Free Party Invitations You Can Make!Make your own free party invitations, using Microsoft Paint, and any word processing software that allows you to insert pictures. Basically the process is to insert an upside-down picture in the upper left of a document page, a normal picture in the lower left corner, and the invitation text in the lower right. Then print, and fold the sheet of paper into fourths. First
Step for Free Party Invitations Select a picture you would like for the front of the card, and create an image file in Microsoft Paint. Shrink and/or crop the image to a maximum of 350 pizels wide and 500 pixels tall. Once you have the picture, without text, the way you want it, save the image. Now, if you need to start over on the next step, you will not loose the work you have done thus far. In this example we are making a Mardi Gras party invitation and chose a picture that is appropriate. Then we add some text across the top. To put the words "Mardi Gras Party" across the top was not as difficult as you might think. First, click on "Image" and make sure "Draw Opaque" is NOT checked. If it is checked, your text will be printed in a white box instead of over the background. In this example "Draw Opaque" is not checked. Next Choose the Text Box option, and draw the text box where you want. Play around with fonts, font sizes, colors, etc. until you get the effect and wording you like. When you have everything the way you want, save it. Second
Step for Free Party Invitations Your finished picture will look something like the
example below. Save it, and close the Paint window.
Center the picture horizontally between the left side, and the center of the page. Center the picture vertically between the top, and the center of the page. This will be the front page of the finished card. Insert a picture or text in the bottom left corner of the page. This should be centered virtically between the center of the page, and the bottom edge of the page. And, it should be centered horizontally between the left edge of the page, and the center. This will be the inside, left side of the finished card. Finally put information about your party on the bottom right of the page. This should be centered virtically between the center of the page, and the bottom edge. And, it should be centered horizontally between the center, and the left edge of the page. This will be the inside, right side of the finished card. Print your cards on good quality paper. Since you will be folding them in half twice, it is probably not a good idea to use card stock paper. Fold the card in half, top to bottom, with the blank side of the paper inside the fold. Once the edges are even, fold and crease the paper neatly across the fold. Fold the card in half, left to right, so the picture is on the outside, and the invitation text is on the inside. Once the edges are even, fold and crease the paper neatly across the fold. Another way to make Free Party Invitations: To print your invitation, print the first documnet, the cover picture. Then re-insert the paper in the printer, so the blank side will be printed on, and the bottom of the page is the same end as the first printing. Print the second document on the other side of the paper. You should now be able to fold the paper in half and have your invitation. Try the entire process with one invitation so you are sure about how to put the paper in the printer. And so you know the positioning of all components is correct. If you want to make really special invitations, watch this vides for some fun ideas
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Open
a word processor document (Microsoft word, Open Office Writer, etc.)
and insert your inverted picture in the upper left corner.