How to Create a Scrapbook With Only Four Supplies

Wonderful scrapbooks can be created with onlysliver of paper making the corner round instead
four supplies; an album, adhesive, paper and aof square. You can use a corner rounder on both
corner rounder.the photo and also on the paper you are
I remember being invited to a scrapbook party.mounting the photo on.
Inwardly I groaned. I still draw stick figures. I haveIf you did nothing else but put photos on paper
never possessed artistic ability. I rememberand mounted them, some with the corners
almost crying in school when we had to do an artrounded, you'd have a scrapbook that looked
project. I could envision great things, but I couldreally nice. If you have a 12x12 album and you
not create them.put 5 photos on one page, you can arrange them
I'm a good sport and so I went to the scrapbookany way you want. You can overlap some of the
party. The gal giving the demonstration had aframes. You can line them up. You can put one
demo album. Inside were lots of pictures allphoto in each corner and then a rounded corner
beautifully arranged. Everyone was oohing andphoto in the middle. Again, we are using nothing
ahhing. Me, I was remembering those stick figuresbut the photo and a frame. You can mix and
I was so good at drawing.match colors of the frames to make a really
And then something magical happened. A light bulbinteresting looking page.
went off and I realized that artistic was notI have always used double sided adhesive squares
necessary. Creativity was not even needed. Allto mount photos to the frames. I find these very
that was needed were some basic supplies and Ieasy to use. You put one square on each of the
too could create an awesome scrapbook.four corners of the photo, pull off the tab to
Many photos were "framed". This simply meansexpose the tape and then press the photo on the
cutting a square piece of paper a little larger thanframe. You then put four more squares on your
the photo and attaching the photo to the paper. Iframe and attach the frame to the paper. If the
could do this. Cutting and pasting was somethingphoto is extra large, I'll put eight squares on the
that did not need an artist. This was actually fun.photo instead of four, and another eight on the
There are so many papers to choose from. Youframe.
can mount photos on cardstock or directly onMy very first album used only these four supplies,
scrapbook paper.an album, adhesive squares, paper and a corner
When I discovered a corner rounder, I wasrounder. It's an album I still cherish very much.
worried there would not be enough photos forYou too can create a great scrapbook album with
me to round. A corner rounder literally slices off athe same four supplies.