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Foam: Foam is normally supplied
in sheets, but can also be bought in pre-cut shapes. Foam can be glued, punched, cut & decorated. Tip: Try heating foam gently with a heat gun, then rubber stamp an image into it.
Foil (also known as Metal Sheet):
Typically used for embossing, foil is available in many different colours, although the most popular are gold, silver & copper.
Glitter: Glitter is tiny metal or plastic fragments available in a huge array of colours and thicknesses to add shine and sparkle to crafting projects.
Glitter Glue: A wet glue that comes pre-mixed with glitter particles, and can be directly applied to add highlights to projects, or painted onto card, acetate or funky foam to make it glittery. Glitter glue is available in lots of different colours, and in two types: standard glitter glue contains identifiable pieces of glitter; pearlescent glue contains very fine particles that give it a shimmery finish.
Glue Dots: Extremely sticky round dots of glue used to hold embellishments such as buttons or heavy metal pieces. Also very useful in sticking things to papers and materials that are normally stick-resistant.
Glue Stick: A round stick of solid glue which is used to adhere embellishments to scrapbook pages, cards, tags, etc.
Glue Gun: A glue gun is a very handy electrical appliance for those who wish to apply embellishments. You need to insert glue sticks which the glue gun heats. You can then apply the glue in intricate places. To use the gun, you just push a glue stick into the glue stick feeder and squeeze the trigger. As you squeeze, the glue stick will travel down the barrel where it will melt and flow out of the nozzle. Tip: Be careful not to touch the nozzle or the glue as it tends to get very hot.
Heat Embossing: An embossing technique using a stamp, embossing or pigment ink pad, embossing powder, and a heat source.
Heat Gun: A heat gun is a tool that produces intense hot air allowing for projects to be heated. Mainly known for use with embossing techniques.
Hue: A colour or shade, expressed particularly by its position on the colour wheel.
Layering: Also known as matting, this is when you place either card or paper of increasing sizes around an image to create a frame.
Marbling: Paper marbling is a method of aqueous surface design, which can produce patterns similar
to marble or other stone, hence the name. The patterns are the result of colour floated on either plain water or a viscous solution known as size, and then carefully transferred to a sheet of paper (or other surfaces such as fabric). This decorative material has been used to cover a variety of surfaces for several centuries. It is often employed as a writing surface for calligraphy, and especially book covers and endpapers in bookbinding and stationery. Part of its appeal is that each print is a unique monoprint.
Mask: A paper cut-out of either a stamped image or a template stuck temporarily down to a project surface to hide the image behind, letting
you carry on with your work without touching this image. The mask is then removed again at the end.
Masking Tape: Masking tape is
a type of adhesive tape made of easy-to-tear paper that is backed with a relatively weak adhesive. It is used often in painting, to mask off areas that shouldn't be painted. The weak adhesive allows the tape to be removed easily.
Matting: Also known as layering, this is when you place either card or paper of increasing sizes around an image to create a frame. It visually separates the image from the background and is good for using colours to compliment the image.
Mulberry Paper: Japanese Paper made from Kozo which is the fibres of the Mulberry Tree. The paper can be torn to create a feathered-effect edge.
Quilting: The process of creating a quilt or to the sewing of two or more layers of material together to make
a thicker padded material. A quilter
is the name given to someone who works at quilting. Quilting can be done by hand or by sewing machine.
Shade: The lightness or darkness of a colour.
Stash: Collection of craft supplies. Tape Pen: Applicator for glue which
will produce a line like double sided tape. Easy to use. Available in permanent and repositionable.
Topper: A topper is usually a self adhesive embellishment for making quick and easy handmade cards.
Transfer Foil: Transfer foil is used with glue, double sided tape or glue shapes. It adheres to the glue leaving a foiled shape behind.
Trimmer: A paper trimmer allows you to cut paper and card straight and to certain lengths. Most trimmers have built in rulers so you measure out and cut exactly the length you need.
Velcro: A brand name for hook and look tape used as fastening. One strip has tiny hooks and the other a soft surface to snag the hooks.
Vellum: Real vellum is made from the skin of young livestock, but the kind usually referred to in crafts and scrapbooking is paper that is specially treated so it has some translucency.
Watercolour Paper: A 100-percent cotton rag-quality paper. Comes in light, medium, and heavy weights and surface textures such as hot-pressed (smooth) and cold-pressed (rough).
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