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Saturday, December 31, 2011

12 prizes for 2012!!!

We are giving away 12 prizes for 2012!! 



3 Scor-Buddys, 3 Mini-Mats, 3 Scor-Mats, 3 Scor-Tape Bundles 


For three chances to win stop by the Scor-pal Fan Page and look for the three giveaway posts. We want to know the answers to the following:

# 1. What Scor-pal product would you like to learn more about form the Scor-pal team?
# 2. What are your 2012 crafting goals?
#3 what product or tool you would like to see manufactured by Scor-pal in 2012?

Entry deadline 12 midnight 1/2/12


If you aren't on Facebook you can leave your comments here on this post instead but please only enter on one site-Scor-pal Blog or Facebook. 
Limit one entry per question for three total.

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Scor-pal & Authentique Paper Blog Hop- Winner

The winner of the Scor-Buddy from the Authentique Paper & Scor-Pal blog hop is:

Liz Terrazas

Please send your contact info to ScorpalMedia@gmail.com

Didn't win? 
You still have a chance be sure and check the Authentique Paper blog to find out the winner of the Authentique Paper prize pack is ;)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Visit the Scor-pal fan page for more prizes!

Only 129 more fans and we hit 2000 members on the Scor-pal Fan Page! What a wonderful Christmas gift THAT would be! Can you help us get there by Christmas? If so, we will give away THREE prizes! A Scor-pal, A Scor-buddy and a Scor-Tape prize pack. To enter, join the Scor-pal Fan page and tell your friends! Then leave a post telling which prize you would wish for and why. Once we hit 2000 fans we will give away the prizes to 3 random fans who leave a comment.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Scor-pal & Authentique Paper Blog Hop!



Welcome to our very last blog hop of 2011!! Today we are hopping with our friends at Authentique Paper.

We are actually the *last* stop on the hop so if you didn't go through all of the stops you'll want to start back at the Authentique Paper blog

If you *have* made it through the stops then hopefully you also left lots of comments because each comment will give you a shot at one of the two prizes being offered. (A Scor-buddy from Scor-pal or an Authentique Paper pack, each valued at $20)


Now, for one more Scor-pal/Authenique Paper project 
from Scor-pal Designer Virginia Nebel:

Ho, ho, ho...just 7 more sleeps until Christmas!! Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

Today, Scor-pal is partnering up with Authentique. I'd like to share with you a cascading matchbook mini album.  I used Authentique's beautiful Splendid collection which was perfect for the family theme.  It is really easy to make, here are the steps:


Supplies: Scor-pal, Authentique pattern paper and embellishments, Sizzix and Lifestyles dies





You will need three 4 x 8.5 double sided pattern paper pieces (I used plain cardstock in my step outs so for clarity). Score each piece once at 3.5, 4.25, and 5 inches and fold on the scored lines.  Nest each page in the same order and you will see that the pages cascade.  Staple or stitch in the middle to bind the booklet.









To make the matchbook cover.  Score a 4 x 11 inch paper at 5, 5.25, 10.5, and 10.75 inches.  Valley fold at each score line.  Adhere the cascading mini booklet by using adhesive on the back of the booklet only and position it in the matchbook cover.  Use a magnet or velcro on the right flap as the matchbook closure.  Decorate and embellish as you wish.









Here are some close-ups of my mini album.   Authentique's diction words are fabulous, you get so many sentiments and words on a sheet and I love sprinkling them throughout the booklet.







Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to start at Authentique's blog and hop along for some more projects and inspiration if you've missed any of the stops below.




Blog Hop Order:
Authentique Paper – http://authentiquepaper.blogspot.com/
Tifany DeGough - http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/
Steph Ackerman - http://www.stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/
Emily Lanham - http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/
Gini Cagle - http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/
Misty Buck - http://mistylynnwhat.blogspot.com/
Lisa Andrews - http://www.scrappingwithlisa.blogspot.com/
Brenda Smith - http://theimperfectscrapper.blogspot.com/
Katie Tate - http://bothsidesofthepaper.blogspot.com/
Cristine Redmond - http://onescrappynovice.blogspot.com/
Kitty Franken - http://kittyfranken.blogspot.com/
Scor-Pal – http://scor-pal.blogspot.com/



Blog Comments Close:
Monday, December 19th @ 11:59pm (Pacific)

Winner Announced:
Wednesday, December 21st

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Winners!

Thanks to all who joined us for our Jillibean Soup week!  

Our Scor-buddy winner from the blog comments is: 

Our facebook winner of the Scor-Tape prize is:


Please send your contact info to ScorpalMedia@gmail.com
 Our next hop is this Saturday! Stop back by for more chances to win ;)

Friday, December 9, 2011

Jillibean Soup Week-Day 5

This week the Scor-pal Designers are excited to be sharing some last minute gift ideas using product from our friends at Jillibean Soup.

