Glossary: 'B'
- Bent Scissors
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Angled handles make it easy to cut cloth and other materials on flat surfaces, in case you don't have rubber wrists.
- Blade Sheaths
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Protective sheath that keeps blades enclosed and fingers intact.
- Bone Folder
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A flat piece of bone or plastic, round at one end, pointed at the other; about the size of a letter-opener. Used for scoring and folding paper.
- Border
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The margins of a scrapbook page. Usually spoken of in terms of decoration.
- Border punch
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punch easily the margins of a page or card (straight or circle, punch and/or emboss).
- Brad
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Embellishment/accent that is usually metal. The top often looks like a small nail head, but can be a variety of shapes and colors. Bendable metal prongs attached to the bottom of a brad are pushed through holes in paper (or other material) and then bent outward to secure the brad in place
- Brayer
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A tool resembling a small paint roller, often made of rubber, hard foam or a soft sponge-like material. Use it with paint or ink to create decorative patterns on a flat surface.
- Brush Markers
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Water-based marking pens with a long, broad tip for coloring in stamp images, or coloring directly on the marker.
- Buffered
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Calcium carbonate has been added to buffered paper to neutralize acid contaminants that come in contact with the paper.
- Burnisher
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Pen-like shaped tool with steel ball tip on end used for embossing.
- By-pass
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cutting system using 2 blades, joined by a pivot, progressive cut (see also “Anvil”)