Making the Most Out of Blank Space

If you are like me, when the time comes to choose a template for your PL scrapbook page, you'll most often skip by the Design G - Design J templates because "Why would I want all that blank space around my photos?"

But with a little outside-the-box thinking, these templates are GREAT to use! Here's how you can make the most out of all that blank space! (Shout out to a Simply Project Life Facebook group user, Annaliese Katharina for first demonstrating this idea on one of her pages).

First, put your photos and journaling cards into the template as you normally would, and then adjust the background color to your liking.

Then save the page and export it as a 12x12 image.

Then open up the orange Collage section of the app.

Select the 12x12 template option, and bring in your page as a photo.

Once you have your page brought it, you can use Free Form Text in the "blank spaces" and add your text there!

Rotate and position your text where you want it, choose your font color and size, and there you have it! A template you will actually USE now, with just a couple extra steps!