Tami Mayberry: Scrapbooking with Scor-pal

As I mentioned in the past, when I started with paper crafting it was primarily scrapbooking. That was around 14 years ago and scrapbooking was a fairly new hobby. Unfortunately, when it became more popular it also became very competitive in certain circles. It seemed as if you weren't "good enough" to scrapbook if your photos were not professional quality and the supplies were not piled on and the latest and greatest. It became expensive and stressful. It was about that time I lost interest in scrapbooking and turned to card making and then to stamping. I started card making roughly 7 years ago and stamping about 4 years ago. I've made many friends and have enjoyed the process. I've taken a needed break from scrapbooking. But, now I think it's time to slowly venture back into it in hopes of doing it just for me, without the worry of having a popular style or tons of the latest and greatest piled on the page. With 5 children and 16+ years of photos I have lots of memories to capture. Plus, I now have lots of stamps to incorporate into my pages for some new looks! So, today I am sharing one of my latest projects that I created for the Scor-pal/Bo Bunny Cross promotion.

Here is the layout I created. Not the best photos but truly some of the best memories as this little sweetie will be turning 11 next month! Even the background has memories of my older kids and their artwork and the house where we once lived.

Coredinations card stock, all papers and embellsihements from Bo Bunny. Scor-pal scoring tool, Scor-Tape and Non Stick Craft Mat

Now for a few tipes and tricks! First off I used my Scor-pal with some Core'dinations card stock to create a border around my patterned paper.

I simply scored evenly spaced lines from the back of the page, flipped over and sanded lightly. This is also a great way to line up paper strips or borders keeping them straight and even.

I also used the Scor-pal to create the rosette at the bottom of the page. Rosettes are super easy to make with the Scor-pal and best of all you can customize them for the size of your project.

Each rosette is created by scoring a strip of paper or card stock at equal distances then simply accordion fold, connect the ends, press down in the center and secure. The height of the rosette is controlled by the distance of the scores. 1/4" scores will make a rosette 1/4" tall, 1/2" scores will create a rosette that is 1/2" tall etc. The diameter of the rosette is controlled by the width of the paper strip. The wider the paper the larger the rosette.

I have found that the rosettes are best held together with hot glue. To do this simply hold down the center, fill with glue and let cool.

I've also found that the Stay Put Craft mat is an ideal for base for making them on. With it's non-stick and heat resistant surface the Stay Put Craft Mat allows me to press the flower center down flat to cool and it will peel right up without sticking.