My "More Than One Score" project for February is a sweet little treat box that I saw demonstrated last year. I thought it would make a nice Valentine gift, so I paired it with a simple card made with the same patterned paper. It's hard to see, but the card would also qualify for "more than one score." I scored a quilt pattern on the white card stock.
Wendy VanArsdale did a video on how to create that little box. You can find it on her Wednesday with Wendy Facebook page.
This month's theme for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is a given -- Halloween! I love making Halloween cards, and fun-fold cards are my favorites. I saw this type of card made on Wednesday with Wendy (Wendy Van Arsdale); she called it a Crown Card.
It's time for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge again. September is back-to-school month for many children. I recently saw directions for a fun fold card and thought I could use it for my card this month. "Back to School" means books! I used several stamp and die sets from Sugar Pea Designs to make my card.
I was recently asked to make a teacher appreciation card, so I combined it with this month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" -- just in time for school to start. It qualifies for the "Anything Goes" category.
There are several different versions of Z-fold cards; this one is called a Z box fold. In some versions of this card, the front horizonal strip goes all the way to the edge of the card. I needed a little more room on that front panel, so I cut it short.
As the 4th of July is right around the corner, I decided to make a card to celebrate it. I recently saw a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers for a 6-sided Pinwheel Card. I thought it would make a cute card. The two characters celebrating are from Paper Nest Dolls.
June 1st brings another Scor-Pal "More than One Score" challenge, and it also brings graduation time. I recently watched a video (Wednesdays with Wendy) in which Wendy created a very clever graduation card. As my great nephew will be graduating from high school this month, I decided to make one in his school colors of blue and gold. As you can see, it's a gatefold card -- but with a bit of a twist. You have to flip up the mortarboard before you can open the card.
I recently participated in an on-line card class, and one of the cards we made was a split easel card. I thought I would make another one for our May "More than One Score" challenge. A split easel card is basically the same as a regular easel card, except that the "easel" does not go all the way across the base.
It's time for the Scor-Pal "More than One Score" challenge again. As Easter is this month, I thought an Easter card would be appropriate. I haven't made an easel card in quite a while, so I thought that would be fun. In addition to the two scores required for the card base, I also scored the crease lines on the ribbon.
. . . as is the Happy Easter sentiment inside.
As St. Patrick's Day is this month, I decided on an appropriate card for my "More Than One Score" challenge card today. One of the first fun-fold cards I learned how to make was a center-step card. I used several Karen Burniston dies on this card -- the Santa and Gnome set (disguised as a leprechaun), plus the new Good Luck Charms and Happy St. Patrick's Day and Shadow.
Erin Go Bragh!
For the first Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge of the year, I made a Valentine Treat Box with a bonus -- it's also a gift card holder. I found this tutorial on-line some time ago and made several of them for Christmas. But I thought it would be cute for Valentine's Day as well.
The image on the front is a cute little gal from Paper Nest Dolls. I thought that heart-shaped lollipop would be good for Valentine's Day.
When you open the card, you find the gift card.
And going a little further, when you pull out the drawer -- CANDY! Who doesn't love Hershey Nuggets?
If you'd like to try to make one of these, they're pretty easy.
Dimensions are:
Drawer - card stock 5" x 7 1/4", scored on all four sides at 1/2" and 1 1/8"
Wrap - cardstock 5 1/8" x 7 5/8", scored at 5/8", 3 1/2", 4 1/8" and 7"
Card on top - cardstock 4 3/4" x 7", scored at 2 2/8" and 4 3/4" -- cut down the 2 1/4" panel to 2 1/2" for the gift card and tape across the bottom.
Mat piece on front 2 5/8" x 5"
Nugget covers 1" x 3"
My card for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge this month is a slimline bridge card. I recently purchased a Hero Arts die set called Tri-Fold Village Fancy Die Set, which I thought was so pretty. Since then, I found a "sort-of" matching stamp and die set called Cozy Town. Many of the buildings in this stamp set match the shape of the buildings in the Tri-Fold set.
As you can see, the dies span the center opening of this card, forming a "bridge," as dpes the sentiment, which is the Karen Burniston "Merry Christmas" greeting and shadow.
The card folds flat for mailing and fits in a business-size envelope.
