A Beginners Guide to the Sizzix Big Shot Die-cutting machine | how to use different dies/folders
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• Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine
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• Tonic Tim Holtz Glass Media mat -
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• Sizzix Die Pick
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• Distress Water Sprayer
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• Sizzix Bigz die - Primitive Hearts -
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• Sizzix Embossing Folder - Geometric Lattice -
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Disclosure
I am a freelance designer for Sizzix, so all Sizzix products will have been sent to me free of charge as part of my design work. All other products have been purchased by myself unless stated otherwise. I only use products I genuinely love, and wouldn't recommend anything I don't personally use. My videos are not sponsored or paid for, I share ideas and tutorials because I enjoy doing so. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Helpful hint: I taped my wrench to the bottom of my machine so I'll be able to find it when I need it. Thank you, Sharon, for your very instructive video!
That's a very good idea!
Great Idea 👌
Thank you for the helpful hint!
Never heard of this.
Found one at the Goodwill for $4.99
Did not get it, buy now that you have answered my questions I will be going back for it!!!!
😮😮😮
Ty for sharing😊
Wow? $4 for a whole machine ?? 😮
Hello From New Zealand Sharon,
I had viewed this video of your a couple of years ago, but I watched it again today as a brush up for me as it has been awhile since I have used my Big Shot, and I truly found it extremely helpful for me, and I wanted to thank you so much for that Sharon. You give excellent presentations in all of your videos and I always learn so much from you. But this was just perfect to view this one on the Big Shot again. My craft room is so cluttered up as I have not used it in a long time due to some health issues and having to get up and down the stairs to get to my craft room, so my next project is re-organizing the room to try to make a bit more space. It is not a big room at all but I have accumulated some things over the years, so I hope to get it all sorted out soon so I can start to play again. My husband keeps reminding me how old I am getting and that I might not have that many years yet left to craft. I am 79 years this December but I am confidant that I will be able to keep going awhile yet to prove him wrong. Ha!
Well thank you so much again Sharon. I so appreciated viewing your lovely video today.
Take care! Be well, be safe, and be HAPPY!
Cheers from Patti in windy Wellington, New Zealand😊
thank you!
This was very helpful. I have made a few mistakes and hope I have not damaged my machine. Lots of Love, Light and Laughter Forever!
I have just found time to craft again after 20 years and am thrilled with your great review on how to use my Big Shot and all the accessories that have been stored for soooo long. Thank you!
Thank you, Sharon, for helping me feel more comfortable about the right way to use my Big Shot. It's very generous of you to share your time and talent to help us beginner crafters:)
sorry to be offtopic but does someone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the login password. I love any assistance you can offer me.
Thanks Sharon, I bought a big shot yesterday and I'm always afraid I will damage stuff that's new to me so your tutorial was just what I needed.
*I just posted a video of how to use die cuts without a machine. You are the award winning teacher I say for teaching us in a way it's not scary or overwhelming. I know now "if" I can ever afford one I will get this. It's simple & basic like you said. You are by far the Best Teacher for this. I'm going start a play list Best tutorials for crafting & this one my dear will be the First one I add. Thank you So Very Much!!! I'm subscribing to your channel & hitting the Bell as well. I look forward to learning more from you!!! 🤗🤗🤗* Sharon in SC
Very informative video. I haven’t bought a die cutting machine yet. Your video has been the best for me. THANK YOU
Best tutorial yet, thank you. I’m new to crafting and have just bought the Big Shot but was confused about the plates I might need. I’ve tried looking at loads of others but none were as in depth and clear as yours.
Thank you for your tutorial, it was very helpful. You have mentioned craft metal, as material for embroidery...would you show more how does it work? Thank you in advance...
Thank you so much Sharon. I am new to cardmaking. I do have a big shot, but didn't quite know the ins and outs of it all. You have a lovely voice and your tuition was at a very good pace for understanding it all. I'm so pleased for all the basics. You certainly have good knowledge of sizzix. Very best wishes. Do you have other tutorials? Jo xx
I have just started crafting again after 20 years...... but there are so many changes that I feel like I'm in some kind of alternate reality!!!
Thanks so much for this video. It all makes a bit more sense now - although there are still a lot of things that I have no idea how to do!
Thank you so much. I can't wait to try my big shot now! And I love how you showed how to use with the old sizzix dyes. I was given the old red handled heavy one with a shoe box of dyes big and small. I thought and was so worried I could only use them on the old machine. Thank you🎉 thank you! You have widen my big shot dyes assortment 🎉❤
Just got a Sizzix for my birthday and glad I found your video. Super helpful! Thank you! Now time to fall down the rabbit hole of dies + folders! 😂
Thank you so much for this video! I am a beginner and I just bought this machine. Until I saw this wonderful video I was just staring at the machine. Now I can’t wait to get started!!
