How to Use Sizzix Dies in Cuttlebug
You CAN Use Sizzix Dies in the Cuttlebug
After using the Sizzix Create-A-Bow (that’s a link to it on Amazon) in my Sizzix Big Shot in these two posts POST 1 and Post 2, I had a lot of questions about whether or not the dies could be used in the Cuttlebug. They can!
Here’s how:
First put in the B plate, then add your die face UP, lay your paper over than and then sandwich the other B plate on top of that. You’re all ready!
Now you roll it through. If you’re new to using dies in your embosser I want to prepare you for the fact that the newly pristine and lovely B plate that goes over the top of your die will soon be cut up, marked, marred and otherwise ugly. Don’t worry about it. You haven’t done anything wrong and there’s no way to keep them looking pretty except not to use them. If it really bothers you and you’d like to have them clear for your embossing only uses, you’ll have to buy an additional set.
Those words say, “Wishes, wishes.” They’re left over from this project.
After cutting out 5 sets of bow pieces I decided that this time I would try making a smaller bow by leaving out the 5 largest pieces. It works just fine! I suggest using a double sided for best results. Thick cardstock doesn’t work as well as paper because it wants to crease. Each time you make a cut you also get those buttons. I think that’s a great added bonus because I was actually considering buying a Martha Stewart button punch, but when I looked at it on Amazon it had gotten bad reviews. I kept going back and forth and … well, now I don’t need it! 😉
I used a brad to hold the leftover pieces together. Next, I used a red Copic marker to color the brad from that boring brass to red! 😀
I thought this looked pretty and has many functions. You can use it as candles in a scrapbook or on a card. Use it to give some interest to a page or as a picket fence. I’m actually using mine as a bookmark or you could have 5 bookmarks if you take them off the brad. 😀
Now for the Give Away!
I bought this for my give away because I love mine!
It’s a Cuttlebug with all those accessories! FUN!! Super Friends please leave a comment to be entered for a chance to win. How can you become a Super Friend? Just register so you can leave a comment…that makes you a Super Friend! I’ll announce the winner on Monday, Dec 2o. Good luck and thank you for being here!
And the Winner IS:
# carrie Says:
December 14th, 2010 at 12:16 PM
What a fabulous give-away! Thanks for the chance to win. I am so glad I discovered your site. I love the Cricut info that you share. Enjoy seeing Zippy in your picture presentations and he looks so cute dressed for the holidays.
I have to call you SUPER JOY! I really enjoy following your blog because you have such amazing ideas. Your directions are always so easy to follow which is very nice. I especially love your new friend Zippy and his outfit! SOOOO cute!
Amy K
Tell Zippy to be careful, with all of your crafting it would be terrible if he got smashed in the Cuttlebug. 🙂 I think every craft room needs a Zippy. Thanks for the inspiration with the bow. papermemories4u at yahoo dot com
What a wonderful prize. I sure could use this. Cricut is great but the cuddlebug looks more user freindly.
Thanks for the chance to win one.
Happy Holidays!
Great giveaway…I was wondering how to use the sizzix in the cuttle bug and now i know. I would love to win this…the cuttlebug i have now is acting up and it would be great to have one that works properly 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh Zippy is so cute! My daughter wants one of these for Christmas. I didn’t know you could dress them up! Love your bow and how you took the extras and put them on the brad- great idea! Thanks for another great giveaway!
Zippy is too cute! I just bought my one year old four of the Zhu Zhu pets for Christmas. Not sure if I really bought them for him or ME! lol. I think he will have fun chasing them across our tile floors.
I never knew you could you a sizzix in the Cuttlebug. I learn something new from your site everyday! Thanks for sharing!
WoW Love this giveaway. Been watching and wanting but just haven’t done it yet. My 10yr old love crafting with me and I bought her the Cuttlekids but it is way too small to emboss anything. Also she just got a Zhu-Zhu pet named Nugget over the weekend from a christmas party with my father’s family. She also got the babies and a stroller. Thanks for sharing who Zippy bought his outfit from on eBay. Will be heading over there to check out some fancy gear for Nugget. ;0) Thanks again. Love your projects!
ZIppy is nothin’ but trouble Joy! You better keep an eye on him before he gets on Ebay and buys something REALLY BIG!!! LIke a Cricut or somethin’!!!! 🙂
I will have to say that his Santa Suit is really cute….. but DON’T TELL HIM I Said that…. K! 🙂 Adorable bow yet again… I LOVE Amazon sooo I’m gonna order that Sizzix die… I think it’s great that you can make your own bows…. I’ve always wanted to but didn’t know how….. Now I know I Can! Thanks for the enabling!!!! 🙂
Love Zippy’s newe outfit. Makes me think I need a new friend that has that much style! Oh and I would love to win the Cuttlebug!!!!!!
Zippy is such a great helper!!! I think he loves crafting!! 🙂
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…and Zippy’s Santa suit is very cute. Thank You for the info on using dies in the Cuttlebug. It is a wonderful machine and giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win.
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LOL! Love the story and great project! Zippy sure looks ‘zippy’ in his santa suit!
Zippy can come visit my house anytime! I have a dog that loves all animals and he needs some company.
Linda A
Love the Santa suit on Zippy!!!! I have always wanted a Cuttlebug….so….I really hope I win!!!!
Thanks for another awesome giveaway!!!
Kristie
Ahhhhh look at that Zippy he’s so fashionable!
lol
That’s a really cool project.
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the great ideas and I love your sense of humor!!! Thank you for a chance to win something! It is fun just to read your project and then read everyone’s comments!! 🙂 Merry Christmas from Pendleton Oregon or as we say it over here, Let ‘er Buck!!!
