Papertrey Princess Challenge: Score it!

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Those in the U.S. know this as the opening to President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address in which he references the Declaration of Independence having only been written 87 years prior (a score is considered 20 so 4 score is 80 plus 7). But we are not talking about that kind of score tonight!!!

I've been given the opportunity to present the Papertrey Princesses with a new challenge. In the paper craft world, scoring paper is every where, PTI partner Nichole has done it numerous times here and here (there is a whole slew of scoring on Nichole's blog...just type in scoring on her search engine and you will see a ton of ideas!), Gina K. has a new one on her site here and of course the makers of Scor-Pal have a plethora of scoring ideas you can find on their web site here.

I only bought a Scor-Pal about a year ago, thinking I would only use it to make my folds in my cards more precise. I didn't imagine it would open up a whole other opportunity for making unique, easy cards....but it has!!!

Now if you are saying to yourself that you don't own a scoring tool, that's okay....like Jerry Seinfeld says, "It's not that there is anything wrong with that." because there is a work-around.....just use a ruler and a bone folder or something that will indent your paper, usually I would use a pen that didn't have any ink in it any more.

Okay....enough about my ramblings....on with the card.....

I had to make a wedding shower card for the people at work to sign. It had to be non-glitter (BOO!) and something that would hold up to a LOT of people touching it. This is it....





The base is PTI Summer Sunrise, patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket (not sure what the name is, it was given to me by a friend), and some PTI Orange Zest. Her favorite color is orange, so I had to be sure to incorporate that too! A couple of Robins Nest Dew Drops for accents....and the scoring...





There is no inside view....I left it all blank so everyone could include their own little messages like they always do, so the more room available the better!

So, to my Papertrey Princesses, your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to create some kind of background/focal image using scoring in any way, shape or form. This message will self-destruct in five seconds.....(name that TV show if you are that young or movie series if you are that old!;) Most of all, just have fun and if you don't own the tool, use your imagination...that's what creating is all about!!!

Until next time.....Keep your crafty mojo going!