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April, 2009 Newsletter

Welcome to Scor-it News, a monthly eNewsletter from the makers of Scor-it Boards and the Scor-it Mini.

In the Spotlight: Leica Forrest Artist and designer Leica Forrest has been scrapbooking for 11 years and with a background in teaching it was a natural fit for her to teach within the scrapbook industry. You can get to know Leica through her articles and projects published in Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine (www.canadianscrapbooker.ca) or by checking out her blog, www.10-4livingoutloud.typepad.com. Married to husband Jim for almost 9 years, she is Mom to three children, sons Riley and Jager and daughter Ireland.
 
Leica loves to find funky embellishments and is passionate about paper. She describes her style as "very collage and full of techniques." As a child, Leica was always doing something artistic and this love has grown and blossomed throughout her life. She pursued a degree in education with a major in art. Her oil paintings have been sold in galleries; she has traveled the world to find new sources of inspiration, studying the art and architecture of the places she visited. Leica has always enjoyed working large scale. When she taught in Australia she created murals for the walls of an elementary school; as a young girl she created murals for the hallways of her childhood home.
 
Leica discovered scrapbooking when she returned to Canada from Australia to get married. A cousin introduced her to the craft and it became an "instant love." She started with a wedding album and continued non-stop while recovering from a bad traffic accident that required a lengthy recuperation. Her talent was recognized immediately, her work published in books and magazines. To pursue her dream of making art her full-time career, she gave up her teaching job and accompanied her husband, a truck driver, as he crisscrossed North America. She joked that she had to choose which scrapbook stores to visit based on whether or not a semi would fit into the store's parking lot or not.

Five years into the journey, Leica and Jim started their family. Baby albums soon joined the wedding and other albums she had designed. Her dream of combining scrapbooking, teaching and travel came true when she was hired to write and design for Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. Leica's teaching schedule lets her continue to indulge her love of travel.

Leica was introduced to the Scor-it Board when her friend Katharina loaned her one for a weekend. She didn't make a lot of cards, so she had never used a scoring tool. She said, "I couldn't believe the endless possibilities of creating patterns & designs with it. For me, I loved being able to make the 'mountains' and 'valleys', I loved creating cross-hatches, but my favourite is inking those or sanding the scores to create a distressed look."

When she took to the sea on Canada's Crop & Cruise in the Carribean, Leica brought along the Scor-it Board. She said, "I taught a class on creating your own patterned paper with inks & stamps. It was so much fun. The best part was introducing them to a new tool that no one had ever used before! The Scor-It! We had so many people creating designs and having fun." Leica mentioned that she likes creating cross hatches at .25" intervals, starting with the outer lines first. She recommends rotating the paper back and forth, with lines getting shorter each time, and she inks or sands the lines to make them stand out more.

Another of Leica's tips:."I like to take the same paper and create a frame for the photos. I highlight these with US Artquest mica-colour paints 'cause they have an awesome shimmer that makes the photo pop."

Check out more from Artquest at: http://www.usartquest.com/mica.htm
Leica also taught the group how to create backgrounds as well as borders. Here are links to some additional completed projects: http://mystampbox.com/blog/?p=361

A big thank you to Leica Forrest for sharing her ideas and her work with us. We're proud and privileged to feature her in the Scor-it Spotlight and we can't wait to see what she does next.

You Asked, We Answer (by CraftCritique Reporter Kristine Fowler)
If you're a regular Craft Critique reader you might recall that as reporters, we get to publish our crafty themed holiday wish lists right here on the blog - announcing to everyone, exactly what we'd like to see under the tree and why. This past year, on my list was (among other things), the Scor-It by Hammonds Group.

Now, you'd think that publishing my 'wish' to cyber space, printing the article and leaving it on my hubby's desk, and then even going so far as to email him a link to the Scor-It product page at an online merchant he'd get the hint to grab one and put it under the tree........but ah no. Unfortunately for me, while he claims he 'got' the hint, he left his shopping way too late (as always) and there was just no way it could be delivered in time. So I got pajamas instead. Now don't get me wrong, pajamas are great, but let's face it, I can sleep naked (Honey, if you're reading this thanks for the PJs, I love them! Hugs!).

