Sizzix Sidekick Cutting Pads 1 Pair By Tim Holtz-Extended

These are a real time-saver if you are cutting sentiments for cards or scrapbook pages. I batch make cards, and after cutting sentiments for 60 cards I realized that there had to be a better way to do it that would not require me to run a full-size cutting pad through the die-cutting machine for the sentiments for each card. Very little of it actually was cutting anything! I looked at getting a smaller mini machine that was recommended by lots of people, but I truly don't have room for another machine on my desk or work table. While looking at the smaller machines I saw the size of the mini cutting plates and realized that I could use the smaller plates in my regular size machine and still be able to save the time, but not take up anymore space. So far, all the sentiments I am cutting fit on that size, and work just fine.