Oh I love my commenters. Clever, they are.
mckysminni commented on my last post and mentioned a metal shim that they have in the USA for cutting (the Craft Barn carries one) and I had the idea of trying tin (or ah-LU-min e um, if you insist) foil and it did help! First I did 160 gsm card – it was ok but the card is so thin pulling it out distorted it a bit.
Then I did the heavy weight card.
The sandwich I used that worked best was cutting plate, tin foil, cardstock, waxed paper, die, cutting edge down, shim (from the packaging) base plate on top. Thru the GC, forward, back, forward back. The one blinkin’ bit did not cut (right hand gate between the 2nd and 3rd railing) and I had to run my pokey tool over it to detach the last little thread of card, but the end result looks pretty good!
Temporary only, to be true, but it works when you need something RIGHT NOW. And the shim I saw here was 8 x 5.5 and £10. Ouch. On top of the cost of the dies. {sigh}
Final Update: Had a bit of Art Emboss metal, too thick to CUT thru and the pattern of the die embosses into it, so still not the solution. But what I can tell from that experiment is that the metal shim is going to work (well except for that SAME railing area!) Now if only Spellbinders would send everyone who ordered these dies one……
scrappystickyinkymess 
03/10/2012 at 6:38 am
Believe me, the steel shim will pay for itself in your lack of frustration! Literally every intricate die cuts easily, I promise ! Once you get one, you’ll buy another simply to make sure you have them in case they ever stop making them ! 🙂
Can’t wait to get the gate die here in the USA !
Good luck !
Jan
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