Tool Tip Tuesday – Simply Scored

A semi-regular feature here…maybe more semi than regular?! Anyway – thought I’d dust this category off again! Today’s featured tool is the Simply Scored Tool! Scoring your paper crafting projects means that your folds will be crisp and professional looking, especially if you’re using the Thick Whisper White or Thick Very Vanilla Cardstocks, or doing fancy fold type cards (like in my online Clever Cards Class!).

Stampin’ Up!’s Simply Scored is a grooved board that you can use to create precise scorelines in your paper crafting projects. It comes with a two headed scoring tool, and a set of place markers to mark your spot if you’re doing multiples with the same scorelines. It can accommodate 12″ x 12″ sheets of cardstock and is marked in 1/8″ increments.

Along the top there is also a centre zero line (that’s what I call it, I’m sure there’s a proper name for it but I don’t know what it is…) – so you can score/mark 1″ from the centre on either side (less math to do…).

Helpful Hints

1. Apply gentle pressure, and draw the scoring tool along the channel (vs trying to push down very hard)
2. I find it easier to hold my wrist still and move my whole arm
3. If you are having trouble keeping the scoring tool in the channel, try using the pointy end of a bone folder. Some of my customers prefer this method. I think because the bone folder is flat, there’s less chance of going off track?
4. I used a metallic marker (Stampin’ Up! used to sell them – you could also try the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker?) and drew along one of the channel lines. I find it helpful for if I’m doing a diagonal point-to-point score line – I line the points up along the marked channel.
5. If you misplace the scoring tool, the Take Your Pick Tool has a double sided scoring head. (Ask me why I know this….)
6. Even though you score, you may find that your edges don’t line up perfectly – for example, if you’re scoring your cardstock to create a card. Align the edges of your card, and then run the side of your bone folder along the fold where the score line is. You can kind of “cheat” the fold to be sure that it’s sharp but also so that the edges of your cardstock are aligned. (again, ask me how I know this…)

I really do value my Simply Scored Tool for my paper crafting. One of my favourite crafting tools for sure! Click on the link to see it in the YamStamps Online Stampin’ Up! Canada store.