SIZZIX BIG SHOT SWITCH PLUS 💥 MAGIC MAT FULL REVIEW TESTING AND MORE….
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ส.ค. 2022
- The Tim Holtz Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus paired with the Magic Mat from Scrapbookcom. I put the Magic Mat to the test. I test intricate dies, bigz dies and much more. I show you how to properly use this mat for perfect cuts every time and tell you what not to do to to keep your mat nice and flat.
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Disclaimer-
All machines can have different pressure. I am not responsible for anything you may do to mess up your machine or dies. I have had much success using all the techniques I use. If you don’t feel comfortable using any of these techniques, please do not use them in your machine. Never put too much pressure through you machine. You don’t want to damage your machine. All of the products used in my videos are purchased on my own. I was not paid to make this video. I do not work for any of these companies.
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Thank you so much for supporting my channel and subscribing! I’m so blessed to have you all as my crafty friends. 🥰🥰 Let me know if you have the magic mat in the comments below. All your comments truly help others and I appreciate everyone that comments and leaves helpful information. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Love and hugs, Missy
Thank you for this video. I just got the switch as a gift and this information is so helpful. Love the kitty cameo!
You are definitely going to love this machine! ❤️ I’m so excited for you!! 😍 It’s so easy to use. Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel. Have a fun crafty weekend. Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗🤗
Very informative. I do have a problem with my plates warping and wished I knew what I was doing wrong.
Thank so much for sharing this with us. I have always had a manually operating machine and it died so I have updated to the switch. I am a little bit scared to use it and I'm looking for ways to improve on my fear. Thanks for the inspiration and I'm sure I will be confident to use it soon. Need to make invitations for my daughters Wedding. Oh yes I enjoyed seeing your cats too, my cat used to sit by my side too,but unfortunately he passed away earlier this year, so it was nice to see them with you. Thanks again.
Aww I’m sorry to hear about your kitty. 😢 Big hugs to you. ❤️❤️🤗🤗🤗 Trust me, you don’t have to be scared of the machine. It is very user friendly with the way it’s built. Just slowly get your plates out and and follow the directions right on the A adapter plate. If you’re r just cutting regular thin dies, then follow the directions for the Framelits or Thinlits on the A adapter plate. Easy Peasy, and once you run your first die through the machine, you will be in love with it!!! 😍😍😍😍 You are going to LOVE this machine and I’m so excited you have it!!❤️❤️😍 YAY!!!
Fun hanging “with” you. Loved seeing the adorable kitten. Now we need equal time for the other one. 😻
Aww thank you so much! The kittens will definitely be in more of the videos, I can’t believe how quickly they are growing. 🥰 I always wanted indoor cats for the longest time. These kittens have been such a blessing. 😍❤️❤️❤️ Hope you are doing well. 🤗🤗🤗
Another great video. Love your videos. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much Kimberly! ❤️❤️❤️ Big hugs to you and hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. My electric is off right now, so I’m back to my manual machines for crafting right now until the power is restored. Have a great day!!❤️❤️❤️
Loved your video thank you
Hi Missy, I brought some cutting mats from amazon and they work great!! I got 3 for the price of one of the scrapbook. I will have to check out the desk vacuum!!!! Hope you have a wonderful and blessed weekend!! Hugs!!💗
That’s awesome Michele!!! Scrapbook was running a sale on the mats is why I finally broke down and bought them to try. They are amazing! That’s awesome that you got cutting mats from Amazon that work great! I wish I would have known about those too. 😍😍😍 I love the desk vacuum, I can quickly go around my desk areas really quick and clean up! My favorite is using it for cleaning up those tiny bits of card stock! Sucks them right up! Have a wonderful weekend Michele and happy crafting!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I am so glad you did a demo on the magic mat. I got on, but it's warping. I needed this long ago.
I’m so happy this video is going to help you. 🥰I absolutely love using these mats. ❤️❤️❤️ I wish I would have bought them sooner. Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! 🥰🥰❤️❤️😊
Heading to the link for the desktop Vac! Great demo!!
Awesome Diane! ❤️❤️ You will absolutely love it! 😍 It keeps my craft space so clean. So easy to use. 🥰 Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Hey Missy!!! You got your video up!!! Yahoo!!!
Yes! Wooo Hooo! 🥳 I got it up this morning and just made it Hobby LOBBY! YAY! ❤️❤️❤️
What a darling cameo by Butters!!! I am glad that I can use both magnetic platform & magic mat with my potential Switch!!! I am still looking for a sorbet!!! Cute little rascals!!!!! Too cute!!!♥️♥️♥️🥰🥰🥰🌺🌺🌺
The magic mat is my go to for cutting now. I absolutely love it! ❤️ I hope you can find a sorbet switch plus at your local hobby lobby or online soon. It’s a wonderful machine. I might be crazy, but I think this black switch is even quieter than my sorbet switch. 😂 I’m going to check it with a reader just to see if it’s my imagination or not. Lol Butters and Shorty are just so loving and cute. 😍🥰 Shorty snuck up on camera at one point and I didn’t even realize it. 😂😂 Have a great weekend Alice!! ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs!
