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Color Blocking with a Template
This article will address using the purchased templates. First lay out the photos you want to use. When you find one that is of a simliar size as the holes in your template, stick it under there. Keep going until you have a place for all of your photos. If you have a picture that just doesn't fit, it may be necessary to combine adjoining holes to make one space, or use a filler if the picture doesn't take up the entire space. As long as you keep your spaces inbetween the same distance it will turn out fine.
Align your photos, one at a time, exactly the way you want it under the hole in the template. (keep the others in place so you don't forget what goes where!) Using an acid-free pen or marker, draw your block around the picture. The marks will not show later because you will be cutting off a little extra to allow for a mat. Next, again one at a time, cut your photos, cutting off a little extra to allow for matting. Be consistent on the amount allowed for the mat. I use the little line past the cutting groove on my Fiskars cutter.You may use one color for your mats or choose a few.
Next put your matting paper FACE SIDE DOWN so the lines don't show, and draw the block from your template.
Cut out the block and adhere your photo to it.
As you can tell, this picture wasn't long enough to fill in the template. I cut off that same amount for a mat as measured on my cutter. When I put this on the background paper, it will have the space then the remainder of the matting paper. Likewise, if your picture is too large to allow the full mat, you can skip the mat altogether if you wish.
Adhere that one photo in its place, being careful to line it up exactly with the template so your spaces stay consistent.
Continue to repeat these steps ONE PHOTO AT A TIME until they are all matted and adhered to the background.
Now that your photos are all matted and adhered to your page, trace the remaining blocks onto your mat paper and put those on the page.If you want to get fancy, you can use a different color for your blank spots then mat them.
You can leave your empty mats just plain, or fill them in with a title, stickers, etc.
Another example using the same two color blocking templates
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