Fraying

An extension of tearing or ripping paper, fraying can create extremely interesting and artistic border accents. Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends. Be careful: fraying doesn't always work and in some more formal themes creates an unprofessional appearance.

Just cut your paper border about an inch larger than you need. Then, dampen this border by dipping only the edges of the paper into a shallow dish of water. The edges of the paper can then be easily pulled off.

Curled edges