2022 has been a year full of ups and downs, but you’ve almost made it to 2023! Take the time to celebrate all you’ve achieved this year, then start penning your well-wishes for your loved ones in the new year.
But instead of buying cards from a store, why not try your hand at creating your own New Year’s greeting card? Your recipients will love the sincerity—and with the PosterMyWall design editor, making your own cards isn’t difficult either.
Follow these three steps and you’ll have your New Year greeting cards ready before you know it.
1. Pick the perfect New Year’s greeting card template
Unless you’re an artist, you might not feel confident about drawing your own greeting card. No worries though, because others have done the design work for you!
On the PosterMyWall platform, you’ll find over 2,900 New Year’s greeting card templates created by professional designers and agencies. These templates are available for free(!) and are just waiting to be used as the starting point for your Happy New Year digital card. We also offer tools to draw your signature to further personalize the card.
So go ahead and browse the template collection, then pick your favorite!
Here are a few of our favorite templates to get you started:
Once you’ve found a greeting card template you like, click the “Edit Design” button to load it in the PosterMyWall graphic design editor. That’s when you can:
2. Customize your greeting card
The PosterMyWall editor is beginner-friendly and makes creating designs as straightforward as dragging and dropping things to where you want them to go. You’ll use it to customize your template into a one-of-a-kind greeting card design.
All aspects of the greeting card template are customizable. For example, you can:
- Add your New Year greeting card messages in a new text block
- Upload your own images
- Change your text’s font, font size, and color
Doing all these will produce a pretty decent greeting card. But if you want to add more oomph, try these special PosterMyWall design tools!
Upload custom fonts
We have a wide range of text fonts to choose from, but you can also upload your own custom fonts for a unique touch. Learn how to upload custom fonts to PosterMyWall here.
Add image filters
Ever used an Instagram filter to spice up your Instagram post? The photo filters in PosterMyWall work in the same way!
With them, you can make your images black and white, glow or even cast a shadow on your design. We share more details on adding image filters and effects here.
Add stickers
Stickers are animated images that move and jump around, helping to attract eyeballs to your design. They work perfectly for online greeting cards, so try them out if you’ll be posting your card on social media!
Learn more about using stickers here.
Add audio
Most greeting cards are silent, relying only on visuals to get their message across. So adding audio to your New Year’s greeting card—yes, you can do that—is one way of instantly drawing more attention to it!
Simply upload your audio file to your greeting card design in PosterMyWall to make your card sing.
Learn more about adding audio to PosterMyWall designs here.
3. Share your greeting card with your loved ones
After you’re happy with your design, it’s time to share it! And you have plenty of options here.
If you want a more traditional touch, you can print your card on cardstock for handing out to your loved ones personally. Alternatively, download your design for posting on social media!
Not only is sharing to your socials a convenient and budget-friendly option, but all of your followers can enjoy your greeting card as well. Which will mean more compliments for you, too, as they get wowed by your amazing card design.
(For the best results, resize your card to fit each social media platform’s recommended post sizes before posting.)
Need to make a New Year’s greeting card? No problem.
Grab your preferred template and jazz it up in the PosterMyWall editor, and you’ll soon have a beautiful greeting card for sharing with your loved ones!
To make the most of your greeting card design, repurpose it to create party invitations and banners if you’ll be throwing a New Year’s Eve party. Though if you want to create separate party invites using New Year’s party invitation templates, we won’t stop you. *wink*
Start creating your New Year’s greeting card by clicking the button below. December is ticking away, so don’t delay!
