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Glossary
Acetate:Transparent plastic film with a variety of uses, e.g. behind apertures, either for shaker cards or to make embellishments appear to hang unsupported; for stamping or mounting outline stickers, so they can then be painted with glitter glues and glass paints.
Adhesive: Anything that sticks one material to another.
Aperture Card: Aperture card blanks were originally used for cross-stitch. Now they're widely used for Iris folding and many other techniques, apertures come in all shapes and sizes.
Appliqué: A cut-out, or cut-outs, attached to a background to add an extra dimension or texture to a design. Appliqué images can be motifs, designs, ornaments, decorations, trimmings, carvings or similar, made separately, cut out then glued, sewn, embellished or otherwise fixed to the surface of another item or medium, such as fabric or jewellery (Appliqué is the French word for "applied").
Backing: A quilting term for the back layer of fabric used in a quilt, wall hanging etc.
Basting: Also known as tacking, this is large stitching to temporarily join fabric pieces. It's removed once the permanent stitching is done. Basting can be done by hand or machine.
Bone Folder: A flat piece of bone or plastic, round at one end, pointed at the other. Used for scoring and folding paper.
Brads: Brads are paper fasteners with two prongs at the back. They are available in a range of sizes, colours and shapes.
Bristol: A paper with a weight of 90 to 120 gsm, generally not as heavy as cardstock.
Burnish: To enhance a finish, and making it glossy, by polishing.
Card: A thick, sturdy paper available in a variety of weights; commonly
used in scrapbooking and paper crafts. This paper is the thickness of most index cards and comes in many colours and textures.
Cardmaking: Creating greetings cards by hand. This is a popular hobby among those who seek to be creative and achieve a worthwhile result without this necessarily proving too demanding in terms of heavy workload, outlay and who wish to produce something a little
different for a special occasion. Some cardmakers form their own small businesses, making a
return on their creative efforts privately, at craft fairs and similar. More formal busineses supply the components, materials, tools and accessories - or produce books, magazines, CDs and more on the topic; while some high street stores now devote floor space to handmade cards.
Corrugated Card: Strong card typically made of three layers, with two smooth outer layers and a central inner layer compressed into a dense, corrugated structure.
Craft Knife: A craft knife is a sharp, pointed knife which usually has replaceable blades - ideal for precision cutting.
Cutting Line: Found on paper patterns. This is the outermost dark line marked with the size.
Cutting Mat: Self-healing cutting mats are used when using a craft knife to protect the surface you're working on. They can also be used to tape stencils etc. down, to stop them from moving about while in use. These mats are also available in glass.
Decoupage: The technique of decorating a surface with paper or other cut outs.
3d Decoupage: Is the art of layering paper to create a 3D effect.
Debossing: The opposite of embossing; the design is indented in to the paper or material.
Die: A device used for cutting out, forming, or stamping material.
Die Cut: A process for cutting out any special shapes by using a form called a die. Also used to refer to the cut out shape. Can be used with fabric or paper.
Die Cut Decoupage: Die cut decoupage sheets are precisely cut ready for you to simply push out each image, giving instant accurate results.
Distressing: The activity of making an item appear older and more worn, this is a popular design style giving a rustic, one-off, vintage look. Can be applied to a variety of surfaces such as wood, glass, metal, plastic and paint. There are a number of methods, by which the finish is intentionally destroyed or manipulated to look less than perfect, such as sanding, crumpling, inking, tearing and so on.
Double Sided Tape: Double sided tape can either come flat like normal sticky tape or as foam for 3D work. They're used to secure papers and non-adhesive embellishments down to your chosen surface.
Embellish: The addition of decorative stitching, appliqué and trims to a sewing project, garment or card.
Embellishment: Addition to decorate a handmade card or scrapbook page, e.g. toppers, jewels, buttons, or just about anything small and decorative.
Embossed Paper: Paper on which a raised or depressed design has been produced by pressure, generally from an engraved or otherwise patterned image.
Felt: A heavy, non-fraying, fabric generally made from wool with other manufactured fibres. The fibres are locked together in a process utilising heat, moisture, and pressure to form a compact material.
Finish: The way in which an item's surface is finished off. Finishes range from rough to smooth, glossy to matt.