Elle’s Studio Alpha dies?

I used to fussy-cut my Elle's Studio stamped alphas, but now that I have the coordinating metal dies (I'm on the creative team), I use them often. It's much faster, obviously, and the edges are nice and crisp. I'm happy to answer your questions. The alpha dies come attached, and I cut them apart with jewelry wire snips. I have a manual die-cutting machine, the Sizzix Big Shot (NOT the electric Plus), and I run 6x8 paper through it just fine, arranging the dies on that or smaller paper scraps. Looks like Amazon is selling a grey and white version for $90.

Here's a layout of mine that uses the large alphabet die (grey paper with one of the alpha stamps) and the medium alphabet die (black paper) on a layout:

http://instagram.com/p/CkOSZeNpZ46

This is a layout from my fussy-cutting days. If you scroll to the close-up of the alphas title, you can see how rough the cut-out portions of the letter forms are, haha:

http://instagram.com/p/CYcMV93vKTQ