Sizzix: more than cutting dies!

Hi folks!
In this second article about the wonderful world of Sizzix, we’re going to focus on the accessories and adapters needed to cut and emboss with our machines Big Shot and Big Shot Pro.
First of all, let’s take a look at the so-called cutting pads, made of a strong material, similar to "plexiglass" and absolutely necessary to use our cutting dies and embossing folders: both with the Big Shot and/or with the Big Shot Pro (just pay attention, for some of them are developed exclusively for the Big Shot Pro and cannot be used with the smaller Big Shot) and, apart from some exceptions, they always come in pairs. The same cutting pads can be employed with different kind of dies, since dies have standard sizes, and this means that to a single pair of these cutting pads, you can match several dies

Even in the instance of the so-called "platforms" - i.e. the platforms needed to form your "sandwich" including the material we’d like to cut or emboss (embossing) - we can choose some models to be used with the Big Shot only and some others that can be used with the Big Shot Pro as well. For each of these "platforms”, the compatibility with these machines is included in their description, though the most important element still remains their usage with the several dies available: this is why, this kind of compatibility is also described. That’s how it works for the Magnetic Platform, as well as for the Solo Platform & Shim and the Adapter Solo Wafer-Thin.

For higher simplicity, however, anytime you have doubts, we kindly invite you to email us and solve them, before shopping for, just as in the instance of cutting dies or embossing folders, with these accessories, too, their variety can create some confusion and/or mislead!

So, only verifying the compatibility with the several dies (and, of course, with the Sizzix machine) we already have, or we’d like to, we can be sure that the accessories we’re purchasing are the exact ones we need, or - maybe - those we might need in a close future!

Hear from us soon