Save as PDF and Nothing appears

I am using these two templatses in Illustrator CS3 to create a tri-fold brochure. Everything has been going pretty good, slow but good. Then I went to see how my brochure would look when I saved it as a PDF. Then when I open the newly created PDF nothing shows up, it is just a blank, white PDF. Not sure what I am doing wrong here.
After I open a template file I immediately do a save as, and rename the file and work with the it as an EPS file. I then got to a point and saved it as a pdf, but as I said earlier nothing shows in the PDF.
The templates I am using are as follows:
Brochure Inside_Blank.ait
Brochure Outside_Blank.ait
Can someone help me out with this?

Thanks I appreciate your help. Both of your suggestions are spot on. All my layers are under the guide layer. Is there a way to transfer the layers that I have already done into a printable layer?
Also I will start saving my work as an AI rather than an EPS. Is there a time when I should use EPS or would you just stick w/ saving as AI?

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