I really want to love the Magic Mat and I'm still hopeful that I will love it as I use it more. Seems to cut my Tim Holtz dies without problem, however, when trying to cut my Lawn Fawn dies, they wouldn't cut all the way through so I had to go back to the 2 regular plastic plates. I even tried to sandwich a plastic plate, the magic mat, the die cut, and then the top plate but that wouldn't work either. Maybe it's all part of trial and error?