ABCs of Disney - Altered Rolodex Swap! ALL POSTAL 6/11! Enjoy!

[piratesmate]

I don't know if anyone remembers my post about my Sizzlits die that wasn't cutting, but things took a turn for the worst last night!

I've been cutting 2/day for a while so that I could get through all 26 without making myself crazy. I had to give all of the coral pieces an "assist" to get them to release...aka cut them out by hand. I was up to 4 pieces of cardstock for the shim and had to pull the lever down on the big Sizzix machine 3 times. It wasn't too bad...only about 6 spots weren't releasing, so I got brave & tried cutting a few extras. This is what happened after the last cut...and it was fine on the cut right before this one!!

I have no idea how it slid like that because I tried moving it back & it doesn't budge!! Does anyone have this die who might be willing to cut a few for me?!?!? I can't imagine having to cut the rest by hand!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

Can you use some undo or something to loosen it from the plastic enough to slide it back the other way?

 

[TPCShauna]

Eek, Deb! I wish I had advice for you but I don't know how those work. Believe it or not, I've never used a Sizzix. Good luck, though!

I'm having a minor melt-down. I did the template for my card and I really like it. I put my little tab flag on the right side and it works really well for my design. Then I saw Momof2DisneyKids post about the tab being on the wrong side and realized I hadn't even checked that. Now I find out that my tab is supposed to be on the left which will look totally weird for my card!

I don't know what to do. I haven't made them all yet but they'll look goofy if I move the tab. Waaaaaahhhh!!!

 

[piratesmate]

I don't have any Undo and DH has the car. He was supposed to be off from work today as it's our anniversary, but they had an emergency. I tried to pry it off using a palette knife I have, but it doesn't work. The knife fits under the plate, but that sucker won't budge! If he gets home early enough I might try to get some later today & try that.

I have 26 of those silly fish buttons with the shanks cut off & have no clue what to do with the rest if I don't use them for this but if I had another idea for the letter "U" I'd just make something different for the rest. *sigh*

I'm just out of ideas at the moment - and I'm still stuck for something for one of my MK swap groups. I've been putting off thinking/stressing about it but I'm rapidly running out of time!

 

[piratesmate]

Eek, Deb! I wish I had advice for you but I don't know how those work. Believe it or not, I've never used a Sizzix. Good luck, though!

I'm having a minor melt-down. I did the template for my card and I really like it. I put my little tab flag on the right side and it works really well for my design. Then I saw Momof2DisneyKids post about the tab being on the wrong side and realized I hadn't even checked that. Now I find out that my tab is supposed to be on the left which will look totally weird for my card!

I don't know what to do. I haven't made them all yet but they'll look goofy if I move the tab. Waaaaaahhhh!!!

I think you need a warm & fuzzy scarp place! I know I do!!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Eek, Deb! I wish I had advice for you but I don't know how those work. Believe it or not, I've never used a Sizzix. Good luck, though!

I'm having a minor melt-down. I did the template for my card and I really like it. I put my little tab flag on the right side and it works really well for my design. Then I saw Momof2DisneyKids post about the tab being on the wrong side and realized I hadn't even checked that. Now I find out that my tab is supposed to be on the left which will look totally weird for my card!

I don't know what to do. I haven't made them all yet but they'll look goofy if I move the tab. Waaaaaahhhh!!!

If you are happy with the way it looks Joy.. LEAVE them AS IS!!! I'm sure they look great!

 

[PrincessNancy96]

piratesmate...
I haven't seen one do that before... I wouldn't even venture to guess how to fix that...but I sure would be giving an email to Sizzix and a copy of that picture and ask they if they would replace that defective die... I know it won't help now...but if you need that die in the future... ugh!

 

[piratesmate]

If I changed the rest of the cards to the Ugly Bug Ball (Gotta love that song! It was playing every time I called to make a PS for our last trip. ) how would I make the bugs ugly??

Of course my cards are all cut & punched already...and they're a sea blue/green color...not exactly what I think of for a Ball. I have plenty of bug punches, but can't think how to put vests & spats on them.

Maybe I should just go to ACM or JoAnn's (won't give Mikes the business until they lose Martha ) and buy some Ursula stickers. (Don't worry - I won't do that!)

