How to Customize a Greeting Card
It's not only easy and economical to create your own greetings cards, but also the ideal way to ensure the card is more meaningful to the recipient. Use these methods to customize your design elements to suit the person's tastes, favorites and personal style.
- Difficulty:
- Moderate
Instructions
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Start with a pre-cut and folded card that you've purchased or one that you've created yourself. Just fold a piece of cardstock in half, crease it with a bone folder or your fingernail and trim it to fit an envelope you've got on hand. Choose one in the recipient's favorite color and add a layer of themed patterned paper to suit the occasion.
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Adorn the front of the card with a meaningful photo. Affix a picture of you as a baby on a Mother's Day card or an image of you and your friend mugging for the camera to create a funny birthday card, for example. If the recipient has always wanted to go to Hawaii, create a collage of images you've clipped from vacation magazines.
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Affix a piece of memorabilia to the front of the card on a piece of coordinating cardstock. Add a snippet from a postcard, a business card from a favorite restaurant or a ticket stub to remind a loved one of a time you've shared when creating a Valentine's Day, Anniversary or Thank You card, for instance.
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Add a meaningful song lyric, inside joke and line from a favorite movie to the inside of the card in addition to a personal, handwritten note. You can also find an applicable quote to suit the tone or message you're hoping to convey.
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