This may surprise you, but my favorite technique is...paper tearing! Yes, that simple technique that is easy and free! But that is not why it is my favorite technique. I like paper tearing because it can give a soft look to your handmade projects, but there is so much more you can do with it!
If you use two toned card stock or DSP, you reveal a white core when you tear your paper. That is like a built in border for your card! Here is a sample of using paper tearing to create a border.
TIP: Tear the paper toward you to reveal the white core. If you tear it away from you, your edge will remain the color of the paper.
You can also use paper tearing to create waves in the ocean like on this card.
You can use paper tearing to create frames for your focal points on card fronts...
...and to create borders for your sentiments.
You can use it to separate panels on your cards.
You can use it to create fault line cards.
But my favorite way to use paper tearing is to reveal a surprise image underneath the DSP layer (at least this is my favorite way to use it this week)! :)
How do you use paper tearing? I'd love to know!
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