Once you've discoved the fantastic layering possibilities you'll have by combining the Stampin' Up! punches with the Movers & Shapers shapes, you'll be using them over and over again, I am certain. But I'm equally certain that you won't want every card to be made with the die - and it's not necessary to cut out the card just to get the little shape you want for layering.
These are the materials you'll need to make the card I posted yesterday. Notice that the smaller black rectangle has the shape cut out of it. I used the rectangle for the mat for the stamped image, and the black shape as the mat for the punched greeting. The white piece covers up the "hole", so nobody is the wiser. You save a little card stock, but that is minimal. If you're making multiples of the same card, you'll save lots of time this way, because the die can cut 3 or 4 layers at a time!
Follow these simple steps. You'll need one extended cutting pad, the Movers & Shapers die (base), a magnetic shape insert for the Movers & Shapers, and a smaller acrylic cutting pad for the top, and scraps of paper just big enough to cover the magnetic insert. Pictured here is a cutting pad made for the Sizzix Sidekick, a little bitty machine just for Sizzlits. You can also use the standard cutting pad. But there's no need to use the extended pad for this cutting method, and two reasons NOT to: cutting will be faster and easier with a smaller pad on top, and a small cutting pad is less expensive when time comes to replace it.
Lay the Movers & Shapers die onto the extended cutting pad.
Insert the magnetic piece into the "well" on the Movers & Shapers die. The placement is not important. In fact, you could get two different shapes into the die and cut them both out with this method.
Carefully place the small pieces of card stock (large enough to comfortably cover the insert) on top of the foam portion of the insert.
Cover it with the small cutting pad.
Roll it through the Big Shot. It will not be necessary to roll the entire length of the long die, just enough to get the upper cutting pad passed through. You'll hear a click and pop, but don't worry - that's normal.
Remove the upper cutting pad and lift off the die cut(s). As you can see here, I made three at one time. Also notice that the rest of the card stock pieces got pushed down over the foam portion when the die passed through the machine.
Just gently pry them off and either discard them or use them as a bottom layer/ mat.
Great information! Thanks so much!
Posted by: Phyllis Strickland | August 10, 2009 at 03:12 PM