Make Your Own Save The Date Cards Using Microsoft Word
In today’s tutorial, we’re using Microsoft Word to create a Save The Date card. While you can’t do as much with the illustrations in Word as you can in Illustrator, I do realize that not everyone has access to graphics programs, or have time to learn them for just one project.
For those of you who are interested in continuing to design your own cards and other items though, I think Adobe Illustrator is a very worthwhile investment. And if you’re a student (or faculty), you can get it for a really good price ($199 as opposed to $599 for Illustrator CS4). Sometimes you can get a lower price even if you’re just taking an evening course, so definitely check that out.
I’m calling today’s Save The Date card “China Dream” because that’s what the illustration we’re basing it on is called, and here how it all comes together:
1. Download China Dream by Mariannasm here. Read the License & Usage.
2. Unzip the file
3. Open a word document. Go to Insert – Picture – From File and click on the jpg of the unzipped file.
4. Right click on the illustration and go to Format Picture. In the Size tab, uncheck “Lock Aspect Ratio” and put in the dimensions you want (I made mine 4×6). In the Layout tab, select “Behind Text” in the Wrapping Styles. Click OK.
5. Go to Insert – Text Box and drag a text box anywhere on the page (it’s a little bit easier to work with if it’s not right on top of the illustration for right now). Right click on the text box and go to Format Text Box. In the Colors and Lines Tab, select No Fill and No Line.
6. Type in your text. I used Papyrus 14 pt for the text part and Adine Kirnberg Script 32pt for the bridge and groom, all aligned right. If you don’t have either of those fonts, pick others that you like, or download them for free here (they don’t have Papyrus, but they have a very similar one called Parchment).
A word on fonts: If you don’t like the fonts I used or the ones you have on your computer, look on the internet – there are tons available for free online. You just need to download the ones you want and add them to your font library. See my “How To Add Fonts To Your Computer” post if you need help with that.
7. Move your textbox over the illustration and position it where you want it. You may have to tweak the size of the type and paragraph spacing a little bit, since we can’t change the illustration in Word. Once you like what you see, you’re done!
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