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Post by Delta Dawn on May 20, 2016 4:54:28 GMT
Hi did you ever buy Spellbinders dies and stamps and a Grand Calibur? I have something or other. It's red and about 20 sets of dies. I don't know how to use them. I know how to get them through the machine and all, but I don't know what to use them for. I got them over the period of a summer when I had to buy everything in sight. Now I don't know what to do with them.
Does anyone else have a Spellbinders stash?
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 20, 2016 10:43:19 GMT
I have a bunch of the dies (I use my ZipeMate to run them through).
I love the nesting dies. The diecut comes out clean and crisp every time.
I bought 6 of the more intricate die sets for $2.49 each when M's was having some crazy clearance. Well, I tried, but I haven't been able to successfully use them.. The paper sticks in the die and it's just such a PITA. I just have no patience for them. I'm keeping them, hoping at some point I will have an a-ha moment and like them, but so far for me, I reach for the open nesting ones.
But I will say, Spellbinders has fantastic quality.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 20, 2016 14:15:39 GMT
I have a bunch of the dies (I use my ZipeMate to run them through). I love the nesting dies. The diecut comes out clean and crisp every time. I bought 6 of the more intricate die sets for $2.49 each when M's was having some crazy clearance. Well, I tried, but I haven't been able to successfully use them.. The paper sticks in the die and it's just such a PITA. I just have no patience for them. I'm keeping them, hoping at some point I will have an a-ha moment and like them, but so far for me, I reach for the open nesting ones. But I will say, Spellbinders has fantastic quality. I have a bunch of the nesting dies and some others too that I picked up at Tuesday Morning. They work great. I use my Big Shot for all but the biggest ones (which won't fit through it, but could jimmy rig my old Accu-Cut to use them if I ever wanted to use them. Lavender, I quoted you on this because I stumbled onto a YouTube video by Cheery somebody about using waxed paper to help release the intricate dies and why that's a bad idea. Apparently small amounts of the wax rub off into the insides of the die, eventually making subsequent pieces of paper stick inside. His workaround was to take a thin film plastic grocery bag, cut a piece to fit over the die, and put the paper you want to cut over that. When you run it through the machine, the plastic provides just enough slip to make the paper pop it out, and the diecut plastic comes right out too. I haven't tried it myself yet to comment personally, but it looked like it worked really well on his video. Maybe this tip will help you to get those kinds of dies to work better. If I can find the video again, I'll link it up here.  |
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Post by grammadee on May 20, 2016 15:04:54 GMT
I switched to other dies after fighting with those intricate SB ones. I have had some success with wax paper when I remember to put in on top of the paper I want to cut before putting down the die. That works for several cuts. When I tried it I was told you only have to use the wax paper the FIRST cut, and then the wax coats the die and allows the diecut to pop out. I don't use any of them enough to see if later the wax is a problem.
Delta Dawn , you asked about where to use the diecuts once you have cut them? I use them on LO's and cards. Don't know what came with the Grand Calibre, but the basic shapes are great for backing sentiments (for which I usually use letter or word stickers, or sometimes words cut with other dies) Bet they would look cool behind the name of the month in your planners!
I love using the nested shapes, particularly stars, on boy pages and cards. Sometimes I stack them with the larger as a matt for the smaller one, but sometimes I use them separately sprawled across the page. And I have seen some really cool LO's where two of the shapes are used to create a frame for a photo. Even popping up the frame without a photo looks cool.
Here are a couple of links to some pages I used the stars for. hockey star 1 and hockey star 2
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 20, 2016 17:32:12 GMT
I have tons of dies and just bought a really cute die set doily by spell binders. I can cut the outside shape which is a separate die but the doily party itself won't cut. I am disappointed. I have a cuttlebug. I have a few Tim Holtz dies that don't cut either but the less intricate ones work fine.
I have lots of the thin dies and love them. I am going to have to try the wax paper trick as some of them are a pain to get the cut paper out especially the word dies.
