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I am thinking of sending my nesties back. I worked with them for an hours today, watched 3 tutorials online, and tried everything. They sort of cut, if you have a pair of paper snips to help, and won't emboss no matter what I try! ANyone have any ideas? I have 4 sets!
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If you emboss with them you need to have the tan wizard mat along with like 4 pieces of cardstock. I have never had any problems at all maybe you have your sandwhichs wrong...
If you watched the tutorials, then you no doubt are using the right sandwich. However, since you didn't mention the sandwich you used, here's the one that works in my Cuttlebug.
Sandwich for cutting from bottom to top: Thick A plate, B plate, cardstock, nestie with ridge side facing down toward cardstock, C plate.
Sandwich for embossing bottom to top: Thick A plate, B plate, nestie with cardstock inside it and ridgey side up, tan mat, (piece of cereal box for shim in my cuttlebug), B Plate. Note: every Cuttlebug is slightly different for looseness - you may or may not need extra cardstock or a piece of cereal box as a shim to get a good impression.
If the above sandwiches are not working in your Bug, I would guess that your machine is extra loose and needs a plate that is a tad thicker than the B Plate to create enough pressure on the Nestie cutting surface to make the cut. That's just a guess on my part, but it's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Maybe someone else can help with this problem. How frustrating this has to be for you! :( Hope one of our Bug Experts will swing by and suggest something for you to try that would work. Good luck with this and don't give up yet!
I used the nesties with my Sizzix. I also have a "sandwich" recipe. Sometimes it works well, sometimes it doesn't cut all the way through. I've found that it depends on the paper you are cutting or embossing. If it's thinner, then it works fine. If it's thicker paper or cardstock, then I need to use an extra piece of paper under the sandwich as a shim.
It's not as straight-forward as they make it seem in the videos and lessons. Each time you use it is an experiement. But I'm less frustrated now since I've figured out the little shim trick, and it works well.
That was going to be my suggestion. Add sheets of cardstock, one at a time to increase the pressure. Since cuttlebugs are plastic, they vary a bit and may need a little extra oomph to cut right.
It sounds like you need to shim it slightly more from underneath. Without being there with you, it is tough to tell, but that's my best guess. The thing with Cuttlebugs is that since they're made of plastic, they have a slight inherent flexibility, which leads to differences in the space between the rollers (and even that can change with time). There are differences between Cuttlebugs, so you may need to play around and figure out what is best with your machine, but I don't think you need to return your Nestabilities. I used to use them in a Cuttlebug, and ALWAYS had to do something different than anyone else to get them to work - you can read about it here: http://createdfrompaper.blogspot.com...cuttlebug.html Usually, though, this problem is due more to your Cuttlebug than the Nesties. HTH! (And I'm home with a sickie today, so LMK if I can be of more help - we could even chat on the phone if you would like.)
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I don't know what shape you have, but I noticed that it does help if you send the squares/rectangles through at an angle. I think it's better because it's not trying to cut one side all at once, KWIM? Of course, if you're trying circles, then this won't be much help, eh?
I was having the same problem when someone on here recommended two of the tan mats. I was really nervous about trying it, but thought what the heck I didn't like what I was getting anyway. I tried it and it worked beautifully! Just be careful-If you feel wayyyy too much pressure in trying to get it through don't push it, you don't want to break the machine.
If you watched the tutorials, then you no doubt are using the right sandwich. However, since you didn't mention the sandwich you used, here's the one that works in my Cuttlebug.
Sandwich for cutting from bottom to top: Thick A plate, B plate, cardstock, nestie with ridge side facing down toward cardstock, C plate.
Sandwich for embossing bottom to top: Thick A plate, B plate, nestie with cardstock inside it and ridgey side up, tan mat, (piece of cereal box for shim in my cuttlebug), B Plate. Note: every Cuttlebug is slightly different for looseness - you may or may not need extra cardstock or a piece of cereal box as a shim to get a good impression.
If the above sandwiches are not working in your Bug, I would guess that your machine is extra loose and needs a plate that is a tad thicker than the B Plate to create enough pressure on the Nestie cutting surface to make the cut. That's just a guess on my part, but it's the only thing that makes sense to me.
