Designing Christmas Cards in Photoshop

Christmas is right around the corner. Do you send ready made Christmas cards? This Holiday be original and send your beloved ones a custom Christmas card. If you use Photoshop, why not create a custom greeting card this year. Designing Christmas cards in Photoshop is fun and easy.

Designing Christmas Cards in Photoshop (Easy Way)

Let me show you an easy way for designing Christmas cards in few steps using Photoshop Custom Shapes. It took only a few minutes to finish the job. If you are to use this template, just LIKE OUR FACEBOOK page and send us a message. I will send you this Free template in Photoshop format to use. It contains fully functional Photoshop Layers that you can tweak them to your taste and use your own pictures.

So let’s get started:

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1- Open a new document in Photoshop. In this tutorial I used a 7×5 inches at 300 ppi format. 7X5 is a popular greeting card size.

2- Use Photoshop Pen tool to draw the curve line for your template.

3- Go to Path Tab and right click on the Path, then convert it to Selection

4- Select Paint Bucket tool. Then Pick up the colour that you wish to use. Click on the document and Photoshop fills the selection with colour.

5- Go to Shape tool. Select Custom Shape. From dropdown menu select the Snowflake shape. There are several versions of Snowflake shapes. Pick the one that you like. You can use any other shapes as well. I selected the white colour for Fill with no Stroke. But you can pick up different colours according to your design.

6- Back to the document, start clicking on and dragging to create the shape. I prefer to create different sizes. By holding down the Shift Key you maintain the aspect ratio. Keep repeating this step to fill as many snowflakes as you like. Be careful and don’t make it too busy!

7- Go back to Path tab and select the Working Path

8- Select Type tool. The cursor changes when you bring it close to the Path. It means that you are going to type over the Path. Type your message.

9- Select the Background layer. Go to FILE, and select Place Embedded. Pick up the photo that you want to use and click Open. Congratulation! your first Custom Designing Christmas Cards are ready to be printed and mailed.

I prepared a Photoshop Template of this design. You can use this template and modify each and every layer. Just LIKE OUR FACEBOOK page and send us a message. I will send you this Free template in Photoshop format to use. You can change the colours, shapes, Text, and photo to create your own version

That is all for now. Stay tuned for another Holiday photography tip. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for upcoming tutorials and tips.

Ted and the Omnilargess Team