From my Desk: Personal Cards

I love making these little cards. Usually i include them with birthday presents for the little girls in our lives. but i'm also working on a set for some adults and myself as well. These are a thoughtful and relatively easy gift idea for special people in your life. Here's how you can make them too!

Step 1. Draw a doodle picture of the intended subject. (I always do it in pencil and then go over with a thin black pen.) As i explained to my girls, it's ok to make mistakes, we just erase it and try again. Anyone else out there like to be perfect the first time? we're still learning the art of working on something to get it how we like it.

Step 2. Scan the picture to your computer.

Step 3. Insert it to a word doc or other program(Publisher is easier to use than Word). Size it to make it smaller so that it will fit at the bottom right side. I always 4 to a page, so the cards are 51/2 x 4 inch (i didn't know that, i just measured one!) Copy the pictures and paste it 3 times so that you have four total. Play around so that all four are in the right spot.

Step 4. Add the name, (optional) i usually add a text box and type their name so that it is nice and clear.

Step 5. print and cut!

This time, the girls wanted to make their own cards too. (yeah for color printer!)