They will help you to see the required measurements, and it allows you to build up your confidence as you make them.

They don't need to be fancy and you don't need to be able to draw either so give it a try ... it will be worth it.

Use some of your old card, or scraps,  and make all your lines and instructions as bold as you can so that you will see what you need to follow.

And then store them safely in your folder to be re-used again and again whenever you need them.

This is particularly useful if it has been some time since you did a project, and you need a little refresher on what to do.

This beautiful  Bow front Card  has  been created using one I made some time ago, and the result is very pretty.

You can buy templates in many shapes and sizes, and from many different sources and some of them are really spectacular...and complicated...and expensive!

But sometimes just a simple idea can be helped along a lot cheaper, and this is the time when  making your own  can come into play.