Saturday, 12 October 2013

Sizzix Shopping

Well done to all who guessed that I couldn't possibly wait until middle of November before I used my Sizzix machine.  I just happened to be passing Hobby Craft a fe days ago, and somehow this cute owl die happened to fall into my basket

I have to do some learning with these things: I guessed he would need a charm square, but he needed a bit more, so some bits got missed off. 

I cut four initially, thinking I could then swap the body parts around to get multi coloured owls, but I'm a bit confused as to why a "cut" makes dents for two eyes, but only cuts one eye, and only cuts one wing


I did sacrifice the pink body to get more arms and eyes, but it seems a strange design decisions  - can any of you seasoned Sizzixers explain?



9 comments:

  1. It does sound strange like it wasn't thought through properly, but your owls are very cute!

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  2. That was lucky, having the owl fly into your basket! But the cutting does sound strange. Maybe you should phone the manufacturer to make sure you haven't got a faulty die.

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  3. Do you have other dies that work Benta? The first Sizzix machine I bought was faulty and didn't cut the shapes out properly, although it took me a couple of attempts to realise that. I took it to my local Hobbycraft to get them to check that it wasn't something I was doing wrong. I ended up taking it back to where I had bought it and getting it exchanged for a new one, and I haven't had any problems since.

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  4. Can't help with your Sizzix problem, but the owl sure is cute!

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  5. Maybe its like templates in magazines and if the parts are exactly the same shape they only show them once? Bit of a pain having to roll through another smaller bit of fabric, though.
    Cute owls!

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  6. Bizarre! HAve you looked at the die 'instructions' on the website?

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  7. it looks wonderful.. take it back and ask for advice xx is fabric meant to b doubled over to get a reverse wing .. or something? Did you gat instructions?e

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  8. I have no ide what's going on with missing body parts, but the owls are really cute! Good luck.

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  9. It should cut it all out, so it's either a faulty die or a faulty machine

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