Holiday card printing services can be expensive, particularly if you have a long list of people to send cards to. Printing cards from home can be a cheaper alternative. Here's how to create nice looking holiday cards from home.
Materials:
*Computer with photo editing program such as Adobe Photoshop
*Digital photos for your card
*Holiday-themed scrapbooking paper (optional)
*Color printer
*Matte photo paper in the dimensions that you would like your cards to be
*Glitter or metallic gel pens (optional)
*Glitter cardstock (optional)
Directions:
*Design your card in your photo editing program. Brian constructed our card, so I can't adequately explain the process, but this tutorial shows you how to create photo cards in Photoshop.
*Insert matte photo paper into the printer and print your card. You can use cardstock if you're in a pinch, but the pictures won't be as crisp and the colors may be a bit muted. Here is a comparison:
*Glitter and shiny embossing are two features that can really make holiday cards stand out. Add some shimmer to your cards by tracing the text with glitter gel pens.
*Create a frame for your photos from glitter cardstock to give your cards some extra sparkle.
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