Scor-Pal & Simple Stories Week - Day 1

Today we are kicking off a week long feature with our friends at Simple Stories.

Our designers will be bringing you some fun and exciting projects using not only Scor-pal products, but also, a mix of papers and embellishments from Simple Stories. Of course, that's not all. The Simple Stories team is playing with Scor-pal products this week on the Simple Stories Blog. 

As always, there a prizes to be won!!

Be sure to visit both the Scor-pal blog and Simple Stories Blog each day this week to see more project ideas and to enter for chances to win some great prizes. To be entered into the random drawing for a Scor-Tape and Simple Stories prize simply leave a comment here on the Scor-pal blog each day for a chance to win.

There will be other ways to earn extra chances to win as well, so be watching for those announcements each day. 

Bonus Entry:

Today's, bonus entry comes by becoming a blog follower using the Google connect feature in the sidebar. Simply follow the Scor-pal blog and leave a comment here on this post telling us you have done so.

Deadline for entering is 8am Central, Monday, January 28, 2013.

Our first project this week comes from Scor-pal Designer Toni Storie.

 I have created a sweet little two handled basket* for you today! 

Details - Stamps: Welcome Poppies (MFP); Paper: Simple Stories Documented Simple Basics Designer Cardstock Damask/Flourish, Simple Stories Documented Fundamental Cardstock Stickers, Simple Stories Documented Designer Cardstock Documented Flash Cards; Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, paper snips, corner rounder, wide oval punch, hole punch, brads, ruler, pencil, gold cording, dimensional adhesive. 

Supplies:

One 9" x 9" piece of card stock or designer paper

Two 2 3/4" x 9" strips of card stock or designer paper 

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

Scissors 

Oval punch or die cut 

Corner rounder 

Hole punch 

Four brads 

Ruler 

Pencil 

Additional card stock or designer paper scraps 

Embellishments 

Instructions:

Begin with one side of your 9" x 9" designer paper, desired pattern side up, place securely against the top fence of your Scor-Pal. Score at 3" and 9". Here I have used a piece of the Simple Stories Documented Simple Basics Designer Cardstock called Damask/Flourish. 

Turn your designer paper 90 degrees. Score again at 3" and 6". 

Without moving your designer paper, score at 1", 2", 7" and 8" from the top fence to the horizontal score at 3". Then turn your paper 180 degrees and repeats scores at 1", 2", 7" and 8" from the top fence to the horizontal score at 3". 

Cut on the 1", 2", 3", 6", 7" and 8" score lines from the edge of the designer paper to the 3" horizontal score lines on both top and bottom. 

Trim the 3" center tabs into triangles. Before I began cutting, I used a ruler and pencil to mark the center of the panel and cut from the pencil mark to the corner.

Trim 1/4" off the second and third strips, counting in from the outside edge. 

Burnish all of your score lines.

Begin assembling your basket base by securing the top strips together with some Scor-Tape. 

Then secure the strips together with Scor-Tape, slightly overlapping the first strips. 

Next, secure the thirds strips together with Scor-Tape. You will slightly overlap the second set of strips. 

Finally, secure the triangle tab up against the side of the basket with Scor-Tape. If you haven't already, complete the second side of the basket in the same fashion. 

Punch or die cut two oval shapes from card stock or designer paper. Score then in half and apply Scor-Tape to the back side. Trim the points of the triangles and adhere the ovals over the top to hide the intersections of the strips.

Take your two 3/4" x 9" strips of paper and round the four corners on each strip. Then punch a hole at each end of the strips. These will become your basket handles.

Punch holes in the basket sides and attach handles to the basket base. 

Finally, embellish your new basket as desired. I raided the Simple Stories Documented Fundamental Cardstock Stickers for the flourish, buttons and butterfly. I used an anti-static pad to remove the stickiness from my butterfly and used dimensionals adhesive to pop it off of the basket side. I widened the holes of the buttons and threaded a little gold thread to match my tag. My tag was created from a piece of the Simple Stories Documented collection called Documented Flash Cards. I trimmed out a framed journaling card with a lovely flourish on it. I scored and folded it in half, stamped my sentiment, sponged the edges, punched a small hole and secured it to my basket with a bit of gold cording.

*My basket tutorial is based on this basket tutorial by Rachel Ricks.

Next up, Abby Henderson:

Today I'll be sharing a really fun & cute mini I made for my teenage daughter. Once I saw the Sn@p Life collection from Simple Stories it screamed teenage mini album to me and I knew Kaley would just love it. 

Supplies:

Scor-tape

Scor-Pal

Simple Stories-Sn@p Life Collection

Maya Road

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Colorbox 

The Twinery

Fiskars border punch 

Instructions:

I wanted to create this mini from nothing but the papers in the Sn@p Life collection, so the cover, pages, pockets and tags are made from the FAB papers Simple Stories had to offer in this line. 

For the cover of the mini album I used a 12x12 piece of card stock. I made a score mark at 5 1/2", 6" and 6 1/2"(I'll explain these score marks in just a bit). I then rotated the card stock and made one score at 6", this was so I would have a score line for when I folded the paper in half. 

