I Love These Balloons, But . . .
These dies cut cleanly and I love the balloons. If only punching a balloon, they are perfect. However I cannot give the dies 5 stars for one reason. While normally a die to cut over a stamped image is 'hollow' to make lining it up with the stamped image easy, these dies are solid because of the windows on the balloons. I have printed and punched both the 3 and the 9. The 9, with three holes to line up (the two windows and the hole in the middle of the 9), punched great. The 3, with only the two holes in the windows, did not work so well. Putting a light pencil line at the center point of the balloon base helps considerably in lining up the image as it gives a third point of alignment. Again, I am glad I purchased these dies, just know that because of their unique design they require a bit of effort to align.