You'll want to stop  by each day this week for new ideas and to leave a comment. Next Monday we will choose one random comment from the week to win a Scor-buddy. Which is perfect for creating last minute gifts or even a gift for the special crafter in your life.

Also, be sure and stop by the Scor-pal Fan Page and leave a comment as well because we will be giving away a Scor-Tape prize pack over there to someone who left a comment both there *and* on the blog. Because, after all, when you are making special gifts you want them to stay together and you want the best ;)

Of course, be sure and stop by the Jillibean Soup Blog  because they are playing along with Scor-pal this week as well! 


First off today we have Score-pal Designer Katie Tate:


Project Recipe:
Papers - Jillibean Soup
Scoring Tool - Scor-Pal
Border Punches - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Studio G





I decided to make a matching set of mini thank you cards with envelopes in a coordinating gift box.






The Jillibean papers are so cute and the matching embellishment work great for the 3" square cards. I trimmed the journaling mats so the images fit perfectly.





Inside I added a mat for your thanks and stamped a cute sentiment across the bottom.





The envelopes are a breeze to make with the Scor-Pal. You start with a square of cardstock 5 1/4" and place it at a diamond angle on the Scor-Pal with the top corner in the 3 3/4" point, the left corner will meet the 3 1/2" mark on the left side of the board. Score at 2", turn so the top point is at the left side, score again at 2" and repeat so all 4 sides are scored. Burnish the score lines to form the envelope.



And, last but not least, our final project from Scor-pal Designer Julie Koerber. 
Julie's project features products from the Heartly Barley collection, which the Scor-pal team also received, and is perfect for any occasion.

Hi all! "Soup" anyone? Jillibean Soup of course! The gals at Scor-pal have teamed up all week with Jilllibean Soup for a fun-filled hop showcasing a sampling of projects you can create when you match up these fun paper and embellishments with one very essential scoring tool! Today, I will be finishing out the week with one last fin and easy project.

When I first laid eyes on the Hearty Barley collection from Jillibean Soup, I knew I wanted to think ahead to Valentine's Day for this project. I know. I know. It's hard to think Valentine's Day when we haven't even celebrated Christmas yet, but trust me, you'd want to play if you saw this darling collection too! 

The inspiration for my creation all started here...



This darling paper is called Beef Broth and when I looked at it, I saw a set of "love notes" that I could slip in my hubby's brief case from time to time! Aren't they cute? So, I started by cutting these notes apart and rounding the corners on all of the little cards. And, this is what I ended up with...



From here, I wanted to create a matchbook style cover to stick my love notes inside! I started with a 3-1/2" strip of  paper called Fresh Mushrooms. It's a darling wood grain.




From there, I picked up my Scor-pal and scored on the 1", 1-1/4". 5-1/2", and 5-3/4" lines. I folded, and using a 1/16" hole punch, I punched a hole through the two layers on each lower side, adding some fun red brads. Here's a peek.....



This is the base for my matchbook style note holder. From there --the embellishing began! this is the fun part if you ask me! I used this die cut sheet called Pea Pods below for all of the accents on my holder...



And this below is how my holder turned out!



I also added a button from the collection called Cool Beans, some Maraschino colored twine from the Twinery. Here's a closeup! You can see how I used one of the frames and sentiments, a punched border and one of the fun index cards. I love how no matter what you do -- it's all color coordinated!




And here's a peek at how my cards fit inside. The punched border ends up holding the flap from the front down when it tucks down inside....



And that, my friends, is it! I darling little love note holder to dig into when you want to tuck some hugs and kisses in a briefcase, or leave them next to the morning coffee! ;-)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Jillibean Soup Week-Day 4

This week the Scor-pal Designers are excited to be sharing some last minute gift ideas using product from our friends at Jillibean Soup.

You'll want to stop  by each day this week for new ideas and to leave a comment. Next Monday we will choose one random comment from the week to win a Scor-buddy. Which is perfect for creating last minute gifts or even a gift for the special crafter in your life.

Also, be sure and stop by the Scor-pal Fan Page and leave a comment as well because we will be giving away a Scor-Tape prize pack over there to someone who left a comment both there *and* on the blog. Because, after all, when you are making special gifts you want them to stay together and you want the best ;)

Of course, be sure and stop by the Jillibean Soup Blog  because they are playing along with Scor-pal this week as well!

Today we have not one, but two projects from the Scor-pal Designers.

First up we have a great gift card holder by Scor-pal Designer Lisa Andrews.

I made this cute little gift holder for my project.  I started with Tilda in a Stocking and colored her with Distress Inks.  Of course, the designer paper is from Jillibean Soup.  The die behind Tilda is a gorgeous snowflake from Memory Box, I absolutely LOVE these dies!  I used flowers from Wild Orchid Craft to cover up part of the box.  The big stocking die is from Stampin Up!
I also used the scallop punch from Stampin Up! behind my sentiment.


