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First, although I Love making a layout using tons of various techniques and products, I've come to the realization that I badly need to get Rollin on getting caught up on my girls scrapbook albums. I don't know how I never knew about Kiwi Lane templates (kiwi lane.com) but stumbled upon them on YouTube.com. My first thought was that I have a Cricut that cuts die cut shapes so I don't need them. Then I watched their videos on their site and realized the genius behind them. BEFORE you ever cut anything, you lay down your 2 12x12 sheets of paper for your background, then lay down their border etc. Templates, playing around with where to put them and their MANY accessories (&/or your own). Then you can lay their photo templates in place, which will make your layout more consistent (three photos cropped to the same size looks much better than all diff). These 3 ladies created these with the goal to get more photos per page and to allow your pp to do the work for you. Genius. I can also literally see where everything will be BEFORE I begin cutting so if any adjustments need to be made, I can make them BEFORE I've wasted my precious paper. I don't know about you guys, but I have had a novel idea for a layout, been halfway through making it, and realized something won't quite fit like I thought it would, & had to make adjustments, which cost me "scratching the head" time. So here's my first kiwi lane layout, for a trip we went with friends to a pumpkin patch type farm this fall.
Their founders AWESOME typed journaling tip:
1) Type up your journaling to look how you want it, then print it off on printer paper.
2) Use a coordinating scrap piece of paper that will be big enough for whatever accessory shape you want on your layout or card (you can do this for Titles etc instead of an entire journaling paragraph), and will hold your amount of text (see large pumpkin on bottom left).
3. Tape it down over top of your typed printed piece of paper, so that it covers up all of your printed text. Make sure you tape the edges good enough so it doesn't get snagged in the printer.
4. Place this back through your printer (put it through so that it will print in the same place as it did before).
5. Tah-Dah! Your text is now on your scrap piece of paper. Now use whatever accessory template - laying it on top until it covers up all your text and is centered the way you want, then trace it with a pencil, cut it out, ink edges and you have a fast adorable journal box using your scraps! I was skeptical but it works great!


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