Digital Scrapbook Lingo

Lets talk about the lingo of digital scrapbooking.. the words that the seasoned digital scrapbookers sprinkle in their blogs, forum posts and general discussion. It’s like this special little language! Some of them are words, some are abbreviations, but if you’re new, they can truly be very confusing! Here are some of the most used…

LO – Layout, a plan or design of something that is laid out.

QP – Quick Page, a pre-assembled layout where you can add your image to without any other modifications.

ISO – In Search Of… Often in forums, this will be posted when someone is looking for help in finding a specific themed kit or element that they wish to purchase.

CT – Creative Team. Creative team members receive products from a designer, for free, and in return they create a layout with the product and post it online. Designers use this as an advertisement tool.

Page Kits – Digital products that include paper and elements which you use to create a layout.

Mini Kits – Digital product that includes a smaller version of a page kit which you can use to create a layout.

Elements/Embellishments – Used to decorate a layout. These are things like ribbons, buttons, flowers, frames, glitter, etc.

Hybrid – A combination of paper scrapbooking and digital scrapbooking.

Scraplift – This is the taking ideas or designs from another scrapbooker and using them in your own digital scrapbook layout. In the digital scrapbooking industry, this is considered to be okay to do, but it’s a good idea to give the original scrapbooker a credit when you post online.

RAK – Random Act of Kindness. Many designers like to give out gifts, just because. They like to refer to them as random acts of kindness.

Actions – Macros that run in a graphics program to do a specific effect.

Templates – Guides that are used to create a shape or a layout.

Alphas – Alphabet elements.

Word art – Words, Quotes without or without graphics that are used as elements on a layout.

Overlays – Patterned or textures that you can use to lay over other papers or elements with the end result being a new texture or pattern.

Blog Train – A group of designers who get together to host freebies on their blog, which you have to follow, like cars on a train. You visit one blog, grab the freebie, follow the link to the next blog and so forth.

Extraction – This is the method of taking something out of a photo. Many individuals will extract a person out of the photo or an object out of a photo so that the old background is no longer visible.

S4H – Scrap For Hire, meaning that you can use the digital scrapbooking product to create layouts, blog templates, candy wrappers, etc. to sell to others.