Maybe someone else can help with this problem. How frustrating this has to be for you! :( Hope one of our Bug Experts will swing by and suggest something for you to try that would work. Good luck with this and don't give up yet!
you're never supposed to have the die facing down.. i've seen dies snap in half doing this, and provo had a video warning against it when the CB first came out...
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How frustrating! I hope you will try a few of these other great suggestions before you give up on them.
I have a very loose Cuttlebug, and had similar problems cutting when I started with the Nesties. I tried adjusting my "sandwich", but never could get it just right. So what I do is just run the whole thing through twice. It means being careful not to jostle the "sandwich" in between passes, but it works for me. Just thought I'd throw that out there, in case the other suggestions don't work for you. Best of luck to you!!
you're never supposed to have the die facing down.. i've seen dies snap in half doing this, and provo had a video warning against it when the CB first came out...
Blade down is the only way I have cut with my nesties! Otherwise I can't see if it's centered on my image.
Haven't broken anything...yet...lol.
To the OP: Could it be that you are using old cutting plates? As mine get beat up, sometimes they just can't cut through because there are too many old impressions in the plate.
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Blade down is the only way I have cut with my nesties! Otherwise I can't see if it's centered on my image.
Haven't broken anything...yet...lol.
To the OP: Could it be that you are using old cutting plates? As mine get beat up, sometimes they just can't cut through because there are too many old impressions in the plate.
Me too! Blade down.
I now add a few pieces of scrap paper under the cardstock. The Nestie then cuts through both the CS and the paper. Yup! My plates are very scarred.
ETA... I don't have a tan embossing mat. The fun foam from Dollar Tree works. It gets cut up of course into circles squares and such. I reuse the bigger pieces and toss out the little ones.
I now add a few pieces of scrap paper under the cardstock. The Nestie then cuts through both the CS and the paper. Yup! My plates are very scarred.
ETA... I don't have a tan embossing mat. The fun foam from Dollar Tree works. It gets cut up of course into circles squares and such. I reuse the bigger pieces and toss out the little ones.
well.. i'll never cut with the blade down because i don't want to ruin my C plate, and i don't want it to snap..
i emboss and cut with one pass.
A
2 pieces of cardstock
C
die facing up
paper you're cutting
B
embosses and cuts at the same time..
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I have really broken the B plate embossing- just adding one extra piece of CS broke my top B plate- well........ I simply tape the broken area with packaging tape....and I still use it (I am saying that it is taped multiple times- like 5 or 6 on one plate....... I have multiple B plates, so I omly use the taped one with embossing......
Blade side up for me too. I stamp my image and then use a tiny bit of tape to tape the die where I want it over the image and then I flip it over and cut. I have to use from the bottom up: C plate, 2 CS shims, die, CS, B plate. Whatever works I guess, took me awhile to figure it out, too.
you're never supposed to have the die facing down.. i've seen dies snap in half doing this, and provo had a video warning against it when the CB first came out...
hmmmm.....that's kind of a stretch to believe because when Cuttlebug first came out, Nesties were not available. :? They must have issued this "warning video" at a later date.
When I got my first Nesties I did extensive research on "how to's" provided by various experts here on SCS and blogs that they linked to. Many of these very experienced Nestie users recommended stacking the nesties with the blade down and cardstock underneath for the simple reason that it made it possible to see exactly where the nestie was cutting around a stamped image, i.e. it made it simple to perfectly center the image in the nestie. I have been doing it that way for many, many months and have never seen any indication that the nesties are being damaged by this method - no snapping dies, no dies stuck in the plates, no warp-age, no weirdness of any kind.
By all means, if you have had a "snapping die" issue with your Cuttlebug, you should avoid whatever it was that caused the problem in the first place. It was not my intent to cause possible harm to someone's Nesties, I was only imparting what has worked for me.
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It was not my intent to cause possible harm to someone's Nesties,
One of the best SCS quotes ever!!
I can just see Boss in her little laboratory, rubbing her hands together in a Mr Burns "exxxxcellent" way.... "I get you my pretty...and your little nesties, too!"
I can just see Boss in her little laboratory, rubbing her hands together in a Mr Burns "exxxxcellent" way.... "I get you my pretty...and your little nesties, too!"
