easy way to add borders

I had been scrapbooking for several years before I figured out this simple trick. Sometimes I need a small border around an element or photo to make it stand out like in the example above.  The lion's mane is the same color as the background paper, so it blends in.  I want the word art to look more like a sticker instead of a stamp.  The easiest way to do this is to add a stroke.  I'll walk you through this simple method in the tutorial below [. . .]