CASE

CASE = Copy And Steal Everything!

See a great layout online or in a scrap magazine? CASE it by copying the layout with your own photos. CASE-ing is considered fair play in the scrapbooking community, as long as you CASE for your own personal use.

LSS

LSS = Local Scrapbooking Store.Main supplier to in-town scrappers, the LSS is the place to be for crops, classes, and the latest scrapbooking embellishments and supplies. Good LSSs offer new products, layout and embellishment ideas, friendship, and fun. Support your local LSS, and see you there!

PSB

PSB = Crop-in-Style Paper Sticker Binder.

From corralling stickers to assembling page kits, scrappers swear by the Paper Sticker Binder, or PSB from Crop-in-Style. This zippered, oversized 3-ring binder offers a large variety of customized page protectors. Store templates, stickers, die-cuts, title blocks, borders and entire page kits in the PSB. The sturdy cover and handle make it easy to tote to crops.

Xyron

Xyron = Xyron® adhesive application and laminating machine.

Need to make custom stickers for a scrapbook page? Look no further than the Xyron® machine.

Sold in several different formats, Xyron machines make permanent or repositionable stickers, laminate documents, make magnets or labels. Simply feed paper, die-cuts or photos into the Xyron, then turn the crank. The Xyron® applies adhesive without the use of heat, electricity or batteries. All adhesives are non-toxic and acid-free. It's a must for die-cuts, vellum stickers, or die-cut alphabets.

To learn more about Xyron®, check this Xyron® machine comparison table from Jo-Ann.Com.

acid-free

Acid is a corrosive; products containing acid will deteriorate precious photographs and memorabilia. Photographs exposed to acid discolor, turn brown, crack, fade and peel.

Look for acid-free paper, adhesives, stickers and embellishments in order to avoid this risk. Products which test greater than 7.0 on the PH scale are considered to be acid-free.

To protect photographs from acid on hands and tools, use products like acid neutralizing wipes. They will remove acid from hands and tools as you work.

Concerned about including high-acid materials, such as newspaper cuttings, in your scrapbooks? Neutralize the acid in these materials with an acid neutralizing spray such as Archival Mist.

adhesive

Adhesive = substance or material used to adhere scrapbook elements to a page.

Glue or spray, dots or tape, adhesives are critical to successful scrapbooking. When selecting adhesives, be certain the products are acid-free to protect photos. There are many kinds of scrapbooking adhesives, including:

• Liquid Glue Pens
• Mounting Squares or Photo Stickers
• Photo Tape
• Glue Sticks
• Foam Spacers or Pop Dots
• Tape or Glue Rollers
• Vellum or Transparent Tape
• Bottled/Specialty Glues

Liquid glue pens make it easy to adhere tiny elements like die-cut alphabets or lettering to a scrapbook page. Liquid glue pens are available in several widths.

Mounting squares or photo splits are used to mount a photo onto a scrapbook page or photo mat. Tiny pre-cut squares of double-sided tape, this product makes it easy to remove a photo for later use.

Photo tape, like mounting squares, is a double-sided adhesive tape made especially for photographs. Unlike pre-cut mounting squares, photo tape can be cut to any length according to need.

Foam spacer or pop dots are double-side foam adhesives which come in a variety of thicknesses and sizes.Use pop dots to "lift" an element above the page for visual impact.

Tape or glue rollers are adhesive delivery systems that allow you to paste photo splits or glue dots directly to photos or paper--without the need to peel off protective backing!

Vellum or transparent tape is used to affix vellum without unsightly glue or tape marks.

Bottled or specialty glues are used to adhere "lumpy" or three-dimensional embellishments to scrapbook pages. Be certain liquid glue used for these purposes is acid-free and safe for photos.

album

Album: a book designed to hold completed scrapbook pages. Albums may include hard pages, to which photos are adhered directly, or they may contain page protectors, plastic pockets which hold the completed page.

Albums are sold in in several formats:

• Postbound/Top-Loading
• Strap-Hinge
• Spiral
• Book Style
• 3-Ring Binder

cardstock

Card stock = heavyweight, acid-free colored paper, available in a multitude of colors, weights and textures.

Card stock is among the most versatile elements in a scrapbooker's tool kit. Use heavyweight card stock as a ground sheet or background paper for a scrapbook page or to mat photos. Lightweight card stock can be used with craft punches or cut with decorative scissors. Use mediumweight card stock for die-cuts, alphabets or photo mats.

color wheel

Color Wheel = color selection tool used to create harmonious color combinations.

Used by artists, a color wheel simplifies the process of color selection in scrapbooking. A simple turn of the wheel identifies complementary color schemes for any scrapbook page.

Use a color wheel to identify primary and secondary colors, warm and cool shades, greyscale and more. Savvy scrappers recommend it!

crop

Crop - (1) as a verb ("to crop), to cut or trim photos before applying them to a scrapbook page; and (2) as a noun ("going to a crop"), a social or educational gathering of scrapbookers, where scrapbook pages are assembled.

journaling

Journaling = written documentation or storytelling included on specific scrapbook pages.

Journaling serves many purposes as a scrapbook element. Most important, it establishes the 5Ws of each page: setting who, what, when, where and why the photos were taken.

Journaling should include names, dates, events, locations and any other basic identifiers that will make the page self-explanatory to readers down the road. Even simple journaling can be effective, if it tells the story!

Journaling enhances scrapbooks in other ways. It identifies a storyteller: the person from whose point-of-view the page has been assembled. A mother may journal about her feelings for her child. A scrapbooker may journal about him or herself in a "Book of Me" scrapbook. Heritage scrapbooks often include personal memories of the subjects, as experienced by the scrapbook creator.

Journaling also speaks to the period or emotional tone that is expressed by the page. Poems, quotes, song lyrics and even slang expressions all add a feeling of immediacy and "we are there!" to a scrapbook page.

z-line cart (Staples cart)

Z-Line Cart or Staples Cart = an inexpensive, versatile rolling file cart sold by Staples.Com that will accommodate both 8.5-by-11-inch and 12-by-12-inch hanging file folders.

First spotted in a "get organized" article in PaperKuts Magazine, the z-line cart is the answer to paper storage for scrapbooking. Easy to assemble, this cart offers hanging file areas for both standard letter-sized and 12-by-12-inch hanging file folders. Lower-level baskets are handy for storing scraps or pre-cut photo mats. Best of all, you can purchase this cart from office supplier Staples.Com for a price far less than comparable scrapbooking carts.

When assembling the z-line cart, set the lower shelf unit to the lowest point on the cart legs. This ensures enough "hanging room" for the deeper 12-by-12-inch hanging file folders.

To store 12-by-12-inch papers, either purchase Cropper Hopper File Folders from CreateForLess.com, or create your own by combining three standard legal-size folders into two extra-deep 12-by-12 folders. Here's how: Make It: Hanging File Folders For Scrapbooking Organization

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