My favorite brands are Darice which I discovered thanks to Tuesday Morning, Close to my Heart and I just discovered Echo Park dies.
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Post by anniefb on May 20, 2016 17:59:37 GMT
I only have a couple of sets of Spellbinders ones. Mostly I have dies from Papertrey Ink, Ellen Hutson etc that coordinate with stamp sets.
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Post by rutabagapie on May 20, 2016 22:42:42 GMT
I've gotten rid of most of my Spellbinders dies and I did not like the Grand Calibur at all. I sold that at a rummage sale. I just find that many of them don't have a nice clean cut. I like other brands a lot better.
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Post by Linda on May 20, 2016 23:20:44 GMT
I haven't tried the Spellbinders - most of my dies are Quickutz and Cuttlebug
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Post by ExpatBackHome on May 21, 2016 7:34:34 GMT
I love the nesting dies. Although I don't have any intricate ones yet so I don't know how they cut.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 21, 2016 11:54:50 GMT
I have a bunch of the dies (I use my ZipeMate to run them through). I love the nesting dies. The diecut comes out clean and crisp every time. I bought 6 of the more intricate die sets for $2.49 each when M's was having some crazy clearance. Well, I tried, but I haven't been able to successfully use them.. The paper sticks in the die and it's just such a PITA. I just have no patience for them. I'm keeping them, hoping at some point I will have an a-ha moment and like them, but so far for me, I reach for the open nesting ones. But I will say, Spellbinders has fantastic quality. I have a bunch of the nesting dies and some others too that I picked up at Tuesday Morning. They work great. I use my Big Shot for all but the biggest ones (which won't fit through it, but could jimmy rig my old Accu-Cut to use them if I ever wanted to use them. Lavender, I quoted you on this because I stumbled onto a YouTube video by Cheery somebody about using waxed paper to help release the intricate dies and why that's a bad idea. Apparently small amounts of the wax rub off into the insides of the die, eventually making subsequent pieces of paper stick inside. His workaround was to take a thin film plastic grocery bag, cut a piece to fit over the die, and put the paper you want to cut over that. When you run it through the machine, the plastic provides just enough slip to make the paper pop it out, and the diecut plastic comes right out too. I haven't tried it myself yet to comment personally, but it looked like it worked really well on his video. Maybe this tip will help you to get those kinds of dies to work better. If I can find the video again, I'll link it up here. Thanks for the information. But oh man, that's a lot of work for something that's supposed to be easy. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 21, 2016 12:48:03 GMT
I have a bunch of the nesting dies and some others too that I picked up at Tuesday Morning. They work great. I use my Big Shot for all but the biggest ones (which won't fit through it, but could jimmy rig my old Accu-Cut to use them if I ever wanted to use them. Lavender, I quoted you on this because I stumbled onto a YouTube video by Cheery somebody about using waxed paper to help release the intricate dies and why that's a bad idea. Apparently small amounts of the wax rub off into the insides of the die, eventually making subsequent pieces of paper stick inside. His workaround was to take a thin film plastic grocery bag, cut a piece to fit over the die, and put the paper you want to cut over that. When you run it through the machine, the plastic provides just enough slip to make the paper pop it out, and the diecut plastic comes right out too. I haven't tried it myself yet to comment personally, but it looked like it worked really well on his video. Maybe this tip will help you to get those kinds of dies to work better. If I can find the video again, I'll link it up here. Thanks for the information. But oh man, that's a lot of work for something that's supposed to be easy. I know what you're saying. I like the dies for the more intricate things though because while I *could* cut shapes like that with my electronic cutter, it takes FOREVVVVERRR to not only cut them but to then either pick out all of the little holes and details or scrape all the bits off the sticky mat and clean up the resulting mess afterward. So I'm willing to try doing a little work on the front end to save me a lot of work on the back end. That, and anything with fine details or thin pieces is a massive pain to get off of a sticky mat without destroying it. |
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Post by janskylar on May 21, 2016 13:58:56 GMT
Has anyone tried freezer paper instead of wax paper with their dies?
