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Hi
Firstly the New mat will be very very sticky, just do a few practise runs cut out some basics shapes, with cardstock not paper, this will remove some of the stickiness.
As for tearing when you remove try an old credit card, or the pazzle scrapper which is
very good as it as a slight point to it, i use it all the time when i have embossed to stop creasing of the card.
Did you do the text inside the sheriff badge, in a different Colour?
It is always a good idea