Blog-a-nition = Abbreviations or terminologies used by card makers on blogs. Same as blog-cro-nyms (Carol L - (http://ourlittleinspirations.blogspot.com//)
CAS = Clean And Simple (Darnell reminded me of this one! She's Blogland's official Word Lady- (see links below)
CASE = Copy And Share Everything (or Everywhere). Thanks Darnell!
DI = Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Crapalanche = a huge
DOX = Distress Oxide Ink
NBUS = Never Before Used Stuff (Darnell Knauss - http://www.djkardkreations.com/
Procraftinating = Finding many reasons to put off doing stuff because you want to craft instead.
(Sally H. - http://sal-utations.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/rudolf-days-for-august.html)
QACAS = Quick and clean and simple (Darnell Knauss - http://www.djkardkreations.com/
RAK = Random Act(s) of Kindness. (Sarah M - http://craftnerdcreates.blogspot.com/ who was kind enough to explain to me what RAK meant)
SABLE = Stash Acquisition Beyond Life Expectancy (Darnell Knauss - http://www.djkardkreations.com/ ) AND (Redanne - http://bollyanne.blogspot.com/) At Darnell's blog, she said Anne had heard the term on television. I think we all have Sable in our Stash Stable!
SNIPPETS = Scraps of design papers or card stock used to make a card (In the USA we call these scraps. The UK bloggers have a classier terminology: Snippets). There's a friendly challenge here:
http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com/ using any card made with a snippet or two.
SPUDDLING = Actual process of creating a project masterpiece! Courtesy of Mrs. A (or rather perhaps should say Mr. A as that is how he refers to her creative process!)
TFS = Thanks for Sharing
VOS = Very Old Stuff (or stash) (Maureen - http://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/ )
WoL = Wink of Luna
WoS = Wink of Stella - markers...I've just seen this term on various blogs, can't give any credit here.
Ya'll = Southernese for you or all of you. Singular or plural. Pronounced properly as Yawl, NOT you all! That's Yankees trying to speak Southern!! :-)
Great idea, Mary! This hobby really does use a ton of acron, er, blogcronyms! Thanks for the shoutout to NBUS! The only thing I can think of is CAS (clean and simple) and CASE (copy and share everywhere or everything). I had a tough time with those two definitions when I first started blogging. Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab idea - I am going to copy your idea huni with these words and some others that I use! TY xx
ReplyDeleteI want a signed copy when the book comes out.
ReplyDeleteThanks you for the abbreviations always good to know. xx
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks Mary! It's very claryfing for me! :D
ReplyDeleteSending you one forthwith! hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteFor as long as I've been visiting your blog Momma Mary, I never came to the Blog-a-nitions until tonight! What a fabulous idea! I love some of the terms and now I know where to come when I can't remember what they mean. lol I'm like Irish Cherokee, I want a signed copy too when the book comes out. lol Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteI just happened to see this, lol. Love it and have learned some new ones. Now the last one "Y'all" is normal for me to say, being a southern and all, lol. Such fun!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sherry x
LOL! Thanks for the chuckle, Mary! I hadn't heard some of these before - Cute!
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