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.

1. You can create a scrapbook for your kids which document all the things that they like. It could be their artworks, their poetry and even their little notes to you. The charming fact about the characters the Speaking of School cartridge is that they can be used in more ways than one.

2. You can also use it to decorate special review sheets for your kids during examinations and such. The cute illustrations would keep them from getting bored and even motivate them to do their best when it comes to answering the questions in the review sheet. Sometimes, you have to come up with clever ways to get their attention.

3. Of course, one cannot overlook the fact that you can also use them to decorate various greeting cards that your kids can give their best friends in school or in the neighborhood. Since the illustrations are made of items that kids are familiar with, I’m sure that they would enjoy it. There is no end to the number of Speaking School projects availible, just use your creativity!

4. You can also use the letters to put name tags on your children’s school books, supplies and other things that might need labeling their name on.

The special creative features that come with the Speaking of School cartridge are Layers, Pencil Tag, Card, Tri-fold Card, Shadow and Layers Shadow. The alphabet comes in 2 sets of varying styles. The first one is a simple blue design which mimics the shape of its more colorful counterpart. The second style is a lot more colorful and resembles school supplies and other objects found in school. For example, a scissor is used in lieu of the letter X, an opened book makes up for the letter V, a set of ruler make up the letter N, a couple of crayons form the letter L and so on.

When you first use the Going Places font cartridge, you will encounter the Creative Feature keys which are located on the topmost left side of your keypad. These Creative Feature keys include labels of the features mentioned previously: Circle, Sign, Card, Slider Envelope, Shadow, and Shadow Blackout. To use the Creative Feature keys, simple select the button and press it prior to cutting your desired shapes. Aside from the Creative Feature keys, you will also encounter the Foundation keys which are located on the bottom-right part of your keypad and have two characters on each key. The Foundation keys are the solid versions of the Creative feature keys which can be used together to enhance the type of shape that you wish to produce. You can also add other shapes or phrases to the combination to make them look better such as overlaying the shapes with the male and female symbols.

Once you have accustomed yourself to the different Creative Feature and Foundation keys, you can start making your own unique projects, starting off with your very own Travel Journal. Gone are the days when people use simple slip-on photo albums. Being more creative and artistic in displaying your travel photos wouldn’t hurt, and travel journals can help you recall the experience more vividly with the use of the different shapes and characters found in the Going Places font cartridge. All you need to complete your own travel journal project are a notebook or journal, preferably “5 x 7” in area, different cardstock printing paper in earth colors such as dark olive, turquoise, brown, or dark orange, or other color combinations you wish to use to enhance the appearance of your travel journal. Begin by designing the front cover of your journal with the most memorable shapes or phrases which you can remember from your travel that would suggest places you’ve been to. Continue by putting together the pages in your journal in chronological order, piecing in different shapes and gluing them onto the cardstock paper.

You can use your Going Places font projects to create a variety of projects which you can use to decorate your office or home desk, your work area, or your kids’ play area or bedroom. The Going Places font cartridge can be also used to create signs which you can put up inside your home or decorate your garage.

1. You could use them to create cards which you can send to friends. I’m sure they’ll appreciate the effort you’ve put into making them a handmade card.

2. You can also use them to decorate your winter vacation album. What better way to express how much fun you had than with the jolly characters found in the cartridge.

3. If you are a kindergarten or pre-school teacher, you can initiate changing the décor of the classroom with your students using the various decorative alphabet provided in the cartridge. It’s a surefire fun activity.

Some of the creative features included in the cartridge are: Layers, Snow Tag, Card, Tri-fold card, Shadow and Layers shadow. All of which can be layered with the two foundation characters provided with the set as well. It’s certainly a fun time creating various layers and decoration styles.

From pretty snowflakes, snow covered pine trees to cheerful snowmen, the Speaking of Winter Cricut cartridge is brimming with everything you need to create that perfect scrapbook artwork, the prettiest photo album, a very wintry greeting card or simply use them to inject a bit of winter’s fun atmosphere to your everyday items such as your notepad or photo frames. The possibilities for its use are only limited by your own creativity and imagination. The alphabet comes in two varying styles. The first style is reminiscent of ice and is colored a pale blue whilst the second style is a more colorful one and features various winter themes such as a couple of snowmen to form the letter H, a purple scarf that twists to resemble the letter L, a snow boot in the shape of the letter J, snowflakes in lieu of the letter O and so on. It really is a feast for the imagination, and there is no end to the Speaking of Winter projects you can do.

