Thank you both for your replies and I will have a look round the forum and see what I can find. I have only had my cuttlebug a few weeks and the mat was part of the bundle but got sent separately and I have only just got it. I did read on the site I bought it from that a C plate which I thought was the cutting plate was not needed if you had this instead but I may well be getting confused somewhere along the line as it can be a mindfield working out all the things you can and can't do with it.Smile