Make Your Own Chinese New Year's Cards

Using Greeting Card Factory Deluxe Software from Nova Development

I started making my own cards after buying a copy of Greeting Card Factory Deluxe. I use it to design and print my cards on an HP 5150 color printer. The software provides driver support for any of your printers and tells you how to handle printing on both sides of the card. The result is professional looking and customizable.

What You Need to Make a Chinese New Year Card

· Copy of the Greeting Card Factory Deluxe software installed on your PC

· A printer, color is best, photo quality is supported

· Greeting card stock with pre-built crease and envelopes available from Staples or Michaels or other craft or office supply store. Many manufacturers
make this card stock including Avery and Staples. Most card stock provides an Avery number that is used to identify the standard card types. Note card
stock for 1 5x 7 card is easier to setup than 2 41/2" by 5 ¼" cards, but both produce nice products.

· Paper cutter

Before you get started, make sure that the printer you intend to use in this project is your default printer. To set your default printer click on MS Windows Control Panel, Double-click on Printer & Faxes, then click the printer of choice. From the Control Panel File Menu, click Set as Default Printer. If you don't do this step, every time you choose to print a card, you have to select a printer and then run Step Three of the Chinese New Year Card Project. It doesn't cause problems, but it can take extra time. Also, make sure your printer is on. The software can abort if you try to print to an offline printer.

Step One: Open the Software. See Picture 1

Double click on the Greeting Card Factory Icon to open the software. Click on the Greeting Card project type.

Step Two: Select a Project Design for Your Chinese New Year Card. See Picture 2

1) Under the Heading "Category" Choose Holiday

2) Under the Heading "Subcategory" Choose Chinese New Year

3) Select one of the available designs

4) Click Next

Another menu will display. Accept the default card fold type if it matches your card stock or select one that matches from the list at the top of the page.

Click Finish.