Cricut Cartridges
There are more than 75 Cricut cartridges available today and yet the collection is still continuing to grow. Unfortunately, most people simply cannot afford to purchase all of them though. However, with so many different cartridges available for you to choose from, you may find it a bit overwhelming to figure out exactly which ones you really do want to purchase. By taking a look at the different cartridges that are available, you can put together a wish list.
Word Cartridges
If you are the type of person who likes to use written words and captioning in your scrapbook layouts, then you are going to want to purchase some word or font cartridges. Two word cartridges that come highly recommended are the Home Décor cartridge and the Accent Essentials cartridge. With the Home Décor cartridge you will get beautiful words like memories, simplify, hope, miracle, create, love, forever, explore, adore and beautiful plus some designs. On the other hand, with the Accent Essentials cartridge you will get shadows to use around your words. You may also want to check out the Beyond Birthdays cartridge that includes a variety of inspirational phrases and greetings.
Design Cartridges
For those who like to do illustrations on their scrapbooking pages, design cartridges are what you are after. An example of a design cartridge is the Accent Essentials cartridge. It contains paisley designs from the art nouveau and the rococo schools of design.
Cartridges For Children
Whenever you want your die cuts to be appealing to the young or the young at heart, you will want to check out the licensed characters series. Here you will find Cricut cartridges that are dedicated to Sesame Street, Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Pixar Cars, Tinker Bell and many, many more.
Educational Cartridges
The Classroom series has been specifically designed to be used within the classroom. This is great for teachers who wish to create scrapbooks. Two cartridges that every teacher should have in their collection are the 50 States cartridge and the Word Builders cartridge. While the 50 States cartridge contains cutouts for each of the 50 United States, the Word Builders cartridge has been designed to help elementary school students with their language, phonics and spelling skills. The shapes, words and designs on these cartridges will lead to numerous projects, including scrapbooking pages that you may have never thought of creating before. For instance, with the 50 States cartridge it would be quite easy to create a scrapbook page for each of the 50 states. Of course, you can also use these Cricut cartridges to make displays, puzzles and other useful classroom tools.
Conclusion
As you can clearly see, while this is a very extensive collection, not all of these cartridges are going to appeal to everyone. Therefore, you are going to need to take a close look at your personality and what types of cutouts you enjoy making before you will be able to decide upon which Cricut cartridges are right for you.