Is there a way to distress your paper without a tool?

[Suzy_H]

Of course that is the project I want to do - what I dont have a tool for!

[Furph's wife]

I did distressing with my scissors. Just open them up and slide the blade back and forth.

[Katie018075]

A nail file also works, depends on what look your going for~ sometimes I crumple the paper and run sand paper over the crinkles, ink it to look aged...straighten it out. Hth

[JulieHRR]

And, you can mist it with water and crumple it all up very tightly, reopen it and flatten out with your hands to dry.

[BadSherry]

And sometimes I mist the edges of the paper and then use the edge of scissors or a mat knife to rough up the edges. When you do this though, the paper will shrink a little when it dries.

[gmcbunny]

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Originally Posted by JulieHRR

And, you can mist it with water and crumple it all up very tightly, reopen it and flatten out with your hands to dry.

This is what I was going to suggest

Also you can iron it to flatten, I haven't tried it but I suspect it needs to be a fairly low temp

[Furph's wife]

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Originally Posted by JulieHRR

And, you can mist it with water and crumple it all up very tightly, reopen it and flatten out with your hands to dry.

I have a question re: this technique. What kind of adhesive do you use. I love doing this technique, but can never find the right adhesive to make it stick and stay.

[TJStamper]

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Originally Posted by JulieHRR

And, you can mist it with water and crumple it all up very tightly, reopen it and flatten out with your hands to dry.

Ditto that! It's the easiest way to do it if your hands aren't so good. I wanna distress the paper, not my hands!:rolleyes:

[split-pea]

You can also use a letter opener( the kind with the razor in a plastic form)if you have one.letter opener

[Stamps'nCoffee]

I use my craft knife! I just run the blade over the edges of the paper and it works like a dream!!

[stamps&cars]

I thought about using scissors but with my track record, it was asking for trouble. So, instead, I used the edge of my tweezers. I have a really long pair of tweezers with a really pointy point. I used the edge. It is great because you get double the scrape since the tweezers have two edges.

[purplewinkle]

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Originally Posted by Furph's wife

I have a question re: this technique. What kind of adhesive do you use. I love doing this technique, but can never find the right adhesive to make it stick and stay.

I'd say you can use sticky tape or mono multi.

[mnhyrkas]

sandpaper or scissors or both is what I am currently using to distress and edge or surface.

[canben]

I usually run the paper around on the edge of my desk, then roll and unroll with my fingers. That's always worked wekk for me :p

[canben]

That should be WELL

[cpw3431]

If you want to distress the edge of the paper. You can use the end of the wood block of one of your stamps, the edge. It works great if you are working with card stock thickness of paper.

[KimberlyinMN]

I distress my paper by threatening to stick in the paper shredder. Talk about getting stressed out... the paper just shudders.

Kimberly

[jules0509]

I have used my fingernail to distress the edges of cardstock before...it really works!

[Kimber_B]

Thanks so much for all your suggestions ladies!

[MadelinesMom03]

I use my sanding block.

[Carole4312]

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Originally Posted by KimberlyinMN

I distress my paper by threatening to stick in the paper shredder. Talk about getting stressed out... the paper just shudders.

Absolutely ROFLMAO so so funny !!!!