Make Your Own Template

You can easily make your own template and save it in a format that will automatically be opened as an untitled copy of your artwork. Create your artwork complete with sample text, guides, and the colors you want, and then use File>Save As Template. Name the file and save it in the Templates folder for easy retrieval (it should default to AIT format, but check just to be sure). From then on, use the File>New From Template command to open your template ready to edit then save it as a regular Illustrator document.