Design Crafters

Thanks to software such as Pics Print, shareware product from New Zealand, you can make your own Photo Christmas Card from scratch, inscribe it with your own message, and then place a digital photograph on the card. Then, you can send it in an e-mail or print it out and either mail or hand it to the person we care about a recipient.

Here’s the steps you will need to follow:

1. In the Pics-Print Start-Up box that appears when you open the program, click Greeting Card Wizard.
2. Click OK.
3. On the Greeting Card Wizard opening page, click Next.
4. Check your Pprinter Ssettings. If the information appears accurate, click Next.
5. Click the Select From File radio button.
6. Click Next.
Now you will choose a photo from your hard drive and paste it into the greeting card template.
7. Access the folder where the picture you wish want to place on your greeting card is stored.
8. Click to highlight a photo file.
9. Click Open.
10. Click Open.

Here is where the fun begins! This is where you will get down to the nitty-gritty of designing your own greeting card.!

11. Click to choose a font (typeface).
12. Click to specify type size.
13. Write your cover greeting.
14. Click Next.

Immediately to the left of the font size menu, the font color menu lets you choose a typeface. Black is usually best, but if you are imposing what you are writing over your photo, select a color that will not clash with or be drowned out by the colors in the image.
Virtually all greeting cards have text on the inside page. Here will be is your opportunity to personalize your message.

15. Click to choose a font (typeface).
16. Click to specify the type size.
17. Write your inside page text.
18. Click Next to print your card.

Printing your card on specialized greeting card paper is both appropriate and highly feasible. This paper can fit into most modern printers. Several of the more most widely distributed brands of greeting card paper are made by Avery Dennison Corp. (www.avery.com). Most office supply stores and computer retailers carry such supplies.
We will discuss this tomorrow.