The font was intricately designed because its objective is to truly capture the characteristic that Hello Kitty is leaving most of its supporters worldwide. The users can only experience the elegance and cuteness of the font of this cartridge through its very unique and distinct curves which are contained in its script letters. There isn’t any other way to describe or picture the characteristics of Hello Kitty than to use this font as it truly captures the image that was encrypted in our minds by the character’s original creator many years ago.

Aside from the special font itself which is a script, there are also other types that people might find the true image of Hello Kitty from. These are: round, round shadow, silhouette, flower, shadow blackout, and shadow. The variations of the script font are silhouette, shadow blackout, and shadow. On the other hand, round and round shadow will give you another type of font which is the normal one; and of course there are also different variations included for the normal type of font. Lastly, the flower font is a very feminine font as each letter is enclosed in a silhouette of a flower.

Because of the background and the market type of the character Hello Kitty, the function of this font is solely for the amusement and enjoyment of children. Most people who buy this cartridge are parents who are usually very concerned with giving their children what they want. Some parents also feel that in giving their kids what they want, they will be able to encourage them in everything that they are doing such as in school and also with their social development. Of course, aside from the everyday circumstances, this cartridge is most popular and useful when the parents are planning to orchestrate their kids’ birthday parties. Parents, most especially mothers, usually use this to make the invitations and designs of their kids’ birthday parties more appropriate with the right theme and feel.

This is truly a cartridge worth trying for it has a lot of creative uses.

The Calligraphy Collection cartridge features letters of the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase, numbers, and common symbols such as parentheses, exclamation point, and ampersand. Apart from these characters, this cartridge also has common words (like “and” and “the”) as well as several phrases, such as “Thinking of You,” “Thank You,” “Because of You,” “Enjoy today,” “One of a Kind,” and “You’re the Best.” Additionally, the Calligraphy Collection includes greetings for all seasons and occasions, like “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Birthday.” Note that the words, phrases, and greetings discussed here are only just a few of the many choices you have in this cartridge, which ensures that you will find exactly what it is you need for your projects. Besides lettering, the collection includes several decorative shapes to help enhance your handmade projects. Some examples of these embellishments are swirls, leaf patterns, and basic shapes (such as square and oval).

The Calligraphy Collection cartridge is also quite packed with many creative features, namely Gratitude, Celebrate, Matrimony, Inspiration, Shadow, and Inspiration/Blackout. Both the Matrimony and Gratitude creative features are flowing, elegant scripts that are perfect for formal layouts and occasions. The Inspiration and Celebrate features give you more whimsical and fun lettering styles that are ideal for casual events and designs. Note that the Inspiration feature also has a blackout feature (Inspiration/Blackout) for adding more dimension and depth to die cuts. The Shadow feature is best used for making base fonts really pop out. The cartridge also has a bonus feature in the form of card and envelope patterns which you can use as templates for your projects.

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.

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 Accents Solutions Cricut Cartridge is a fantastic value for your scrapbooking dollar. It remains very popular today as when it was released.

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!

Cricut Cartridges are small electronic cartridges that fit into the cartridge slot of you Cricut Machine. They are universal in the sense that they work with either the original Cricut or the Cricut Expression Machine. Each cartridge comes with a keyboard overlay which it placed onto the Cricut machine. This allows you to easily see what each cartridge is capable of. They also come with a handbook and a binder to store your cartridge in.

Cricut Cartridges contain all the electronic information needed to guide the Cricut Machine to cut it’s shapes. Each cartridge has it’s own style such as the printing press, which makes cut-outs that look like printing blocks, or Pooh Font Set, which is based on Disney’s classic characters.

Cricut cartridges each feature multiple Creative Features. These are different on each cartridge, with only shadow being available on every cartridge. Shadow creates a proportionally larger cut-out of each shape. This is useful for layering the shapes and letters to create a 3 dimension look to your project. Other examples of creative features are the blackout, which creates a solid cut-out of the base shape, and border, which strings together 3 of the same shape together. Not all creative features are in every cartridge.

There are currently over 50 Cricut cartridges to collect. Each one adds a unique touch on your projects. Just a few of them are:

• George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge (Comes with the original Cricut Machine)
• Plantin Schoolbook Font Cricut Cartridge (Comes with the Cricut Expression Machine)
• Accent Essentials Shape Cricut Cartridge (Comes with the Cricut Expression Machine)
• Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More Cricut Cartidge
• Celebrations Cricut Cartridge
• Christmas Cheer Cartridge
• Wedding Solutions Cricut Cartridge
• Indie Art Solutions Cricut Cartridge
• Word Builder: A Garden of Words Cricut Cartridge
• Alphalicious Cricut Cartridges
• And much, much more!