The sorbet was a peach color. It did not sell nearly as well as the new Cherry Blossom color has done. Not sure how the white and black ones are doing. JoAnn’’s Fabrics has the black ones in stock.
Magic mat is the best , I love mine . I love your machine , I still have the crank one lol , one day I’ll go electric though, thanks for the video.
The Magic Mat is so wonderful. I love it! I use my switch plus machine a lot! But I still use my hand crank machines too. Especially when a power outage happens. I enjoy using all my machines. I’m addicted to die cutting machines basically. 😂😂😂😂 I love them all!! Lol 😆 Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️
Hello, I'm a new subscriber, thank you for the Magic MAT tip.
Thank you Therese. ❤️❤️❤️ I hope you enjoy all the other tips and hacks on my channel as well. Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel. Have a wonderful day! 🤗🥰🥰
Great video
Thank you so much! Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
I just got this machine and I have no clue what extra mats I need. Thank you!
You’re so welcome! These mats are absolutely wonderful and much quieter to use! Thanks for watching and supporting my channel! ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗🥰🥰
I’m new and thinking of purchasing one
It’s definitely a wonderful machine. I love mine. 😍😍😍 I’m so excited for you! Die cutting is so much fun! Have a great evening! Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Thank you for such a great review. Can you tell me the best place to purchase a magic mat and what is the small size you uses? TIA
Hello Susan! Thank you so much! ❤️ The only place to purchase the magic mat is scrapbook.com The small size I use is the 6”x9” that set’s perfect on the small magnetic platform. Hope this helps. ❤️❤️❤️ Have a great weekend! 😍
I do like my magic mat. I have the peach sorbet version. I have both sizes magic mat. You are the 2nd person to say the large mat can be cut down. Curious how you'll do that? It's quite impervious. Also, how will you finish the cut edge? Additionally, after lots of use, I've had significant warping with the magic mats. I use my hottest setting on hair dryer to heat the humps & bumps, then stack a heavy book on top. It works OK. I do flip and alternate the mats when using them, but so far they still bubble. I don't have a heat gun (it's on the wish list for 2023), but it would likely work better than my hair dryer.
Keep your MM plate long! That was you can use it on long, 12” scrapbook page border dies. They show up at thrift stores. (I won’t get rid of mine; good for using on wedding pages.) ❤
That’s pretty paper where did you get that and love the magic matt
Hi Miss, do you know if we can use the silicone rubber mat to emboss dies with? I can't find any info at all on embossing dies, TIA 🌹
May I ask what the roller thing is called that you used on that die with all the little bits. I stay away from dies like that because it takes to long to get the little bits out. But if there is a tool to help with that job I might up my crafting game! Thank you
It’s the Tim Holtz die bush. It works amazing! 🤩 Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel. Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️
Thanks for sharing
You’re so welcome Beverly. ❤️❤️🥰 Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel. 🥰❤️ Have a wonderful day! 😍🤗 Hugs, Missy❤️
Yes I ordered the magic mat both sizes suppose to come this week hope it works for me…lol
…have a 😊 great day
Yay!!! You will love the the magic mats so much!!❤️ I’m so happy I finally tried them. So excited for you to receive them! It’s such a game changer for die cutting. 🥰🥰❤️
Very nice video! I can't find the switch machine in any color anywhere. They are all sold out. I am on the notify list so hopefully I will hear soon. I used the Magic Mats with my Gemini Junior. I wasn't happy when they warped a lot in a short time. I will be anxious to see if the Mat does better in the Switch machine. Thanks! 😊
Amazon has the white switch plus right now for $276.60 in stock. The machines are so hard to find! The magic mat works so good with these machines. ❤️❤️ I wasn’t impressed trying to use the magic mat with the Gemini. I love the magic mats with the switch plus. 😍🥰🥰🥰 Have a great weekend Vicki! ❤️
Thank you!
@@vickidavis4207 you’re welcome! ☺️❤️
Hi.
Is there a difference between The magic mat and the green self healing mats? I have one of the green ones and would like to try it in my switch machine but I don’t want to break the machine.
