Alphabet dies?

I prefer alpha sets over pre-made words, but there are some general differences.
Word dies can be smaller/fit more letters into a single space. Alpha sets tend to be bigger.
Word dies are more likely to be cursive, letter sets are mostly block type.
Word dies are less versatile by nature, since they only make that word/phrase.
Word dies are faster, since the whole word/phrase is one or a couple pieces. Alphas have to be aligned individually on the project.
Word dies are often generic/repetitive because they have to appeal to the most common situations 'Hi, Thanks, Thank You, Hello, Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Hooray!, Love You' etc.
Word dies may be all upper, all lower or mixed letters. Alpha sets are often capitals only. Lowercase sets are rarer and mixed sets extremely rare (and expensive; twice as many letters).

If you do get alpha sets, you'll want a 90° or T-ruler to go with them to make alignment easier.

Most of the time I reach for alphas over words because the cards I make are heavily personalized and specific to a situation. I don't pre-make things other than blank tags or shaped cards that wouldn't have words on them anyway.

It does - I've done that before with washi tape when I had more than one line of text to wrangle. The lining up thing is the biggest hassle of individual alphas. Once you get past that, it's smooth sailing and a whole lot of possibilities.

One of the other downsides of alphas is that you're unlikely to stop at one set. One set is nice, three or four or more gives a lot more design space for things like bigger capitals or varying sizes on one card. Al(most all, -1) of the sets I own have outlines and letters, which gives another way to mix things up.

for cards? In order of preference - stamped sentiments, computer printed sentiments, die cut sentiments, stamped alphas...it's very rare I used die cut alphas on cards.

for scrapbook layouts? I do use my die cut alphas but I tend to use the QK 2x2 (with the handset) more than either the all on one die OR the individual letter dies that I have to put through the Gemini Jr.

Personally - I might buy more QK 2x2 alphas if I come across them at a good price but I'm unlikely to buy another alpha die set at this point

Yes. Alpha dies are not just for scrapbooking titles.

I have Lawn Fawn Henry's ABC's and Ellen Hutson's Classic Block Alpha, plus lot of QuicKutz Alphas. I know you didn't ask but I use LF's Riley's ABC's stamp set a lot for making my own senitments.

I have a few sets and also always forget to pull them out for cardmaking. So, they wouldn't be on my top list of must haves.

I prefer word dies for cardmaking. It is just faster and easier. I already have about a million QK dies from the good old scrapbooking days and will still occasionally buy more if they are a good price.

Press'N Seal for the win. I just mailed off a card using a small alphabet set. I actually had enough letters dies to do the whole thing without having to recut, so I lined up as best I could and then used Press'N Seal. My hands shake, so I am by no means perfect, but I think it was acceptable. I like having alphabet sets in different fonts. But I also have a set or two of word dies, too. belated birthday and a Christmas card

For the QK folks…are you using their handle or have you had luck running them thru a die cut machine?