Scrap a mania Trivia Quiz

Answer: 15 by 15

The standard scrapbook sizes are 12" by 12", 8" x 8", or 8.5" x 11". While people will often create scrapbooks and memory projects that are nonstandard in size, 15" x 15" is not a standard size.

Scrapbooks are usually referred to without designation of inches, so a 12"x12" is called a 12 by 12.

Answer: a Crop

Called a crop, after what is commonly done to pictures, groups of scrappers gather in museums, hotels, stores, and convention centers to work on their projects together.

Answer: Embellishments

Embellishments include stickers, ribbons, buttons, brads, and other items that are added to a page to create interest and convey the theme of the page.

Answer: True

All of these reasons are good reasons to scrapbook. It brings pictures to life and helps to recall family events. It is a fun and creative outlet for all of those stacks of photos in boxes.

Answer: False

Journaling is the process of telling the story and identifying who and what is in the pictures. It can be done in a block of text, through embellishments, or tags. While a title can help to journal the pages, it is not the only choice and often doesn't go far enough.

Answer: Heritage scrapbook

Heritage scrapbooks commonly used black and white or sepia photography and have a distinctive look and feel. The color palette of papers and embellishments are usually more muted colors that work with the tones of the pictures.

It is important in an heritage scrapbook to identify as many people in the photos as possible so that future generations who look at the scrapbooks will understand who the people were, how they relate to them, and why that picture is important.

Answer: ruler, paper cutter, adhesive, pens, and scissors

While most serious scrapbookers' tool boxes are extensive, a ruler, a paper cutter, some type of adhesive, a pen, and good scissors are the minimum that someone who wants to create a scrapbook page needs to have.

Answer: True

There are wide variety of ways to enhance a page. Embossing, stamping, and sewing are just three common methods for making a page "pop."

Answer: True

A Cricut is a die cutting machine that uses a cartridge to cut a defined shapes and pictures.

A Crop-a-dile punches different size holes and sets rivets of all sizes.

A Flex ruler allows you to trace a shape you define.

A corner chomper rounds the corners of photos and other papers.

A heat gun is used to raise the texture on embossing powders and to dry ink or paint to keep it from smudging.

Answer: card making

Scrapbooking has grown into a papercraft industry. Card making is now almost as prevalent as scrapbooking is. The manufacturers of paper products have now started making many items that are designed around the needs of card makers.