How To Brand A Custom Invitation Using Picmonkey

This is a post service that I've been pregnant to write for years.  As I sat downwards this calendar week to brand some other invitation for a shower I'm helping host inward a few weeks, I finally recorded the stair past times stair procedure to part alongside you.  I secretly recollect my friends but enquire me to assist hostess showers hence I'll brand the invitations... ;) which I'm happy to do!

I role a spider web based editing programme called PicMonkey to create my invitations.  I also role PicMonkey to edit all of my photos for the blog, but in that location are hence many other ways to role it, as well as it's a really user friendly program.  The basic version is costless to use, although you lot tin sack upgrade to the "Royale" programme for a reasonable fee for to a greater extent than options as well as features.  I've never done that as well as direct keep been able to larn past times but fine without it.  If you're non familiar alongside it, it would endure helpful to pass a footling fourth dimension but playing to a greater extent than or less as well as familiarizing yourself alongside what all of the tools as well as icons do.

Often I volition search the mesh for "baby man child invitation" or "wedding shower invitation" to larn some full general blueprint ideas as well as the wording, hence accommodate my ain blueprint from in that location according to what's available on PicMonkey as well as the details I involve to include.

After you lot direct keep some ideas for the blueprint of your invitation, search Pinterest for a costless printable background design.  I searched for "free printable chevron paper" as well as had lots of options to direct from.  Some pages you lot notice mightiness direct keep to endure downloaded, others may endure saved direct from a photograph on the post.  Look until you lot notice 1 you're comfortable with.  I used this design, as well as but saved the photograph to a file on my desktop.

Open PicMonkey as well as hover over the "Design" selection on the card banner at the top.  Several size options volition opened upwards up below it, direct a pre-set size or select "custom" if you lot desire to set inward your ain measurements.  I normally do 5x7 cards, which are slow to impress out 2 per canvass on cardstock, as well as fit nicely inward the 5.25 x 7.25 envelopes that I larn at Hobby Lobby.

When you've selected 5x7, this enshroud volition open.  If you lot desire your invitation to read vertically, you're all set.

If you lot desire your invitation to read horizontally, click on "rotate" on the left mitt card bar, hence click the circle arrow to plough the rectangle sideways.  When it's horizontal, click "apply" dorsum over on the left mitt side.

*Note:  If you're non familiar alongside PicMonkey, it's of import to know the "undo" button.  It volition contrary the finally stair you've done if you lot brand a error or aren't happy alongside it.  It's the arrow pointing backwards at the top middle of the screen.  That's a skillful tool to know!  ;)

Now, if you're using a patterned background that you've already selected as well as saved, click on the butterfly (overlays) selection on the left side.  Then, hold back inward a higher house it as well as select the "Your Own" box.

A card of your files volition popular up.  Find your file where you've saved the background as well as opened upwards it.  It volition appear on your invitation background.  Use the circles on the corner of your ikon to larn inward larger.  For this design, I desire it roofing the entire invitation, hence I'll stretch it out until it does so.  It's ok if it goes exterior the boundaries, anything exterior the master copy invitation rectangle won't show.

So, here's my background all stretched out to encompass the entire area.  I made certain to motion it to a greater extent than or less hence that the blueprint on the top, bottom, as well as sides matched upwards as well as was even.

At this point, I don't desire that to always motion or change, hence I'm going to lock it in.  Do that past times clicking the icon at the top that looks similar 2 pieces of newspaper on top of each other alongside a downwards arrow beside it.  This combines everything you've done upwards to this betoken together every bit all 1 piece.

Now, I desire some white infinite for all of the details hence it volition endure slow to read.  At this betoken you lot tin sack play to a greater extent than or less alongside the blueprint that you lot desire on top.  I but desire a white rectangle, hence I'll become to the left as well as direct "Geometric", hence the rectangle.

A dark rectangle volition appear.  Once again, role your cursor to stretch the corners or but motion the sides out to the size you lot want.  Then, hold back at the popular upwards box that says "overlay", direct the "color 2" box as well as a rainbow of colors volition appear.  Choose the color you lot desire for your overlay rectangle, white inward my case.  Once it's the color you lot desire as well as inward the seat you lot want, click the top "paper stack" icon over again to lock it together.

