ooh !! mario cookie, soo cool My son wants a mario themed party this would be so cool. Hopefully you can soon share your secrets.http://angie-scrappinmemories.blogspot.com/
First clean your machine and the blade holder ( I used alcohol to disinfect my machine)
Remember the you need to slide the gray rubber to the side, those are located on the rotating bar on top of the mat.
I use a new mat with the clear cover and a dull blade to cut out the dough with out cutting the clear material at my mat.
I rolled the dough directly on the mat using a piece of kitchen plastic to prevent my dough from sticking on my rolling pen.
The thickness of my dough was like a tortilla (later made the cookie thicker by stacking two or three cookie cut outs).
Next I placed the mat in to the freezer for about 5 to 10 minutes and when you are ready to cut the dough make sure you have your file ready because the dough will warm up super fast and you will not have a clean cut with warm dough.
Make the cuts on the pazzles and place the mat on the freezer to make the dough firm again.
Take the dough out the freezer and use a spatula to lift the shaped cookie dough, (experiment with this and get to know your dough, the freeze factor is key to be able to move the shaped cookie)
HTH for the sugar gum paste I got mine from Michaels it is special for electronic cutters.
Forgot the cut settings on the blade give it all the depth on the blade I think is 6?
Speed 4 and pressure 10.
#4 4/4/11 9:50pm
Thanks Ana.....I am going to print this out and put it into my recipe book!