| Wonderful scrapbooks can be created with only | | | | sliver of paper making the corner round instead |
| four supplies; an album, adhesive, paper and a | | | | of 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 have | | | | If you did nothing else but put photos on paper |
| never possessed artistic ability. I remember | | | | and mounted them, some with the corners |
| almost crying in school when we had to do an art | | | | rounded, you'd have a scrapbook that looked |
| project. I could envision great things, but I could | | | | really 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 scrapbook | | | | any way you want. You can overlap some of the |
| party. The gal giving the demonstration had a | | | | frames. You can line them up. You can put one |
| demo album. Inside were lots of pictures all | | | | photo in each corner and then a rounded corner |
| beautifully arranged. Everyone was oohing and | | | | photo in the middle. Again, we are using nothing |
| ahhing. Me, I was remembering those stick figures | | | | but 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 bulb | | | | interesting looking page. |
| went off and I realized that artistic was not | | | | I have always used double sided adhesive squares |
| necessary. Creativity was not even needed. All | | | | to mount photos to the frames. I find these very |
| that was needed were some basic supplies and I | | | | easy 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 means | | | | expose the tape and then press the photo on the |
| cutting a square piece of paper a little larger than | | | | frame. You then put four more squares on your |
| the photo and attaching the photo to the paper. I | | | | frame and attach the frame to the paper. If the |
| could do this. Cutting and pasting was something | | | | photo 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. You | | | | frame. |
| can mount photos on cardstock or directly on | | | | My 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 was | | | | rounder. It's an album I still cherish very much. |
| worried there would not be enough photos for | | | | You too can create a great scrapbook album with |
| me to round. A corner rounder literally slices off a | | | | the same four supplies. |