Make sure the face of the die is looking up at the paper.
After choosing a die and paper, place the die face down of the paper and flip your metal die onto the base plate of your cutter, with the die in between the base and the paper.Select the metal die and paper that you want to use.Today I will be taking you through the steps to help you make some beautiful designs. There are many different ways to die cut and many different dies that you can use. Learn more about cutting metals with steel rule dies in my article.
Even though this die is more resilient, it can’t produce detailed designs like a thin metal die can, and they are also the more expensive of the two.īut steel rule dies can cut more types of material like craft foam and even thin metal. They can cut through more rigid materials (leather or mat board) and even cut through multiple layers of materials such as fabric. These dies have more cutting force and are much stronger than thin metal dies.
