September Scor-Pal Challenge

 

It's time for another Scor-Pal challenge! Where did August go? This month, the theme is School, or Storage. You can choose to follow the theme, or make an Anything Goes project.

Each month we will have a different theme and you will have a month to create and enter your projects. As well as the theme, you will need to make "More Than One Score" and tell us where you used the Scor-Pal on your project. So a single fold card won't count, but an Easel, Gatefold, Stair Step, etc will :) Also we love to see your "Anything But a Card" projects, just as long as you make "More Than One Score".

I chose to make some card storage boxes. I saw these on Pinterest, and followed the instructions on Lana's blog.

For each card holder, you will need:

One 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock. You will want it to be a heavy weight cardstock. (I used 120 lb               Accent Opaque Digital Cover White Smooth)

One 3" x 7" piece of cardstock
One 2 5/8" x 11" piece of patterned paper (I used Recollections Garden Florals paper pack)

       If you have 12" patterned paper, you can use that, and it will go all the way to the back of each side.

Scor-Pal

Scor-Tape

The Stacker

Embellishments to decorate (I used Gina K. Designs stamps from Sweet Camellia, Stamper's Favorites and Layered Daisies stamp sets).

Here are the templates for the two pieces of cardstock. The instructions will be underneath.

Starting with the 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock, place the 11" side at the top of your Scor-Pal, and score at 4 1/2" and 6 1/2".  Turn the cardstock so the 8 1/2" side is at the top, and score at 2".

On the 11" side, with the 2" score line at the bottom, make a mark at 1 3/4" and 9 1/4". On the 4 1/2" and 6 1/2" score lines, measure down 3 5/8" and make a mark. Join these two marks, and then on each side, join this mark to the mark at the top. Cut away this part, and cut from the bottom along the score lines, up to the 2" score line. It should look like this.

Crease all the score lines, and add Scor-Tape to the bottom center and right hand flaps. This will be the front of your card holder.

Next, take the 3" x 7" piece, and score at 1/2" on the two long sides and one short side. Cut up from the short side along the score lines to the horizontal score line. 

Crease along the score line, add Scor-Tape to the two small tabs, and fold inwards to attach to the larger flap and make a box with three sides. This will be the back of your card holder.

Add Scor-Tape to the three sides of the back. Referring to the pictures below, attach the back, one side at a time, lining up with the score line of the front piece. You also need to attach the bottom flaps on the front piece.

Here is the card holder so far.

Now you can add the patterned paper. I scored mine at 4 1/2" and 6 1/2". Since my paper was only 11", it didn't go all the way to the back. If you are using 12" paper, you might not need to score it. You can just wrap it around, starting at the back of one side and creasing at the corners. You can either cut off the excess, or wrap it around to the back of the holder. 

Then you can embellish it how you like. I added the type of cards I will put in each holder. Each card holder measures 4 1/2" by 6 1/2" and is 2" wide. In my first picture, at the top of the page, I added a slimline card that is actually a Christmas card, but I just wanted to show what a slimline card looks like in the holder.

I may end up making a few more of these to store some of my other types of cards.

I hope you will be inspired to make something for the challenge. It runs all month, and you might win a prize!