Cricut Cartridges Guide

Find Cheap Cricut Cartridges On Sale!

Sammy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:43:06 +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 them go as low as $4.99! For ease of use I have included a list of all the Cricut cartridges on sale on Ebay.

NEW Cricut Gypsy!!

NEW Cricut Gypsy!

RARE Colored Expressions!

Original Expression and the other machines!

NEW Cricut Cartridges!!!

Older Cartridges (They are still good though!)

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 on Cricut cartridges. 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.

Jubilee Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:40:49 +0000

Jubilee Font Cricut Cartridge

Jubilee cartridge is another font cartridge from Provo Craft. It has a complete set of alphabet, numbers, common punctuation marks, symbols, icons, and phrases. Other creative features included in the package are that of flags and villages icons. This package is appropriate for mothers who do simple scrapbooks and other projects. You’ll also love how this complete set will respond to your every need when it comes to putting labels on pictures made from cut outs produced by your friendly electronic cutting machine.

Aside from the set of complete letters and numbers from 0 – 9, it also includes favorite words and phrases usually seen on greeting cards such as “Love You,” “Hooray,” “You Rock,” “Enjoy,” “Merry Christmas,” addressors “To” and “From” and many others. True enough, many users of this cartridge save extra time and effort in making scrapbooks and other paper designs. This is so because all they have to do is just push a button and the machine will be in charge of all the cutting and designing of letters or icons they want to use. Moreover, you can also be assured of more precise designs of fonts because you will be using automatic paper cutter. Likely, the result will be a wonderful and perfectly designed custom-made paper craft.

Talking about projects, Jubilee is the right cartridge if you are waiting for projects to spruce up on you. Because of its simplicity in style and the responsiveness brought about by the completeness in package of letters, numbers, and symbols, you can use this cartridge to produce cards, artistic paper designs, stickers for school things, frame borders, and miniature books aside from scrapbooks.

In fact, such cartridge already has established a stable market, the mothers. Mothers prefer this cartridge because for them, it is more user-friendly. They also delight on the fact that it includes the shapes they commonly look for like flowers, hearts, butterflies and the like.

Mothers are usually the ones more inclined to creating laborious scrapbooks, greeting cards, and other beautiful designs and paper crafts. That is why Provo Craft and Cricut both understand their growing demands for cartridges like this one. In fact, Provo Craft has even launched a Mother’s Day Special just recently to give mothers around the world a treat-offering them this cartridge at a very reasonable price plus with fat discounts. This promo has proven its effectiveness because most mothers did not waste any time and grabbed the opportunity to have their own Jubilee cartridge.

Cheap Cricut Create On Sale

Sammy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:42:23 +0000

Provo Craft released its first ever cutting machine under the Cricut line in July of 2006. Since that time, a lot of scrapbookers and paper crafters had become instant followers of the brand. Due to the immense popularity of the machine and its cartridges, it has also released the Cricut Expression line in less than a year after. Just last year, Cricut has launched one of its highly acclaimed cutter lines with Cricut Create. Known to provide only the best when it comes to the world of arts and crafts, Cricut has done it again with their new cutting machine in Cricut Create. Loyal fans of the brand will still enjoy the same cutting and designing techniques as what they have always loved with Provo Craft products. The only thing that is different is that, the challenge of creativity is now doubled compared to before. A lot of individuals are now able to make use of newly designed cartridges especially for those with Cricut Create.

The Cricut Create has a unique combination unlike other products from the same line. When compared to the Cricut Expression, the cutter machine under Cricut Create almost has the same functionality as that of Expression’s. This makes it easier for a lot of people to adapt to the new device presented by the company. What’s even better is that it also bridges the gap between Cricut Expression and the original Cricut by showcasing portability in the new Cricut Create. As what most experts say, having a machine from Cricut Create is like having both a cutting machine from the original Cricut and the Cricut Expression. For those who have always been faithful to each and every release of the company, this is indeed a wonderful opportunity to enhance the level of outputs brought about by these machines. The Cricut Creates is also sold with a free Don Juan font shape cartridge as well as a cutting mat that measures around six by twelve inches. As soon as you buy your own machine, you can immediately set off to work with your new scrapbook or greeting cards. It also has a unique eight-way blade that is guaranteed to cut through any thick paper, regardless of the material. It still keeps the same center point and flip function as many people loved with Cricut Expression. If you are looking for the ultimate answer to your scrapbooking and paper design needs, you have it now with the new Cricut Create cutting machine.

