Carole,

I bought a couple of these - the snowflake one and the Christmas Garden (with the trees and snowman).

I found that it took 3 or 4 passes to fully cut these dies in my Grand Caliber. I ran the die forwards and backwards through the machine, and the sides cut but the centre didn't. So I cut a small scrap of card and just placed this over the bit that hadn't cut. That did the trick for me.

(Part of the problem for me was that I wanted to cut along the crease of the card, so I had to open the card out and place the die horizontally across the plate. So the centre of the die wasn't getting as much pressure as the ends.)

Next time I try these, I plan to put the shim in the centre of the die straight away, and see whether it will then cut in 2 passes.

Hope this helps a bit.

Ruth x