So, what would any serious crafter do in this situation? --- The answer is simple, buy it for herself. And that is exactly what I did. (Yay Me!)

Read the entire CraftCritique article here!

Fun with the Scor-it Board
Eva Dobilas shared her adorable candy bag project with us.  She used the Scor-it Mini for scoring acetate as well as cardstock. Check it out

And finally, the New Scor-it Project of the Month from Carolyn Guidry.

Press
Vamp Stamp News Magazine, March 2009 (www.vampstampnews.com)
Designer/author Judi Kauffman used the Scor-it Board for several projects in her article titled "Embossed Backgrounds with Die-Cutting Machines and Scor-it" - pages 12 - 16.
 
Canadian Scrapbooker Basics Magazine, Volume #3 (www.canadianscrapbooker.ca)
The Scor-it Board is sprinkled throughout the issue.
 
The Creative Home Arts Club web site includes a Scor-it Board product test. The board is also part of the Click & Win contest for the months of March, April and May. Visit the web site at www.creativehomeartsclub.com
 
Paper Creations Magazine, Spring 2009 (www.papercreationsmag.com)

Photos from the Albuquerque Stamp Show, in March, showing the Scor-it folks doing a make-n-take in the Stampamania booth, using the Scor-it (www.scorit.com), Bind-It-All (www.binditall.com) and Teresa Collins Papers (www.teresacollinsdesigns.com)

Did You Know?
You can score transparencies, acetate and overlays... but you'll need to practice to get the feel for how much hand pressure you need to use - it's a bit more than with paper and lightweight cardstock. Plus, it's a good idea to go over the score line a few times before folding, to get sharp, crisp creases and folds. It’s also better to score on the non-printed side of the transparency. TIP – after you have scored your transparency, fold it with the ridge on the inside and grab the two loose ends and line them up. Holding the folded piece in one hand, gently pinch the fold closed with your other hand. Next slide the loose ends up against the centering ruler of your Scor-it and finish creasing the fold using the side of your Scor-it scoring tool.

Check out this article, from Scrapbooking.com, by Di Hickman about creating cards from transparencies.

Great Finds!
Check out the new products available for the folks at Bind-it-all... 

Exciting New Scor-it Products
The A-2 Envelope-it is an aluminum template that lets you cut out your own A-2 envelopes from any sheet of paper. The A-2 envelope is made to hold an A-2 card that measures 5 1/12” x 8 1/2” flat and 4 1/4” x 5 1/12” folded. The cutout circle allows you to position the template, on any designed paper, showing you what aspect of the design will be centered on the front of your envelope. Because it’s made from aluminum, you you cut around the template with a craft knife or you can trace around it and then cut out the envelope with a pair of scissors.

The Sliding Ruler slips onto the 12” large Scor-it Board and allows you to create perfect dry embossed diamonds, rectangles, grids and starbursts. It creates consistent starting and stopping points for any design. Inch and metric measurements are precisely scribed onto one ruler so it fits both large inch and metric Scor-it Boards.

I really used the sliding ruler on the "under the weather " card. It is great for getting the corner angles exactly the same.This is not easy without the sliding ruler.I also like the sliding ruler to make sure that my straight scores are accurate.I think the sliding ruler is great for diagonal scores and this is what I use it for mainly. Pauline Hasund / Denver, Colorado

Under the Weather All card stock and ribbon - Stampin'Up Girl and word Stamps - Amuse Rain drops - Stampin'up Prisma pencils crystal effects - Stampin'up Score-it Board	Chick All card stock -Stampin'Up So saffron ribbon -Stampin'Up White Ribbon -Offray Stamps - Amuse Prima pencils Score-it Board	Butterfly Lilac and Black card stock - Stampin' Up Irridescent card stock -  unknown Stamp - Inkadinkado Metal stickers - Mark Richards Scor-it Board.