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I purchased a set of these mats. I am not sure how to really use these. Does anyone have any tips? I did try a die cut piece so stamp the image, but wasn't very successful.
I don’t know if it’s the same as the Brutus Monroe & TE sticky mat, but Taylor and Christopher of their two companies made a joint YouTube video explaining how to use this product.
Yesterday, I was looking at the sticky mats scrapbook.com sells for the MISTI. They have a little video on their website (it is probably on their YT channel as well). I'm going to place my order today. I'm really interested to see how they can be used for die cutting
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I have watched several videos this morning. There are tricks. One thing I plan to do is laminate a few pages of the grid paper, then place the sticky mat on the laminated sheet. This will make it easier to remove a die cut image as it will be flexible. I can take the laminated piece out, roll it to remove the piece of paper, not try to remove the piece with my fingers and no flexibility. I hope this makes sense.
I saw a trick where the person kept the square where she die cut or punched the shape. Then she lined up her stamp to fit centrally in the cut piece. She could flex her sticky mat to remove the stamped image and continue the process.
The Brutus Monroe mat is a bit different as his does not stick to the MISTI, rather it places in the corner. It is sticky on one side. It also has a non-stick border so that helps pick it up. His also works well for stencils. I have a Make Art device for my stencils, which works great when the stencil is larger than my paper. I do have a stencil with no edges, so that may be a use for the sticky mat.
I will keep watching videos as I have time and energy to watch. I did make a play list. Thanks for the responses.
I got my sticky mats out again today. I die cut and punched my shapes, then stamped. The mat does not stick on both sides, so it tends to shift a little. When I was ready to remove my pieces, it was a bit difficult and my paper stuck so much, my paper tore or was horribly bent out of shape. I am back to the drawing board again in figuring out how these are really supposed to work.
I watched a person using the Brutus Monroe ones, which I have seen before. I saw two people using Sizzix mats and a Cricket mat. Now, I will find more where they are using the Misti ones. I have not watched the Scrapbook.com one as it it quite a bit longer.
A trick to getting the paper off without it leaving it bent out of shape is to bend the mat back; the paper will peel off and remain flat. If you pull the paper off the sticky mat, it will bend. (I saw this watching videos regarding using the cricuit and pulling vinyl off.)
Jennifer McGuire uses these mats often and usually gives a lot of tips. You may want to try a video or two of hers. If I come across a specific one where I see her doing this, i'll try to remember to come back and link it for you.
Adriana, that is what I was doing. I took a large piece of paper, cut a circle and punched some images. Then I stamped and rolled the sticky mat to remove my paper. The large piece of paper stuck so much, even rolling it back, it tore pieces off of the back. The images remained stuck and when finally came off, they were unusable. I totally find this frustrating. I will keep watching and maybe something magic will work. This was Gina K Designs 80 lb white paper.
I've only used the MISTI sticky mats, so can't compare to any of the other brands, but I find the MISTI mats to be a game changer. I often use low tack tape to create a corner locator for my card rather that putting the card into the corner of the frame of the MISTI. This works well for adding sentiments, etc., especially when mass producing cards as I did at Christmas. I've had no problems with paper sticking to the mats and have always curled the mats back to release the paper.
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One tip I have from using sticky mats with the Scan N Cut is to press the sticky side several times to your shirt/clothing. This "dials down" the strength of the tack to make it release paper more easily. I use this with artists tape also to more reliably keep it from tearing paper. Depending on how many times you pat the mat or tape to your clothing, you can adjust how tacky it is.
One tip I have from using sticky mats with the Scan N Cut is to press the sticky side several times to your shirt/clothing. This "dials down" the strength of the tack to make it release paper more easily. I use this with artists tape also to more reliably keep it from tearing paper. Depending on how many times you pat the mat or tape to your clothing, you can adjust how tacky it is.
I thought of doing this last night, read your idea today, then gave it a try. Worked wonderfully as expected. It removed enough tack that my paper was easily removed, rolling it away from the paper. Now, I will try it with die cut images. That was my big frustration the last few times I tried using the mat.
I am pretty sure the guy from Brutus did suggest lowering the sticky as Shirenc suggested.
Also they discovered another issue with the ink going off edge which is why Taylored did a support frame piece.
The laminated grids sound smart to me not just for this but to protect from stray ink in general. I am going to do that provided the laminated piece sealed edge is not so great it throws it all off.
I might also guess that weight matters. Did you try 110#?
BTW if you get too UNsticky-Brutus is selling some cleaner specifically for that but does say general cleaners will work to bring it back. I got his but there is no contents on it so I don't know what it is made out of. :/ I have not used any of it yet so I have nothing to contribute here.
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Margot, today I used Accent paper which is 80 lb 216 gsm. However, it is very sturdy and seems thicker than the GKD layering weight I used. The GKD fell apart when I was trying to get it off and it was die cut. The Accent came off quite well. Now the Accent was used after I pressed the Sticky Mat to my clothing to add a bit of lint. I do think you may be right about the thickness of the paper.
I had been gifted the MISTI sticky mats, used one and gave the other two away. I don't like having to jump through hoops trying to find just the perfect way to use a product. The following commercial is brought to you by a very satisfied customer. I love my Tim Holtz Tonic Media Grip Mat. Works great, easy to clean. I cut mine into sections: One sits in my stamp positioner holding the cardstock in place, another simultaneously holds my stencils and cardstock in place, and the third is a strip that keeps my ink pads from shifting on my desk as I work. Easy-peasy. I like this mat so much, that I have gifted it.
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Yet, there seems the grids on the MISTI version might be helpful...
But following on the idea of using the Tim Holtz grippy mat (no aligning grid, right?), couldn't you use any rubbery, grippy mat that you might use for furniture, etc? For example: https://www.amazon.com/Rubber-Slip-S...ustomerReviews
I just received a sticky mat free with a purchase from Scrapbook.com. I have not tried it yet - wasn't sure how to use it.. but reading the comments it kinda sounds like the sticky Cricut mats. In the beginning I used to spray them with goo-gone, then use a putty knife and scrape the old sticky - and replace it with Aleene's tack it over and over and set overnight. Then, I found on you tube to just scrub the mat with Awesome cleaner from Dollar Tree and let it sit overnight: wella: almost new mat. When purchasing a new mat, I also used to remove the cover and press my hands all over the mat to reduce the sticky so it didn't tear papers. , Great suggestions here - I too am glad Lisa started this thread.. Thank you !
Mac, I purchased 2 mats from Scrapbook dot com, but haven't tried them yet. Of course the presenter on the video made them look so easy. I hope to try them soon. It was Lisa Mears and she has never steered me wrong.
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