Fun way to make greeting cards
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Radishrain
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Radishrain
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So, back in the day, I loved making greeting cards with PrintMaster Plus for the Commodore 64. We would print them out on a dot matrix printer (black and white). Modern custom greeting cards are a lot different. I miss PrintMaster Plus, but it's basically back in the 1980s.
So, it hit me today that it would be easy to simulate something like PrintMaster Plus without a computer. I mean, all you need is a proper collection of stencils or stamps, and away you go.
The old PrintMaster Plus didn't use photographs (which are a hallmark of commercial greeting cards and modern custom greeting cards). They didn't have pre-set taglines. They had borders, and stamp-like pictures (not huge ones, and not with scenery and stuff). You could print them on regular paper, and just fold it. Most importantly, it guided you through a wizard, had you pick a border, maybe frames or patterns, the non-photo images, and the text, and whatever else (it didn't just have a list of cards that you picked between and changed the text or added your own photographs).
Anyway, it was fun. Some modern greeting card systems might be cool and fun, too, but they're pretty photograph-centric, and you tend to need special paper to print the stuff on. They don't tend to have cool customizable borders and things, either.
So, I got to thinking and realized that PrintMaster Plus basically looked like something that could be made entirely with stencils (or stamps). So, just get some cool border stencils, and graphic stencils, and alphabet stencils--and away you go. The possibilities are endless. No computer necessary. No printer necessary. You can even make your own frame stencils, border stencils, graphic stencils, and such.
I've always been a fan of stencils and stamps--but I've rarely, if ever, had any.
stencil_
stamp_
greeting_card
homemade_
So, it hit me today that it would be easy to simulate something like PrintMaster Plus without a computer. I mean, all you need is a proper collection of stencils or stamps, and away you go.
The old PrintMaster Plus didn't use photographs (which are a hallmark of commercial greeting cards and modern custom greeting cards). They didn't have pre-set taglines. They had borders, and stamp-like pictures (not huge ones, and not with scenery and stuff). You could print them on regular paper, and just fold it. Most importantly, it guided you through a wizard, had you pick a border, maybe frames or patterns, the non-photo images, and the text, and whatever else (it didn't just have a list of cards that you picked between and changed the text or added your own photographs).
Anyway, it was fun. Some modern greeting card systems might be cool and fun, too, but they're pretty photograph-centric, and you tend to need special paper to print the stuff on. They don't tend to have cool customizable borders and things, either.
So, I got to thinking and realized that PrintMaster Plus basically looked like something that could be made entirely with stencils (or stamps). So, just get some cool border stencils, and graphic stencils, and alphabet stencils--and away you go. The possibilities are endless. No computer necessary. No printer necessary. You can even make your own frame stencils, border stencils, graphic stencils, and such.
I've always been a fan of stencils and stamps--but I've rarely, if ever, had any.
stencil_
stamp_
greeting_card
homemade_
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