Base Camp Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:28:17 +0000

As compared to ancient times, anyone today can do a very unique artwork without too much difficulty. That is because technology opened doors for art tools to be developed that will aid art fanatics in creating their very own masterpieces.

One of these latest innovations is the creation of the base camp cartridge that can help individuals in doing paper crafting easy. As a perfect art tool, this operates by automatically trimming papers into cool shapes and patterns. This helps reduce working time among individuals who loves and considers paper crafting as a fantastic hobby.

This superb invention is another brilliant idea of a master paper crafter, Heather Lancaster. She is a disciple of art since she was still in kindergarten. She loves colors, papers, and shapes. Her passion in cutting papers into different figures and sizes has become her inspiration in developing this unique cartridge that will help other art enthusiast in enhancing their work.

The base camp cartridge can be described as a formal unit of letters, numbers and symbols, since the characters were styled in a reserved manner. Curve lines and other fancy outlines were not utilized in designing the characters, but these characters can be arranged in different perspectives. That is, a user can either choose to arrange the letters to form words in a slanting position, or placed them in an alternating up-down order.

Some of the key features of the base camp cartridge include special keys that can cut the paper into several shapes, such as rectangle, dog tag, and tag. Other special keys that are included in the cartridge package are capable of enhancing the features of the characters, such as giving the letters, numbers, and symbol a shadow or a shadow blackout mode.

As with other cartridge, the base camp cartridge is also very useful in different projects. However, since it contains a more formal design, it is best to use for wedding invitations and anniversary greeting cards. But nevertheless, its purpose is not only limited to formal projects and it can be used to decorate notebook covers, diaries, photo album captions, posters, bulletin boards, party banners, and other greeting cards for special occasions.

The base camp cartridge is easy to use, and every package of it usually comes with a manual. It is very important to read the manual, because it outlines some useful tips on how to create layers using the foundation keys, and how to apply the special features appropriately.

Zooballoo Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:26:19 +0000

Zooballoo by David Walker is a cartridge that features – what else? – animals accompanying letters! In a wonderful, creative twist, Zooballoo combines the two, ending up with zany combinations of animals peeking out of individual letters. Aside from that, there are a couple of other unique features associated with the cartridge. First of all, the font is asymmetrical and informal, so the wackiness speaks for itself. Each letter may be accompanied by a certain distinct shape of an animal, from crocodiles, to lions to giraffes, or one may choose a distinctly different style such as Silhouette, Box, Card, Lower/Layer Shadow, Shadow and more. Those are examples of the special features only Zooballoo has. There are even phrases and scenes that can be cut, such as “It’s a party” or a series of mountains and/or waves.

The package comes with four equally important components: the cartridge itself, the manual, the keypad overlay and the binder. One can get to work immediately after laying down the keypad and installing the cartridge. Made by David Walker, a painter and artist all his life, Zooballoo reflects his former work on children’s books and greeting cards. He has had a special affection for dogs, cats and kids, and thus mostly dedicates the Zooballoo style to them.

Indeed, what better way to use Zooballoo than to cut out cute, animal-styled fonts for the most important child in one’s life? The catridge can be mostly used for greeting cards, invitations and scrapbook pages meant for children or animal-appreciating adults. Specifically, one has the perfect font when he or she wants to scrapbook a day in the zoo. Anything that has to do with animals already has the perfect font to complement wonderful pictures or drawings of various creatures.

