Product Review: Scor-Pal
Product: Scor-Pal
Price: $39.95
What It Does: The Scor-Pal is a heavy 12-inch x 12-inch plastic board with premeasured indentations on its surface. Users place cardstock on the board and use a bone folder (included) to press score lines into the cardstock. Every line comes out perfectly straight and crisp every single time. The premeasured lines make scoring boxes, gatefolds, and other complex scored projects super easy.
Khris’ Review: This was not a love-at-first-use purchase for me but I’ve grown to adore this product for projects with a lot of scoring (think boxes, thank you cards, programs). The lines are always straight, clean, and crisp. The unit is very easy to use.
The only caveat: it works best with heavier cardstocks and with a bone folder other than the one it comes with (I recommend Martha Stewart Crafts’ bone folder). The standard-issue Scor-Pal bone folder can be too sharp and will cut right through light weight (and even some heavy weight) papers and cardstocks.
Do check out the Scor-Pal website for some neato project ideas.
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thanks, I really appreciate product reviews like this
I have some reservations about this. Don’t get me wrong, it’s cool, it just seems like a waste of money to me. I have the fiskars fold out 12″ cutter with the scoring blade. It works great, and it was a full $15 cheaper including the extra buy of the scoring blade. Plus, it can cut, too.
The Fiskars 12″ cutters are awesome for small projects! I absolutely love mine – except for scoring. I find that that they don’t always give accurate/clean/straight cuts or score lines. More often than not, I’ll grab the Fiskars cutter for every day projects. That said, I do recommend the Scor-Pal for anyone who’s doing large projects (like tons of invites, cards, programs, boxes). The $40 price tag is steep for a gadget that’s not a multi-tasker but it has saved me some time – and wasted supplies – on bulk projects. Because I am a paper crafter I will get years and years of use out of it. If you’re only doing a few paper projects here and there it’s probably not the best way to spend your cash. Definitely weigh your options before you buy! Thanks for the input, Mandy!