Fold your paper at the first 3 score marks you made, then fold on the last score which was at 6". The photo below shows why I made the first 3 scores. It creates an extended spine so to speak. 

Having these score marks makes it easier to flip through the mini. I also punched my holes for my ribbon and trims which I used to bind the mini together after I folded the paper.

I wanted to create a couple of pockets on the front page so I only put Scor-tape 1" in on the top and side of the front cover, the rest of the mini is taped close. 

In the next photo you'll see the top and side pockets I made.

I wanted to create an additional space for some tags and journaling cards for Kaley. 

I wanted to create a library style pocket so I took a piece of card stock and cut it to 4 1/2" x 9". I made a score at 4", rotated the card stock and made another score at 4" on the other edge. 

Next I placed the card stock lengthwise on my Scor-pal and made a score mark at 5". 

I then cut the along the inside of the score mark up to the 5" score mark, I did this on both sides. I also tabbed my corners on the other end of the card stock that I didn't trim. I think doing this step gives your pocket that library look I remember from when I was in grade school.

Fold along your remaining score lines...I also inked my card stock at this point. 

Add some Scor-tape to the edge flaps, fold at the score line, remove the tape paper and adhere the flaps to the sides...

Voila..your completed library pocket : )

For the pages of the mini I cut the card stock I selected to 6x6 and I made a score mark on each page at 1/2"...

I did the same for the two tags I made using the Sn@p Life papers...

Doing this allows the pages and tags to fit snugly in the mini cover and have that same extended spine. 

Up next are some photos of my completed mini album.

This shows the tag & journaling card peeking out from the pockets I made.

Check it out...it's the cute library pocket : )

I can't wait to give this Sn@p Life mini to my daughter. The colors in this Simple Stories were just awesome...so bright and youthful..perfect for a teenage project. I hope I've inspired you to create a mini album of your own using your Scor-pal and of course Scor-tape. There's no better adhesive out there to hold your projects together!!

Please Welcome Scor-Pal Guest Designer Melissa Craig

Please welcome our current guest designer Melissa Craig.
Today Melissa has a fun calendar project to get the ideas flowing.

Good Morning!  
I hope you're having a great start to 2013.  I know I am, I've been playing, relaxing and reading.  I really enjoy my Kindle Fire.

Here's something else I've been enjoying... playing with my Scor-Pal and products.  I have been lucky to land a guest design spot!  I cannot tell you how thrilled I am about this.  But I'm a bit intimidated, too.  How am I going to come up with great projects to share with you?  Well, I'll do my best.

I started here....

I went calendar crazy with the start of the New Year!  I'm sorry that picture isn't so pretty, but wait til I show you the calendars individually.

This was the first one I did.  Now I found a You Tube video by Caroline Buchtine (here).  Now what she created were great, but I felt it needed a bit more stability. So here's what I did.  I started with a base piece of card stock that measures 7 x 9 1/2.  Then on the Scor-Pal, score at 1, 4 1/2, 8 1/2 and 9 inches.  Fold at your score lines, all mountain folds.  The 1/2 part will be a valley fold.  Then apply Scor-Tape along that edge and adhere to close up the tent.  I hope that makes sense.  And then decorate.

I then took it further.  This calendar measures 5 1/2 inch square.

And then one more.  This one measures 4 1/2 inch square.  I feature MFT stamp set Clearly Sentimental about Audrey Hepburn, Die-Namics Mini Royal Roses, Die-Namics Fishtail Banners and the dies that came with the new Genius Ultimate Platform.  

I do hope you enjoy my calendars and try making one for yourself.

Calendar pages from Pinecone Press.

Scor-buddy Winners!

The winners from the Scor-pal weeks with Core'dinations and Fancy Pants are:

Lisa's Creative Niche (Fancy Pants Week)

Diana Fernandez (Core'dinations Week)

Please send you mailing address to ScorpalMedia@gmail.com to claim your prize. Winners have until January 1, 2013 to claim their prizes. 

A huge thank you to all who have joined us this year.

We will return after the beginning of the year with more great projects and ideas 

Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Diana and the Scor-pal Team

Scor-Pal & Fancy Pants Designs Week - Day 6

Today we are finishing up our week long feature with our friends at Fancy Pants Designs

Our designers will be bringing you some fun and exciting projects using not only Scor-pal products, but also, a mix of papers and from Fancy Pants Designs. Of course, that's not all. The Fancy Pants Designs team is playing with Scor-pal products this week on the Fancy Pants Blog.

As always, there a prizes to be won!!

Be sure to visit both the Scor-pal blog and Fancy Pants Blog each day this week to see more project ideas and to enter for chances to win some great prizes. To be entered into the random drawing for a Scor-buddy prize simply leave a comment here on the Scor-pal blog each day for a chance to win.

There will be other ways to earn extra chances to win as well, so be watching for those announcements each day.

