Friday Die Day (sort of!)

Hello friends

Slight deviation from the typical Friday Die Day today because as promised I'm going 

to talk about the new Spellbinders™ Artisan X-plorer™ Machine.

It is a multi-purpose, high pressure machine that cuts, embosses and presses.
Upon opening the box you will firstly see the plates and instruction booklet.

It features the same idea of colour coded plates that you use in your Grand Calibur®
- these plates are just slimmer measuring 8½ x 12¼".

The handle is already in place and you will also see a lever at the front to secure it firmly down.

The machine's approximate dimensions:

W x H x Depth: 10¾ x 7¾ x 4½”

Handle is 4½” (top to bottom) and 2” in width.
It weighs about 5 pounds so very portable.

The machine has a stability base to keep it in place during use.

The side panels are clear so you can see the cogs working..appeals to the men in our lives!

Basically, this nifty machine is a compact roller press that is perfect for cutting, embossing and pressing using a variety of materials, including paper, metals, fabrics, plastics and more.

Because it is smaller than your Grand Calibur it has more pressure.

Here I've lined up dies on the base plate, you have plenty of room to multi-cut.

The matching bezels are lined up alongside.

I've used the largest die template to cut a piece of cotton fabric.

You run it through the machine with your usual cutting sandwich.

I've chosen to place the fabric inside a matching bezel.

So we know we can use it with many of our usual die templates, you can also use this 

machine with your embossing folders that measure up to 4¼” wide. 

What else can we do?
How about Texture Plates?? These are made of metal and measure just over 3" square.
Using some of the new metal sheets, this one is copper you can achieve some superb results.

You would use your regular embossing sandwich.

The result.

This will be fantastic for projects such as jewellery, home décor, embellishments, cards, layouts, 

fabric arts and mixed media!

You can also use these texture plates on the metal blanks that are available.
Here is a You Tube video that Kim from Spellbinders has put together.

I've just selected a few of the new Media Mixage items from my studio/shop
to show you...products in packaging always look so more exciting!  

And these beauties deserve a picture of their own...!

I do hope that has clarified quite a few questions.  As always please email if you 
would like to know anything Spellbinders.

Other news:

I think I've mentioned before that I'm having a new website built (yes, a zillion times!)

There is quite a lot of preparation and it is certainly keeping me busy tip tapping the keyboard.

 I'm hoping you will forgive me if I skip a blog post now and again.

But please continue to stop by and check each day (don't abandon me!)
I will post as much as I can - there will be some special posts coming up including photos of the launch 'do'
and I've discovered some new giveaways.

As always...please feel free to email with any comments, questions - I will always reply.

Finally...oh such a long blog post!
Wishing you a wonderful Easter - do whatever makes you happy and if that means
crafting and eating chocolate you certainly have my approval!
Take care friends.