![]() It’s not hard at all and doesn’t take much time, but it just seems like an extra step. this is the only part I think is a bit clunky because you have to save the file and then re-import it as a photo. Once you have your collage put together, if you want to add text or embellishments, you have to switch to the photo editing mode of the tool. I was also able to make the corners rounded instead of square which added a more premium look to my collage I left one box open for a holiday greeting message. If you decide to switch templates midway through, you’ll likely have to reposition your photos, but that doesn’t take much time. you can move them around to different positions and zoom in/out, crop etc. Next I used their drag and drop feature to put my photos into the collage. You can change the size at the bottom of your collage. They did have standard card sizes, but since my original holiday card was a square, I wanted to try to make something similar. Both are really easy.Īfter that I selected a collage template from the various selection options. I usually do it from my computer, but I’ve also done it from Facebook. You can upload photos from your computer, dropbox, Facebook or Flikr. With their free tool, you don’t even have to register in order to do this. To make the photo collage for my holiday cards, I selected the “Create a Collage” option from their homepage. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to enter to win (now closed). Since I’m already a user I agreed, if I could give away a free month of their “Royale” service (which includes additional templates, embellishments, filters and more). Recently the fine folks at Picmonkey reached out to me to see if I would write a review of their collage feature. You can add text, embellishments and more. They provide you with all sorts of pre-made templates to choose from including some that are the perfect sizes for Facebook cover photos and pins on Pinterest. Picmonkey also has a collage maker which is a free option on their site. I used to make them in PhotoShop and sometimes I still do, but most of the time I use a free online tool from I first started using the site for quick photo edits and adding filters to my photos – like the ones you get using Instagram, but in this case you can create the same effects without posting all of your photos. Periodically I get questions from people who follow my blog or find me from Pinterest asking about how I make some of my photo collages. I wish I would have thought of this for my first round of cards as I like the way they turned out, and they were cheaper this way. I created a similar version of our cards using Picmonkey and just sent them off to be printed at my local Kinkos. ![]() Wrong! I realized it this week as I was trying to get cards out. I didn’t have our Christmas card list in front of me, but I thought I had the numbers right in my mind. I decided to order my cards from a Black Friday deal while doing some online shopping from the comfort of my mother-in-law’s couch. One day I’ll get it right! This year was a year of too few. On the opposite years I end up with too many. Do you ever runs short on Christmas cards? I think I do about every other year.
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