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I've got a few of the Nestabilities dies (scalloped rectangles & oval) and got the tan embossing mat so I could actually start to emboss too. Played with it a few times but seeems to not emboss my cardstock as well as I imagined it would. Barely makes the desing on the cardstock. I'm following the directions for layering correctly ( I think). Is there any secret to get a deeper more pronounced emboss??? I'm using my Cuttlebug for this.
I also got the charm ambossing kit but have yet to play with that part. Does it work pretty well??? How thick of a charm can you use??
I am thinking about buying some of these. Are they worth it? Are they similar to the QK cookie cutter dies (circle scallops)? The QK ones are not solid all the way through and I have found that they leave a 'rim' around where the edge of the die ends in the center which I do not like. Does that make sense? I am not happy w/my QK ones for this reason - maybe I am doing something wrong?
If the nesties are better, do you prefer the Lg Circle & Lg Scallop Circle look as oposed to the Sm Circle & Lg Scallop look?
Lastly, where is the best place to order them (cost & shipping Low)?
Thanks for letting me hijack the thread!!
~T
__________________ ~Tori Pink Cat Studio's Digi DT Member * GD Whiff of Joy Stamps - April/May 2010
Check out my Blog! - The Fishy-Scrapper's Chronicles
I am thinking about buying some of these. Are they worth it? Are they similar to the QK cookie cutter dies (circle scallops)? The QK ones are not solid all the way through and I have found that they leave a 'rim' around where the edge of the die ends in the center which I do not like. Does that make sense? I am not happy w/my QK ones for this reason - maybe I am doing something wrong?
If the nesties are better, do you prefer the Lg Circle & Lg Scallop Circle look as oposed to the Sm Circle & Lg Scallop look?
Lastly, where is the best place to order them (cost & shipping Low)?
Thanks for letting me hijack the thread!!
~T
__________________ ~Tori Pink Cat Studio's Digi DT Member * GD Whiff of Joy Stamps - April/May 2010
Check out my Blog! - The Fishy-Scrapper's Chronicles
sorry for the double post - my pc is going so slow I refreshed it and it did it twice!
__________________ ~Tori Pink Cat Studio's Digi DT Member * GD Whiff of Joy Stamps - April/May 2010
Check out my Blog! - The Fishy-Scrapper's Chronicles
I've bumped a few of these posts up with the link to GinaK's tutorial today on cutting and embossing Nestabilities with a Cuttlebug, so thought I'd bump this one up too!
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Put 4-5 pieces of scrap cardstock on top of the piece you are embossing - just lay them on top before you put the tan pad on and then run it back and forth a couple of times. I was having trouble at first too - but this helped me and now it works great!!
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Hi! I had been using the following "sandwich" for my cuttlebug for embossing with the nesties from Nichole Heady's blog:
1. A plate
2. B plate
3. Die face up (with die cut still in die)
4. 3 pieces of cardstock
5. tan polymer mat
6. 2nd B plate
and I was disappointed because that "sandwich" doesn't work for me, because all of the cuttlebugs are just a bit different from each other tension/tightness wise.
The other day GinaK posted her "sandwich" along with a card and I tried it her way and WOW! the embossing was perfect. Gina's "sandwich" is:
1. A plate
2. B plate
3. Die face up (with die cut still in die)
4. tan polymer mat
5. 2nd B plate
6. chipboard
I think that placing the tan polymer mat on top of the die allows the mat to squish into the die space and emboss it. I had placed the cardstock/chipboard on top of the die and that doesn't have as much give to squish into the die. I hope that makes sense.
In order to get the best emboss when using nestabilities, or any Spellbinders die for that matter, the tan polymer pad should always be against the die. If you put cardstock shims between the die and the polymer, you are actually hindering the emboss. The flexibility of the tan polymer is what pushes the paper through the openings in the die and gives you the emboss. If you need to shim to make things tighter, always do it on the outside of the polymer pad.
I found that if I crank the sandwich through, but not all the way, then reverse, then reverse again, I get a better emboss. I also use two chipboard shims. Gina K's pictures on how to do it made the most sense to me. I am a (slow) visual learner and I totally got it after looking at her photo tutorial.
I made a stupid mistake the other day. I was watching TV while I was using a nestability with my Big Shot. I accidentally put the tan mat as the last layer and when I rolled the layers through, the tan mat wrapped itself around the top roller of the Big Shot. I had to completly dismantle the Big Shot and even then I couldn't pull the mat out from between the rollers. DH had to shoot some oil on athe mats and rollers and pull like crazy to get it out. Luckily, the BS still works just fine after I put it back together. I won't be making that mistake again -- I think I'll blame in on the Hallmark channel!!
Nestabilities dies and tan embossing mat?
