![]() ![]() I’m going to show you how to quickly set up your calendars for printing at home.įirst create a new 11 x 8.5 inch document in Photoshop: To print the 5×7 Mini Calendars you have two options:ġ) You can either have them printed at 5×7 by a photo printerĢ) You can print at home on 8.5×11 card stock, two calendars per page. I’m using Wausau Bright White Premium Cardstock which I bought at Target but Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte is a great option as well. ![]() I highly recommend printing on a heavier weight paper like card stock to give your calendars and pocket some extra stability. The printing for the hybrid pocket files are straightforward since they are already on 8.5×11 sheets of paper. Step 5: Print Out Your 5×7 Mini Calendars ![]() Now that we’ve customized the back and front the pocket it’s time to print. Since I want my pocket to be white like the card stock, I’m going to hide my background layer so it looks like this. The final step is to customize the background of your back pocket. (Note: If you want to create a title page for your calendar using the title page template, these thumbnails are the same size so just copy and paste.) Continue the process for each of your calendar thumbnails until your background is complete. If there’s any unwanted white or pattern showing, clip your image to the template thumbnail or hide the calendar thumbnail layer in your layers palette. It should be about 1.5″ wide by 1.2″ inches tall, or scaled down by about 30%. Hit Cmd/Ctrl+T to bring up your Tranform Tool and resize your layer down until it matches the size of the thumbnail. Drag the top left corner of the merged layer just over the top left corner of the January thumbnail. Now we’re going to resize the layer we just merged to be the same size as the month thumbnail. You may want to rename the layer so you know which month is which: Next we’re going to drag the merged layers onto our calendar background. Your layer palette should now look like this: Let’s start by adding our calendar thumbnails to the back template.įirst open one of your completed calendar templates in Photoshop and select all of the layers except the calendar and the calendar background layer. The back pocket template looks like this and includes space for thumbnail images of each calendar as well as customizable optional gift tag and directions for assembling your pocket. Now that we have the front cover of our pocket customized, now we’re going to customize the back pocket template. This is where the crop marks come in handy so I’ll know once I print where I need to trim to get the correct pocket size. In my case I would like to leave my pocket the same shade of white as the card stock I plan to print on, so I am going to hide the front cover background layer like so: The next step is to customize the background of the front cover of the pocket. Here is what mine looks like with a green Color Overlay layer style added to the paper accent strip: If you need step-by-step directions on how to do any of these method, see Part 1 of this tutorial here. To do this you can add either a color Fill layer, Color Overlay layer style or clip a digital scrapbooking paper directly to those layers. ![]() The first thing you are going to do is customize the paper accent strip and calendar accent tag. The Front Pocket file includes a layered digital template for customizing your pocket as well as optional crop and fold marks to help you assemble your pocket after you print. Let’s start with the Front Pocket file on the right. These two files represent the front and back templates we’re going to use to design a custom paper pocket for holding our 5×7 Mini Calendars. To customize your hybrid packaging, first open up both the front pocket and back pocket templates in your graphics program of choice. With thumbnails of the calendar designs on the back: The finished hybrid packaging creates a pocket that look like this: Once you have the design of your mini calendars completed, the next step is to customize the hybrid calendar gift packaging to match your calendar. Step 4: Customize Your Hybrid Gift Packaging in Photoshop This tutorial assumes your calendars are designed and ready to be printed so if you haven’t done that yet, start with Part 1. In Part 1, I wrote about how to design & customize your mini calendars and in Part 2, I’m going to walk you through printing your mini calendars and customizing and creating your hybrid gift packaging. Woohoo, welcome back to Part 2 of the 2013 How To Create An Awesome Holiday Gift with the Nettio Designs’ 2013 Mini Calendars Templates tutorial. ![]()
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