Questions about Pazzles

Hey everyone! DH is helping me buy a Pazzles Inspiration for Christmas and I have a few questions. What functions does the software have? e.g. filling a page with images, creating your own images, tracing, etc. Also, can you use the Cricut mats or blades with this machine? Does anyone know where I might be able to find some written tutorials? Thanks for all of your help!

I don't believe you can use the Cricut mats or blades.

Look at the top of this forum - you'll see some resources, and one is a link to Klo's blog. She's the Pazzles goddess...her blog is a wealth of info.

Thanks! Klo's tutorials are awesome!

They really are!! It's so much easier to SEE sometimes...

Okay, you CAN use the cricut mats... in a pinch, but they really don't produce quality.

They cut OK, but the Pazzle mat does a WAY better job... but when mail doesn't travel fast enough... walmart is jsut down the road!

Oh yeah, and I *think* the blades are exactly the same? Not totally sure.

A FACT: They are exactly the same, made by exactly the same manufacturer different colors of course. If you are not aware Pazzles and Provo Craft are partners on these two machines.

Not exactly. The Cricut mats are a tad smaller. I've put them on top of each other.

Do they work? Yeah. But that does throw the grid lines off, and important to remember if you're doing something that uses almost all of the 12x12 area.

Does anyone know who is the manufacturer of Pazzles?