Today's bonus entry comes by telling us something you have learned this week. Just leave a second comment on this post for the bonus entry.

Deadline for entering is 8am Central, Monday, December 24, 2012.

Our first project this week comes from Scor-pal Designer Toni Storie

  For your viewing pleasure today, I have constructed a Christmas Cracker*.  In my experience, the cracker is traditionally filled with a paper crown, a joke and a small gift.  However, you could fill it with whatever you like.

Details - Paper: Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch (Strolling & Jump Rope); Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch Mingled Buttons, Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch Fundamental Stickers, mini jingle bells, ruler, paper snips, silver wired ribbon, silver cording, corner chomper, hole punch, glue dots.

For this project, you will need:

Card stock or patterned paper measuring 6 3/4" x 9" 

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

Ruler 

Pencil 

Scissors 

Ribbon 

Embellishments

Begin with your 9" side of the paper again the top fence of your Scor-Pal.  I used patterned paper from the Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch line called Strolling.  Make sure the pattern that you want to show on the outside is face up.  Score at 1", 2 3/4", 6 1/4" and 8".

Turn your paper 90 degrees.  Now your 6 3/4" side will align with the top fence.  Score at 3/4", 1 1/2", 2 1/4", 3", 3 3/4", 4 1/2", 5 1/4" and 6". 

Rotate back 90 degrees to the original paper placement and flip over.  Now the pattern you want on the outside will be face down.  Score at 1 7/8" and 7 1/8".  Don't sweat the fact that you don't have those grooves marked on your Scor-Pal.  Diana has put together a video to help you score at any 1/8" mark you need.  Check it out. 

With a ruler and a pencil, make marks on the 1 7/8" and 7 1/8" score lines at each 1/4" interval between the vertical score lines.  I have made black dots to illustrate this in the next picture.  I highlighted a couple of score lines to clearly show the 1/4" intervals.  After you complete this, burnish all your score lines.

With one score line folded at a time, trim out a triangle shape.  The triangle will go from the 2 3/4" score line to the marked 1/4" interval and back out to the 1" score line. 

Repeat this trimming until all the score lines have two trimmed out triangles on them.  When you lay the paper flat, they look like diamonds.  Next, you will have to trim two of the same triangle shapes on each end.  I traced the triangle pattern in black for illustration purposes.

Flip your patterned paper over and line one end with Scor-Tape. 

Remove the backing from the adhesive and adhere the two end segments together. 

You will want to tie one end of the cracker closed with ribbon.  Fill the center with treats and close off the other end with ribbon.  For my cracker, I tied off each end with a thin wired silver ribbon.  Then I threaded some silver cording through a couple of the Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch Mingled Buttons.  I added a couple of mini jingle bells, tied a small silver cording bow and then glued my button/bell/bow embellishment down to the ribbon.  To personalize my cracker a bit more, I created a tag.  I cut a piece of Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch paper named Jump Rope to size.  I rounded two corners, trimmed the others, punched a hole and used the Fancy Pants Designs Hopscotch Fundamental Stickers to spell out my name!  I tied my tag on with some more silver cording.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial for today.

* I adapted my cracker from a tutorial for a triangle box. 

And our final project of the week from Steph Ackerman:

My project this week is an Triangle Explosion Box using my Scor-pal, 3 pieces of cardstock and assorted pattern papers from Fancy Pants Designs.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill

Pattern paper: Fancy Pants

Scoring Tool:  Scor-pal

Adhesive: Scor-Tape

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Memento

To begin, prepare your cardstock as follows:

1 piece of cardstock is 12" x 12" - score at 4" and 8", turning the paper and scoring again 4" and 8", creating 9 equal sized squares.

Cut 1 piece of cardstock 10 1/4" x 10 1/4"  and score at 3 1/2" and 6 1/2", turning the paper and scoring again at 3 1/2" and 6 1/2", creating 9 equal sized squares.

Cut 1 piece of cardstock 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" and score at 2 3/4" and 5 3/4", turning the paper and scoring again at 2 3/4" and 5 3/4, creating 9 equal sized squares.

Cut along the score lines and remove the corner pieces.  Your three pieces of cardstock should look like a "t"

Fold each piece along the scored lines.

To form the triangle, cut each piece on the diagonal.  Find the center of each edge and cut to the score lines.

Add Scor-Tape to the center of each piece and assemble together to form one unit.

Using assorted papers from Fancy Pants Designs - The Good Life Collection - cut pattern paper to fit each triangle.

Layer 1 - cut 8 pieces, each 3 3/4" x 3 3/4".

Layer 2 - cut 8 pieces, each 3 1/4" x 3 1/4".

Layer 3 - cut 8 pieces, each 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".

To finish the inside, add a 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" square to the base.

Decorate as desired.  I added stamps around my box.

Punch holes in the tops of each point and thread ribbon through the holes. 

Fill the box with candy or other little treats and pull the ribbon together to close.

This is the perfect item to put in the Christmas tree since it doesn't weigh very much, or even use as a place setting on the dining room table.