Hello Sue. ❤️The magic mat is a thick mat. The magic mat should be thicker than your green self healing mat. The thickness of the magic mat is the same as the clear cutting plate thickness and that’s why it works so well. The thinner self healing mats work great with the Gemini machines. I do highly recommend the magic mat for the Switch Plus machines. Compare the thickness of your green self healing mat to the thickness of your clear cutting plates to see if they are the same thickness. If they are, you should be able to get it to work. I haven’t tried self healing mats in my machine because I just love how the magic mat provides excellent results every time I use it. Hope this helps. Have a wonderful day! ❤️❤️🤗🤗
@@CreationsByMiss Thank you, that info is very helpful 🙂
I have the sorbet switch machine and have had my reg sizzix plates warp like crazy. just got 2 magic mats and hope I will have more luck with that and the magnetic platform. do you think putting the plates in in landscape rather than portrait orientation would lessen warping?or perhaps it makes no difference?
Hello Pam. ❤️ The magic mats should work a lot better for you. And if they do start to warp you can just heat them back straight. I don’t have a huge warping problem with my plates or the magic mats. I always only cut into the same plate every time. I never flip my plates either. I’m not sure if running the plates through the other way would help. I tried to run them through the landscape way and it feels kind of awkward to do that because of how far the front of the machine sticks out along with the time it takes for the machine to grip the plates with the rollers. I definitely would stick to portrait. Only die cut down into one of the magic mats on one side of the mat always and use a cutting plate with no cuts in it on top, and see if that works better for you. Hope this helps. ❤️❤️❤️
@@CreationsByMiss thanks, I will try that. I have two new mats and a clean set of plates. love your videos and really appreciate your answer!
Awww thank you Pam. 😍🤗🤗 I try to help in any way that I can. ❤️❤️❤️
where does one get that desk vaccuum?
I have it linked in the description of this video. I try to link everything that I use in the videos, in the video descriptions. ❤️❤️❤️ Have a wonderful night. 🥰🙂🤗
Hi Missy....another great video 😃 Could you please tell me what you used to cut the magic mat to size ? thanks Diane 🤓
Hello Diane! I used a sharp x-acto knife to score the mat a couple times as deep as I could. Then I bent the mat at the score line until it snapped in half. Then I ran the knife down the split and finished cutting the mat in half. Hope that’s easy to understand. ❤️❤️❤️
@@CreationsByMiss Thank you 🤓😄🥰
You are so very welcome Diane!!😍😍🥰🥰
Good for cutting bows and gable boxes?
As long as you’re using dies that work with the machine, you can definitely cut bows and gable boxes. 😍😍❤️❤️ Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Does this machine take the huge acuquilt quilt in a day die?
I truly don’t know if those will fit in this machine. I’m not sure of the thickness on those dies. I don’t own any of those dies. Sorry I don’t know the answer for this question. Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
thank you, I have the dies but not willing to spend that much on a machine. I am looking for quit in a day dies. Love your channel.
Hi, !'m from Latam, please i want to know, what kind of voltage does Bigshot Switch Plus use??. 110v, 220v or both. Thnks
This runs on 110v. I’m not sure about 220v. There is an EU voltage version on Amazon for sale as well. I hope this helps. ❤️
I’m co fused because it looks like one time the magic mat is cutting and layered on top and the other times it’s in the bottom. Which way is the correct way?
Clear cutting plate is always on the very top the stack. For regular dies, cut with your dies straight down into the magic mat. This will keep the magic mat from warping. If you cut with the mat layered any other way, the mat could become warped.
Do you know if using the magic mat affects the switch warranty?
I’m having issues with my embossing sandwiches. It does not emboss. Suggestions?
Use a shim. I go to the Dollar Tree and in the kitchen area they have foldable cutting mats. I cut them down with kitchen shears to fit my machine (I have 3) and feed it in with whatever is not cutting correctly. Works like a charm and more sturdy than chipboard.
Can I buy this these magi mats in the UK?
I believe you can only purchase from USA but they should have international shipping.
Can this be used with the old sizzix dies.....the red, yellow, blue ones and the red thinlets?
I wish I had some of the old dies to test for you. I’m not sure if they work. I thought all the old Sizzix dies would work, but now I’m not too sure. I tried an old sizzlet die in my machine and it dented my cutting plates. 🤦🏼♀️I couldn’t get it to work in the machine. Not sure if I was doing something wrong. I never really used sizzlets, but I had them and it was a cute snowflake I wanted to use. I will try again to see if I can get it to work. Sorry I can’t be of much help on this question. Hugs, Missy 🤗
I wish I had some of the old dies to test for you. I’m not sure if they work. I thought all the old Sizzix dies would work, but now I’m not too sure. I tried an old sizzlet die in my machine and it dented my cutting plates. 🤦🏼♀️I couldn’t get it to work in the machine. Not sure if I was doing something wrong. I never really used sizzlets, but I had them and it was a cute snowflake I wanted to use. I will try again to see if I can get it to work. Sorry I can’t be of much help on this question. Hugs, Missy 🤗
Yes. The book that comes with the machine says you can cut all of their older dies with the Switch!