Before proceeding alongside the lettering details, you lot could larn a flake to a greater extent than fancy hither if you lot wanted.  I've used the same "geometric" options inward the past times to brand a monogram on the top, or add together a border to a greater extent than or less the edge, or you lot could browse through some of the other decorative options inward that "Overlays (butterfly)" department to run across if there's anything you'd similar to add.  If you lot do add together whatever other details here, endure certain to lock them inward when you're finished.

OK, create for the words!  Select the "Text" icon (Tt) on the left mitt side, as well as a listing of fonts volition appear to direct from.  I normally add together my text first, hence highlight it as well as direct the font I desire from the listing then.  But, you lot tin sack start past times selecting a font, hence "Add Text" as well as become from in that location if you lot wish.

I also normally do my text inward small-scale chunks, non all 1 large text box for the entire invitation.  I normally similar to role at to the lowest degree 2 unlike fonts, hence using smaller text chunks allows me to size them appropriately as well as trace of piece of occupation them upwards but how I desire them.

For your commencement text box, your enshroud volition hold back similar this.  You tin sack motion the box where you lot desire it, as well as drag it out larger or smaller if you lot wish.  Use the text popular upwards box to alter the size, color, as well as alignment of your text (when it's highlighted).

Add novel text boxes every bit needed, positioning them where necessary.  Sometimes they volition overlap as well as you'll direct keep to motion 1 out of the agency to larn to some other one.  If I'm absolutely SURE that I'm finished alongside a department of text, I'll lock it inward hence it won't larn inward the way, but to a greater extent than ofttimes than non I drive to complete all of the text earlier doing that inward representative I involve to brand whatever changes.  Just play to a greater extent than or less alongside it, you'll larn to a greater extent than comfortable every bit you lot go.

Here I've done 2 unlike text boxes alongside ii unlike fonts as well as colors.  Keep layering your text boxes as well as adding the details you lot need.  (I also role those sample invites off the mesh to brand certain I haven't forgotten to include anything!)

That's it!  When you're finished, endure certain to SAVE (top middle push on your screen) to your desktop or 1 of your files.  The file volition salve every bit a jpeg.

To print, ship to your local re-create middle or salve to a retentiveness card as well as direct keep it in.  They should endure able to impress 2 per page for you lot if you lot direct keep done a 5x7.  Depending on the pricing at your re-create center, each invitation should destination upwards costing to a greater extent than or less $0.50 or less.  Quite a bargain compared to many custom invitations that tin sack terms every bit much every bit several dollars each.

Here are a few other invitations I've made, but to give you lot some options that tin sack endure created alongside PicMonkey (excuse the boxes roofing personal information).

With these two, I used a costless background, hence used a diversity of shapes as well as labels to create the designs, layering them as well as slightly changing the size as well as color where needed.  For example, to brand that monogram box inward the center, I started alongside a long grayness rectangle.  Then I made a grayness label, layered a white label but a flake smaller on top, hence a smaller pinkish label, hence a terminal white label, hence added the letters.  Sounds a footling complicated, but it's actually elementary alongside a footling practice.

For this invitation, I made the background stripes using the rectangle tool (make 1 as well as hence direct "duplicate overlay" afterwards double clicking on it to re-create it).  Then, in that location wasn't a dot border that would operate for what I wanted, hence I made the yellowish circles (again, duplicated the commencement 1 a bunch of times) as well as placed them to a greater extent than or less the border of the white oval.  When you're creating your ain background similar that, that's when you lot desire to brand certain you lot combine all of the elements of that background (lock inward the design) earlier continuing alongside the words, <trust me>.   It would in all probability endure wise to become ahead a salve a blank re-create of the background to direct keep on hand, also, earlier continuing on alongside the words.

Lastly, this is a birthday political party invite that I made but using unlike fonts on Picmonkey.  I printed it out on white cardstock as well as mounted it on a slice of striped paper.  Easy!

What do you lot think?  Are you lot a PicMonkey lover similar me?  Do you lot role it for other blueprint projects or but photograph editing?  

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