The big steel rule dies will not! Even if the width would work, they don't fit into the opening of the machine. Some of them! As I said before, the long skinny ones will work in the Sidekick, just on the parts that the plates cover. Will the dies for the Big Shot work in the Sidekick? Sizzix Sidekick Accessories Bundle – Aqua Cutting Pads, Adhesive Sheets and Embossing Pad – Replacement plates and sticky back paper all together.Sizzix 663050 Adhesive Sheets 2.5″X4.75″ 10/Pkg – This is wicked cool double sided sticky paper to use specifically with the sidekick.Accessory Paper Sculpting Kit, Multicolor – All kinds of little pokey tools, scissors and tweezers for paper crafting.There are some cool “accessories” that Sizzix has! Here are a few that jump out at me… The regular one comes with teal cutting plates, heart circle and flag dies, some cling stamps and a floral embossing folder.Īre There Any Sizzix Sidekick Accessories? Tim's comes with a tag, dark gray cutting plates, tag reinforcer die, cling stamps and an embossing folder for the tag. The machines are different colors and the “starter kits” are different. I know I had A LOT of questions before I got my Sidekick, here are a few things that you might be wondering too! What is the difference between the regular and Tim Holtz Sidekicks? It also weighs so much less! The small roller machine weighs a fraction of how much it takes to lug around the Big Shot! Sizzix Sidekick FAQs That said the cutting plates are MUCH smaller! They are 2.5″ where the Big Shot ones are 6″. The whole thing doesn't take as much space up as the middle of the Big Shot! ( my Big Shot is the 6″ one!) It really is shocking when you see them side by side and see how much littler the Sidekick is! PLUS I try to do as much as I can at one time so it feels like I am working rather than having a fun time crafting. I don't have room to put it my little downstairs crafting area so I have to go upstairs to where it is stored and haul it out. Okay, now here goes the thing! I really do love my Big Shot, but working with it is a production. Sorry for my messy desk, but just wanted to give you a visual of how small it actually is!! It takes up just a teeny tiny bit of space! Sidekick Vs. In 2019 Tim Holtz launched his own version of the Sidekick! It seems like these dies are perfect to use with the old red sidekicks and will still work with the new sidekicks! The Tim Holtz Sidekick & Side-Orders That said, back when the Sidekick launched it was red and you had to have super special dies (they are red ones and square… there are tons of these for sale on Ebay !) Isn't it funny when you find out something that you thought was brand new has been around longer than Moses? Well the earliest I have found references to the Sidekick and Cuttlebug is 2006… what?!?!? I am sooo late to the party!! photo courtesy of Sizzix
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