Martha Stewart Crafts Scoring Board

I know what you are thinking...Oh No! not another scoring board! With my OCD, I have the Scor-it in different sizes, the Score Pal, the Aleene's box maker, envelope templates that you tear or trace or cut...you name it, I have it!!!

Just like the Sketcher's Shape Up Shoes, I have three pairs of those only preceded by a pair of MBT Tennis shoes ($250!!), a pair of the Avia rocking type shoes and a pair of the MBT sandals my husband bought me for Christmas. I do love those shoes!!! I said at Christmas that if I was going to a party and couldn't wear my Sketcher Shape Up mary janes, then I just wasn't going! Take my iPhone and my rocking shoes from me and I would not be a happy camper!

So, with that said, you might think Oh, Holly just got another toy! Well, this is the best overall scoring tool I have found! No, it doesn't do the true hinge fold that the Scor-it does, but if I had to choose just one tool to make boxes, envies and cards, this would definitely be it!

It comes with three pieces, the board, the diagonal envelope maker and the bone folder. The cool thing is that there are hiding places for the two extra pieces. See above the little compartment will hold the bone folder and there are measurements for a plethora of projects! If you don't speak English, the labels are there in other languages that you can put over the English ones. Down at the bottom is a slot where the triangle slides in and is stored!

The scoring lines are every 1/8 of an inch, with the quarter inch marks and eighth inch marks being different colors so they are easy to see. There is also a little mark at the beginning 1/16th so that when you are making a box lid, you start measuring there.

In addition to the measurements being in the compartment, the measurements for the envies are all right there on the triangular piece. All you need to make cool crisp envies to match your card is the tool, paper, a pair of scissors and some adhesive. I played around with making a box and it was so easy! I used Zig Two Way glue to secure the seams on the envelope and if I want it to be resealable when I close the envie, I will just use the 2 way glue and let it dry. It will then be repositionable. The scissors are used to clip a little triangle that is between flaps A and B in the diagram on the triangle above.

The places for scoring are deep enough, but not too deep and the bone folder fits very nicely in the grooves.

I love to make boxes, but sometimes the instructions can be hard to understand. These instructions are very easy. They show how to score cards, envies and a box. Once you do that, you can change the sizes and make your pieces as large as your paper allows you to make.

Yes, I do design artwork for EK Success who makes this tool, but they do not pay me to review tools like this....I just did it because I think it is a very "good thing" and wanted you to know about it! Now I wonder if there is room and money for me to get a black pair of rocking sandals for summer........