Die Cutting

Hi Girls,
Today I'm posting about a discovery I found in the Hot Topics on Splitcoaststampers.  For me this was like a light bulb went on, and I though "Now why didn't I think of that". You know, we've all had this happen to us....maybe your light bulb has been on longer than mine, if so just skip this.
You know how your bottom plate (the one you use to cut with) on your Big Shot or what ever die cutting machine you use always bows and we're always having to flip it, or just put up with the cover in the plate. will in this weeks "Hot Topics" it talked about Self healing mats Here.  After reading and re-reading I ordered the  Dahle Ventage 10680 Self-Healing 5-layer cutting mat  9" X 12" .  It came last night, so I had hubby cut it in half so now I have two 9"x6" cutting mats... I did use a thin piece of cardboard for a shim, but let me say it Cuts Like a charm.... I am so please with it I had to post so maybe someone else will have a "Now why didn't I think of that" moment.

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Die Organization part 2

Hi All,

Will this weekend I needed some things in Wal-Mart...(I hate to go there, to darn big) anyway, I looked in the section were the containers are but could not find anything I could use.... So I went to the Bath STUFF and they had these GREAT baskets and they were 

****MADE IN THE USA****

 

Only 4.97 and the perfect size I needed, with a little room. 7x9x5.25 So I got two, one for my new Die boards and one for my Embossing folders..

That's not all I found........ I got a roll of White Con-Tack paper...... I know what on earth would I want that for...

Long story short, I have bad eyes with dark or shaded areas, I need LOTS of lights on to really see. 

With the Dies on the dark Magnetic boards I was having a hard time seeing them... So I though I'd try a cheap and simple fix and boy does it make a difference for me let me show you.

This how the dies look on the black magnetics, not bad in the pics but when there standing back to back in a box and your looking down into a little narrow view, will it was just not good for me.

Here they are with the WHITE  Con-tact applyed.

and here's a mixed view

And now in there NEW Basket....

 

as you can see there's lots of room left and I have 40 of the Magnetic boards loaded in this basket.

Ok that's it for today....

Let me know if you have any ideas that you use, that might help me too... believe me I can use it!

 

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NEW Die Storage

Hi All,

Today I'm showing you something I bough from the Stamp-n-Stoage store.  Just wait till you see my before and after pics....

Anyone that has metal Dies and is looking for a way to store them.... I have found just the thing,  I saw this system on a blog that I follow called Darlene Design.com check her craft room out.... Wow!  Among many of her ideas she showed how she stored her metal dies.... will I had to have that... I've been storing my dies in CD and DVD cases with magnetic strips, but even that takes up space...

As you can see here;

On the second shelf is were I store all my metal dies.  The cases from the wall to the flat stack in the middle are all dies in CD cases... the flat stack are DVD cases with larger dies that did not fit in CD cases... and then next to that are some empty CD cases that needed to be filled but I was just not in the mood to cut magnetic strips and make a index for the end and cover sheet, I know that's all self inflected work but it would help me find things I though.  I still just flipped thru my stack till I found the one I was looking for, and never looked at the index strips. Why brother...?

here's a shot of my Big Shot cutting area with my dies above... ( Boy I need to do something with all my wires, what a mess)

Here's a shot of all my now EMPTY CD/DVD cases 20" tall, next to my New stack of 5X7 Magnetic Cards  only 3.5 " tall LOADED....I just could not believe it...

On the first card I was able to put both the original Labels 4 and the Small Labels 4 on the same card.  On the other 2 cards I just put one die set.

Now on the second card I put 5 MFT borders on one card, and the last card I have both of the MFT Fish Tale dies sets.

It was SOOOoooo easy to do this after I received my 5x7 Magnetic Cards I think it took me less then 45 mins to get all my dies on these cards.... but now I have to label them.....I'm going to make labels for the back of each card so when I need the info it's right there. The Magnetics are adhered to a thin cardboard so they are not floppy but do have some give to remove your dies easily.

I'll add more pics when I have them in there new box, labeled and divided up.

Let me know how you have your dies stored.

If you have any questions let me know I'll be glad to help if I can.

 



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