Template Magic

One of the things I like best about templates is their versatility. You can change as much or as little as you want, depending on your pictures, your accents, or your mojo. You can rotate, flip, add, delete, expand, and reduce elements to your heart’s content.

Ali’s Layered Template No. 16 is extremely versatile, as you’ll see when you take a look at how four Creative Team members used it. Their pages will take you from the snowy mountains of Scotland to the tropics.

Mel (Britgirl) did a little adding to and rearranging of the elements for her lovely wintry page:

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 16, Snow Melt Paper Pack, Grungy Clusters Brushes and Stamps.

Debi (beehive50) deleted one of the spaces and expanded others to accommodate the great photo of her daughter’s soccer team and the newspaper article on their winning game:

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 16, The Story: Days and Months Large Label Tape Value Pack, 2010-2012 Bracket Title and Journal Stamps and Brushes, Spot Dots No. 18 Paper Pack, Watery Alpha No. 03, Little Enamel Accents: Sports, Classified Clippings Vol. 02, DifferentStrokes No. 03 BrushSet.

Julie (Julie DeGuia) added a frame and some clever matting to showcase the adorable pictures of her daughter:

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 16, Paper Cuts No. 01, Charmed No. 01, Candid Collection, Candid Supplement Paper Pack, Grunge Overlays No. 03, Vintage Photo Frames No. 16, Mixed Stamped Titles Brushes and Stamps No. 01, Date Strips Stamps No. 02, Clean and Serene Solids Paper Pack No. 01, Stitched by Anna White No. 02, StraightLine Stitched White No. 01, Worn Page Edges.

Sarah (sarahbcmc) reduced the template in size and then duplicated portions of it for her terrific column design:

Credits: Ali Edwards Layered Template No. 16, French Summer Kit, Stitched by Anna White No. 05, Over 21 WordART, Coded Labels, Cut Ups: Love, Stamped Stitched: Summer Brushes and Stamps, Loosely Labeled No. 02.

Without studying these wonderful layouts, you might not realize that all of them began with the same super template. That’s the beauty of a versatile template: it never has to look the same from one page to the next. Ali’s template is on sale today for 30% off. I hope you’ll use it and show us your versatile design in the Template Challenge Gallery.