October Card Kit Reminder, Magnetic Cutting Plate?

First, a reminder that the Deadline to order the October Cards@Home Kit is Sunday, Oct. 18, which is coming up very soon!  Check out the post on Oct. 2nd, for all the details.  If you're planning on placing a minimum order to get a FREE kit, remember the Host Code is PKYZWJ6F until 10/18 if your order is less than $150. 

 I'll be cutting and packing up these orders this week, and then it's on to designing cards for the Christmas Stamp-A-Stack (SAS) for November, one of the most popular events of the year, stay tuned!

Have you noticed the Magnetic Cutting Plate (#149656) on page 172 in the Annual catalog?  This is different from the thick Magnetic Platform previously offered, which allowed the dies to shift sometimes because the magnets were small cylinders placed inside the plastic.  I ordered the current Magnetic Cutting Plate just to try it out, and it really does work well!  It is a thin, fully magnetic sheet with self-healing cutting surface that replaces the lower Cutting Plate in your sandwich, it fits in the old Big Shot machine that many of us still have, and it does hold your dies firmly in place.  It's so nice that no tape is needed, and there's no jumping or shifting when you cut. There will be a cut on the upper surface after each use (just like on the clear acrylic plates), so you should move the position of where you place the dies and paper each time.  The plate can be used many, many times before the surface becomes too rough (leaves "texture" on the back of your paper) or doesn't cut well even after a few passes, and would need replacing.  If you do a lot of die-cutting, this might become your new best friend!