I love to use my go for strip cutting. I do have some other dies to make shapes that I have not tried yet. I take it with me I our RV to Fl for the winter. I have to drag it out from under the bed....inconvienient. I never thought of just cutting the scraps to shape at home. That is a really great idea. I will try that when I get home in May...go sits out at home! I think my strips turn out better then when I was just using a ruler.