Happy Birthday Card using Torn Paper Technique

 Happy Birthday Card using Torn Paper Technique

Happy Sunday to you, my friends. I hope you are having a relaxing morning!

I love the torn paper technique. It's simple and requires no tools!

First, the technique:

• Although you can use any paper with this, it works best if you use a paper with a white core. (This means that in the manufacture of the paper, it was printed on either one or both sides onto a white substrate.)
• Take your paper in your left hand.  Using your right hands' thumb and finger, tear your paper toward you. Tear little by little, maybe one inch at a time.  You want to control how the paper is tearing. It doesn't have to be a straight line. This will give you the white edge on the paper in your left hand. For lefties, just use your right hand and tear with your left.
• I usually cut my paper to the size I want (plus some extra that will be torn off) before tearing.
• Torn pieces work great for clouds, hills, and grass on your cards.

To make this card design, you will need:

• Paper: any white core patterned paper (I used Craft Consortium and Anna Griffin.) I also used black cardstock for my card base.
• Glue stick to adhere the papers to your card
• Items to decorate your card (acrylic gems, stickers, a sentiment)

I started out with black cardstock. I cut it to 5 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches.  I folded it in half to make a standard size A2 card base.

1. adhered the first layer of patterned paper (Anna Griffin pink patterned cardstock) to the front of my card. (5 3/8 x 4 1/8) This size creates a 1/8 inch border around my card.
2. chose a second patterned paper (Craft Consortium, double sided paper), cut it to 5 3/8 x 3 inches.
3. held the paper in my hand and began tearing it into my first 1 inch strip.  I turned the paper around and tore the paper again to 1 inch.  I was left with a 1/4 inch strip torn on both sides
4. adhered the two straight edge pieces with one torn side to the top and bottom of my card.
5. adhered the piece that was torn on both sides to the middle of my card.
6. added a variety of die cut shapes and a sentiment to the middle of my card.
7. added some gems 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lis