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Now again, you can choose to use paper with torn edges, or cut straight edges, or cut
curved edges, depending on what type of effect you're looking to achieve in your piece. But
for some of the intends and purposes that I was talking about before, when I'm working
with a clean edge, I'm going to tend to work with a straight edge around the corners .
But when I want to use some sort of ruffled edges, as you can see in this piece here,
and some of the pieces actually have corners that aren't as ruffed. So you'll see I have
a piece of collaging material here that actually has a ruff edge, and has some smooth edges.
So it depends where I'm wanting to place that. But you want to make sure that when you're
cutting one edge, and you're tearing another edge, that you're keeping in mind what edge
you want to have on the boarder, and then what edges you don't mind being more ruff
and on the inside. Because those ruff edges that overlap each other, can sometimes actually
achieve a more strong effect. But as far as the outer edge of the piece is concerned,
if you're keeping a nice clean boarder, you're going to want to make straight edges.