the no shims is just for embossing, you need to use your cutting plates to cut them out i believe, i too have a Big Shot so dont know the order for bug cutting.

someone else will though, i'm sure there's a post on this board about it, try keying in either no shims or marianne dies in the search box at the top left of this page, it'll take you to a list of all the posts containing the words, you can check them out and find lots of info that way.

chell
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