All in all, an extensive myriad of styles can be used when dealing with Zooballoo. Want to jazz up a letter? Then place the shape of an animal next to, around, or in it. One can position the animal or style anywhere in such a way that customization is very much possible. A person doesn’t even have to use letters with animals all the time; he or she can just use animals and put them in colourful shapes. The inverse is also true when it comes to letters. All in all, the Zooballoo Cricut cartridge is the perfect cartridge for wacky people and animal-lovers everywhere.

Printing Press Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:23:20 +0000

The Printing Press Cartridge is one of the most innovative and unique cartridges that one will ever find. Consisting of various fonts, emblems and designs, people into arts and crafts will be impressed by the diversity offered all in one pack, with a common yet easily customizable theme. There are regular characters, yes, but for the more artistic people, there are also tall characters, clips, frames, shadows and tall, shadowed characters. The list goes on. Aside from being able to design letters and words that truly reflect printing presses from both the old and modern era, one is also given the choice of creating commonly seen phrases, such as “To”, “From”, “The”, “And”, and many more!

The pack comes with the actual cartridge, a handbook, a keypad overlay and a binder, all of which will make the entire process a lot easier than it actually looks. Created by Kerri Bradford, who has worked for years with font, Printing Press was made at the peak of her creativity. She has been scrapbooking for almost as long as she has been working with letters. Therefore, one can be assured that the product they are getting has been practiced and perfected by a true expert.

The process is simple: all one needs to do is to take out everything that comes in the package, and then position the keypad where it belongs. After inserting the cartridge and preparing the cutting mats, everything is set to be customized and the user can design letters in any way he or she desires. The characters simply need to be selected and then they will be cut out faster than someone can say “wow!”

What can Printing Press Cricut cartridge be used for? Most customers purchase the package for all their scrapbooking needs, but the truth is that almost everything requires words, and Printing Press is right there to provide them. Whether it’s making gift cards, invitations, fancy letters, or an entirely different art project, nothing is better than an almost-instant word maker that can continue churning out individual, fancy letters for one’s pleasure? Instead of having to waste money either buying computer ink or going to a craft store to buy overpriced, already-cut letters, Printing Press allows one to do it all by themselves, giving them the opportunity to make their own letters which will match the designs already formed in their heads.

Buy Printing Press today and enjoy the advantageous having an instantaneous letter-maker. The package is best-suited for people who are concentrating on a related theme, such as emulating a newspaper or reflecting olden times via the classic printing press. Zany headlines can be made, and so can sentimental messages that can spell out romantic words for a girlfriend, boyfriend, husband or wife. No matter what the purpose, Printing Press will cover all of one’s word-related needs and the end result will be made so much better. Beautifully-cut letters, inspiring designs and wonderful combination will motivate the artist to simply create more and more and show more innovation and ingenuity than ever before.

Makin’ the Grade Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:21:22 +0000

The Makin the Grade cartridge allows creativity and lots of fun especially when used to design albums and scrapbooks and all other creative materials that kids and adults love doing. The Makin’ the Grade font features all the letters in the alphabet both big and small, all numbers, and it also includes all special characters as well as punctuation marks. Aside from the characters, other special shapes are included such as hearts, stars, apples, and more. There are also phrases and words combines with shapes such as “#1 Teacher,” “#1 Student,” “and,” “the,” “To,” “From,” “Way 2 Go,” “Heart & Soul” “Grade,” “Hi, there,” “Happy Day,” “Memories,” and “Friends Forever.” With these letters and shapes, you can combine different characters with the different patterns on the Cricut keypad, which includes Tiles, Apples, Awards, Lockers, Shadow, and Shadow Blackout.

Cecelia Harris came up with the designs because of her love for reading and lettering. Her love for writing using her calligraphy pen brought her this artistic expression of creating fonts for Cricut. Cecelia owns Wordsworth, a stamps design company, and she and her husband live in Colorado Springs with their two daughters. Makin’ the Grade Cricut Cartridge was especially designed by Cecelia and intended it for scrapbooking children’s first years in school, like their kindergarten or early elementary years. The font is very much informal and uses rounded designs which make the characters look a lot more fun and attractive.

