Spellbinders S5-208 Nestabilities Majestic Labels Eight Etched/Wafer Thin Dies

I love spellbinders. Some of these dies can be impossible to cut, so be sure to test your dies when you get them and if you have a problem contact the seller and get it replaced. No sense is pulling your hair out over a defective die!I enjoy how versatile they are. They can be used with other spellbinder sets to create unique, stunning cards.

I cannot help but give 5 stars for all of the Spellbinders that I have bought. I have not had problems with the card stock sticking as I use powder or grease proof paper, powder seems to be the easiest for releasing the card stock from the die. This is a beautiful die.Sometimes I use the metal plate, magnetic sheet or extra shim to get the cut, I find it cuts better when used a few times.

Great die and looks good on cards only thing is the cutting of the card with the die tends to take several runs through the cuttle bug with the tin plate included to get this to cut well.

Beautiful details and several size options make this a good addition to my crafting tools. It cuts better when you use an extra shim and a piece of wax paper between the die and your paper.

I bought this for my wife for her card making. She loves the intricacy of these dies.

Sure, it's pretty, but what good is a die if it doesn't work? Ran this through my cuttlebug about 6 times, trying all the different tricks and sandwiches and it will not cut all the way.

This one is ok, sort of a few problems with die cutting it out. I usually don't have that problem with spellbinders die. But they are nice.

I'm having a hard time between two and three stars. I love the look of these dies. I was stupid excited when it finally arrived because I thought it would be a great addition to the birthday card I'm trying to craft in my brain.The largest die was probably the biggest let down. It is an excellent flower punch that is smaller than the size of a pencil eraser. I think I can get a little hand punch that would be more time effective and take less paper. I don't understand the point of the outside decorative flourish because its only doing an imprint of a few things, and actually cuts the flourish off. To me, this left a very blah border.I agree with another reviewer, that the dies seem mostly useless. But I wasn't really impressed with them either. I also agree that the larger the die, the harder it was to get the die to cut all the way through. The only thing that worked nicely is the tiny pin prick sized holes.I'm trying to attach photos, sorry I'm not better with the camera and my lighting is really bad. The photo that is not numbered consists of the largest two dies. There is a second photo where I was trying to show the embossing/detail of the dies. I think by its self both of these two dies are just blah, but slightly improved with the addition of the second trim.#2 is the third from the center (fourth largest). I just wasn't impressed. I suppose it could work fine if you were trying to add the color behind, but the shapes aren't really exciting either.#3 is the second to smallest, and I thought to include a measuring tape in the picture (no idea where my ruler went). I actually like the flourish on this one, but I don't know what I would use this for - Christmas tag maybe? There are little stripes for embossing but they probably don't show up in my picture ...that's how exciting the stripes are.#4 is the second to largest die (see the first photo with a different sized die). The little "W" like shape didn't want to cut out on any of these dies. On this one I just didn't bother trying to run it back through my press. But as you can see, by itself its not very impressive.I think the dies would be better if there was a way to add the scalloping to the largest die (why go to all that work if it doesn't do anything) and have definitive borders. I thought I could use these to get the same for the trim of a card, which is not the case. Or am I not doing something right? If I flip the die over and look at the back, that is the shape I expected, with the little cut outs and pretty embossing. I don't feel like this is what I am getting.I really hope the pictures attach because the metal dies look so pretty. I was so excited about them. But they are just not what I hoped for, expected, or anticipated. If you are wondering why the brown craft paper - it's cheap and gives me the ability to play with the die and see what the result of the die looks like actually in use.While I don't know if I will actually ever use these, I don't really know if I would recommend them either. Like I said I'm on the fence between two and three stars.