Doodlecharms is a cartridge available for Cricut Machine to suit your paper crafting needs. Doodlecharms will help you create charms easily that will make your project look exciting and appealing. It acts as if it is an accessory that makes any project alive.

Doodlecharms are small icons that you can place as decorations in your work. It helps bind the overall theme of the project. It comes with the basic features such as the Card, Charm, Border, Shadow, and Shadow/Blackout features. It also comes with a huge collection of charms that will surely enliven any paper project. This cartridge will add that extra touch that you’ve been looking for.

Designed by Cynthea Sandoval, Doodlecharms became available to anyone who wishes to make their paper craft project a little special. The author had a strong interest for anything handmade. This prompted her to stir up the interest of other people in making paper crafts by making it a step easier for them.

The designs available in the Doodlecharms cartridge are almost endless. The designs can be used in any occasion. You can choose designs and charms based on the seasons. The seasons include winter (snowman, snowflakes and globe), spring (flowers), summer (sun, popsicle and watermelon) and fall (acorn, leaf and basket). There are also charms available for other special occasions such as Valentine’s Day (heart shapes, envelope and mailbox) , Thanksgiving (turkey), Birthday (ice cream cone, cup cake, present, hat and confetti) , Baby’s Birth (baby face, duck, teddy bear, bottle, bag) , Christmas (tree, reindeer head, Santa head, stocking, star) , Easter (bunny, Easter basket, egg), Halloween (pumpkin, spider, candy, bag) and Back-to-school (bus, apple, backpack). Doodlecharms also include other fun designs that such as bug, dragonfly, ladybug, jar, stick & leaves castle seahorse, palm tree dog, doghouse, cat and mouse.

If you want your Doodlecharms project to look interesting and creative at the same time, make this cricut cartridge your regular companion when creating your handmade greeting cards, invites and scrapbooks.

There are also texts to go with these symbols. Both the text and the illustrations of the twelve days of Christmas are also a part of this cartridge. Other symbols that can be used for many different projects include candles, socks, fireplace, snowflakes and fitting borders for this theme. These are specifically made for Christmas albums and scrapbooks but projects that they can be used for are not only limited to that. They can also be used for name plates if a person is planning to hold a Christmas dinner for friends and family. They can also be used for more personalization in wrapping gifts. Christmas mobiles would make a good substitute for the traditional wreaths.

This cartridge also lets people have fun with doing their own greeting cards. It sounds more thoughtful to make loved ones greeting cards instead of buying one. They could also be a part of the home décor. For example, a desktop Christmas tree will not be able to hold ordinary Christmas balls and trimmings. These cutouts are perfect trimmings for such. Even the tree itself can be made of paper which has a stand. They would do well as they are but for those who want to indulge, they can be further embellished with glitter glue and fancy jewels.

For gifts such as cookies or wine, it would no longer need to be wrapped, just attach a designed tag from any of the selected cutouts and attach them on a piece of yarn. These cutouts can also be made into bookmarks. Aside from the usual trimmings of the Christmas tree, laminated cutouts with a greeting can be added. It would make a wonderful conversation piece and people who visit can help themselves to the bookmark they like before they leave. It would make a wonderful token for people who took their time visiting the household in that wonderful season of giving.

The special features include the customization of the appearance of Hello Kitty because a user can choose to select from Kitty’s fur, the color of the bow, and even the nose. In designing Hello Kitty, a user can also decide what clothes are suitable for the situation. The clothes vary depending on styles and colors. On the other hand, the shapes can amazingly be printed and used differently because of its different forms. The available forms for the different shapes included are silhouette, card, shadow, and blackout. The silhouette is usually used for simple figures and depiction of Hello Kitty. On the other hand, the card, shadow, and blackout are used to further style the appearance of Hello Kitty since these are layers which can be added to the original shapes, icons, and the different variations of Hello Kitty.

This cartridge is usually used by parents to satisfy the need and passion of their children to Hello Kitty. And because of the fact that it only focuses on shapes and other icons, this is a cartridge that will be greatly maximized when used for designing different things. Usually, mothers use this cartridge to design the name plates and name tags of their kids who are really into this cartoon character. As a matter of fact, parents even use this to design some of the school supplies of their children to even encourage them in their studying. Although these are also common uses of this cartridge, the most common use is usually for the birthday cards and invitations that their children will be using. This use of this particular cartridge is definitely not a surprise to find out since the designs are truly enjoyable and attracting enough to hook each and every kid in this planet.

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.

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:

1. Layers
2. Phrase / Layers
3. Card
4. Book Cover
5. Shadow
6. 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!