Help! I bought a Cuttlebug Magnetic Cutting Mat!
Hi all. I just bought a magnetic cutting mat for my CB, and after seeing the glowing reviews on YouTube, I'm surprised to find that I'm not having a good time with it. I'm trying to cut out fairly small Lawn Fawn dies with it.
I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's a combination of things. I'm following the directions and making a sandwich with the following order: A plate, magnetic mat (face up), B plate, die, paper, and B plate.
First off, I'm finding that having the B plate between the magnetic mat and and the dies really cuts down on the magnetism and my dies are sliding around a little bit when I try to insert the plates in to the bug. They cling like crazy to the mat itself, but I'm concerned about possibly damaging the mat if I change the stacking order.
Secondly, this combination of plates is a VERY tight squeeze, and my plates are bowing even more than they were before I started.
I'm wondering if the fact that my CB is roughly ten years old (I've heard that newer ones are a little different in some way?) and also that my plates are a little curved might be causing some of my problems?
Does anyone have any advice? I was thinking of using some chipboard in place of one of my B plates to alleviate the tight squeeze, but I'm just very frustrated. A friend has a Sizzix cutting platform for her Big Shot, and so far, I'm much more impressed with it than I am with this Cuttlebug mat, but maybe it's just me? :confused:
I would consider buying a different system, but I really don't use my bug very much for cutting as I have a Cricut too. It's more for embossing, and it suits me just fine for that.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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