Seabastes

I have for many years enjoyed making note cards using my images which I use for general Thank You Cards , Special Occasions, like Birthdays, etc..

This is done with your computer’s Word software.

Open your word file, insert a text box which you will drop a photo in, enter a second text box in which you will insert your name, copyright and photo description as desired.

Drag a photo into the larger text box. If the images is a vertical, draw the text box to the right side of a horizontal card layout. For horizontal cards the photo box should be at the top of the vertical page and the inserted photo should be upside down so that the photo will be shown correctly when the card is folded.

Print with your ink jet printer. Cost will be about a dollar’s worth of ink and photo paper.

An alternative is to make a general layout card, one for vertical images, the other for a horizontal Images and get 4X6 prints made at any store that offers photo printing. The cost depends on how may prints per image is around 30 cent or less. Use a glue stick to attacht to the photo cards.

I find that these personally made cards are usually very appreciated and compared to commercially produced cards , economically costwise.

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jim quist Loc: Missouri

I order mine thru Vistaprint. Select the wedding note card and upload a photo. A bit more costly but very nice.

Seabastes

I'll check Vistaprint out. Thanks for the suggestion. Incidentally, I use glossy photo paper from Costco. It has to be ordered online as they no longer carry it in the stores. Cost is about $20 for 150 sheets. The backside of the paper does not take ball point in very well so I use a fine point marker pen when I input a note.

Ufauxreal

I do note cards using photoshop. I have made templates for cards with either portrait or landscape orientation. I then simply drag the image onto the template and print. I get pre-scored paper from Red River paper, and envelopes from Staples. However, when I do my Christmas cards, where I need 30-40 of the same card, I also use Vistaprint.

Dave45109 Loc: Michigan/Wisconsin

I have been making cards for years. I buy my card stock and Envelopes from the Paper Mill Store and paste a 4 x 6 photograph on it. I look for sales on the photos at CVS or Sams and usually get them for .10 a piece and have less than a dollar per card when done. You can sell them for 3.00 to 4.00 dollars each.

ronichas Loc: Long Island

I had a small business making my own 5x7 cards for camps. schools, hotels, country clubs. Then visitaprint, shutterfly, costco, just about everyone started to make cards. I couldn't compete with their prices.

I still have card stock, both inkjet and laser, with envelopes.
I would love to sell them since I no longer have a laser printer and am just not making cards anymore.
pm me if interested.

DanielJDLM

I use Photographer's Edge for the note cards I sell at shows. Take a look.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

shutterfly.com

PaulBrit Loc: Merlin, Southern Oregon

What a lovely photograph! Say some more about it.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I use card blanks purchased from Photographers Edge. Printed photos are inserted. The blanks come with envelopes.

ncribble Loc: Albuquerque, NM

We make all of our own cards, and recommend Red River Paper as an excellent source of card stock, and envelopes. Too, they offer printer downloads to assist in printing direct from Lightroom.

FunkyL Loc: MD

I don't sell cards, but make my own for personal use. For multiple Christmas cards, it's more efficient for me to have them printed up by Snapfish. For individual cards, I use PSE to make flat cards, and print them on my inkjet printer at home. I also purchase blanks from Photographer's Edge and add prints to them. These are a little higher quality than my flat cards, and if the recipient wants to keep and display them, the card makes a ready made mat that fits a standard 5x7 frame.

retap

I agree. Photo cards are more personal. Never mastered printing whole cards. What I've been doing for years is attaching 4x6 prints to card stock; in this case, Recollections cards and envelopes from Michaels. This gives me a chance to send a personalized greeting and the recipient can then keep the photo. I've also given sets of personalized cards as gifts.

kenpic Loc: Edmonds, WA

I have had good luck with the Strathmore photo mount cards. I get the white classic emboss, 100 cards with envelopes. You can order these from Amazon. I print 4x6" lux at Costco for 11 cents per print. It looks very professional. I do have to manually mount the prints using the adhesive tabs, but it goes fast.

spaceytracey Loc: East Glacier Park, MT

Umm, take a look???