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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Dies - 2 - The Sizes



Today we will go over different sizes of Nestabilities Dies.


Each set of Nestabilities Dies comes with 5 to 7 dies and each die is approximately 1/4" smaller than the previous one. So you can create frames with 1/4" borders with these dies easily. But what happen if you need to create 1/8" borders? Don't worry, Spellbinders thought of that. For each shape (circles, ovals, rectangles, squares and long rectangles) of Nestabilities, it has one large set and one coordinated small set of dies.

In the picture to the left, the top one shows Petite Oval Large Dies and the bottom one shows Petite Oval Small Dies. They are almost identical, except the small set is 1/8" smaller than the large set. So if you have both large and small sets, they will cover more intervals. But if you don't need that flexibility, then one set should be sufficient for your scrapbook or craft projects.








For each shape of Nestabilities Dies, it also offers the coordinated scalloped dies. With both non-scalloped edge and scalloped edge dies, you can create very pretty scallaped edge frames. The scalloped edged dies also comes with large and small sets. Some of you have asked which one you should get if you can only buy one set. Well, this is all depends on what is your preference. Here I am showing 2 pictures. The top one is using a Petite Oval Small Die with a Petite Scalloped Large Die. This combination offers wider border.





The bottom one is using a Petite Oval Large Die with a Petite Scalloped Large Die. This combination offers narrower border. So both combination are equally pretty and it's really depends which one you like better when you choose a scalloped edge die.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Spellbinders: Nestabilities Dies - 1 - The Basics

For someone who is new with Nestabilities Collection by Spellbinders, it can be very overwhelming and confusing. How does it work? What is the difference between large and small circles? Which scalloped ovals work with the petite ovals? So I will try to answer some of the questions for the next few weeks. Today, let's go over the the basic information about these Nestabilities Dies.

First, let's take a look at these Nestabilities Dies. One side of these dies have ridge and the other side is flat, as shown in the first 2 pictures. The first one is the largest die from Petite Oval Large Set and the second one is the largest die from Petite Scalloped Oval Large Set. The ridge side is the cutting side. When you run these dies through a machine, you want to put the ridge side against the cardstock. Please refer to Spellbinders: Die Cut Machine Capabilities check the correct cutting and embossing sandwich for your machine.

I built the cutting sandwich with the Petite Oval Large Die and ran through my machine. After I completely ran it through and peeled away the perimeter scrap surrounded the die cut image, this is what I got. If I also want to emboss the die cut, I will then take the die with the die cut attached, built the embossing sandwich for my machine and ran it through the machine again. Tip: If you want to emboss your die cut, after its cut, DO NOT PEEL the die cut away from the die before you emboss, otherwise it will be very difficult to line up and build the embossing sandwich.

I repeated the same process with the next largest die from Petite Oval Large Set with brown cardstock. Now I can layer the brown die cut on top of the cream one and build a nice oval die cut.