Terms, Stampin' Up Products and Techniques
Are you new to stamping, card-making and papercrafting? If so, you may find this list of stamping terms helpful:Acetate - Acetate is a plastic film that has many applications. You can stamp onto it using rubber stamps, use it for making shaker cards, and use it to make an image or embellishment appear to hang independently. You can also paint Acetate with glass paints and glitter glues.
Acid Free - Anything that is acid free will not deteriorate or discolour. It is perfect for cards and scrapbooks.
Adhesive Rubber - is sold by Stampin Up to remove excess glue. It does not remove tape.
Anywhere Glue Stick - is an acid free adhesive perfect for scrapbooking and card making.
Aqua Painter - is used with Watercolour Pencils, Watercolour Crayons or Classic Stamp pads. Each Aqua Painter holds 8 cc of water. Remember to stamp image with StazOn ink so that it doesn’t bleed and use with watercolour paper.
Blender Pens - used to blend Classic Inks, Markers, Watercolour Pencils or Watercolour Crayons. The points are flexible making them easy to use.
Bone Folder - A bone folder is used for scoring and burnishing. Stampin Up's bone folder is made of cattle bone, sanded and polished smooth. Use the pointed end to score and the wide end for pressing down to get a great fold on your card.
Brads - Brads are available in a wide range of designs, shapes and colours. Brads have two prongs at the back, which are pushed through the paper or card and then flattened to hold in place.
Brayer - A brayer is used to ink large stamps uniformly or to create interesting backgrounds
Cardstock (CS)- All Stampin Up cardstocks are at least 80 lb. weight with the exception of vellum.
Cello Bags - Cello Bags are used to protect your cards, when making cards to sell, and often used to hold special treats & gifts, they’re easy to decorate -just with a ribbon or a designer topper, & you can stamp on them with Stazon Ink.
Classic Ink - Water-based dye ink that comes in spots or inkpads and re-inkers are available
Colour Coach - Stamping Up makes a wheel that shows you which colours work best with each other. It is a valuable too, especially if you are just starting out.
Color Spritzer - Lets you achieve airbrushed looks using a SU marker.
Corner Punch – used to round off the corners of cards.
Craft Ink - is a pigment ink that is opaque. It dries slower than classic ink and can be used for embossing with truer colour results.
Craft Knife - A craft knife is a very sharp pointed knife that has replaceable blades. Use with a self-healing cutting mat.
Crimper - Crimps paper and On Board Chipboard. It can crimp paper up to 6 1/2 inches wide.
Crop-a-Dile - Silent eyelet setter & hole punch. Punches easily through cardstock, cardboard, fabric, leather, tin and other thick materials!
Crystal Effects - It gives a high gloss finish to your images. You can mix in Ink with a Reinker or Dazzling Diamonds for stunning effects.
Cutter Kit- Includes a paper distressing tool and 3 mini rotary tools: cutting, perforating and scoring.
Cutting Mat - A cutting mat is a mat that protects the surface of your work table. Self-healing is best.
Dazzling Diamonds - a fine white glitter.
Distressing - Distressing is a method used to give your project an old and worn look. This can be achieved in many ways including, stamping, crumpling, inking and tearing. A distressing tool comes with the cutter kit.
Double Sided Tape - Double sided tape is sticky on both sides. Great for 3D items.
Embellishment - An embellishment is used to decorate a handmade card or scrapbook page layout.
Embossing - A technique used when stamping to create a raised & gloss image.
Embossing Buddy - Removes static or unwanted flecks of embossing powder that may stick to your work.
Embossing Powder - Embossing Powder is a fine powder that is available in a variety of colours. Embossing powder is sprinkled over a stamped image and heated with the Heat Tool to create a raised impression.
Eyelets - Eyelets are metal fasteners with holes in the middle. They are easily attached using a Crop-a-Dile.
DSP - designer series paper - beautiful, double sided, patterned paper.
Glue Dots or Dimensionals - used to attach embellishments such as buttons & pearls or other heavy materials. They give any project a 3 D look easily.
Heat and Stick Powder - Heats to a sticky surface to adhere Dazzling Diamonds.
Heat Tool - A heat tool is used to melt Embossing Powder and Heat and Stick Powder or heat set pigment inks. Stamp image first with versamark.
Paper Cutter - a personal trimmer that also can score CS when using the scoring blade.
