How often do you use templates?

How often do you use templates?

  • I'm an exclusive template user, it's VERY rare I don't use a template.

    Votes: 20 41.7%

  • More often than not, I use a template, but occasionally I go "free form."

    Votes: 13 27.1%

  • I'm somewhere in between. It depends on my mood.

    Votes: 11 22.9%

  • I rarely use templates.

    Votes: 4 8.3%
  • Total voters
    48
I voted "somewhere in between" ... I would say about 50% of my pages use templates, but I go in phases where I rarely use them and others when I use them a lot.
 
I pretty much always use them. When I don't, it's usually because I started with a template and the layout just wasn't coming together so I started over without one.
 
rach3975 said:
I pretty much always use them. When I don't, it's usually because I started with a template and the layout just wasn't coming together so I started over without one.
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That happens to me too! Other times I stick with the template, but my page evolves into something that looks so different than the template I'm not sure anyone would recognize the template :D
 
I sometimes I use them for Babe pages, and if I have pages I need to scrap for my albums that have more than 3 or 4 photos.... but otherwise no. I almost always never have anything in mind when I start a page (other than the photo(s) I'm going to scrap), so I've always preferred starting with a blank page and seeing what happens!
 
I always use them now. Sometimes I adjust them to meet my needs, but I feel like I can't come up anything unique anymore.
 
I picked "somewhere in between," but it isnt my mood but my scrapping style. Usually if I use a template, it's for a more traditional-looking page. I rarely use a template for an AJ page. But if you add up all the pages I make and then average it out, I'm about 50-50 with template use.
 
I love templates. They suit my scrapping style, which is multi-photo and photo-centric. Sometimes, I'll go rogue for challenges or scraplifts, but unless I'm super-inspired, I use templates. I'm never as happy with pages I make from scratch and they take me HOURS.
 
Honestly, I struggle with templates. I use them when I have to for designer promotions or challenges ;-)
 
I always use one of Cindy's templates for event/milestone pages as I'm over my head composition-wise once I am using more than 2 photos.

For moment pages, I will often use a template but not always. I watch a lot of paper scrappers on YT so sometimes I will emulate their style or lift one of their pages instead of using a template.

Layout design is the part of scrapping I'm least skilled in so I don't mind using templates when I need/want to.
 
I always use a template. I'm not that creative otherwise...

But of course I say that and I made a layout from scratch last week and I was pretty pleased with it. haha But they usually suck.
 
I am almost always using a template OR I scraplift someone or something. I used to design so I have a bunch that I created from old layouts back when I was more caught up and had time to be creative...now I feel like I have to play catch up. :) I occasionally will get creative and go from scratch again here and there. I love templates though and the fact they give you a starting point and you can change it up rotate it or move it around if you want.
 
I love them! Templates allow me to focus on the part of scrapping that is fun for me: telling my story.
 
I am somewhere in between - if I can't find my mojo for a kit I use a template. SSD has the best templates in the business!
 
I only use them, unless I am scraplifting someone. My layouts go together so much better when I have direction from a template!
 
I pretty much always start with a template! If I change my mind partway through, I just change things about the template, but I very, very, very rarely go without one!
 
It's very rare for me to not use a template but I do scrap without a template from time to time.
 
I almost always use a template. Occasionally I have something in mind on my own when I start and don't use one, but rarely. I often dump the element placement and make that up on my own though. Today I loved the paper placement, but did not like how small it all was, so I made everything much larger and deleted all the elements.
 
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99.9999% template user here.

I will change things up with a template like adding another photo spot or not putting elements where they have them. But using templates is how I learned to cluster. I found a specific template designer in 2008 and I still use her templates 90% of the time. Her style and my style are a lot alike, especially her older templates!
 
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