You don't have to use the Border control. Just create a Path and shove it and the controls in a Canvas tag to be grouped. Then, the Path will be something like the below.
I used same approach in TipBubble control (http://www.youpvp.com/blog/post/TipBubble-Tutorial.aspx). It works well in most cases but breaks down if you combine border and transparent background. To make bubble that works in that particular case you'd have to make it with single path.
Just combine arc and line segments into one path. Or you could try rounded rectangle callout from Blend 4 SDK.
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