We grabbed some cardboard metallic cake bottoms from Wal-M, they are making great snowflakes, masked before also. Like $4 for 5, 12x12, cut at 250/Full
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It makes a gorgeous decoration!
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That is brilliant! 
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They do look great, and cheap!
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Are they paper? A plastic?
Did it cut through the metal without issue or did you have to finish it by hand?
Previously in similar materials:
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Wow, It looks great! Thanks for the materials tip, I’ll have to pick some up.
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Clever idea for a material source 
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It’s a card-stock product, I masked with tape with no problems, laser goes right thru.
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This is why I love this forum; the way others just grab something off a shelf somewhere and use it is spectacular. I don’t think I ever would have thought of this on my own, but as soon as you mentioned what it was I knew what you were talking about. Great idea!
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Thanks, I’m sure I’m not the first. Would make great cake toppers too.
What a great idea - and snowflake.
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It’s always fun when someone finds a new material idea! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing, amazing idea!
Immediately went to amazon, found this and feel like trying it:
However, I never quite know what kind of stuff will produce toxic fumes and/or damage the laser (apart from obviously reflective stuff, of course, but I always mask)… Amazon says it’s made with “corrugated cardboard, metallic gold foil on top, natural kraft on bottom” — do you folks think it’s safe? Any rule of thumb on how to approach the laserable/non-laserable question in the future?
Thanks in advance!
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A beautiful snowflake!
Search the forum for “MSDS”. It’s the only way to be sure.
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