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See how the embossed rectangle is perfectly centered on the card? When I do this technique, I have a hard time keeping my die centered because of the "sandwich" you need to use; it tends to slide around. I tried removable scrapbooking tape, but it ended up getting pressed into the card base.
Wow! I just went to the website and read the entire tutorial. I cannot imagine how she gets the die to stay in place while she is stacking everything else on top.
Perhaps you need to make the entire stack on your tabletop? Nichole's pictures show each step already inside the machine. But maybe if you stack the pieces one at a time, being careful to hold the top layer with one hand while you position the next layer....??? Looks like a tricky job to me.
Wow! I just went to the website and read the entire tutorial. I cannot imagine how she gets the die to stay in place while she is stacking everything else on top.
Perhaps you need to make the entire stack on your tabletop? Nichole's pictures show each step already inside the machine. But maybe if you stack the pieces one at a time, being careful to hold the top layer with one hand while you position the next layer....??? Looks like a tricky job to me.
I don't know if this would work with the Cuddlebug, but I assume it would. When I want perfect positioning with the Wizard I use a magnetic sheet. Spellbinders sells them, they are paper thin and the magnet holds the die in place.
I bought a roll of magnet from my local art store. I cut out 2 pieces that is 5.5 x 4.25 and use it for my Big Shot. It affects the *sandwich* because you're adding thickness, but once you figure it out, it works like a charm for keeping stuff in place. The roll of magnet I bought was around $11, but I think I've only used a quarter of it (you'll have to replace your magnets after a while because they tend to get cut and/or embossed after a while)
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I tried to copy a card that I found on Nichole's blog, the one that uses the out on a limb set on vellum. Sorry, went back to the post and couldn't find it so you could see. I had a tough time getting the rectangle die to cut out the front of the card and I ruined two pieces of my new aqua mist CS. I know, I know, I should have practiced first with crappy paper! I finally gave up and had to cut the right front side with a scissors to finish the cut. I didn't end up embossing around the edge because I was frustrated and tired of screwing up. I have the whole set of rectangles, but I don't know if I will buy any more. It's probably like the old joke about how you get to Carnegie Hall - Practice, practice, practice!
I tried to copy a card that I found on Nichole's blog, the one that uses the out on a limb set on vellum. I had a tough time getting the rectangle die to cut out the front of the card and I ruined two pieces of my new aqua mist CS. Jutta
First, what machine are you using? Second, what sandwich recipe are you using for it? Let us know that and we can see if we can help.
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I have a Cuttlebug and the sandwich that I was using was A plate, then two or three pieces of chipboard, B plate, Nestie, CS, B plate. I ran it through several times and I just couldn't get it cut alll the way around, so I gave up and used scissors of the right side. I wanted to emboss the edge, but was disgusted at that point. I have printed out the sandwich recipes on Nichole's website and plan to keep them with my dies, as I keep looking at my computer while trying to run the sandwich through. Any ideas? Oh, I read somewhere that you could use the C plate on top instead of the B with the Nesties ( without the layers of chipboard) but it was so hard to crank through, I stopped, thinking I would break my Bug. I can't have that!
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Maybe you could use a large piece of cardstock, emboss and then cut to center the embossing. I am a measure and then cut kind of gal, I even do this when I do layering...I just can't eye it yet. My dies/embossing templates always move. Good luck.
here's hoping someone can help you with your shims for your sandwich. You might see if you can find a thin magnetic sheet, to keep your dies in place. I bought mine when I bought my wizard, but I do know that others have used magnetic register cover from the local hardware store, just cut it to size. I also have heard of others using the big thin magnets that they get in the mail or sometimes on the front of their phone books. Also if you are taping the die to the paper, I have used blue painters tape, then run it on my jeans 3-4 times to take away most of the stick,then used that to hold my dies in place. Yes the machine pushes it into the paper, but if most of the stick is gone I can very carefully pull it up off of my card and not rip the paper.
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I looked for the magnetic sheets at WM yesterday, but they didn't have them. Then when I read nmslmomto3's reply, I had a great thought. hang on a minute - this so rarely happens, I want to savor it! Okay, I'm over it. Anyhoo, I had a nutrition expert come to my adult ed. class to talk about food and she brought a lot of these magnets that show that wacky new food pyramid. Thay are about 5 x 5! Well yippee skippy! A no cost helper for my Bug! So if any of you get a card and it has nutrition info embossed on the back, you'll know that I just about have it figured out!
