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Acid-free
(AF)
Choose scrapbook products that are acid-free whenever possible. Acids in
paper and card can damage photographs over time, causing them to become
brittle and discoloured.
Acrylic Paint
May be dry brushed over textured card, added to metal embellishments then
sanded off to give an aged look, or used with foam stamps.
Archival Quality
A non-technical term suggesting any substance that is chemically stable
and safe to use in your album.
Brads
These are metal paper fasteners available in countless colours, shapes and
finishes. A useful way to fasten surfaces together.
Cardstock
Used for background, matting, and titles, cardstocks comes in various
weights, colours and textures.
Chalk
Can be used to highlight, shade and add dimension to your work. Liquid
chalk inkpads come in a multitude of colours, dry quickly, and may be used
with foam stamps or for inking edges.
Cropping
'Clever cutting'. A photo can be cropped to remove a distracting
background, and focus on the subject of the shot. Templates can be used to
crop photos into shapes.
Die-cuts
Cutouts of shapes, letters and numbers.
Distress
A popular technique used to age materials. Sanding, tearing, inking and
crumpling are all methods of distressing.
Embellishments
Any page accent you can make or buy. Include decorations such as buttons,
tags and charms, fibres, die-cuts, ribbions, wire or beads.
Ephemera
Disposable items such as brochures, tickets, stamps or paper items not
intended to have lasting value. Ephemera include postcard images, snippets
of handwritten letter, stamps and old product labels.
Eyelets
Small metal shapes with a central hole, available in many novelty designs.
Used for decoration or to attach page elements. They are inserted into a
punched hole and set with a simple tool.
Gutting
An economical method of saving cardstock by cutting out the centre which
will be covered by other materials.
Hidden Journalling
Journalling too private to share is often hidden on a page. This can be
done in many ways, for example by tucking a journalled tag behind a photo
or hiding journalling in a mini book.
Journalling
Typed or written wording entered on a page. Journalling could be a
complete account of events or simply a name and date. A nice quote or poem
adds a special touch.
Lignin-free
(LF)
Most paper products are lignin-free except for newsprint, which yellows
and degrades. Special sprays can be bought to make news cuttings safe for
your albums.
Matting
Photographs are matted (mounted) on card before being adhered to the page
to provide emphasis. Clever matting can make all the difference to a less
than perfect picture.
Memorabilia
Mementoes such as ticket stubs and programmes may be added as unique
remembrances. Memorabilia pockets can hold special keepsakes.
Page Pebbles
Embellishments that look like mini pebbles, made of glass, resin or clear
plastic. They are used to highlight letter, word or phrase and come in
many shapes and sizes.
Post-bound Album
A type of album that binds paper protectors in the album using
screw-in-metal post. Ideal for moving finished pages around or adding more
pages to an album.
Slide Mounts
A copy of the traditional photography slide mount used in scrapbooking as
a mini frame for small photos or for highlighting part of a photo.
Snaps
Like an eyelet, but with a domed or flat top and no hole. They come in a
variety of colours, are a neat way to attach elements to a page, and add
interest.
Transparency
A transparent sheet, often pre-printed with words or images and attached
as an overlay to a page.
Vellum
A delicate, semi-transparent paper similar to tracing paper. Can be bought
patterned or plain, embossed or flat, or you can print, stamp and decorate
it yourself.
Walnut Ink
 Crystals
dissolved in water to make an ink-like substance used to age paper
or embellishments.
Xyron Machine
A machine which applies an all-over even layer of permanent or
repositionable adhesive to paper, card or fabric. Works well with cut out
shapes.
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