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Scoring

How To Score Your Papercraft

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/scoring • Posted by John L.

Are you new to papercrafting? It's a growing art form and there are so many fantastic artists out there creating sculptures out of paper. You can too with some simple, trendy papercraft projects. Take a look at this quick tutorial on how to score your papercrafts, it makes folding a breeze.

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 25

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Are you new to papercrafting? It's a growing art form and there are so many fantastic artists out there creating sculptures out of paper. You can too with some simple, trendy papercraft projects. Take a look at this quick tutorial on how to score your papercrafts, it makes folding a breeze.

Instructions

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    Gather your materials, you'll need a simple paper craft too. Here I'm making a paper gem. I typically use a craft knife, I think it creates a nice clean fold.

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    First cut out your paper craft, then place your ruler up against the lines and gently run your scoring tool across the whole line. Score all of your fold lines.

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    If you're using a craft knife be sure to only apply a little bit of pressure, the idea is to make a surface cut on the paper, do not cut all the way through!

  4. The bonefolder is nice for beginners or children. The directions are the same as a craft knife only with the bonefolder you can apply more pressure to make the line dent in your paper.

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    Once you've created all of your score lines go ahead and start your folding.

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    You can find my gem printables in the shop over at theatdream.com!