How to Make an Ornament Christmas Card

Make stunning ornament Christmas card using your home computer and ink jet printer.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Microsoft Word program
• Ink jet printer
• Printer paper

1. 
   Browse to the Christmas ornament background image

   The first step in this project, is to download the Christmas ornament background image that I created for you, and save it in the "My Pictures" folder in the "My Documents" folder on your computer. Using your web browser, go to the web page at: http://qtmonster.typepad.com/ehow/ornamentCardFlat.jpg to save the Christmas ornament background image.

2. 
   Click on Save Image As

   When you see the Christmas ornament image, with your mouse over the image, right click and select (by clicking on) the "Save Image As".

3. 
   Save the Christmas card background image

   In the "Save Image" dialogue box that appears, navigate to the "My Pictures" folder in the "My Documents" folder on your computer, and save the Christmas ornament image on your computer.

4. 
   Launch Microsoft Word

   Launch Microsoft Word. For this ornament Christmas card project. I used the Word 2003 version of this program.

5. 
   Prepare to set the Christmas card margins

   Prepare to set the page margins for the ornament Christmas card document. Select "Page Setup" from the File menu.

6. 
   Set the margins of the Christmas card

   On the "Margins" tab of the Page Setup dialogue box, set the Top margin to 6", and set the Bottom, Left and Right margins to .5. Click on the OK button.

7. 
   Prepare to set view to whole page

   Let's zoom out so you can see the entire ornament Christmas card on your computer screen. Click on "Zoom" from the View menu.

8. 
   Set Zoom to Whole Page

   In the Zoom dialogue box select "Whole page" in the "Zoom to" section, then click OK.

9. 
   What the Christmas card document looks like at this step

   This is what your ornament Christmas card document looks like now.

10. 
    Prepare to insert the ornament image to the front of your Christmas card

    To begin inserting the Christmas ornament picture onto the ornament Christmas card, select "Picture" from the Insert menu-then click on "From File".

11. 
    Insert the awesome ornament image on Christmas Card

    In the "Insert Picture" dialogue box, click on the image named "ornamentCardFlat.jpg", then click on the Insert button.

12. 
    Finished Christmas card front

    The front of your Christmas card is now complete. Be sure to save your Christmas card front document, then close this file.

13. 
    Prepare to set the paper orientation for the Christmas card

    To create the inside of your ornament Christmas card, open a new Microsoft Word document. To change the margins for the inside of the ornament Christmas card, click on "Page Setup" from the File menu.

14. 
    Set the margins of the Christmas card

    On the "Margins" tab of the Page Setup dialogue box, set the Top margin to 6", and set the Bottom, Left and Right margins to .5. Click on the OK button.

15. 
    Set the text alignment to center for the text on theinside of the Christmas card

    Set the text alignment to center for this text by clicking on the "Center" align button on the Formatting toolbar.

16. 
    Enter the 2 lines of text for the Christmas Card

    Enter the first line of text for the inside of the ornament Christmas card: May the spirit of the Holiday Season. Then press the Enter key to begin a new line of text and enter: Be with you throughout the New Year.

17. 
    Select Font from the Format menu

    To format these two lines of text, select these lines of text, then click on "Font" from the Format menu.

18. 
    Format the font of the Christmas card text

    In the Font dialogue box, be sure that the "Font" tab is active. In the "Font" tab, select "Birch Script Std" as the Font (or any other font that you like). The other Font dialogue box settings are: Font style: Bold Size: 26 Font color: Green. Click on the OK button to close the Font dialogue box

19. 
    Prepare to set the paragraph formatting for the first line of text

    Prepare to adjust the paragraph spacing of the first line of text so that this text is shifted down on the page. To do this, select the first line of text then click on "Paragraph" on the Format menu.

20. 
    Set the paragraph spacing for the first line of text

    In the Paragraph dialogue box, on the Indents and Spacing tab, in the Spacing section, set "Before" to 78 pt. Click the OK button.

21. 
    Prepare to set the paragraph formatting for the second line of text

    Prepare to adjust the paragraph spacing of the second line of text so that this text is shifted down on the page. To do this, select the second line of text then click on "Paragraph" on the Format menu.

22. 
    Set the paragraph spacing for the second line of text

    In the Paragraph dialogue box, on the Indents and Spacing tab, in the Spacing section, set "Before" to 12 pt. Click the OK button.

23. 
    The completed Christmas card inside

    The completed ornament Christmas card inside text.

24. Now you need to print the front and back of your ornament Christmas card. I used my ink jet printer, and the final result was very nice.

Tips & Warnings

• Try printing this Christmas card using different color papers and different weights of paper.
• Be sure to text print your Christmas card using inexpensive paper until you are sure which way to orient the paper in your printer tray.

[vadkins]

on 12/7/2008 Thank you so much, soanyway. I really enjoy writing these articles in the hope that others will learn and benefit.

[soanyway]

on 12/7/2008 What wonderful instructions! Thanks, I think I will try this!
I recommended you!