The Scor-it is great for making scored lines for folding, but you are missing the boat if you are not also using your Scor-it to make decorative lines. This Project of the Month shows one way that you can use decorative lines as part of your design scheme. Most of us have sets of stamps or groups of stamps that are coordinated but sometimes we feel like it is "too much" to use them all together. This project uses the Scor-it to create niches for the individual stamps, creating a shadow box for the individual stamps so they can come together and make a whole card. Grid designs have been popular, many using masking and color. This project uses the crisp, clean scored line of the Scor-it. What you get is a crisp, clean looking card. It is quick and easy to do and creates a card that is organized and pleasing to the eye.

Here are examples of some Scor-it Sectional cards:

To achieve this look, physically lay out your stamps in the way you like them grouped. Use a larger piece of cardstock than the size of your final card, so you can center and trim as desired. Stamp the images on your paper in the planned positions. Make sure as you stamp, that you leave enough room to create a straight line between the images.

Now, score lines between the images and around the border if you desire. Where the lines intersect, the last pass of the Scor-it is the one that will be prominent over the other.

Stick with single lines or you can experiment with double lines. Also, the lines made on top of the paper will be different than the underneath portion of the scoring, so experiment with that to see which you prefer. Since this is decorative scoring, all that matters is how it looks. In folding, there is a right side and wrong side, but not in decorative scoring.

Other options include using one of the "sections" for embellishment such as ribbon, buttons, etc. You can use white core paper and sand the scored lines to make them show up as white. Another option is to rub ink, direct to paper, over the scored lines.

Or you can just let the scored lines stand on their own, in their beauty and simplicity.