I wasn’t sure I needed this, but after trying to cut the sentiments straight without a die once, I splurged! Such a great set and I love that there are other press plates to use with the die. It is also useful to cut extras to stack behind the sentiment to pop it up a bit. I have also been playing with the negative piece and used it as a stencil and cover plate. I also used some of my other sentiment strips from other sets and set them up with a stamp positioner using the negative piece as a jig to keep them straight. Was a little tricky, but once they were straight, I stamped/ embossed a few sets to make it worth the effort. it’s probably already earned its keep in entertainment value.