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Today I’m back on the blog to talk more about clusters. I know that lots of us struggle with them and we’ve done some fun articles about clusters in the past. Angie brought us some tips on how she “fakes it” while making clusters by using the premade clusters from templates HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the blog. And I wrote about creating those simple element clusters HERE<\/strong><\/a> on the blog too.<\/p>\n

“Making art is a journey.” \u2014 Meinrad Craighead<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This month I propose you take a journey with me as we dive deeper into creating clusters. This time, we will tackle an over the top, clustered template from Alchemy Wild Studio. Amber is the queen of creating clusters on her templates bursting with foliage, elements, and flowers. Sometimes you might be intimidated by her style. Her templates are LOADED<\/em> with layers and clustery goodness. In fact, the template set I chose for this article boasts that “one of these templates has a mind-blowing 153 layers<\/strong>” and that is certainly a LOT!!!<\/p>\n

I’ll be working with one of Amber’s latest creations, Randomish<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, for my page.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever looked at templates like this, with tons of layers & clusters, and instantly get nervous?! I certainly have…and with 153 layers who wouldn’t. That’s ok, today I want to share a few tips I use to help me tackle templates like the ones above. Sometimes the only way to get out is to go through…..so let’s jump in.<\/p>\n

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Being a super organized person and thinker *cough*(OCD just a little lol) I find this first step helps me quite a bit when tackling a template with a ton of layers. Because I totally get it…it can be daunting to open a template and see layer after layer staring back at you.<\/p>\n