Here is a side view


For the box I used a piece of red card stock 7" x 4 1/4", score 1" on both sides of the 7", then turn your paper and score at 3" and 4".  On the long side of the paper score at 1/2" about 2" down, repeat on all sides.
See below:

Next, cut the flaps at 3" and 4" up to the 1" score mark.



Adhere with Scor-Tape as shown below:



Pinch your box at the top to create folds as shown. 



Attach your decorated stockings to each side of the gift box.

Next up, we have two great projects from Scro-pal Designer Virginia Nebel

December greetings!  I hope you are enjoying all the festive inspiration for gift ideas here and with our friends at Jillbean Soup.   I loved playing with Jillbean Soup’s Christmas Eve Chowder collection to create some very fun holiday gifts projects. 

My first project is a little window treat box of Keurig K-cups.  The box holds 9 K-cups (or other sweet treats) snugly and will definitely be the perfect holiday gift to warm up on those chilly Winter nights.  









Here are the steps to create the window box: 

1) Start with a 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 inch square and place onto your Scor-pal. Score at 1 3/4 and 7 1/2 inches. Rotate 90 degrees and repeat.




 2) Fold along score lines.  Choose two opposite sides and cut from the outside edge to the corner point where the score lines meet.  Use scor-tape adhesive on the flaps and fold in to form the box.





3) To make the lid with a window in the middle.  Repeat Step 1 and 2 but do not adhere the corner flaps until you create the window.  To make the window, take a 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 square cardstock and centre on the lid and trace with a pencil.  Use scissors to cut out the square window.  Do not worry that your cutting has to be perfect because you can use a border strip to cover the outside window edges.







4) Cut a 4 x 4 piece of acetate and put thin scor-tap along the edges and adhere acetate over the open square.  Fold in the corner flaps to create the lid.

5) You have just created a window box to fit 9 K-cups snugly and now you can have fun embellishing!


My second holiday project is a bright and cheerful Christmas Peek-a-boo display.  This would be a terrific gift for family or friends to include their own photos and memories for their Christmas countdown.  The extra fun inter-active elements are the peek-a-boo windows that invite you to flip open to reveal more photos.   The mosaic pattern squares can be substituted to fit family photos.  The Scor-pal tool is used to score the a mosaic pattern onto your cardstock and you can make as many peek-a-boo windows wherever you like. 






Try these steps to make your own mosaic masterpiece:

Place a 12 x 12 paper on your scoring tool.  Score every 2 inches, rotate the paper 90 degrees and repeat. Determine how many and where you wish to create the windows. 



With an exacto knife, use the scor-lines/ruler as a guide to trim out the 3 sides of your window (always leaving one edge scored as the spine).  I kept the other scor-lines on the page because I wanted to create a mosaic effect.  A mosaic pattern is a fabulous way to use up the little paper scraps/embellies from your favourite Christmas papers.  You can also substitute the pattern squares for little photos or journaling.  The pattern squares measure 1 ¾ x 1 ¾ inches.



I hope you enjoyed 'peeking' into my Christmas gift ideas, have fun making yours!

Merry Christmas! Virginia

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Jillibean Soup Week-Day 3


This week the Scor-pal Designers are excited to be sharing some last minute gift ideas using product from our friends at Jillibean Soup.

You'll want to stop  by each day this week for new ideas and to leave a comment. Next Monday we will choose one random comment from the week to win a Scor-buddy. Which is perfect for creating last minute gifts or even a gift for the special crafter in your life.

Also, be sure and stop by the Scor-pal Fan Page and leave a comment as well because we will be giving away a Scor-Tape prize pack over there to someone who left a comment both there *and* on the blog. Because, after all, when you are making special gifts you want them to stay together and you want the best ;)

Of course, be sure and stop by the Jillibean Soup Blog because they are playing along with Scor-pal this week as well! 

Today's project comes from Scor-pal Designer Gini Cagle


Are you one of those people that shake your boxes at Christmastime to try and figure out what is inside? Well here is a little box that I made with my Scor-Pal and Jillibean Soup's Christmas Eve Chowder line, that might just surprise  you!

It's called a Secret Box and I found the tutorial at Splitcoast Stampers.


It looks like a cute little cube, until you open it and ...


There are secret drawers waiting to be filled with little treasures!

Using my Scor-Pal and Scor-tape not only made this a breeze to make, but it really made it quite sturdy.  I honestly can't imagine trying to put together any type of box and not using my Scor-tape for the strength and ease. And the papers from Jillibean Soup were just adorable ! I fussy cut the penguins and let them decorate each of the panels. I also added a little bling from Want2Scrap - love  the variety that they have!

I hope this gives you an idea for a fun and easy last minute gift!