This cutting stencil for Sizzix machine allows you to repeat this same format on different supports, card stock, metal, felt, leather, crazy plastic, vinyl. The Sizzix ThinlitsBrush Alpha metal matrix is ??compatible with all Sizzix cutting machines. It represents the complete aphabet in lower case letters (handwritten), ie 26 letters + 9 symbols: & @ () {}? . Instructions: Place a cutting plate on the work surface, place your cutting die on top. Then place your card stock (or other material). Place your second cutting plate over it. Then put the set on the Big Shot Sizzix machine, turn the crank clockwise to roll the assembly through the machine. Retrieve it at the other end of the machine, and retrieve your card stock, cut in the desired format. You only have to detach it gently.