Just recently a lovely member from Digital Scrapper sent me a note saying that I should be making Christmas cards from some of my bird photographs. Hmmmm, that did get me thinking. I have twelve layouts from my Project 12 in 2011 series in which I ‘showcased’ a special photo. It really would be nice to have several packages of these ready to give to friends and family when December rolls around.
All of these layouts consisted of many layers and I wanted a quick way to get the job done. Today, I’m going to show you how to select part or all of a layered document and copy it to a new document as a single layer. I managed to get twelve images ready in less than thirty minutes!
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Thank you for the great idea and technique. Suggestion to make a great idea a little better…It might improve the text reading if you changed the color to yellow (match that color above its beak) and/or added a very narrow stroke outline to the text layer. I think you are very smart creating the cards now and especially thoughtful of sharing them as gifts to friends. Lucky friends! I am inspired to create some, too, but with Labrador Retrievers…those lucky dogs!
Bonnie, I couldn’t agree with you more! Luckily I haven’t printed them yet – Thank you!
At temperatures in the late 30′s it is hard to get into Christmas mode but I think your idea is a lovely one, thank you
Hi Mungo – I know it is hard to think about it – but somehow I always wait until I do feel like it and then it’s usually too late! and I have other things to do!
Are these then printed at Shutterfly, or similar?
Hi Diane – I was just planning to print them at home but I’m sure Shutterfly would do a great job!
Thank you for sharing this great idea! I LOVE it and will be trying it out!
I love your techniques… Thank you so much for taking the time to share them with us.
Thanks for a super tutorial. This idea can be used for any type of card – “thinking of you”, “wishing you well”, “get well” – just a super idea.
A creative idea for repurposing – I played around with copy-merging sections out of square scrapbook pages. Quick and easy, works like a charm depending on the LO of the scrapbook page and what parts you want to use. And the feathered edge is so pretty on its new card!
Fantastic – thank you!
I too love to make my own Christmas Cards for some of the special people in my life. Since I am still learning many of the techniques in PS I have already started making my 2012 Christmas Cards. It takes me a long time to complete at LO and by December I am short on time. I love your idea. Thank you for a great tutorial.
Great idea…fabulous photos…thank you for sharing. Was trying to find a late summer early fall project…now I have one! Thank you for sharing.
I love that I learn something new every week (sometimes almost every day!) about PSE! Thanks for another great piece of info!!
Lovely card, too! Got me thinking about what I’m going to do for this year…hmmm… 
I just gave this tutorial a try and it works beautifully! I do have a question for you…what kind of paper are you printing your card on? Several years ago I did a photo card and found all my photo paper has manufacture’s printing on the back. In order to make the tutorial project into a card I need paper that will print a good photo and be plain on the back side. I hope this makes sense.
Now that is a good question, Barbara. I just print them on cardstock – a white or cream linen would work nicely. I also like to use a water colour type paper.
I checked out Shutterfly and there is an option to have a 5×7 card printed with just a photo – it’s called ‘Picture in Landscape 5×7 folded card’. It’s a folded card and the Shutterfly logo is on the back – just like you’d see in a folded Hallmark card. I had to sign in to Shutterfly to check it out . . . Hope this helps?
Thanks for the information, Barb. I’ll give it a try with regular cardstock. I’d prefer to make my own “logo” for the back of the card.
Lovely idea! I too like the feathering – I always forget that possibility.
thank you
I just love this idea. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I love this idea thank you for sharing it with us.
I’ve wanted to be able to do this for ages but didn’t realise the way to do it was right under my nose all the time! Thank you for sharing this very useful technique.
Hi – just opening all my emails…
. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration to get started on my cards!!! Your bird picture is beautiful.
awesome technique – it is amazing what PSE tricks I learn everyday
For Barbara who was asking about paper for printing her cards – I print mine on Epson paper. They have a white double sided heavyweight paper that is perfect for cards. Because it is double sided you can print a design or your own sentiment on the inside.