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Post by refugeepea on May 21, 2016 14:38:19 GMT
have a bunch of the dies (I use my ZipeMate to run them through). I love the nesting dies. The diecut comes out clean and crisp every time. I bought 6 of the more intricate die sets for $2.49 each when M's was having some crazy clearance. Well, I tried, but I haven't been able to successfully use them.. The paper sticks in the die and it's just such a PITA. I just have no patience for them. I'm keeping them, hoping at some point I will have an a-ha moment and like them, but so far for me, I reach for the open nesting ones. Exact same experience and I have a ZipeMate too! I don't hear of many people that own them. I got mine at a yard sale and I think it does work better than my old Sizzix machine I sold. |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 21, 2016 15:04:28 GMT
have a bunch of the dies (I use my ZipeMate to run them through). I love the nesting dies. The diecut comes out clean and crisp every time. I bought 6 of the more intricate die sets for $2.49 each when M's was having some crazy clearance. Well, I tried, but I haven't been able to successfully use them.. The paper sticks in the die and it's just such a PITA. I just have no patience for them. I'm keeping them, hoping at some point I will have an a-ha moment and like them, but so far for me, I reach for the open nesting ones. Exact same experience and I have a ZipeMate too! I don't hear of many people that own them. I got mine at a yard sale and I think it does work better than my old Sizzix machine I sold. I bought my ZipeMate when they were going on clearance, for $99, so many years ago. Around 2005, I think. |
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Post by FurryP on May 22, 2016 3:38:26 GMT
LavenderLayoutLadyI never heard of using wax paper, but I heard of using dryer sheets: The good part starts at about 1:50
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 22, 2016 3:45:12 GMT
LavenderLayoutLady I never heard of using wax paper, but I heard of using dryer sheets: The good part starts at about 1:50 Love this idea!!! The drier sheets we get are so "coated" do they make any that are less coated with stuff? |
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Post by grammadee on May 22, 2016 3:48:28 GMT
Wow! Will have to try this!
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Post by FurryP on May 22, 2016 4:15:50 GMT
Love this idea!!! The drier sheets we get are so "coated" do they make any that are less coated with stuff? Elannah, I don't know if you have dollar stores in Canada, but here I would think the dollar store ones would be less quality, and therefore have less coating. |
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 5:59:16 GMT
I know what you're saying. I like the dies for the more intricate things though because while I *could* cut shapes like that with my electronic cutter, it takes FOREVVVVERRR to not only cut them but to then either pick out all of the little holes and details or scrape all the bits off the sticky mat and clean up the resulting mess afterward. So I'm willing to try doing a little work on the front end to save me a lot of work on the back end. That, and anything with fine details or thin pieces is a massive pain to get off of a sticky mat without destroying it. I agree about the forevvverr on cutting shapes with our electronic cutters. I cut a beautiful lace file the other day and it took thirty minutes. I am so glad I am a bookworm. I just curl up with my book while my machine is cutting. I am still cleaning up the little bitty pieces of paper that decided to fly away to different parts of my room. Lint brush is only good for so much. I vacuum my home every day and still finding tiny pieces of paper. I have likened lace files to glitter now. I do love my Spellbinder's. I don't have a lot. I like the dies because they are so intricate and they emboss too. I only have some of the lace shapes and Nesties. I don't own stamp/die sets. I do use wax paper to release the dies. I made my own magnetic mat to keep the dies in place. I have a Cuttlebug and Sizzix Vintaj. The question of dryer sheets. I do use Dollar Tree dryer sheets and they are less coated than name brand ones. I have never used DT's dryer sheets for die cuts so I don't know how well it works for releasing dies. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 22, 2016 13:13:41 GMT
I found the link, it's Cheery Lynn. What the guy says makes sense about the waxed paper and the thin detailed dies. Check it out, he demonstrates using the thin plastic grocery bags as a release. Cheery Lynn YouTube |
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