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I love the Santa Thinlits Die from the holiday mini. Got it last night and played. First I used my Cuttlebug with a shim and did 3 passes (which is standard for fancy cuts with my CB). Everything cut wonderfully. Next I cut with the Big Shot. I used the magnetic plate and a shim. I did 5 (FIVE) passes and not everything cut. I even tried rolling it through one way, then the other, in case there was a spot on the roller that wasn't pressing enough.
Anyone else have this problem, or any suggestions? The Cuttlebug is my workhorse, but I bought the Big Shot for the magnetic plate. I refuse to spend the money on S.U.'s "special" plate for intricate dies.
I don't care for the precision plate - it doesn't seem to do any better than using my metal shim. There are a lot of versions of the metal shim but they are basically the same.
In my BS I use my mag plate, plastic plate, Santa die cut side facing up, plastic bag, paper, plastic plate, and metal shim and it cuts through on SU cardstock.. I prefer to always use my die with the cut side facing up as I seem to get better cuts and it keeps my bottom plate from getting cut up.
In my BS I use my mag plate, plastic plate, Santa die cut side facing up, plastic bag, paper, plastic plate,
Why do you use a plastic bag????
Plastic bag is like using wax paper to release the paper from the die. Wax paper leaves a waxy residue on the paper and the plastic doesn't do it. I also use my die brush but the plastic bag gives it an extra boost.
Like others have said, sounds like more pressure (thickness or shims) is needed. You can try a piece of cardstock, or a few pieces of copy paper, or if one side is cutting and another part not, put the shim just where it's not cutting.
My friend and I futzed with this at her house. We had the best results with the Big Shot using the sandwich of: magnetic plate, regular plate, die with cutting side up, paper, regular plate. That's the sandwich for the Cuttlebug (using an A plate instead of the magnetic plate). Cutting side up. That works best and does complete cuts with 1 or 2 passes.
Santa Thinlits Die
