Basic Scrapbook Terms

Album — Blank book used to store scrapbooking photographs and scrapbook pages.

Archival — Term describing a product or technique used in
preserving artifacts, photographs, memorabilia and other
items.

Basic Templates — Templates in basic shapes such as
circles, squares, ovals.

Buffered — Products capable of maintaining the core of a
solution.(buffered paper prevents acid from moving from a
photograph to a paper).

Calligraphy—Formal, old fashioned lettering.

Cardstock — Strudy paper, available in a variety of weights
for scrapbooking.

Clip Art — Art purchased in book or software from that can
be applied to scrap booking pages.

Collage — An artistic composition made of various materials
(paper, cloth, wood) that are glued onto a surface.

Corner-Edger Scissors — Scissors that cut corners. Each
pair creates four different types of corners.

Crop — To cut or trim a photograph. A scrap booking party
hosted by an expert who shares techniques, products, and
information with the group.

Decorative scissors — Scissors with a decorative pattern on
the blade.

Die-Cut Designs — Paper designs cut from die cut machines.

Double-Mount — To place a photo on two background papers.

Embellishment — Any scrap booking supplies that enhance the
pages.

Emboss — To create a raised surface by applying heat or
pressure.

Fine and Chisel Pens — A fine tip pen (0.5mm) and chisel
tip (6.0mm) used for lettering.

Gel-Based rollers — pens with pigment ink.

General Pattern Paper — paper with patterns, made to use
for any occasion.

Gift Album — A compilation of photographs and mementos
created with a person or event in mind.

Handmade Paper — Paper made by hand that is often rough and
uneven in texture. There are flowers and leaves in the
paper sometimes, which can add a natural look to your
scrapbook.

Handmade Scraps — scrap book supplies made from
layered-looking die-cuts.

Heading — The caption or title that explains the theme of a
layout.

Heritage — Traditions passed down from generation to
generation.

Idea Books — Books usually about one aspect of scrap
booking. Some are written for particular scrapbooking
themes (wedding, babies, pets, etc.) while others are
devoted to a particular scrapbook supplies product
(stickers, die-cuts, templates, etc).

Journaling — any words you write in your scrapbook or on
the scrapbook page, from titles and captions to long
descriptions, poems or stories.

Journaling Templates — templates with space left for
writing.

Layout — the grouping of pages in your scrapbook that go
together. Some scrap booking layouts fit on one page, most
fit on two and some are put on panoramic layouts.
Letter Templates — templates in the shape of letters of the
alphabet.

Lignin — a naturally occurring acid substance in wood that
breaks down over time. Paper with lignin is not suitable
for archival scrapbooking projects.

Master Family Album — holds photographs of everyone in the
family and family documents, typically in chronological
order.

Memorabilia — certificates, documents and other items that
tell a story. Memorabilia can include souvenirs from trips
and mementos from special occasions or historical events.

Mount — to adhere a photograph, embellishment or other item
to another piece of paper.

Oval Cutters — paper trimmers that cut paper and
photographs into ovals.

Page Protectors — acid-free plastic sheets that display and
protect pages.

Paper Trimmers — paper-cutting tools used by placing paper,
lining it up on a grid and moving down a blade.

Pattern Paper — paper with designs repeated on the entire
page.

pH Level — measurement that tells a scrapbooker how acidic
or basic something is. For scrapbooking, you want to use
products with a pH level of seven or above.

Photo Corners — paper with adhesive on the back used to
adhere photographs to a page on the corners. Used to adhere
photos in scrapbooks and photo albums without applying
adhesive directly to the photograph.

Post-Bound Albums — scrapbooking albums that are held
together with metal posts that run through the pages.

Red-Eye Pen — used to take red-eye out of flash
photographs.

Reversible Adhesive — an adhesive that can be undone.
Shape Cutters - tools designed to cut shapes (circles,
ovals, stars, etc.). The scrapbooking cutters can be
adjusted to create different sizes of these shapes.

Sticker — an adhesive decorative accent ranging in size
from a few centimeters across to a full page.

Strap-Hinge Albums — scrapbooking albums secured with
plastic straps that run through a holder directly on the
pages and keep the book in place.

Template — a stencil used to trace shapes onto scrapbook
pages or photos.

Theme — the overall emphasis of a page or scrapbook.

Vellum — a lightweight, translucent paper.

Wide-Edge Scissors — decorative-edge scissors that make a
cut that is five times deeper than normal scissors.

Workshop —a class usually held at a scrapbooking store and
taught by an expert. Participants bring photos and pages to
work on and get advice from the instructor