Self Healing Mats in Place of Cutting Plates in Your Die Cutting Machines

Use your self-healing mat in place of your cutting plates in your die cutting machines. This works in both electronic and manual machines. Here are the sandwiches I used in the different machines. Yours might be different. Just experiment until you find the sandwich that works for you! Thank you to Devi Evans for sharing this idea on Facebook. Here is the link to the mat I used:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...

Here is a link to another one suggested:

https://www.amazon.com/OLFA-Gridded-C...

Here is another Self Healing Mat by Olfa that is already sized at 6 X 8

https://www.amazon.com/OLFA-Gridded-C...


GEMINI

Purple Plate
Metal Shim
Clear white plastic
Magnetic pad
Die (face up)
Paper
Self Healing Mat (Clear mat from Amazon)

SIZZIX SIDE KICK

Cutting plate
Die (face up)
Paper
Self-healing Mat (Clear mat from Amazon)
4 pieces manila folder

CUTTLEBUG

A plate
1 or 2 layers manila folder
B plate
Self healing mat (olfa)
Card stock
Die
B plate

CUTTLEBUG (option2)

A plate
Double pieces of manila folder
Olfa Cutting mat used as a shim
Self Healing Mat (Clear from Amazon)
B cutting plate

BIG SHOT

Magnetic Plate
2 Layers of manila folder
2 layers of self healing mat (Olfa)
Paper
Die
Cutting Plate