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.

Possibly the most popular on Sesame Street, Elmo has five different sets of shapes in the cartridge: Elmo in a joyful pose with his arms and legs flung out to express his happiness, Elmo reading a book, Elmo running, Elmo either dancing or jumping, and Elmo standing with a big grin. Sesame Street’s resident blue cookie connoisseur, Cookie Monster, is also included in the cartridge in four different sets: the character running and waving, standing and waving with a big smile, standing and eating a gigantic cookie, and eating cookies from a cookie jar. The most celebrated bird of all time, Big Bird, is part of the Sesame Street Friends cartridge. Big Bird is depicted as standing and flinging his wings out in a welcoming gesture, sitting down, and standing with one hand raised in a wave. Big Bird’s perpetually pessimistic yet still lovable sidekick and best friend, Snuffleupagus, is also included in this fun cartridge. The Snuffleupagus shapes include Snuffy sitting down with one trunk raised in greeting and Snuffy walking. Ernie and Bert also make an appearance. Bert is shown standing with arms akimbo, sitting with his legs stretched out in front of him, and standing with his legs apart and a thumbs-up gesture. Ernie, the more optimistic half of the duo, is featured standing and waving with his trademark beam, sitting down while holding his beloved Rubber Ducky, and running. Of course, this cartridge would never be complete without the neighborhood grumpy character, Oscar. In the cartridge, Oscar the Grouch is seen grinning from his trash can, waving, and smirking with his head perched on his palm and a sign saying, “I love trash!” affixed to the front of his home.

Note that the character shapes listed above are just a sampler of the many goodies in the cartridge, which includes other less popular but just as endearing characters. Apart from the many characters that this cartridge offers, there are also creative feature keys. These creative features include layering, icon, shadow, and blackout, to give you endless artistic possibilities.