Low and behold as I sit here in my office I have one of those magnets posted on my desk drawer with infomation on it that I have never used. It is 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 I think that is about the right size. I sure hope so. I am all for saving $$$.
I have a Cuttlebug and the sandwich that I was using was A plate, then two or three pieces of chipboard, B plate, Nestie, CS, B plate. I ran it through several times and I just couldn't get it cut alll the way around, so I gave up and used scissors of the right side.
If you are trying to cut with your Nestabilities, the sandwich that works for me is: A plate, C plate, die face up, CS, B plate. Hope this helps.
here's hoping someone can help you with your shims for your sandwich. You might see if you can find a thin magnetic sheet, to keep your dies in place. I bought mine when I bought my wizard, but I do know that others have used magnetic register cover from the local hardware store, just cut it to size. I also have heard of others using the big thin magnets that they get in the mail or sometimes on the front of their phone books. Also if you are taping the die to the paper, I have used blue painters tape, then run it on my jeans 3-4 times to take away most of the stick,then used that to hold my dies in place. Yes the machine pushes it into the paper, but if most of the stick is gone I can very carefully pull it up off of my card and not rip the paper.
These are good ideas. I'm going to have to check out my phonebook for a magnet! hehe. Thanks!
Here is the tutorial that Paperdoll Steph first mentioned for the Embossed Card Front
Also a smaller embossed rectangle on this Sympathy Card.
Jutta... Found it.... Scored Stripes tutorial I think the other gals have given you the correct "sandwich" for cutting. Then just run the whole thing through again with an added tan mat or fun foam. (I use fun foam because I haven't invested in a tan mat yet.)
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That's the card that I was looking for! I made a similar card, but it didn't turn out so well! I wondered what the inside looked like.
Paperdollsteph, I tried to use my C plate for the nestabilities, but it wouldn't go through and I was afraid to force it. I thought I would break the handle or the Bug, and I wasn't willing to take a chance. I saw a tutorial that said that you shouldn't have to force it to get it to work. It was a youtube video. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...95795553&hl=en
When I have time, I'll have to play around with it and write down what works.
Hmm really? That sandwich works for me, although it is kind of a tight fit. Maybe you are using thicker CS (I use SU 80 lb. or Bazzill) which is why it won't go through? I first found that "sandwich recipe" on Nichole Heady's blog. Good luck!
Hi Ladies,
I use a small piece of Duck Brand painting tape (it's lavendar & I think it was called perfect release). Doesn't rip the cardstock at all. I found it in the wall painting supplies. HTH,
Barb
I played last night; why do you have to put the die face up and the CS on top. I put the CS down, then the die face down. Seemed to work. Does it really matter; will it affect the die?
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I played last night; why do you have to put the die face up and the CS on top. I put the CS down, then the die face down. Seemed to work. Does it really matter; will it affect the die?
I tried that and it worked for me too! I should've tried that first I guess, lol. I don't think it affects the diecut, and this is the easiest way to stop it from sliding. Yay! Thank you, AddictedtoStamps!!!
I played last night; why do you have to put the die face up and the CS on top. I put the CS down, then the die face down. Seemed to work. Does it really matter; will it affect the die?
I don't use the Cuttlebug--I have the Big Shot--but I've been playing around with that same question in my mind. Now, without actually trying it out, I am thinking that if you have the die face down, it could 'curve' like my top acrylic plate on my BS. (I don't know if the CB plates do this, but after time my BS one has.) SO--if it did, it would eventually render the die useless. By keeping the die flat on the bottom, it would keep it from curling and ruining the die. Does this make any sense?
What I do to make my sandwich is to assemble it upside down, so the last thing I'm putting on is the bottom plate over the die--then I flip it over VERY CAREFULLY to put it in the machine. I definitely want to try the magnetic sheet, though--that sounds like a great solution!
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I flip my plate (a different side in contact with the die) each time it goes through my Bug and I find that by doing that, my plate doesn't curve.. cos it gets curved when it goes through on one side then it gets curved back to flat when it goes through on the other side.. clear as mud?
make sure your magnet is directly beneath your die..there should be nothing else that is in the way, it should be your bottom plate, your spacer plate (if you use a wizard), then the magnet, then your die, then your paper, then your top plate. even with the magnet I still find it is best for me to use a small piece of painters tape that has been stuck to my jeans a few times. I like the idea of the purple tape someone was talking about above.
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Nestabilities embossing question
