There are so many random words in the craft world that make no actual sense until you are in the know, so I've put together a craft dictionary so that you can be up to speed!
Any weird ones not in here? Give me a shout and i'll pop them in.
Weeding:
The Process of removing the unwanted parts from a vinyl or iron on vinyl design, before application.
Weeding Tools tend to look like dentists tools and are perfect for this job, but a pin or needle will do the job too!
Decoupage:
The art of layering thin paper pieces with glue to decorate objects.
Fussy cut:
Cutting around designs on decorative papers to make your own ephemera. Use small scissors to get a perfect cut.
Emboss:
There are two ways to emboss in the craft world, first up you can emboss paper and card with an embossing folder ( a plastic folder with a raised design) that you sandwich your paper inbetween the run through a die cutting machine.
Secondly you can emboss with an embossing powder a really fine glittery powder that sticks to ink, when heated it up it creates a beautiful embossed effect.
Bias:
A direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric, a pain in the bum to cut anything with!
Brad:
Basically a paper fastener with that's extra fancy!
Brayer:
A Rolling tool, often used in printing but also really handy for flattening out materials on a Cricut mat.
Cropping/crop:
A fancy name for a get together of scrapbookers- a scrapbooking party!
Die:
A metal shape that can cut and/or emboss paper and card when run through a die cutting machine.
Ephemera:
Fancy bits and pieces used in paper crafting, can be anything cute that you will probably hoard forever! Usually paper cut outs.
Grammage:
The weight/thickness of a paper. Stated in gsm, a standard piece of paper is around 270gsm.
Notions:
Usually used to describe haberdashery bits in sewing.
Stash:
A nicer term to describe the hoard of craft supplies you own.
Vellum:
Not a sheet of skin ( apparently that was a thing) a thin opaque paper (similar to tracing paper) which looks fab in lots of paper craft projects!
Bleed:
No blood involved. This is the term to describe the space around a print or cut project, that keeps the edges of a design in a safe boundary for printing and cutting.
Bone folder:
Again no bones involved. This is a tool that used to be made of bone ( now more commonly made of plastic) that helps achieve the perfect fold in a piece of paper or card
Alpha:
Alphabet stickers!
Fat quarter:
A piece of fabric that is quarter of a metre square, most usually used by quilters.
WIP:
An acronym for work in progress.