Sizzix is the brand name of a product range of home die-cutting machines and embossing machines manufactured by Ellison.[1] The machines are used for cutting materials such as paper, fabric, vellum, metal and other materials that scissors can cut.[2] The products are most commonly used by crafters, quilters and sewers for scrapbooking, cardmaking, home décor, jewelry making, and other arts and crafts activities.[3]
Sizzix has also seen success in its partnership with about 20 artists who have opened the company up to new markets and categories.[4]
Machines
editThe Sizzix product range launched in 2001 as an evolution of the first patented die-cutting machine, the Ellison LetterMachine, created in 1977.[5] Along with the die-cutting machines, the Sizzix product range also includes steel-rule dies, chemically-etched dies, embossing folders and storage folders.[6]
Awards
editThe Golden Press Kit Award was awarded to Sizzix at the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) Summer 2012 trade show.[7] The BIGkick was awarded the 2008 Reader's Choice Winner in the February 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine in the Die Cut Equipment category.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Ellison.com - North America Corporate". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2013-10-22., Ellison Brands Retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Marcie Mower, "Die Cutting Machines", U Cut At Home
- ^ Marcie Mower, "Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Reviews & Comparison", U Cut At Home, Apr 25, 2012.
- ^ Jennifer Wang, [1],"O.C. Register, Feb 16, 2014.
- ^ Wendy Bosberry-Scott , "The John Catt Guide to International Schools 2010/11", (page 272 , 2010).
- ^ "Die Cutting Machines", U Cut At Home Archived 2013-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2],ScrapMag, October 16, 2012.
- ^ [3],Creating Keepsakes Magazine, February 2009.