How to Make Photo Cards

One way to share photographs is with photo cards. Photo cards are envelope-sized greetings printed on high-quality cardstock and sent via postal mail. They can be made with or without a fold. Photo cards can be a greeting or an announcement for a birth, wedding or special day Photo cards can be created on a photograph-sharing website such as Shutterfly or Snapfish. Visit your favorite photograph-sharing website to learn more about creating and printing a customizable photo card. These sites have easy to follow directions for creating photo cards. Photo cards can also be created on your own computer. Here is an example of how to create a photo card of your own. Create a New Document. Open a new document in your photo-processing program, such as Adobe Photoshop or Elements. Make the document the same size as your intended photo card. The size of the photo card should be just a bit smaller than the size of your envelope. Mine will be 5 1/2" x 4". Add Photograph(s). Add your photograph or series of photographs to the document. Resize and arrange the photographs as you would like them to appear on the card. I wanted my photograph to stretch the length of the card so I sized it to fit accordingly.Add a Greeting. Use the text tool to create your own message and/or add a message using a digital stamp. I added a digital stamp, and then used the text tool to add the names. Get creative and make your own personalized photo card to share

Photo Collage Cards:a Way to Say Happy Holidays

Will you select a box off-the-shelf, or do you want to do something a little more original?
Who doesn't enjoy photographic greeting cards? Most folks have family members and friends in faraway locations. What a treat it can be to find current photos in your mailbox during the holiday season!
Many families find it challenging to obtain a single group photo that is pleasing to all participants. Not only that, but professionally printed photographic cards can be prohibitively expensive for many families, particularly during the holiday season.
Why not circumvent this challenge altogether? You can create a collage of favorite photos from the year.
As a result, I am free to focus on decorating and preparing for the holidays, instead of fretting over getting those cards out!
 gather your materials:
Card stock (100# works well)
Greeting card envelopes (5 ¾" x 8 ¾")
Personal computer
Holiday clip-art
(This is available free online - see links provided, to get you started.)
Digital or scanned family photos
Address labels
(You can also make these yourself on your computer.)
Postage stamps
Select fun and festive graphics or clip-art for the front cover of your card.
Write a greeting (or pick a suitable Scripture passage or poem) for the inside.
Inside the card, you can create a collage of family photos from the past year. Digital photos are simplest, but scanners work well, or pictures can be digitized at most photo shops.
On the back, you can list your current address, phone and e-mail.
Save, and print. Fold, and address. Stamp, and mail.
Voila! That's it!
Here are the simple instructions: