Common terms
“Scrapping,” or “Scrappin’”: Scrapbooking
“Faithbooking“: is the art of scrapbooking feelings, prayers, memories, and events related to one’s faith.
“Crop” or “Cropping”: Gathering together to scrapbook at a home, a scrapbook store, or convention. A person brings their own materials to create pages while socializing with other scrapbookers. An equilvalent to a modern day “Quilting Bee”
“Acid Free”: Materials that have a pH balance of 7.0 or higher. Many papers are considered acid free immediately after manufacture however unless they have been buffered, i.e. treated with a neutralising agent, chemical reactions with substances such as sizing or bleaching will cause the paper to become acidic over time. All plastic by its nature is acid free however some plastic is unsafe for use in photo albums.
“Lignin Free”: Lignin is a naturally occurring acid substance in wood that breaks down over time. Paper with lignin is not suitable for archival scrapbooking projects.
“Matting”: Matting is a technique that allows you to enhance your photos by adding a border around the outside edges. Simply lay your photgraph on a piece of cardstock and trim around the photo. (the size of the trim can be any size…1/8th inch to 2 inches, even more). Matting is an easier and more effieceint way to ‘frame’ a photo.
“Journaling”: Journaling is the writing that describes the events taking place in the photographs on your scrapbook page(s). A scrapbook without journaling is merely a fancy photo album!
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