16-Piece Word Cutting Dies Set for Card Making - Classic Style Embossing Script Dies for DIY Scrapbooking, Invitations & Greeting Cards - Perfect for Wedding, Birthday & Holiday Craft Projects

Easy to use and remove lettering from the die!Nice sizeThe Happy Anniversary die is poorly constructed. The y on Anniversary rips off . The die Congratulations is impossible to read. It should be retooled. I am satisfied with the other dies.The word Anniversary in Happy Anniversary does not cut well at all. I have tried all different papers, die machines ( I have several) and nothing worked. Otherwise all the others are fineI love these little words. Absolutely perfect for small cards and other projects. My only reason for not giving 5 stars is I noticed where ever there was a letter “r”, the letter and ones around it did not cut well. I did 2 passes with my machine and words with no r came out perfect once I got to anniversary I started noticing the problem. Celebrate was next and the congrats. I passed wishes, cheers and birthday 2 more times (total of 4 now) through my machine. Those swords came out better. Also noticed most of the letter “e” was missing the cutout (wishes). For the money I will use them and work with the imperfections but it is a struggle.I love these dies, perfectNormally, I read the reviews very carefully BEFORE I buy something online. The ONE time I didn’t…well, I got what I deserved.First, there are NOT 16 pieces. There are 8. The package has 8 dies - exactly the ones seen in the photos. I thought perhaps there were two of each (different fonts or sizes, maybe), but there are not. The are 16 WORDS in total, but the words are not separate dies as the listing implies.Second, while most of the dies worked fine in my Sizzix Sidekick, a couple did not. The dies simply didn’t cut cleanly enough for the more intricate words to detach from the die without tearing, even if using the 'push" holes (the pin holes used to “push” the finished word out of the die). And there weren’t enough of the the “push” holes to get some of the words to detach cleanly.The “Happy Anniversary” die is half-useless. The “Anniversary” half is completely worthless. The script is so intricate and delicate that there’s no way to remove it from the die without the letters tearing. I tried card stock and I even tried regular old copier paper. “Happy” came out fine, but “Anniversary” tore no matter what kind of paper I used.“Congratulations” is …I don’t even know how to describe it. You can sort of tell it says “Congratulations” but several of the letters are simply not readable.The larger dies, like “Happy Holidays” and “Best Wishes” worked fine.I’m going to keep these because enough of the words can be useable and I am trying to replace lost dies so I can’t be overly choosy right now.But do yourself a favor and do NOT buy these.These are great words. But they are tough to get out of the diecut and I tore more than one getting it out. They look really nice if you can get them out in one piece.I had to cut these out then lay the dies next to the cut outs so I had a visual reference as to what each of them was. Without a picture on the wrapper, its difficult to say what each die actually says when cut out. - see my photo. I made mine with gold mirror board & they make special cards look professional & stunning. One or two dies aren't very clear in the letters they make especially the "R"Returned these as they were not great at cutting out. A few were fine but most of them were impossible to remove from the die or just didn't cut through properly.Removing the script from the die was difficut and often damaged the end result. Not something I shall use regularly. Disappointed.lovely set of sentiments that can mix and match, they go in my Gemini Mini as well as my Hobbycraft big Mama cutting machines and all cut beautifully. Good value for money.Bought by mistake, should have paid more attention as thought was buying a branded product (image is similar to those of branded products). Takes 8 passes through machine to cut cleanly. Some counter spaces don’t cut out which is quite annoying as the words look unfinished . Okay, but let down by quality. Will be more mindful and get branded products in future.