Acetate

You can buy acetate in clear or coloured transparent sheets and it can be used to add interest to your designs in a variety of ways, eg: behind apertures (shaker cards), overlays, rubber stamping images which can be cut out and then painted with glitter glues.

Acid Free

This refers to products that are manufactured free of acid to prevent deterioration and discolouration of papers and photographs and is particularly relevant to Scrapbooking.

Aperture

This is a shaped hole which has been cut from the front of a card.

ATC’s

Artists’ Trading Cards which are the crafters version of a business card. They are individually decorated then swapped with fellow crafters.

Brads

In the UK they are known as paper fasteners and in the USA they are known as brads. They come in all sorts of colours, shapes and sizes.

Chalk

This is a thick type of board which is used for 3d embellishments and ready-made letters and numbers. It can be decorated in a variety of ways using ink, paint and chalks.

Decoupage

Dye inks, these are fast drying and water based.

Pigment inks are slow drying inks that are suitable for heat embossing.

Iris Folding

Peel-Off's are self-adhesive and come in a variety of designs and colours. They easily stick to card, paper, glass and candles.

Rubber Stamps

The most common types of stamps are Wood Mounted (the rubber image is mounted onto a wood block) and clear stamps (Often come in sets, and you will need an acrylic mounting block

Rub-ons