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I have one that I have never seen posted and only learned of recently. No matter how I flipped my Big Shot plates there is always a bump or curve in it. It gets particularly nasty when cutting metals although I admit I am brutal with it.
So to flatten the plates, use a pyrex baking dish. Wrap a cutting plate in aluminum foil and lay it in your pyrex. Add weight to the top using more pyrex. In my case I didn't have enough pyrex so I added oven safe pots and pans on top of it, the heavier the better. Now put it in the oven and cook it at 325� for 30 minutes. Mine are bad enough that after they cooled I popped them in for an additional 10 minutes. The flakes of paper fall off too. I also had to do mine one at a time since both plates would not lay flat in the baking dish. |
Hey Nancy stiz2003, that's a great tip about heating the plates, little scary to try for me, but I found this youtube video that helps lead through it:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a8tIqVKiClk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I'm assuming this would work for Cuttlebug plates as well? And for those of you who aren't gonna try this, do not throw away your old bowed plates. They can be used as cling mount blocks for your bigger background stamps. If you always have trouble getting the middle of the stamp to deliver to the paper, a bowed plate can help because it's similar to using a rocker mount (like IO sells for $25, just no handle on top). I never throw away any of my used acrylic die cutting plates. Someone always comes along with a great use for them, LOL. You can also apply Aleene's repositionable glue to it and keep it for rubber stamps that are not wood or cling-mounted. Just keep saran wrap on the plate between uses. Heck, you can even use 2 of them and some clamps as a press, or use as a paint or ink palette. LOTS of ways to use these! xoxo |
I have the matting basics in A and B and love them and use them all the time. But I also have Perfect Layers. They overlap in some ways, but with the Perfect layers I am not limited to the sizes Spellbinders provides, I can start with any size straight sided shape I want and get a perfect mat. Of course Perfect Layers won't give you that beautiful embossed edge like a Nestie. So, there's that. (Which is why I use both.)
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Thanks Joanne for that link!
I've done mine twice so far. Mine are such a mess from forcing metal through that I had nothing to lose. It just helps me get a bit more mileage out of them. It does make sense that they may crack but I've broken plates in the past before I ever baked them. Someone else in that link worried about fumes. There are no fumes from this at all. |
Mu first thought was the fumes, too. Since I do some polymer clay, and shrinky dinks, I bought a cheap toaster over reserved for crafts. Perhaps those of you that want to use heat could try that, if you have a craft oven. I just flip mine as soon as I see a slight bend. Since there are 2 plates I usually have one that is flat, if I forget to flip the other one. I reserve one set of B plates for die cutting and one set for embossing folders. That way I never have to worry about a bent plate when I want to emboss.
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I really like the idea of using the plates as stamping blocks! Genius!
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