Pencils, Watercolour - Set of 24 - Richly pigmented colours - Use dry as coloured pencils - Blend with dampened brush, Aqua Painter, or blender pen for watercolour effect.
Powder Pals - Set includes 2 trays and a brush - Large tray size, 10" x 14" x 1"; small tray size 6" x 8" x 1" - Our Powder Pals set was specifically designed to make returning embossing powder and glitter back to their containers neat and easy. The built-in funnel gives you greater control of embossing powders and glitter. You’ll wonder how you ever got along without it!
Punches - are a quick and easy way to add interest, dimension, and colour to your cards, tags, and scrapbook pages. You can glue punched shapes directly onto your projects or layer a sheet of card stock that has been punched over a coordinating card stock for a reverse effect. You can even combine punches to create fun accents for your projects. We have some fabulous tool punches as well. Punches aren’t just about cute shapes anymore, although we do have the cutest designs around!
SU Pencil Sharpener – Sharpens Watercolour Pencils, and Watercolour Wonder Crayons
Rub Ons - Rub ons are transfers that are applied by rubbing with a popsicle stick. They are commonly used on scrapbook page layouts and for card making. For best results, cut out your Rub-On image and remove it from the backing sheet. Lay the image on a flat surface, and rub it lightly with your finger to hold it in place. Then firmly rub the image with the wooden stick (included with the Rub-Ons) to transfer it to your project. You’ll know the image has transferred completely when the image becomes lighter on the transfer sheet. Pull up slowly on the transfer sheet, being careful not to slide it. If the image hasn’t transferred completely, simply lay the sheet back down and try again.
Sanding Blocks - Use with forward and backward motion. Quick Trick - Sanding blocks are great for smoothing edges that result from tearing perforated paper. You can also use them to scuff up new rubber stamps so the ink adheres better to them. If your sanding blocks get dirty, simply wash them under running water.
Scoring - A way of creating a line that can be used to fold a card. Can be done with a bone folder or a scoring blade.
Snail – roll-on, double sided adhesive.
Stamps - Stampin'Up! have 3 types of stamps - outline stamps that are perfect for watercolouring, or colouring with your markers etc; solid image stamps that are used with ink pads, and 2 step stamping - stamps that require a stamp positioner and usually have an outline and a fill-in image.
Stamp-a-ma-Jig™Stamp Positioner - This is the perfect tool to keep you from ever ruining a whole project with one crooked stamp! The stamp positioner gives you the ability to place an image exactly where you want it, every time.
Stampin’ Glitter - Polyester glitter, available in 3 styles: Chunky, Super Nova & Dazzling Diamonds. Use with Heat & Stick powder, Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive, 2 way glue, or Sticky Cuts Letters
Stampin’ Write Markers - Dual tipped markers: .5 mm fine point and flexible brush - Available individually in exclusive Stampin’ Up! Colours and also in a single colour family (set of 12) and a Neutrals assortment (set of 4). Coordinate with Classic Stampin’ Pads and exclusive Stampin’ Up! card stock. The markers are extremely versatile. To achieve a soft, watercolour look, outline your image with a Stampin’ Write marker, and then use a blender pen, Aqua Painter, or water-dampened watercolour brush to pull and blend the marker colours into the area you desire. You can custom-colour images by colouring directly on the stamp. Use the flexible brush tip on its side to shade and blend colours right on the rubber. The fine point lets you easily colour small areas of the stamp. You can also omit parts of the design by colouring only those features you want to stamp.
You can also rub the ink from the markers onto a tray and use a blender pen or an aquapainter to pull the colour and then paint.
Stazon Ink - is a decorative permanent ink. It will not bleed when water colouring with it.
Vellum - 8-1/2" x 11" (20 sheets per package), 17-lb. text weight - Perfect as an overlay or a window. You can use pads, markers, and Watercolour Wonder crayons directly on the vellum.
Versamark - Water mark any image with this ink. It is also good for tone on tone stamping. Use also with Classic Ink for embossing.
Watercolor Paper - 3-3/4" x 5" sheets, 20 sheets per package, 140-lb. cold-pressed paper, 100% cotton, Resists buckling when wet.
White Gel Pen – highlight, faux stitch & use for precise white colour.
This information was compiled using stampin’Up!’s product guide, my own experience, and with the help of my demonstrator mentor - Petronela Hardy. If you have any further questions, or would like to order any of the above mentioned products, just send me an email to jdvhouse@gmail.com, or come to a workshop!
Cheers
Renée M-B
