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You Asked, We Answer

Q - Why would I use the Scor-it Board to make curved paper to wrap a gift or cover a can when I could use a crimper?

A - The decorative embossing and de-bossing possible on a Scor-it Board give you many more options.  With a crimper you get evenly spaced lines or repeat patterns.  With the Scor-it you can create randomly spaced lines, customized repeat patterns and progressions, or combine embossed (raised) and de-bossed lines in the same project.  You can also move away from the ruler, set the paper at an angle and create diagonals, diamonds, rays, and other effects.  Here are two links to view Altered Can projects by Sharon Johnson and Joan Fricker

Q - What’s the difference between the Scor-It Board and other scoring tools?
A - This is one of our favorite questions. The Scor-it Board is the ONLY scoring tool on the market that allows consumers to make professional-quality hinge score lines, just like printers provide when they do machine scoring. Hinge score lines crease, but do not break or damage the fibers in paper, card stock and chipboard up to 24 pt. - whether you score with or against the grain! The difference is easy to see. The Scor-it brochure, available on our website in the

A - Move your cardstock or paper away from the centering ruler to create diagonal lines for folding, or emboss or de-boss starbursts and the rays from the sun, random diagonals that crisscross to create an interesting background, and so on.  Experiment!  We’d love to see what you come up with! 

Learning Center, goes into more detail about the importance of a quality score.

Q - Could you compare the 12” Board with the Mini?
A - Both boards are quite popular and we’re discovering that many people want both. Those who make cards and smaller projects favor the Mini for its portability and small size. Those who want to score decorative embossed borders, create journaling lines on 12” scrapbook pages or make larger cards and accordion books like the original 12” Scor-it Board.

Q - How should I store the Scor-it Board when I’m not using it?
A - Stand the board upright, like a book.  It will take very little space on a shelf, less than two inches.  Or store it in a tote bag or box like that in which scrapbook papers are kept. Check out our new Mini Tote bag. One creative friend stores hers in a plastic zipper bag that she’s attached to a skirt hanger! 

Q - How do I use the Scor-it Board to score envelopes and boxes?
A - Move your cardstock or paper away from the centering ruler.  Using a pencil, lightly mark the starting and ending points of the line you want to score on the INSIDE of where you want the fold line to be (the back of the paper or cardstock).  Position the two points along the scoring rule.  Use one hand to hold the project firmly in place and with the other hand use the scoring tool as always - start at the notch at the center of the ruler and pull the tool toward you.  Turn the project and repeat for as many lines as you need to score.  REMINDER: Sometimes no marks are needed.  If you’re scoring one of Teresa Collins’s die-cut envelopes, the corners are clear and obvious.

Q - I can’t decide whether to buy the 12” Scor-it Board or the Scor-it Mini.  Can you help me?
A - Many people choose the Scor-it Mini because of the smaller size, lower price, and because they make almost exclusively standard size cards, place cards, gift tags and such.  However, if you want to score and fold larger cards, boxes and envelopes or if you want to emboss decorative lines on 8” x 8” or 12” x 12” scrapbook pages then the 12” Scor-it Board is the way to go.  Both can be stored upright in little space, both are lightweight and portable.  We hear that a lot of people who start with one of the boards add the second one later because they want more options. 

Fun with the Scor-it Board

Teresa Collins's die-cut card and envelope sheets and brand new die-cut folder sheets are perfect for the holidays and will be fun year-round.  Check them out!  Whether you want to make a 3-minute card and envelope or you're thinking about a bigger project like an envelope book or series of folders in which to organize photos and recipes, you'll find just what you need.

Folding and assembly instructions are printed right on the sheets.

Press

Designer/writer Catherine Allan featured the Scor-it Board in two articles published in Scrap & Stamp Arts Magazine - the December 2007 and December 2008 issues.  Her topics: “She Stamps, She Scraps, She Scores!” and "3D Wonders”.  Check out the blog sites on the front page of this newsletter for other places where the Scor-it has been featured.

Did You Know?

You can score a wide variety of surfaces on the Scor-it Board.  In addition to scoring with and against the grain of cardstock and paper, you can score board up to 24 pt. weight (light chipboard, shirt cardboard), Mirricard and other coated cardstock that would crack with any other scoring method, lightweight papers like vellum and mulberry paper, many transparencies and films, and more. 

Tips:
Practice on scraps so you get the feel for the surface you want to score.  Heavier weight board and transparencies require a bit more hand pressure on the scoring tool while soft fragile papers require very little.

To get a crisp crease when folding heavy weight surfaces and transparencies, use a bone folder after you’ve created the score on the Scor-it Board.

Resources:
Mirricard available in 10 colors - Marco's Paper > pricing guide > Corrugate, Mirricard & Petal Card
Transparencies - Hambly Screen Prints > products > overlays

Great Finds!
Teresa Collins's brand new die-cut file folders and the Scor-it Board go together like bread and butter. 

Tip: To create a base for the folder so it will accommodate tags, recipes, notes or dimensional memorabilia, score two parallel lines and two folds (like an office folder).  The distance between the score lines is determined by the thickness of what you want to place inside the folder.  For a folder-style card or folders in which you're planning to tuck a single item, only one scored fold is needed.