Lesson 3B - Ripping paper

Hold your paper where you want to rip the paper and then tear the paper by moving your dominant hand towards you and the non-dominant hand away from you. You will have to move your fingers further down the paper every little bit. A white edge should show on patterned papers and for cardstocks the same colour shows through on the rip.

You can also use a ruler by placing it on top of the paper and hold it down firmly on top and rip on paper up towards you. This technique gives a finer rip. There are also special rulers you can buy to do this but they are not needed.

You can ink the paper after you rip it too (more on this next week).