

The special features featured on the cartridge are shadow and blackout.

Overall, the Home Accent Solutions Cricut Cartridge is a fantastic value for your scrapbooking dollar. It remains very popular today as when it was released. To find a great deal on Cricut cartridges, be sure to check out my post entitled "Where to find cheap Cricut cartridges."

Locker Talk Cricut Cartridge Review

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:06:28 +0000

Locker Talk (Item Number 29-0289, UPC Code 093573102899) is part of the shape line of Cricut Cartridges. It is a very popular Cricut cartidges designed by Linda Burrell. Linda Burrell has also designed A Walk In My Garden, and My Community Cricut Cartridges.

Locker Talk is supplied with a handbook (manual), keyboard overlay, and the new Cricut cartridge itself. It is compatible with both the Orginal Cricut Cutting Machine, and the Cricut Expression Cutting Machine.

It is a wonderfully useful addition to your Cricut collection and is one of the most sought after Cricut Cartridge. It was designed for all things school, and education. It's great for graduation projects, back to school layouts, dances, proms, and any other school related function.

Some of the items featured are an apple, school buildings, glue, crayons, pencils, a ruler, hopscotch, a diploma, a graduation hat, a pennant, an i-Pod, a cellphone, a camera, a flash, a many phrases. The phrases include "pep rally," "honor roll," "boys rule," "no boys allowed," "show and tell," "homecoming," "kindergarten," and most grades. This cartridge is perfect for your child's school memories. It makes a great gift for graduating students, whether they are graduating from elementary, middle school, high school, or college!

There is an envelope too, so you can wrap your projects up in a theme appropriate wrap. There are also 3 foundation keys, with the envelope being one of them.

The 6 creative features on the Locker Talk Cricut Cartridge are:

Layers
Phrase / Layers
Card
Book Cover
Shadow
Blackout

Blackout is featured on all Cricut cartridges so I will not talk about it here. Shadow is another common creative feature and it creates a solid version of the shapes which is useful for layering. Layers splits the shapes into it's most basic shapes allowing you to cut each shape in a different color, or texture. This allows a very 3D look to your project and it is easy to do! Phrase / Layers will cut a phrase and the background for that phrase allowing another way to add a layered custom look to your scrapbook.

Card and book cover are similar in that they create a large solid block with a small cutout shape. The holes, however, are located in different spots allowing them to be used in different ways. With Book cover, the holes are located on the left hand side of the card. You can run string or ribbon through the holes and create a neat book scrapbooking project. With Card, the holes are located in the middle of the card which allows it to be folded neatly in two and attached to whatever you wish.

Overall, Locker Talk provides a significant value for your creative scrapbooking dollar. You will not be disappointed by this purchase!