I can just see Boss in her little laboratory, rubbing her hands together in a Mr Burns "exxxxcellent" way.... "I get you my pretty...and your little nesties, too!"
(btw, count me in as a die side down, also!)
I love that line from Wizard of Oz! This is just hysterical to think of someone maniacally plotting against the nesties.
hmmmm.....that's kind of a stretch to believe because when Cuttlebug first came out, Nesties were not available. :? They must have issued this "warning video" at a later date.
When I got my first Nesties I did extensive research on "how to's" provided by various experts here on SCS and blogs that they linked to. Many of these very experienced Nestie users recommended stacking the nesties with the blade down and cardstock underneath for the simple reason that it made it possible to see exactly where the nestie was cutting around a stamped image, i.e. it made it simple to perfectly center the image in the nestie. I have been doing it that way for many, many months and have never seen any indication that the nesties are being damaged by this method - no snapping dies, no dies stuck in the plates, no warp-age, no weirdness of any kind.
By all means, if you have had a "snapping die" issue with your Cuttlebug, you should avoid whatever it was that caused the problem in the first place. It was not my intent to cause possible harm to someone's Nesties, I was only imparting what has worked for me.
sorry... i should have specified... they said cutting blade always up on all dies used in the cuttlebug.. .
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I love Nesties more than any other i think they are valuable, the most used shapes in card making and scrapbooking, and so when the CB came out off I went to see them demo it only to ask about the Nesties and watch in horror as they broke first one plate then another!
My DH wouldn't buy one for me and as an engineering type he was impressed with the Wizard, no trouble there. Never looked back.
Any ideas/suggestions where is the best place to order a tan mat?? Thanks!
I use a piece of plumber's gasket purchased at Home Depot. It comes in a 2-pack of 6x6" red rubber sheets. You can find it in the Plumbing department with the toilet gaskets and such. It costs $2.99 or $3.99.
I use mine all the time in the Cuttlebug and have never had a problem cutting. I use the following sandwich:
A plate
C plate
Nestie (ridge side up)
Cardstock
B plate
ahhhh enabler lol i have a wish list(HUGE) that my husband is fulfilling this weekend and yes it also includes some nestie dies!! i can't wait yay BIG HUGS, mary!
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I use a piece of plumber's gasket purchased at Home Depot. It comes in a 2-pack of 6x6" red rubber sheets. You can find it in the Plumbing department with the toilet gaskets and such. It costs $2.99 or $3.99.
Thank you! I have tried using the fun fam and haven't had grat luck with it. Do you personally cut to size of each of your nesties or do you use the whole piece (in cuttlebug)?
you can get a tan mat from Spellbinders Wizard but i wouldn't bank on CB being around much longer if you run into trouble as i hear one of their factories has just closed.
I love Nesties more than any other i think they are valuable, the most used shapes in card making and scrapbooking, and so when the CB came out off I went to see them demo it only to ask about the Nesties and watch in horror as they broke first one plate then another!
My DH wouldn't buy one for me and as an engineering type he was impressed with the Wizard, no trouble there. Never looked back.
I have only once had trouble with a broken plate when I bought the wrong thickness of plumber's gasket. This happened about two years ago and I haven't had to replace any plates since. I use nesties all the time, too. Trying to put more than will fit in the machine will crack plates. (i.e. incorrect plates, too many sheets of cardstock, wrong thickness of plumber's gasket)
I can't say that I wouldn't love to try a Wizard though... ;)
you can get a tan mat from Spellbinders Wizard but i wouldn't bank on CB being around much longer if you run into trouble as i hear one of their factories has just closed.
???????? :confused: This is news to me. What factory for which company closed?(cuttlebug? spellbinders?) I must have missed the thread or blog discussing this, could you post a link?
Thanks....must load up on supplies if this is true....:(
yep that's what CB is for, heard it at a shop over here, cant imagine ProvoCraft dropping CB as it is popular, and lightweight, but times are bad, so hope it is not true, have to wait and see. I would not like to spread a rumor.
you can get a tan mat from Spellbinders Wizard but i wouldn't bank on CB being around much longer if you run into trouble as i hear one of their factories has just closed.
Ford has shut down numerous factories...but Fords will be around for a LONG time. Maybe just a few less of them.
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My Nesties dont' work with my cuttlebug!
