Can You Live Without a Scoring Board..How to Make Your Own

I got an email from Elizabeth giving me her thoughts on whether or not you need a scoring board. She uses her paper trimmer and the indentation where the paper cuts to score her paper. It was a really good idea and it got me thinking about whether you really need a board to score on. I created my own score board with about a $2 investment rather than a $20 investment.

You absolutely need a "T" ruler that you should be able to buy at any Walmart/Target.

You will also need a pad of paper with a straight edge that is at least1/4" thick.

Using your ruler, you need to make lines on your paper pad at 1", 2", 3", 4", 4 1/4", 5", 5 1/2", 6" and you can make more if you want.

A normal card size is a standard size piece of paper cut in half on the 11" edge, so it will end up being 5 1/2" long and 8 1/2" wide. You will score the paper at 4 1/4" which is one-half of 8 1/2".

Lining your paper up with the end of the paper pad and putting your t ruler on the 4 1/4" mark, find anything that has a point, and rub down the paper using the ruler as your edge. A knitting needle, smaller crochet hook, the eye end of a needle you would thread, a non working ball point pen, a mechanical pencil with the lead pulled inside, a butter knife, the back end of a small paint brush and idea you can come up with should work.

I hope this gives the new paper crafter some ideas on how to save money.

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