Reversing die cuts

[Cre8ive Mind]

I am wondering if anyone has come up with a way to reverse (mirror image) die cuts that don't have that little bit of a curl along the edge and at the cut out bits? I tried rolling the die cut through the rollers to flatten them, which helped a bit but not entirely. I have some bird dies and leaf dies I want to face the other way and need to use the "back or wrong" side of the die cut.
Thanks,
Barb

[Angelnorth]

You could try running a bone folder around the edge, angling kind of downward as you go.

Depending on the look you’re aiming for you could go even more dimensional which might give you a better result since it’s not relying only on how the edges look - put the die cut onto a foam mat or some fun foam and use an embossing stylus to “dome out” the shape. Then flip it over and you have a reversed shape with some dimension to it. I find running the embossing stylus round the outside edge of a shape first helps. You might not even need to do anything to the inside of the shape, depending on size. I most commonly do this with circles but other shapes should work, too.

HTH!

[Cre8ive Mind]

I tried an embossing stylus and that worked pretty well. I haven't tried the bone folder yet. Thanks for the ideas.

Barb

[stampophile]

I just flip it over so that the side I want to see is up. Then gently use a sanding block from the new top and “sand” down.

[Cre8ive Mind]

That is a good idea. I just tried it and it worked fine on the edges but not so good on those little slit cuts that define features such as the wings of a bird or veins on leaves. It sanded the whole surface area just too much. I didn't want the shabby look to the paper. I was going to dig out my iron (which hasn't seen daylight for ages) and try pressing them with a dry iron.

Thanks for your help.
Barb

[Kathleen Mc]

Not tried this myself, but you could try running the die cut thru your machine with an embossing mat. Might smooth it out.

[joniworx]

Flip the paper - instead of the top side of the paper facing the inside of the die, face it so the backside of the paper is on the inside of the die. Then it will flip so the right side of the paper is up, and any "curls" can be taking care of usually by a small mist of water and gentle curling back over a curved surface.

[Cre8ive Mind]

I am using ordinary card stock so there is no top and backside to it. I like your idea of lightly misting the die cut and then gently curving the edges. I hope this will also help to flatten the detail lines in the center of the die cut...such as the feather lines on the bird's wings. Thanks for your input.