Please how much have you buy the machine tks
I wish I had seen this 4 weeks ago!! I do appreciate your time and your willingness to share your knowledge!! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. I've had my machine over a year in the box because I didn't have the confidence to make anything. Finally I did my first card with your help. You have no idea how much you have helped me. Lockdown has affected my mental health which is why I decided to try to do something creative.
Thank you for sharing that. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who buys craft/art supplies and is too scared to use them. Then I feel riddled with guilt because I’m not using them! I’m so grateful to all the wonderful artists on TH-cam who are generous enough to share their knowledge. Hope you are still enjoying making cards!!
Keep on keeping on, Girl!! Only by “exercising” our minds can we “exorcize” our mental demons!!
I'm so pleased that I'm not the only one - with everything you've said!!
Sorry to reply 12 months later though xx
I just bought a Sizzix and I was feeling a bit lost about the sandwiching etc. This video was very helpful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Received delivery of my machine today, opened it up, looked at all of the pieces and was daunted to the point where I got a little depressed. Once I found your video and viewed it, life had sunshine again. Thank you so very much for your explanations and tips. I am looking forward to beginning some projects now that you have eased my mind.
Oh I'm glad it was helpful!
As I sit here waiting for the delivery of my first ever Big Shot, I am most impressed by your informative video. The information you have shared will help immensely with my newbie jitters. Let’s hope the delivery that I was told would arrive today gets here soon 😜. Such a first world problem 💋
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much. This has been so helpful! I’m not great with machines, but really feel much more confident now. Good to hear how long lasting the Sizzix materials are! Happy crafting!
Sharon, hi 🙋. I just opened the box from Amazon that had my brand new Big Shot machine and I'm very excited to play with it. I don't have any die cuts, only a few embossing folders that I used a couple times before by getting the paper wet, putting it in the folder, then sandwiching the folder between a scrap piece of carpet and a piece of lumber, and jumping up and down on it. It actually kinda worked but wore me out, so I saved my pennies and got a machine. Now with your help I feel like I can skip the aerobics and just turn a little handle and make wonderful things. My knees thank you.
With love and gratitude from the southern California desert, MK ♥️☀️🌵
Dear Ms. Curtis - I am a long time "mixed-media" worker...I mostly repurpose paper, all types of paper - but I also work with wood, acrylic paint, learning about watercolor, failed out at pastels and Gel pad, and I love sculpey clay w/ accompanying pasta machine!! I have been dancing around Cricut and Sizzix for almost EIGHT YEARS.........paralyzed by seemingly complicated directions and wondering quietly late at night if, by getting one of these, I would become a "crafter" and not an "artist".............THEN CAME YOU. First off, your voice is soothing, calming, instructive, encouraging....AND you somehow manage to answer every question a viewer might have BEFORE they have time to ask/think it. Remarkable. I am going to order the Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine, most likely after pondering on this decision for another week or two. Just as an unimportant aside, I lived in London from 1973-1983, got my "O" and "A" Levels...it was a crazy time to be an American in an all-girl, C of E, day school...... but I learned mountains more than I would have in a comparable time in an American high school. ANY WAY many many many thanks Ms. Curtis. My name is Caroline and I am a "die-hard" (slightly in joke) fan of yours.
Thanks Caroline for your lovely message! I'm glad I've helped you decide to get a Big Shot. haha, I totally understand the 'crafter' and 'artist' thing, I was the same before I started paper crafting, I thought that stamping images instead of drawing them was somehow cheating. Now I realise that the same rules apply, and to be a good 'crafter' you still need to understand composition and colours, so really, it's just the same, but using die cuts and stamps makes it quicker and easier.
This video was PERFECT! I just got my big shot yesterday for my birthday and I was completely confused how to use it. Your video helped tremendously! Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this video. Much easier than reading instructions!
I love hearing the birds!
Wow what a fabulous tutorial !!! Thank you so much, I was wondering which die cutting machine to purchase and with your tutorial it’s just made my mind up. I’m now off to purchase a Big Shot 😀
I'm so glad I came across this. I bought my 11 year old daughter a big shot plus for Christmas she really wanted one. This has been a god send to watch. Thankyou 😊👍
Glad it was useful!
Thank you so much, this is a really detailed and easily understood tutorial. I am most appreciative. 😊
I have one of the dies similar to the butterfly die that I have forgotten how to use. This was so helpful. Thanks so much.
Thank you so much. My Big Shot is arriving today.
Thank you, best tutorial on the Big Shot yet!!
Thank you!