Along with this font cartridge are other creative features as mentioned previously. The Creative Features keys found in the Makin’ the Grade font cartridge include the Tiles, Apples, Awards, Lockers, Shadow, and Shadow Blackout. These are found on the uppermost left portion of the keypad overlay, and are labeled with the different names of the shapes. Use the Creative Features keys by simply selecting one before hitting on the CUT button on the keypad. The Makin’ the Grade also includes three Foundation keys which are the solid basic shapes used in the Creative Features. When using the Foundation keys, you can combine them by first selecting the creative feature, then the foundation shape, and the result will be a combination of the two shapes that have different colors and may also have a letter or character imprinted.

There are several exciting projects that can be done with the Makin’ the Grade font cartridge. One of the most useful would be the High School Memories Journal, which is a collection of photos and memorabilia coming from a teen’s high school years. It’s more fun and easier to remember high school friends, classmates, teachers, and events by looking through a journal filled with unique designs all made through the Makin’ the Grade Cricut artridge fonts and shapes. All that is needed to produce the High School Memories Journal would be Cricut cardstock in reds and pinks, and earth tones, dark red cardstock, white cardstock, a composition notebook, Gingham ribbon, adhesive tape or other forms of adhesive. Simply organize memorabilia onto the notebook and decorate the different pages using the Makin the Grade font and shapes, inserting phrases and words onto the pages, and creative exciting pictures which look more attractive and unforgettable.

The Makin’ the Grade font cartridge combines a unique set of letters and characters all created to suit the idea of schooling and learning. It is best used to portray memories organized into attractive-looking photo albums, journals, scrapbooks, and matchbooks, as well as cards and invitations to upcoming school events or event programmes.

Disney Mickey Font Cricut Cartridge

Sammy — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:19:48 +0000

Along with many other Disney designs and creations comes the Disney Mickey font cartridge. This font cartridge contains all letters of the alphabet including numbers and special characters and punctuation marks. Along with this exciting font cartridge from Provo Craft are special features such as the Mickey Tag, Mickey Charm, Mickey font silhouette, the End Caps, the Mickey font shadow, and the End Caps shadow. Included also are expressions of Mickey such as “Oh, boy!” “Oh my!” “Grrr!” “Aw, phooey!” “Gawrsh!” and “Hi, there!” Aside from the letters, numbers, special characters, and expressions, the character faces of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck, and Daisy Duck are also included in the Disney Mickey font cartridge.

As mentioned previously, the Disney Mickey Font Cricut cartridge contains special features which are used to create different projects. Among these special features which you can use to create different objects, the Mickey Tag can be created by hitting the F1 button on your Cricut machine. By hitting F2, you’ll be able to create the Mickey charm. F3 will let you create the Mickey Silhouette, while hitting on F4 will let you create the Mickey End Caps which is shaped like a bone where you can type in a word or series of letters. F5 will let you create the Mickey shadow which just the shaded letter “M.” while F6 will let you create the End Caps shadow as well.

Aside from creating the basic special features with your Disney Mickey font cartridge, the Creative Features setting can let you build the different popular Disney characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse. With your keypad, you will need to use the different features of the character’s elements. You will need to use Blackout + Face + White + Tongue + Shadow + Ribbon/Hat, which are all included in the Disney Mickey font cartridge. Aside from creating your own Disney characters, you can also create End Caps using the End Caps feature which are shown at the left. The shapes of the End Caps include the ticket, which is shaped just like a movie ticket, the license plate, and the dog bone.

Once you’ve mastered how to create the different Mickey font cartridge features, you can start making your own unique projects using the letters, numbers, shapes, and characters. You can create a Mickey Charm Bracelet, which is composed of the Mickey Charm feature. You may use black plastic film for the charms, jump rings, a beaded chain, and a Cricut tool kit or piercing tool to poke out the spaces on the stencil. Other projects you can make using the Disney Mickey font are personalized cards and tags to hang on your door, or picture frames using the different Disney characters as the design. This cartridge can be used for a variety of Disney Mickey Font projects, and it is up to you on how you’d like to use them to produce creative, fun projects.