 

[YodasMom]

piratesmate...
I haven't seen one do that before... I wouldn't even venture to guess how to fix that...but I sure would be giving an email to Sizzix and a copy of that picture and ask they if they would replace that defective die... I know it won't help now...but if you need that die in the future... ugh!

I agree with Nancy! I would contact Sizzix. That's bizarre!

I also have to punch several times with my cardstock on most of my sizzix and sizzlets dies to get them to punch completely, but I use mostly Bazzill which is pretty thick.

 

[YodasMom]

Just an update.....I'll be working on these later this coming weekend and next week. Just too much to do all at once right now. They'll be there on time, though!

 

[piratesmate]

I only have a couple that don't want to work with a single pass - unless I'm doing multiple layers, which Sizzix says you can do. This one, though, didn't want to work right no matter what! I even tried using regular printer paper & had the same problems! At first I thought the edge on the plate just wasn't sharp enough or "long" enough to reach through the foam & paper. Now I'm wondering if it was ever set properly & that was the problem!

I'm still thinking about those bugs, though. I just liked the layered look of the die cuts on my original card. Now I'm thinking that the bugs from "It's Tough to be a Bug" - like Heimlich & Hopper - would be really cute! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any stamps for them so it would just be clipart or stickers.

 

[YodasMom]

I only have a couple that don't want to work with a single pass - unless I'm doing multiple layers, which Sizzix says you can do. This one, though, didn't want to work right no matter what! I even tried using regular printer paper & had the same problems! At first I thought the edge on the plate just wasn't sharp enough or "long" enough to reach through the foam & paper. Now I'm wondering if it was ever set properly & that was the problem!

I'm still thinking about those bugs, though. I just liked the layered look of the die cuts on my original card. Now I'm thinking that the bugs from "It's Tough to be a Bug" - like Heimlich & Hopper - would be really cute! Unfortunately, I haven't seen any stamps for them so it would just be clipart or stickers.

It sounds like you have a defective die if it had trouble going through copy paper, etc. I think they should replace it.

Ooh..I like the "Tough to be a Bug" idea!

You're still further along than I am!

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I still think "Under the Sea" is doable.

Instead of each card having all the diecuts, split them up and just draw on some seaweed with a green glitter/shiny gel pen. Nothing elaborate. Just two squiggly lines meeting in a point. Then put a piece of the diecut over those.

Do you have an Ariel stickers? If not, clip art printed on glossy with a pop dot would look nice too.

 

[piratesmate]

No Ariel stickers, but right after I posted this morning I spent some time looking for clipart of Ariel. (great minds & all that ) But my favorite position had some dumb frontal view fish in it...they looked really weird. So I opened the GIF in PhotoShop & got rid of them. But now when I print it I'm getting a grey background instead of the transparant one...that's the whole reason I looked for a GIF file! I was thinking of putting it on vellum because I don't like to bubble cut. I may just use glossy paper instead & cut around it if I can dins a similar pose as a BMP or JPG and do the bubble cut.

When is this due again? August??

 

[maria34a]

Have you tried using it even though its off center like that, just using more cardboard?

 

[piratesmate]

Have you tried using it even though its off center like that, just using more cardboard?

Yeah - and it doesn't work at all anymore. I got one more set after it went off center like that that I could eventually trim out. But after that...you can't even see the image on the reverse side of the paper!!

 

[angelmom]

Where can I get a holder for these cards? I looked at office max, but they were expensive, and couldn't find anything at Target. I don't want a cover on it, just something to put the cards in so I can see them, without spending lots.

 

[piratesmate]

I have one they call "petite" that I picked up at Office Max back in 2001. LOL The Staples site has them for $6.29 and I think I paid more than that 6 years ago! http://www.staples.com/sbd/img/cat/std/270140_01_std.jpg

 

[PrincessNancy96]

Walmart had them in their office supply section..
I also found mine at Office Depot for 7.00 or less... It's a smaller version..but it will fit my needs...

 

[YodasMom]

When is this due again? August??

That would work for me!! I'm using some vellum, too, for mine. I just need to get the time to click the print button!