I have the larger magic mat. How do you cut it down to size?
Hello Lizzi! 🥰❤️ Score the mat as deep as you can with an x-acto knife and bend it backwards. The mat will snap at the score line. Run your blade down the mat and slice through the tiny part that is still holding the mat together. Then trim to make the edges smooth. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching and supporting my channel. ❤️❤️❤️ Have a great night! 🤗🤗🤗
@@CreationsByMiss Thanks so much for your reply. I will cut it down. Seems so cumbersome. Also, because of your video, I now know I can use my old, smaller plates and platform with the Switch. That's really a plus. So I learned quite a bit from watching just one video. Thank you for taking your time to make these. They are really helpful.
Aww thank you so much for the kind comments Lizzi! ❤️❤️ The magic mat is amazing and works wonderful when cut down to the correct size. It’s so big and harder to work with if not cut down. So I highly recommend cutting them down. The Switch Plus is Amazing and I love mine. 😍🥰 I have a lot of tips/hacks, organization, reviews and card making on my channel. I hope you find all my videos helpful. ❤️❤️Have a wonderful day! Hugs, Missy 🤗🥰🥰
Who makes the snowflake die?
Crafters companion it’s the “frosted flurry” die. It came out about 2 years ago. It’s a gorgeous die. ❤️❤️❤️
Hi Missy. Thank you for sharing this video. I so enjoy them. Beautiful craft room as well. Could you please tell me in inches how thick of an item this machine will take. I am looking into Heartfelt Creations flower molds but want to make sure this would work. I know they said the manual big shot but I can’t use a manual. I need to get some flowers made for my daughter-in-laws baby shower. Thank you so much. Blessings.
I’m going to get some of the flower molds to try and do a video. It should work the same as the Tim holtz Bigz dies. The bigz dies are 5/8 inches thick. The largest the machine can take. For the molds you should use a clear plate on top of the mold and clear plate on the bottom. Add cardstock shims in between if needed. I hope this helps. Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel Cassandra! ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs! 🤗
@@CreationsByMiss Thank you so much Missy. You are so sweet. 😊
i bought this last september , after 3months and now it won't turn on, what do I do
Definitely contact the company asap and let them know the machine isn’t turning on. Also check all your connections and make sure the power supply in the back of the machine didn’t come unplugged.
I'm confused, the magic mat was placed on top of the cutting side of the die and the very next demo says don't put the magic mat on top?
You can cut with it either way. I depends on what techniques I’m using that I might actually cut differently with it. My favorite way to cut is with the mat on the bottom because it doesn’t really cause warping of the clear plate. If the mat is on top, you can have a lot of warping with the Magic mat itself. No way is completely wrong. I just prefer on the bottom because magic mat stays straight and my clear plate stays straight. Hope this helps explain it better. Hugs, Missy 🤗🤗❤️❤️
I've been using the Magic Mat for about a week, and I notice that indentations are forming into the Mat from some of the dies I've used. Will they disappear? I also noticed some indentations on your Mat from some of the dies you are using. Just want to know if there's something I should do to keep more from appearing or does it not make any difference over time..
It shouldn’t make any difference overtime Carolee. The thicker the die, the more of an indentation you will get. Anna Griffin dies will put deeper marks into the mat, which I’m okay with. I haven’t had any issues with the markings in the mat and my mat is still straight and cutting great. I don’t think there is a way to keep from marking the mat. I always cut into the same side every time. I’m not sure if heating the mats with a heat gun gets rid of the markings once you have a lot on the mat. The marks shouldn’t cause you any problems though. Hope this helps. 🥰❤️❤️
Is this magic mat the same as a self healing cutting mat?? cos it looks EXACTLY the same…
Watch my cutting the magic mat video and you will clearly see both mats together in that video.
Thanks@@CreationsByMiss ! I just checked it out and see it's about half the thickness of a magic mat ;-) I'd be curious to see if gluing 2 layers of self healing mat (mine is about 3mm thick) would do the same... 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I ruined my Sizzix switch by using the magic mat…it rolled itself into the machine. After an hour my husband finally got it out but now it stops halfway through and will not reverse… I am sick. I should never have used the magic mat.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of this happening. I love my magic mat. I always have my clear plate on top and cut down into the mat. I’ve used the mat a lot and I’m not sure how this could happen unless you cut with the mat on top maybe. 🤔
I am wondering if you had too many plates/layers? I used my MM with my mom’s Gemini and it did fine. Will all electric die cutters you want to use the least amount of layers you can to get the job done. That’s how you prevent warping of the clear plastic plates.