Photoshop Elements: Add a Background to the Greeting Card
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6
September 25, 2008
Previous Step: Start a Greeting Card Project
Using one of Photoshop Elements' built-in projects, make a single-fold greeting card. In Step 2, we will add a background to the greeting card.
Project Steps
Follow these steps to create a greeting card.
Step 1: Start a Greeting Card project and specify card options.
Step 2: Add a background.
Step 3: Add a graphic.
Step 4: Add text.
Step 5: Make edits.
Step 6: Resize the canvas.
Step 7: Print the card.
Step 2: Add a Background.
- Under the Create tab, click Artwork.
- Open the Content palette.
- In the drop-down lists, select By Type, then Backgrounds.
- Click to select a background for the project. The background used in this project is Scrapbook 09.
Click Apply. The background is applied to your card and placed on the background layer in the card file.
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Updated on August 4, 2011