Paper Tear Edger - Deckle

Coolest Tool Ever?

That would be the tear bar

On the last scrapbook I made I'm pretty

sure I used the tear bar on every single page.

I have the

Fiskars Paper Tear Edger Deckle

that I got from Joann Fabrics

I like the deckle because it gives the paper
a really awesome ripped look. I love to use a

few papers and then layer them to make borders

and variety to the page. I think the best word for

it is just plain awesome.

Best part is, it's really easy to use.

I thought I would just end up ripping up all

the paper that I wanted to edge, but it's simple.

You just pull the paper toward the bar and down a little

and it rips easy as pie!

Here are the different ways I use it:

-A Thick single page, so make it look like one kind

of paper is bleeding off onto the next page

-Stacked paper making a page boarder

-Stacked paper making a cool looking edge

-Ripped in a rectangle to use as a picture boarder

In this example, I used the tear bar on the

striped paper and had it on the edge so it

looks like the paper is bleeding onto the left page.

This was done with a single paper, with no layers

and I had the torn paper take up 1/3 of the page
(using the rule of 3rds as an element of design)

In this example, I used the tear bar with

a single piece of paper, but instead of

having it bleed from another page, I just

had it coming down from the top. Again, I had

it take up 1/3 of the page using the rule of 3rds

as an element of design.

Here is an example of stacking two

torn papers to make a cool edge. I

think the layered look is awesome and

really adds a lot of depth and interest.

Here I used 3 papers total to make the boarder.

The top 2 lairs are torn and they are bordered

with a straight edge paper. I love having the

blue paper as a torn accent to give the border

depth and a little color pop.

This is a similar example of a border, but

I only used two papers to create it, and

only used the tear bar on one side.

In this last example, I used the tear bar
as a picture border. I thought it was

appropriate for this christmas spread

because it kinda looks like open wrapping paper.

This is a gives scrapbooks a really fun look
and like I said before, it's the coolest tool :)