It's October, the month for jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, goblins -- Halloween! My Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" card for today is a Z-fold Box Card, made just a little differently. For the "box" I used the new Karen Burniston Iron Fence Pop-up die. I had to do a little bit of "engineering," but I was able to get the fence to fold just at the right spot for the z-fold box.
I added a graveyard background and some ghosts, and we are all ready for a very Happy Halloween!
I tried a new-to-me technique for my Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge card this month. It's called a Pinwheel Tower Card. I saw several of these on Facebook, and I just had to give it a try. As you can see from the top, there is definite more than one score on this card.
So I pulled out some images that would work for "back to school" for the four panels.
Check out the Scor-Pal blog for some more cool projects.
It's the first of the month again, time for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge. I recently saw a video by Wendy VanArtsdale in which she made a cute little treat box and decided that it would be perfect for a Scor-Pal challenge.
This is actually the second one I've made -- the first was for my daughter and was full of mermaids. This one is full of flowers and butterflies. Isn't that the cutest little box?
But the fun begins when you take off the lid and open the box.
You can fill it with all sorts of small goodies -- chocolate is the best though!
Check out the Scor-Pal Blog for some more fun creations from our super-talented team.
The 4th of July is right around the corner, so I made a patriotic card for this month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge.
I recently purchased some patriotic stamps & dies from Taylored Expressions. After making my inverted Center Step Card, I added the "God Bless the USA" and small strip sentiments. I thought the addition of the acetate and patriotic stickers took this card over the top.
Be sure to check the Scor-Pal blog to see what the rest of the team did for July.
Father's Day is this month, so my card for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is quite masculine -- and is also an experiment. I took one of the tutorials on the Scor-Pal website, Pockets & More Pockets, and made a tool box for Father's Day. It didn't turn out exactly like I imagined it, but it works nonetheless. That photo in the right-hand bottom corner is the back of the card. That cool metallic-looking paper is part of a photo paper pad I've had for a very long time.
The tools in the "drawers" are from both Karen Burniston and Creek Bank Creations.
The theme for this month's Scor-Pal "More than One Score" challenge is Handbags and Purses. I'm not sure my tote is exactly a handbag or purse, but it's close.
I recently discovered a cool Youtube series called "A Sheetload of Cards" by Call Me Crafty Al. Each month Alicia demonstrates how you can get a number of cards (from 6 -12) using a couple of sheets of patterned paper and several sheets of solid cardstock. April's sheetload made 10 mini slimline cards made from two sheets of 12 x 12 patterned paper and 10 sheets of solid cardstock. My Scor-Pal project was a little tote to hold the cards.
I modified a tutorial I found for a smaller 3" x 3" Note Card Tote to hold the 3 1/" x 6" mini slimline cards.
Check out the Scor-Pal blog for some more creativity.
It's the first of the month and time for the Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge. As it is April, the obvious theme would be April Showers, which it is. Katy also gave us the option of April Fool Us (include a hidden surprise/element). I mainly went with April Showers, although there is a bit of a surprise inside.
I love making Slimline cards and today's challenge card is no exception. I haven't used a House Mouse image in a long time and thought it was time to pull one of them off the shelf. This cutie was perfect for April Showers.
I decided to experiment a little bit for this month's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge. I was wondering how a slimline Joy Fold card would look. My card is just short of the "standard" slimline card (8 1/2" x 3 1/2") at 8" x 3 1/2". The reason for the shorter card is that I recently bought a couple of pretty Valentine's Day papers at Hobby Lobby, After I made the card for which I purchased the paper, the remainder of the striped paper wasn't long enough for the full 8 1/2". So I improvised a little. The "anchor" holding the smaller panel down is one of Karen Burniston's Love Charms.
This is the inside of the card. The sentiments on the front and inside are from an old Stampin' Up set. I love Ogden Nash's sayings! As it isn't "mushy," this card would be good for a gal-pal.
Be sure to check out the Scor-Pal blog for some more Valentine "More Than One Score" projects.
For the final "More Than One Score" challenge from Scor-Pal, I have created a center-step card using a new stamp set and die from Honey Bee Stamps.
The team will be taking January off, so I hope to see you again for February's challenge.
