Alcohol inks: Quick drying inks created for use on almost any glossy surface. Specifically used in design techniques such as Polished Stone.  

Altered: To change something. To take something, with seemingly no more useful purpose, and make it art and give it a new purpose.  

ATC: Artist Trading Card…a small piece of art measuring 2½ x 3½", the size of a standard trading card. Like baseball cards, it is meant to be traded with others. The back of the card usually holds information regarding the artists name, contact information, type (Original, Series or Edition) and edition or series number, date created and other pertinent information.  Can be made from any material, but must be thin enough to fit into a collector’s sleeve for storage.  

Brass Stencil: A thin metal template with a design or pattern cut from it. Artist use the templates to create embossed designs in paper.

Charm Kit by Spellbinders: An optional adapter kit used with the Wizard when charms to be embossed are deeper than 1/16th of an inch. It includes a Blue Master Mat, a Black Emboss pad and a small tan emboss pad.   This kit is not included with the machine.

Clay, Air Dry: Clay that does not need firing or baking to harden and set. Clay that is pliable after air drying works best in the Wizard. Proven brands are Hearty® and Crayola® Model Magic.™ Prepare the clay by rolling it to 1/16" sheets and letting it dry thoroughly. Do not worry if it curls while drying, flipping it over after a time helps disperse surface tension during the drying process. When dry, cut to size. Then die cut and emboss. (See Air Dry Clay cutting for more info) the material.

Clay, Polymer: Versatile clay that does not harden in the air. It must be baked in order to harden. It can be rolled and then cut/embossed (see techniques section) before it is heated for permanence.

Craft Foil: aka tooling foil, craft metal etc: A thin weight metal sheet usually purchased on a roll. It is used for many art applications. It is especially good for embossing with Spellbinders Die Templates. Purchase “light” or 36 gauge or lighter foils for die cutting. Thicker gauges will not cut (exception is pewter, which is a softer metal).  

Die Template: Spellbinders patented dies that feature three functions, including: cutting, embossing and stenciling.

Direct to Paper: Using an ink pad directly on paper to color it or create a distressed, aged look.  

Distress: aka aging or antiquing. To use a variety of art techniques to give an art surface an antique or well-worn look. Common tools include sand paper, distressing tools, craft knife etc.

Dry Embossing: To adorn a craft material such as paper or foil with a raised image. Traditionally this technique is done with a light box and stylus. The Wizard accomplishes it in rapid fashion with just one pass.  

Embossing Paste or Dimensional Paint: aka artist molding paste or stencil paste. It is a thick, usually acrylic-based medium that is used to add textured relief or dimension to flat work. When used with stencils, it is spread on like frosting with a palette knife or similar tool and smoothed out. The stencil is lifted and what is left is a raised design. The paste or paint dries to a hard, durable finish. Care must be taken to clean stencils, dies and other tools while the paste is still wet.  

Embossing Powder: aka EP, a plastic resin found in powder form that when heated, melts to create a raised image on a craft surface such as paper, metal, fabric, etc.

Embossing Powder, Thick: aka (UTEE) for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel Powder by Ranger Industries; Amazing Glaze (AG) by Judikins and Opals by Pipedream, Ink. This resin powder is a thick version of the regular embossing powder. The crystals are bigger and can be layered to build depth of color and for creating a surface that can be stamped into.

Font: An alphabet set used in graphic design. Can be paper, stickers, computer generated and, of course, die cuts.  

Heat Embossing: Using a heat tool to blow hot air onto embossing powders in order to achieve a raised surface. Powders are usually poured over a surface that is stamped, tapped off and then heated.

Magnetic Sheet: Magnetic material that is in a thin, sheet format that can be easily cut with scissors.  Available at most craft stores or at home improvement centers as magnetic duct sealers. These sheets are particularly useful for die storage.

Magnetic Spacer Plate by Spellbinders: Introduced in 2008, this spacer plate should be used with the Raspberry Wizard as a regular spacer plate. The added benefit is to be able to place dies on the surface and have them not move during the cut sandwich pass.

Masking: The use of barrier materials such as low tack tape or liquid frisket to prevent coloration under the barrier. Often used in stamping techniques or altering projects.

Polished Stone: A craft technique of combining quick drying alcohol-based inks with blending fluid to create the illusion of natural stone that has been cut and polished.  

Ratchet: The mechanism on the Wizard which operates the rollers. Using a button or switch on the handle will allow the rollers to reverse directions to assist in releasing a jam.

Reverse Stencil: A technique of inking a Die Template’s cut side edges before running through a die cut machine, producing a completely different coloring option for die cuts.

Sanding: Using sandpaper directly on a craft surface: metal, paper, wood, etc. to change the look of the substrate and to make the material more accepting of ink. It is often employed as a technique an aged/antique look.  

Serendipity Square: An embellishment created by arranging scraps of art materials randomly on a large piece of paper. Squares are then cut from the randomly arranged sheet and used to embellish paper crafting items.

Shim: a piece of cardstock or tape used to augment the pressure in a Wizard sandwich. This can help cutting or embossing.

Shrink Plastic: aka Shrinky Dinks, PolyShrink™. A plastic sheet that when heated will shrink to approximately 45% its original size and will thicken to 1/16". Check out Lucky Squirrel brand which cuts well in the Wizard: http://www.luckysquirrel.com/index.html    

Spacer Plate by Spellbinders: Small plastic sheet, used to bring the correct pressure to a cutting sandwich, allowing a die template to Master Materials such as paper, foil, fabric, etc. Included with an original purchase of  Spellbinders’ Wizard. Prepare the plate by writing “Do not cut,” on both sides of the plate as a reminder to always face the template’s cut edge away from the plate.

Spirelli: Vintage string art created by the Dutch that has been adapted for use in card making and scrapbooking.

Stipple: aka dry brush technique. To paint by means of small dots or spots—most commonly by using a stiff paint brush with a small amount of paint on it. This technique is perfect for adding color to templates, die cuts, background papers, etc.

Tan Embossing Pad by Spellbinders: aka Polymer Pad: A tan rubber pad that is used when embossing with die templates, texture plates, embossing folders, etc. One is included when purchasing a new, boxed Wizard. Also available for purchase in small pairs or in a 12x12" sheet that an artist can cut to any size.

Texture Plate: aka texture sheets. Plastic or metal sheets that contain two sides of texture, either of which embosses paper, metal and other art materials. Metal texture plates made by Spellbinders do not require the use of the charm kit. Plastic plates by Fiskars® or others require the optional charm kit. See Spellbinders’ Compatibility chart for more options in using them.

White Master Mat: aka White Mat, Master Mat, Embossing Mat: used for creating almost every sandwich in the Wizard. Prepare the mats by labeling then when you first receive them: one “Cut” and one “Emboss.”