1set Wishes Cheers Sentiment Dies cuttings+ Clear Stamp Metal Scrapbooking Stencils Die for DIY Embossing Photo Album Decorative DIY Paper Cards Making Craft

I'm a bit of a frugal crafter, especially when it comes to sentiments, so this was right up my alley and I bought all 3 available sets (thanks, birthday, hello). I love it so far and it is one of my most used items for card making.The stamps are made of silicon, so it is not as firm, sticky, or flat as photopolymer. Because of this, these stamps work best in a stamp positioning tool (i.e. Misty). You may not get an even impression with block stamping because you need to stamp multiple times. You can also use a versamark ink pad (for embossing) on the stamp (inking side) to make the stamp more sticky and cause less pooling of ink.Now to the dies. The dies cut well (I use 110 lb index cardstock mostly). I do agree with the complaint about the C for celebrate. Not sure why they separated that letter, but the die is till not hard to use. One of the largest complaints are the smaller letters being separated. I always facepalm at this because it is obvious that they are block letters and unattached on the photos. This is easily handled with 1 kitchen tool - Press N Seal. Using a die cutting machine, cut the words outs out and REMOVE THE ENTIRE SANDWHICH WHOLE - do not remove plates. Manipulate the plates so the the front surface of your paper is up, if needed. CAREFULLY, remove the top plate, so that the die, positive and negative die cuts stay on the bottom plate. Remove die carefully so that the negatives and positives stay as 1 whole piece. If pieces do come out or stick in the die, place them back into the negative stencil. If many fall out, you can use press n seal or post it tape on the wrong/glue side to help you get control of the situation. Now cut a piece of Press N Seal that is slightly larger than the die cut area and place over right/front side. Burnish so that positive die cut words stick to press n seal. Carefully remove negative stencil - a pokey tool may be helpful here. Now you can apply glue to the wrong side of your letters and place them on your project. Just burnish again and remove Press N Seal, which can be used again and again for other projects. A popular cardmaker on YouTube, Jennifer Maguire, does have videos on YT demonstrating this technique. In a pinch, post it paper or tape can be used to mimic this technique, but it is not see thru like press n seal, so it is harder to position.

The word dies are separate and can become different sentences. A plus for sure.

The stamps printed with sharp images. The dies easily and evenly cut the words. It was very difficult to line up the images to be die cut because the two were too close in size. However, they are good if you use them separately. The printed words come out as individual letters and are so small that they are difficult to adhere.

Very cute!. Easy to use!.

I needed a birthday die but I was a little difficult to get it out of the die and a lot of work sticking it to to the surface because all the letters were separated.

Love them

Highly recommend.

PROS:- The dies cut well (using Big Shot machine)- Nice word assortmentCONS:Most of the dies will cut the letters in each word separately which means you will need to glue each letter to your surface one at a time. Some of the words are tiny so you’ll need a lot of patience (and good reading glasses!) to line them all up properly and to apply adhesive to each individual letter. And you can forget about matching them up with the coordinating word stamps. Not happening!For the word “celebrate” the letter C is not attached to the rest of the word. How ridiculous! At first I thought I may have torn and separated it upon removal from the die but that was not the case. When I looked closely at the metal die, I could see that the letter C was never designed to be attached to the rest of the word. What kind of nonsense is this?I thought about returning this goofy set but it was fairly inexpensive and I’m lazy and because the word “Birthday” cut well and in one piece. So basically I’m keeping the set for the purpose of using only that one die cut word.

I really like these stamps and dies but the die that is missing is "It's your" so am very disappointed with it.

Love the size, nice clear stamp...great words. 💖