Borderabilities A2 Spellbinder Paper Arts Bracket Borders One Die Template

I use they dies every day and they are wonderful. First, you can use them on 6x6 inch cards as well as 4.5x5.5. Thank you for that!! There are several different styles included in the package, so they are highly versatile. Elegant, interesting, delicate, and bold, they give great effects for cards, shadowboxes, mini-albums, and even lanterns. The dies all cut clean and the notches on the dies (one set for 6" and another for 4.5") are a great help in making sure the die is on straight. A fringe benefit is that these dies take clear embossing ink well (haven't tried pigment ink yet). I use my clear embossing ink pen to layer ink on the die, following the curve of the die. Then I place the die on my cardstock. When it cuts, it presses the embossing ink into the cardstock. The result is a PERFECT clean lined embossable edge that perfectly follows the curve of the die. After carefully removing the die from the cardstock, I added embossing powder to the card and wow! Also, if you are careful, you can also use these to emboss as well as cut for some very interesting effects. I used all of them at the same time for a background emboss. These are a very good investment and great value for the money!

These work great in my Big Shot!

So happy we found these dies because they work perfectly for the Christmas cards we want to make.

I make and sell greeting cards to benefit our local library, and these border dies add an elegant touch to almost any type of A2 (5.5" x 4.25") card. See customer image for a birthday card I decorated with two of these dies. There are a total of seven bracket border dies in this set, and you can mix and match with them.Note that the dies only have one long cutting edge, so you might end up doing some hand-cutting with these dies. I suppose Spellbinders does this to make these border dies more adaptable, but I always end up having to hand-cut one of the long edges.

OK, these look great if used right. They are a bit tricky and you have to play with them. Some just make "cut outs" and some cut off the paper. Use waxed paper and turn the die in the machine so it is going through long ways not short ways. Long ways will give it a chance to bend and flex a little to cut better and make contact. If you do it the other way, you end up with an uneven pressure sometimes and it is more difficult to cut. They are really pretty though