Thank you for your helpful tutorial. I was interested in the cardboard hearts when you revealed the inside of the cardboard. Could you do a tutorial on what you do with the inks and show us how it looks as it sounds such a great idea but I am a complete newby needing all the help ideas techniques I can gather please
Nice clear instructions with demos. Very good video for beginners. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much have had big shot for ages but just went to garage sale and got near new one plus box of alphabet dies 25 dollars yippee excited love your video you have given more information than I have ever had once again thank you lovely lady
Thank you, Sharon...I've had my Big Kick for about a year and a half and this helps me understand more of what I can do with it. There are 2 things I'm still unsure about and hope you can answer/show sometime: 1) Using cutting dies to emboss and 2) Using foil sheets with dies. I've heard about both of those but don't know how to do either. Thanks again...your demonstrations and explanations are super helpful!
I am so glad you shared the last one i have the sizzix little red machine and a bunch of the red die cuts that i thought i would not be able to use thank you that makes me very happy!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Sharon thank you for you video, it was clear conscience and helpful. I purchased a Big Shot Sizzix on sale last year I purchased and the first time I used it (I had no idea what I was doing) the die cut into my cutting pad. I was sad and thought I wasn't using it correctly. I haven't used it since that first time. I see that yours has several marks on it as well. After you video, I will be courageous and attempt it again. Thank you,
Thank you for clarifying what we can do with the 'basic' machine. This is the best video that I've seen at the end of a long day looking at Big Shot videos :D
Thank you, Sharon. This is really helpful. I have a new Big Shot arriving soon and it's really good to see that the dies I've bought in the past, including the sizzlits can be used :-)
Very helpful for a newbie to the Bog Shot. Thank you.
So informative! Thank you! I can’t wait to start!
Thank you so much, a friend had just given me a new big shot so can’t wait to use it!
Oh Sharon May God bless you for this video. I was totally confused because I started crafting in 2017 n have never seen any die other than wafer thin ones so the instructions on the machines kinda confused me as to what things I own and what I should be doing with them. Very informative video. Love 💕
Thank you for this. Got one for Christmas and really wanted to watch someone use it. 🌹
I’m new to Sizzix and your tutorial was so helpful. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you for your simple instructions thank I could understand and confirm I did it correctly for my first ever cut with my new sizzix, but one thing you didn't say but I could see in your clear plates is the cuts from your dies. That's what I needed to know. My first die cut is now for ever in those plates. Which made me sad and thought I did it wrong but seeing your video I did not and I found hopefully away to prevent it from happing again. Had I used it the first time my clear plates would not have permanent cuts in them. Live and learn. So thank you I did learn a lot from your video (ones on the plates not as clear as they could be) thank you again for your video.
This was so helpful. Thinking about getting one of these and I think you’ve sold it to me! Thanks
THANK YOU Sharon perfect presentation for me who is about to buy one and was totally confused until I found your video!
Thank you SO much! I am a watercolorist so this is all new to me…you took the confusion out of the process.
Glad it was helpful!
I recieved the Big Shot Plus as a Christmas present from my husband. I tried to follow the directions on the package, which I found very confusing. I loaded a thin cut along with the foam block. I was quite alarmed that the cutting surface was marred with my first cut. I thought I had ruined it and that made me and my husband apprehensive. But this in turn triggered me to look for a tutorial. Thank you so much for your clear instruction. I can see the cutting boards in the video are scratched, so it must be normal. It was very helpful to learn how to use my machine.
Thank god I found your video, made it so much easier to follow. I’m brand new to any of this so it helped so much, thank you 😘
Thank you for your education on your big shot. I have never seen this before; however I didn't know or didn't know it was around. I feel like I am very interested in this. I have been doing crafts for a few years; however again we have a Hobby lobby and a Michaels crafts store, but never thought about anything like this. I like it.
Thank you so much. I had/have a Gemini Jr. and the first time I used it the plates were warped. It's also really noisy to run things through it, so working late at night was impossible for me. I was so frustrated with the thing that I didn't bother to use it for about three years. The other day I received my new Big Shot Plus, which I bought because I have a few plates that are too big for the 6-inch machines. This video was so helpful in showing how to use the plates properly and this machine is so much easier and quieter to use. Thank you so much for sharing this information with beginners like myself!
I just got the big shot for my birthday, you’re video is so helpful to a beginner, thank you
These tutorials is very helpful. Thank you so much for showing how to use the dies!! 💞😊
Great Tutorial! Very informative, thanks!!
This is a great introduction. Thanks.
Thank you for this beginners guide Sharon! It was really clear and now I can't wait to get started!
