No Time To Stamp?

There’s been several things that I haven’t done in ages — boxes and accordion fold cards. Thought I would start today by doing an accordion fold card — love these!!! They are so fun to make, to give, and for the recipient to display!!! And yes, I must admit, I was dying to use up that sheet of Penny Black stickers I started the other day, so — here you have it — almost all of the stickers (just a few left) and a few stamped sentiments. Here it is:

I’d like to start with how I made and scored the card base. Cut 2 pieces of cardstock for your card base — one is 5 x 11 and the other is 5x 7. I used my Mini Scor-It for this project, but the full size Scor-It would work just as well.

Starting with the 11″ piece, score at 3.5″,flip the paperover to the other side, and put your score line on the 3.5″ ruler marking and score, then flip the paperover again, putting the last score line on the 3.5″ ruler marking and score — you will have 1/2″ left over, and that’s correct. Now, take the 7″ piece and score it in the center at 3.5″. (The reason we are flipping that first sheet is because we want each score to fold the way it is supposed to, and with an accordion fold, each one folds the opposite way — so we need to flip the paper over — is that clear?? When you look at your score — one side is dented in and one side is humped out — see? OK, the side that is dented in is the side that is on the OUTSIDE of the fold.) Here are the sheets once the scoring is done:

It’s really hard to see on this purple paper, but on that 1/2″ strip, can you see the strip of red line sticky tape? Well, just adhere the 2 pieces together as shown in the photo and your card base will be done, ready for decorating! Now each panel of the cardis 5 x 3.5″, so I’ve cut my plum colored mats at 4.75 x 3.25, and the white panels 1/8″ smaller. Here’s a close-up of the first 3 panels:

• Stamps: Penny Black Stickers.SU Small Script and Small Sayings
• Paper: SU Elegant Eggplant, Prism Plumish color, PTI White, Basic Grey DP.
• Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black. Love is written with a black Copic fine tipped marker.
• Accessories: Ribbon from Wal-Mart (gingham and velvet), SU Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, White Pearls, Black Rhinestones by Kaiser, SU Black Brad, Cuttlebug Corner Dies, SU Photo Corner Punch, Long Rectangle Nestabilites and Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, Red Sticky Tape.

And these are the last 2 panels. Love was handwritten. Hello is a sticker.

Quite some time ago I did a post comparing the Scor-It to the Scor-Pal. That post generated a lot of interest, and especially interest in a brochure produced by the people at Scor-It. It’s really an interesting brochurethat teaches us a lot about paper, grainand scoring.I have an improved copy of that brochure which I am happy to email you — again, I just can’t figure out how to link it, but I’m happy to email it to anyone who would like to see it — just shoot me an email(click CONTACT ME on the left sidebar)and put SCOR-IT BROCHURE in your subject line and I’ll forward it to you right away. And you may have to SAVE the brochure before opening it. It is a full color brochure with pictures, and saving before opening will usually insure you get to see it in it’s completed form.

I demoed both the full size Scor-It(pictured above)and mini Scor-It (pictured below) atour smallSCS gathering last week. The girls loved them, but the universal question was — which one do I need — big or small? Well, that depends on what you do. They both are exactly the same, work the same, constructed the same — the only difference is the size. The full size Scor-it has a longer measuring ruler and bed (6″ on each side of center) as opposedto the shorter measuring ruler on the Mini (4.5″ on each side of center). For instance, the way I make cards, I always cut my paper 11 x 4.25 and score it at 5.5 for a top fold, or tent fold, card. I realize this is not the common fold for most people, but it is MY common fold. I can not do this score on the Mini — I don’t have enough ruler to be able to score at 5.5″. But I can easily do this on the full size Scor-It.

The Scor-It Mini works wonderfully when you score a standard side fold card — you need to meausure in on the ruler 4.25″, and you can — so for most of you — the mini works wonderfully on how you do your cards. The Mini worked great for my Accordion card today. Just remember, the ruler on the mini is only, 4.5″ from each side of center, so beyond that, you would need to use a full sized board. And if you like to pack up and go, the Mini is really small and easy to tote along!!!! (Though the full sized one is not hard to bring along either!)

Whichever board you use, the full sized or mini, the superior score made is the same. Although you can get a ton of info on these boards from the Scor-It site, I don’t believe they sell directly. I found both boards at Ellen Hutson, and her service is exceptional!!!

Well, hope that was helpful to someone out there!!! Love my score-boards!!!

Hoping you are all having a great week!!! Our Stamp Simply Challenge will be up as scheduled tomorrow (Friday), so hope to see you then!!!! Thanks for stopping in!!!