Personalized Invitation and Thank You Cards

What is the difference between a personal invitation and an invitation card?

The main difference is that it is easier to ignore an invitation letter than a personal invitation. Invitation and thank you cards simply lack the sincerity which can be verbalized and heard coming out form the very person’s mouth. No matter how the invitation and thank you sentences are composed, they cannot create that impact as when the person relaying the message is seen.

If all you need to do is have you sincere face placed right there beside what you have to say then, that can easily be done in Photoshop.

Here are the steps on how you can make your personalized invitation or thank you cards.

1. Take your Photo

The highlight of your project is on how you can capture your most sincere facial expression. You may need to practice the “look” in front of the mirror for several hours or even days to capture the emotion.

If you think that you’ll just break into laughter every time you actually have to shoot the photo then, it will be better to just take random selfies and hope that you’ll be able to chance upon the prefect expression suited for your invitation or thank you card.

2. Set it up in Photoshop

Set up your new Photoshop project with the dimensions of 4 inches in width and 3 inches in height.

Open the name of the file that contains your photo and click drag it to your new project.

If you want to erase the background you can simply apply the magic eraser to the background and make it disappear.

If you are unable to use the magic eraser because some of the colors in the background blend too closely to parts of your image then, you will have to use the pen tool.

The open tool can be located as a selection in the icon that resembles the image of a flame. It should be the first option there.

Simply trace your image following a series of left clicks on your mouse and make sure you make the full round until you end up where you started. That shape you just formed represents the area that will be erased.

Set the curser at any point inside the shape and right click. Choose “fill path” and that should turn the whole area into white. Right click again and choose “delete path”. When the area is reduced to pure white or any other color, it will be easier to apply the magic eraser.

3. Write your Text

For writing personalized messages, it would be nicer to use a font that’s in script form so that it will look as if you’ve written it by hand. Of course, everyone knows it’s typed but, the personalized effect is there.

Save the project in jpeg file when you are done.

4. Mount the Cards

To make your print template, open another project with the dimension of an A4 paper.

Click drag your jpeg file of the card and you will be able to fit in 4 cards in that A4 sheet.

All you need to do after this is to go to your favorite Walmart Photo shop and have your personalized invitation or thank you cards printed on a glossy A4 photo paper.