Wow I love this I love to wrap gifts. I always wanted to go with my kids when they went and did gift wrapping for FBLA, and they would never let me go
This will add to my gift wrapping
And what a great giveaway
I love it
Thanks,
Teri
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Great ideas Joy! Thanks for the chance on another awesome giveaway!
Zippy treated himself to a very nice outfit!
Thank you for the giveaway – it’s very generous of you.
Kristin
great giveaway- thank [email protected]
Zippy looks adorable in his new outfit!
Thanks for the info on the cuttlebug, I don’t really know all they can do so its great learning about it! Thanks for the chance to win – you’re so generous!
Zippy is soo cute! This would be the give away I’d love to win. I definitely thought I could use those dies in my sizzix purse thing. how disappointing!
thanks for the info though! loveeeee those bows!
I’d been hesitant to get a Cuttlebug or Sizzix..wasn’t sure how I could put them to work for me. But after reviewing the above, I can see numerous possibilities. And tell Zippy to watch out…or he/she may end up being a “do da”….
I’d love to win … thank you for your give aways. Maybe one time I’ll be a lucky winner. Congrats to all your previous winners.
Thanks for the chance to win.I love the bow!! Tell Zippy to watch out! krisandcody2u at comcast dot net
I love to read your blog and it always makes me laugh!! I love Zippy in his santa suit!! Thanks for the awesome giveaway and for everything that you do!
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I love your blog and that you have FUN with crafting!!! Zippy is just the cutest mascot ever. Keep up the great work and the great ideas!!
I absolutely love my cuttlebug! Bought extra B plates just so I wouldn’t have marks on one for embossing. 🙂 You are so generous to be giving one away!
What a fabulous give-away! Thanks for the chance to win. I am so glad I discovered your site. I love the Cricut info that you share. Enjoy seeing Zippy in your picture presentations and he looks so cute dressed for the holidays.
I LOVE Zippy’s costume! It’s adorable! Maybe while he was ordering his suit he also ordered something for you for Christmas. 😉 Thanks for another wonderful giveaway! I would LOVE to win!
incredible. not only the givaway. i’ve just started working with my cricut and found your site a couple months ago. so appreciate you sharing all your knowledge. God Bless you.
Zippy is so festive and what a great giveaway – my granddaughter would love this – she likes playing with mine~!
Deanne G
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I wish I had been warned about the cuttlebug plates before I got mine! When it arrived I was sooo excited I immediately tested the little die that Custom Crops sent as a freebie. I nearly fell through the floor when it “ruined” my plate!! I wanted to cry. Anyway, with no instructions, I didn’t know what I had done wrong. I’m sure I’m not the only one this has happened to, if I had only know before. Thanks Joy for giving folks the warning and for making me laugh with your fun humor.
The 12 days has been so fun. I am loving the bow die, and Zippy is adorable in his santa suit. Thanks for the giveaway!
Zippy looks too cute in his santa suit!! Really lovely bows. I wish I had a cuttlebug. Before I bought my cricut I was thinking of buying the cuttlebug, but then saw that the cricut would be less expensive.But I love the embossing effect though so I’m stuck without it. Thanks for the chance to win!
What a great giveaway….I have been looking at cards made with cuddlebug and they are so great looking. I would love to win….Love the extra added fun that Zippy is bringing to your already humerous site.
WOW!!! Awesome giveaway! I LOVE Zippy’s new Santa suit! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love Zippy’s Santa Suit!! Who would have thought of clothes for him!! I’ll have to visit her site as my granddaughters have Zhu Zhu pets. Love being your “twin sister”!!!
What an amazing giveaway! Zippy is so cute in his santa suit and I would love to make my own bows!! Thanks so much!
Zippy looks so adorable. You have given me a whole new love for the many ZhuZhu pets in my house. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for a chance to win. I don’t have a Cuttlebug and it would seriously take some of the pressure off of DH to find a crafty gadget. Men, lol he calls eveyrthing a cricut. lol
Love your site and hvae been a long time follower, thanks for the giveaway and letting me know that the dies are compatible. Zippy is super cute!
Hugs! Your friend
Cristina
http://www.craftingwithcristina.com
Zippy is sooooo styling. What a fun non-humbuger he is! I so need to get one and get design creative! Would so love to win and get creative with Cuttlebug. Love following you on facebook too! Thanks so much for all the great ideas.
I do not have a cuttlebug or any other embossing tool… so this would be a great Christmas gift!! My husband too thinks I have all I need, I have to remind him about his toolbench….. anyway, I love your vinyl projects and my daughter loves Zippy’s outfit!
I have decided there is nothing you can’t make. You are so creative and amazing. Thanks for the chance to win such a great prize. I could use it.
Thanks for 12 wonderful days of inspiration!!! You are so creative!!! And thanks for all your generous giveaways.
Zippy is adorable. He always makes me smile.
Wow! What a great giveaway! You are so creative, I just read your blog and sigh….
Zippy, would you help Joy to pick my name for this awesome giveaway? I love the blue color embossing Cuttlebug! Its the very same as my expression and I think it would look amazing right next to each other with the trimmer and all goodies that match, not to mention how wonderful it would be to emboss and cut with. Zippy work some magic for me…..Thank you
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Zippy lools super spiffy in his Santa outfit! 🙂
Nice giveaway…hoping to win someday. My son has some kung zhus he no longer plays with…maybe one will have to join my craft room…:P
Zippy looks ready for the holiday!!! Glad he keeps you company! Love the Cuttlebug!! Thanks for the chance to win!