Printing 101 Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:18:08 +0000

People who love working with their hands and creating beautiful things from their ideas will definitely appreciate the versatility of the Printing 101 art cartridge. This cartridge, designed by Cecelia Harris, was created for use with either of the two Cricut cutting machines (Personal Electronic Cutter and Expressions Cutting Machine). It includes upper and lower case fonts of the alphabet as well as numbers and several punctuation marks. The cartridge has a total of 12 shapes and nine words. It also features six creative function keys, namely: shadow, shadow blackout, instructions, notebook, puzzle and tile.

This cartridge is best used for educational purposes, so use this for your next Printing 101 project. It includes basic math symbols in addition to its regular icon keys. It also has very useful teacher helper characters, which makes it even more ideal for classroom use. Each icon key has two images and these images may be selected by directly pressing the icon key for the image on the left and pressing the shift key before pressing the icon key if you want the image on the right. For times when you want to save time by printing several images at a time, just press on the shift lock key before selecting the images that you want.

The creative function keys may be used by pressing on a design before selecting the CUT button. This will result in your image being printed according to the design that you chose. This is where you can use your imagination and creativity. You have to decide how best to use the special function keys and make careful combinations since each design will not work well with all characters in the cartridge due to their different sizes and shapes. By customizing your characters you can make the design uniquely yours.

The Printing 101 Cricut cartridge also comes with two Foundation Keys, which create either a solid version of a creative feature image or a proportional image that can be paired with a creative feature. The shapes that you create with these keys may be used as layers and may be made more attractive when combined with another shape or perhaps a phrase. Furthermore, you can choose the size of the images that you are going to print. The cartridge has a Real Dial function that allows you to print all selected images in the dial size that you specified. The set of characters in a cartridge has a key height and if you do not press the Real Dial option then the images will be printed in proportion to the key height.

Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge Review

Sammy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:16:20 +0000

Especially designed to be used with the Cricut Personal Electronic Cutter, the Disney Mickey and Friends cartridge features 40 different shapes of the famous Disney characters including Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofey and Pluto. It also allows you to print the characters’ houses and names as well as other fun and colourful shapes. This shape cartridge is perfect for those who want to spice up and personalize greeting cards or scrapbooks. It can also be used for other paper arts and craft activities. You can cut the images in sizes that range from one inch to 5 ½ inches. This means you can cut each Disney image in a total of 11 sizes!

The images in the Disney Mickey and Friends cartridge are created in a very detailed manner, which makes it work best when cut at larger sizes. With this cartridge and your electric cutter, you can cut and print up to 16 different images. This is done by pressing on the shift lock key and then selecting all the images that you want to cut. If a key has two images on it, you can select the image on the upper right corner by pressing the shift button before selecting the image.

You may also choose the size of the cut that you want to make by rolling the size dial on the right-hand portion of your cutting machine. Remember that only one size applies for each cut and this size is applied to all images that you selected so be sure that for each cut that you make, only the images that you want to cut in the same size will be selected. In choosing the size of your cuts, you may make use of the Real Dial button as well. In the Disney Mickey and Friends cartridge, the regular images all have the same size and any layer or shadow that you add to the image is automatically sized in proportion to these images. By pressing the Real Dial button, you are making sure that all of the images are cut specifically in the size that you selected.

You may also transform your images in six different ways to make it more uniquely yours. This can be done with the help of the creative functions keys. These keys are at the left panel of the keypad overlay that comes with the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut cartridge package. This cartridge includes the Face/White, Shoes/Ribbon/Hat and Outfit/Tongue Layers design along with the Icon, Shadow and Icon Border designs. To use these keys, you just have to select any of them before pressing on the CUT button.