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Make a Custom Christmas Card from a Photo

by Patti Estep 6 Comments

Learn how to make a custom Christmas card from a photo of your front door. You won’t believe how easy it is to do, and how great the final product looks.

More Christmas Card Projects: 
Holiday Invitations, DIY Christmas Gift Tags, and Word Cloud Gift Cards

2015 Christmas Home Tour Front Door

Many years ago my cousin sent us a custom Christmas card which had a sketch of the front of their home with a red wreath. I always thought it was a unique idea, and this year I tried making one of my own.

Start with a photo of your front door all dress up for the holiday.

Custom Christmas Card DIY

Custom Christmas Card -Front Door Sketch

Next using a photo editor turn it into a black and white sketch. I used this free online service: Picture to People.

Photo in Microsoft word

Then insert the image into Microsoft Word.

You can create two cards per page by using a landscape layout. Make a copy of the image and size the photos to fit the bottom half of the page.

Greeting in Microsoft Word

Then, on a second page, type your message. Make sure that the message is positioned at the bottom half of the page also.

DIY Custom Christmas Card - full page

Once you print out the two pages, you can take them to an office supply store and have them photocopy the images onto one page. Typically they have nice paper choices in the store. I picked up a pretty white metallic cardstock for this project.

DIY Custom Christmas Card final sq

My daughter added a  final touch of green by using some markers to color in the wreaths.

Cut your card in half and fold. They fit perfectly into standard A4 invitation size envelopes. We ended up with 100 cards, from 50 pack of cardstock which was a little more than we needed, but I really like the way they turned out.

You could use any photo for this project. Perhaps you would like to use your Christmas tree or a decorated mantel. The possibilities are many, and I hope you are inspired to try this idea with your own photos.

Custom Christmas card from a photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Under: crafts, Projects Tagged With: christmas, Christmas Card, Custom, DIY

About Patti Estep

Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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Comments

  1. Kathy Estep says

    December 20, 2015 at 7:15 am

    When I opened your Greeting card, I immediately recognized your front porch from other tutorials. Love the card! I may get Nikki to help me try this next year?

    Reply
    • Patti says

      December 20, 2015 at 7:49 am

      Awww,
      Thanks Kathy.
      You made my day! It really was easy. You should definitely do it!!

      Reply
  2. Marie H says

    December 20, 2015 at 1:12 pm

    It’s beautiful! And such a personal card.

    Reply
    • Patti says

      December 20, 2015 at 1:56 pm

      Thanks Marie!

      Reply
  3. Heather @ New House New Home says

    December 22, 2015 at 8:07 am

    What a great idea, Patti! And they look beautiful! You could keep one copy to frame and display every year!

    Reply
    • Patti says

      December 22, 2015 at 8:27 am

      Thanks Heather. I love the framing idea too. Thanks. Merry Christmas!

      Reply

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