These are a great set of "basic" sentiments, especially when combined with the original Timeless Sentiments set. I specifically bought them because of the background dies, because they can be used either together or without the backgrounds. The backgrounds by themselves can even be useful sometimes! My one criticism is that I wish they came with a comma. There is a set, Versatile Greetings, that has a comma, but four of the words in that set are duplicates of the original Timeless Sentiments set, just a slightly different font, so it feels like you would end up paying $16 for a comma and a couple words that wouldn't match the other two sets all that well.