I love Spellbinder dies and have been somewhat frustrated in the past when trying to use some of the more detailed dies, due to the fact that it would not always cut all the way through, so then I would try to poke out the little pieces and often would end of with an ugly mess or torn die cuts.
So does this look familiar? The die cut, would completely cut through some of the pieces, but not all. Trying to punch out the ones that didn't get cut all the way through, would either tear my paper or it just didn't look great. this mostly happened after using the die more than once (for multiple projects)
This is what the die looks like after cutting one or more pieces of card stock. The punched/cut pieces stay inside the die
So then, I discovered (OK, you may know this, but this was an ahh haa moment for me), that if I used a punch tool and pushed out the previous punched out pieces from the back side of the die, then I was able to get a clean cut every time.
Here is a picture of using the punch tool (backside of die), and pushing out the card stock pieces of paper.
A view of the front side of the die, after punching out the small pieces of card stock
Voila! A Clean cut every time.
Yay! I have fallen in love with my detailed die cuts all over again. No more mess and incomplete cuts.
This really has been a great discovery for me, because I don't have to worry about not getting a clean cut. Yes, it takes extra time, to have to clean out the die between each cut out, but the hassle and headache that it keeps me from having, is well worth it.
Fall in love with your Spellbinder Dies all over again!!!
