Craft board assembly and method of use

A method of creating a scrapbook page using a craft board assembly, the craft board assembly including (a) a rectangular work area, the work area having a substantially fiat horizontal surface comprising a self healing mat, the self healing mat including a plurality of grid lines marked thereupon (b) a square frame rule having four sides, each side including (i) a substantially vertical inwardly facing edge, and (ii) a top surface with a first measuring scale marked thereon, The four inwardly facing edges in direct contact with the flat horizontal surface and rising vertically upwardly relative therefrom to define boundaries of the work area, and (d) a sliding ruler, at least a portion of the sliding ruler adapted to be received vertically in-between two opposing inwardly facing edges of the four inwardly facing edges and spanning substantially the distance between the two opposing inwardly facing edges to substantially prevent significant movement of the sliding ruler in a direction substantially perpendicular to the two opposing inwardly facing edges and permit lateral movement in a direction substantially parallel to the two opposing inwardly facing edges, the sliding ruler further having a second measuring scale marked on a top surface thereto the method comprising:

• placing a scrapbook paper into the work area, the scrapbook paper having substantially the same dimensions as the work area bounded by the four inwardly facing edges wherein the four inwardly facing edges substantially inhibit horizontal movement of the scrapbook paper;
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• finding a plurality of locations on the scrapbook paper using one or more of the first measuring scale located on each of the four sides and the second measuring scale of the sliding ruler;
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• positioning one or more secondary elements on the page at one or more locations of the plurality of locations and affixing one or more secondary elements to the page.

An assembly for use in the craft of scrapbooking, the assembly comprising:

• a unitary square frame rule having four sides, each side including (i) a substantially vertical inwardly facing edge, and (ii) a top surface with at least an English measuring scale marked thereon, a first pair of opposing inwardly facing edges and a second pair of inwardly facing edges substantially perpendicular to the first pair, each measuring scale is numbered both outwardly and in descending order from a six inch mark located substantially at the longitudinal center of an associated side and upwardly from a zero mark located substantially at an end of the inwardly facing edge of the associated side;
• a base assembly including a rectangular work area, the work area having a substantially flat horizontal surface comprising a self healing mat, the flat horizontal surface being in direct contact with the bottom of each vertical inwardly facing edge, and the flat horizontal surface further having marked thereon (i) a first set of evenly spaced gridlines extending orthogonally between the first pair of inwardly facing edges, (ii) a second set of evenly spaced gridlines extending orthogonally between the second pair of inwardly facing edges, and (iii) a third set of gridlines extending from proximate an intersection of two inwardly facing edges with at least one gridline of the third set extending at an angle of substantially 45 degrees relative to one of the two inwardly facing edges and another gridline of the third set extending at an angle of substantially 30 degrees relative to one of the two inwardly facing edges;
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• a sliding ruler, at least a portion of the sliding ruler adapted to be received between (i) the first pair of inwardly facing edges to substantially prevent significant longitudinal movement of the sliding ruler in the direction of the sliding ruler's longitudinal axis and permit movement in a direction substantially parallel to the two opposing substantially vertical inwardly facing edges of the associated set, and (ii) the second pair of inwardly facing edges to substantially prevent significant longitudinal movement of the sliding ruler in the direction of the sliding ruler's longitudinal axis and permit movement in a direction substantially parallel to the two opposing substantially vertical inwardly facing edges of the second set.