Thank you so much Sharon, I really really enjoyed watching this, and I really really appreciate your knowledge on it all, especially the three D embossing plates, as I’ve got a couple and I really didn’t know what to do with them. I’ve subscribed and given you a thumbs up 👍 too. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Thank you kindly for this demo. I'm getting on for Christmas and I wanted to make sure I have everything I need to use it.
Thank for sharing this Beginners guide about the Big shot!
Thank you! I am a beginner and this truly helps.
So helpful and informative, I wasn't sure I was using my machine right so I'm thrilled, many thanks!
Fantastic tutorial ! Thank you so much - I will be keeping track of this video for future reference . Thanks again . Kind regards - Judi -Australia
Absolutely amazing & informative video, Thank you so much!
I just purchased a sizzix big shot today for one specific 300gsm glitter cardstock snowflake design that I’ve been having issues with on my cameo machine (blade wasn’t cutting through all the way anymore and I use these snowflakes in my shop for banners 😫)
I made my first test cut on the sizzix with a small label die and I was amazed but I was also super confused and overwhelmed with all the different tools, types of dies, pads and options there seemed to be. You’ve really narrowed it down for me and I feel much more comfortable with everything now. Thanks so much again I’d love you see more!
Very nicely done and very clear.
Girl, I am just workin on my 11 orders for this week and looking at your 65 orders gives me anxiety. Ha!! I am so happy for you and your business. Amazing.
Thank you so much. Just got mine and it’s sitting on my desk glowering at me - I’m now brave enough to give it a go!
Have fun!
Thanks for this! I've just purchased a Big Shot and it's incredibly helpful to see how each of the items are stacked. I didn't understand how all the plates were used and your video made it easy!
Best video I've seen with clear instructions. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Just got a Sizzix Big Shot for Christmas. Your video was super helpful! Thank you so much. :)
Thank you, Sharon! Very clear tutorial ❤️
Hi Sharon:
Very helpful video! I just acquired a Sizzix Big Shot from a neighbor. Even with the pictures, wasn’t quite sure the right way to use my embossing folders. Mystery solved thanks to you. It also came with an extended platform. Have not figured out the advantage for it being so long. Maybe you could help with that. Thank you for sharing. 💜😎🇺🇸
I’ve been crafting all my life and I’ve always not really been fussed about a die machine but lately I’m considering it. This was a great video. Thank you! I think I’ve made up my mind to finally get this one!
Very informative. I'm new to die cutting and this really helped me. Good to know all the names of the different bits 'n' pieces! Thanks 😃
Thank you for the video! I’m a beginner and this definitely helped me and you pretty much answered all of my questions🙂 I actually ended up buying the same machine on Amazon right after!
Great video.
Must have something artsie in the Curtis genes.
As I love my crafts, Penpals, journals and stationery and I'm another Curtis.
Jadie Curtis. 29.
England, UK.
Thank you, very informative, look forward to getting my Big Shot for my birthday this month!
So helpful! Just bought a Big Shot. I love it already! Thank you for being so informative
Thank you for such a clear and easy tutorial.
Excellent run through of how and why. I haven’t ever used a die-cutter but am thinking of getting one and this was very informative!
Thank you so much. This introduction was so clear. I can get started now.
Thanks, Sharon. That’s my Sizzix ordered!
Thank you for this video! You did a great job examining everything about the Sizzix machine! I now know that I want one!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much! I received one as a gift and it has been just sitting, because i don't know what to do with it. Ordering things now!
Thank you Sharon for this informative tutorial. My Big Shot has been sitting in the box for about a momth. I will give it a go tomorrow. Thanks again and a new subscriber.
Glad it was helpful, and thanks for subscribing!
Once I got used to using my Big Shot I was hooked, I wouldn't be without it! It is indispensable!
Do you have trouble cutting out intricate dies x
Thank You for sharing Your TIME and Talents with us it was “ Very Helpful “!!!
Thanks again Sharon.
This is amazing!! Thank you for this tutorial 💕 super informative 🥰🥰
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Sharon, this video was so helpful. I’m brand new to using these machines and your video answered all my questions 😊
Been a few years since I had the opportunity to craft, and was completely lost. Thanks for clarification and instruction with your video. Best!
excellent beginner tutorial. Thanks!
We just purchased a new Sissx and your video was very informative. Thank you for taking the time.
Thank you so much, your explanations were so clear. My Sizzix Big Shot Plus is arriving in a couple of days and can’t wait to get started.
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful.
Great video! And I absolutely love your ring!
Thank you for this video. I’ve been intrigued with these machines since seeing some beautiful cards someone on Facebook made. I have a Cricut machine and believe I can do some deposing with that but this seems so much easier! Going to buy one tomorrow!!