If your Dad’s tastes run more traditional, then our PrintingPress Platinum 6.0 design might be just what you need. We used a floating text box to add Dad’s initials to the center of a White A7 card. We separated the initials with a vertical bar "|" in a slightly larger point size. We wrote the initials in white using the Trebuchet font that is included with Windows, and set the text box’s background color to dark grey. We added Dad’s full name at the bottom of the card using all capital letters. We repeated the same design on the front of a White A2 folded note card and on Custom Image StationeryStamps. We lined the Pewter envelopes in Avocado, but since any color will work, go with Dad’s fave. We repeated the initials alongside the return address, which we placed at the bottom of the envelope for a modern touch.

Our PrintingPress Extreme 6.0 design is perfect for any dad with a modern, minimalist sense of style. We started by adding Dad’s full name using the Trebuchet font in all capital letters to the bottom right corner of a White A7 card. We added the Shadow text style and set the text color to white so that only the shadow is visible. Next, we added Dad’s address in red beneath his name using a smaller point size. We repeated the same design on the front of a White A2 folded note card, the return address on the back flap of the envelope, and on the Custom Image StationeryStamps. We lined the Pewter envelopes in Deep Red for a pop of color.

A rite of passage
If you have a 13 year-old, it sometimes seems there’s a Bar or Bat Mitzvah every weekend.  When a Jewish boy or girl reaches the age of 13, he or she traditionally marks the transition into adulthood by reading a Torah and or Haftorah portion during Shabbat services. Preparing for the ceremony involves a lot of studying and hard work, and the ceremony is traditionally followed by a BIG party to celebrate. We have fabulous new invitation designs to get the party started in high style without breaking the bank.

Our PrintingPress 6.0 design, featuring a Complete Pocket Invitation Set, focuses on the main event:  the reading of the Torah. We started by adding a Torah scroll to the bottom right corner of the White invitation card. We adjusted the card’s margins to push all of the text to the left of the Torah. We added the invitation text in grey using the Times New Roman font that is included with Windows and then added the Bat Mitzvah’s name in purple using all lowercase letters. We also added an image of the words “Bat Mitzvah” in Hebrew in purple. If you like the Torah design, we offer a blue version with “Bar Mitzvah” as well. We used a double-stick tape gun to adhere the invitation to the Metallic Slate backing card, and then

a floating text box to add the word “DIRECTIONS” along the left side of the White A7 directions insert card. We wrote the text in blue and filled the background of the text box in dark grey, and then rotated the text box and stretched it across the card. We repeated the same design on the response card, which we paired with a Powder Blue 4-bar envelope lined in Metallic Slate. Since the text boxes runs to the edge of the card, we used our printer’s borderless printing feature for the directions and response cards. For expert tips on printing techniques, see this month’s Demystifying Desktop Printing article. We lined the Metallic Slate A8 envelopes in Powder Blue and added coordinating Custom Image StationeryStamps.

month’s Extreme Tip. For a fun twist, we rotated the text box 45 degrees to the left. To make the design borderless, we added a 0.25 inch overprint to the card and printed it onto White 6 x 6 inch custom cut cards and then trimmed them down to size using a rotary trimmer. We used a double-stick tape gun to adhere the invitation to a Sky backing card and then mounted the set onto the Dark Chocolate Square Pochette. We added a single blue vine along the left side of the White directions insert, which we printed using the Overprint feature and then trimmed down to size. We added a custom border to the White response card and filled the border with the spring vines (pastel) pattern. Since the border goes all the way to the edge of the card, we used our printer’s borderless printing feature to print the response card. We created coordinating Custom Envelope Liners using and Custom Image StationeryStamps the spring vines (pastel) pattern for the Avocado envelopes to complete the look.

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Custom border 411
PrintingPress Extreme 6.0's custom border feature lets you create your own designs using any combination of 31 line types and any color or pattern. The controls in the Border palette in the Design palette group let you customize your border.

Click on the Border Shape combo box to specify the shape for your custom border.

If you create a custom border with the Border Shape set to Rectangle, Oval, Line (Bottom), Line (Left), Line (Top), Line (Right), Double Line (Top/Bottom) or Double Line (Left/Right), then you can choose from any of the 31 line types including Dots,  Loop, Ric Rac, Greek Key and Double Line.

If your Border Shape is set to any of the other shapes, then you can choose from one of the 10 available line types.

Specify the thickness of your outline using the Outline Thickness control. Use the Fill Width control to specify the width of the fill color or pattern. In the example below, we have a custom border with a brown dotted outline and a blue fill.

You can change the border to use two colors using the Alternate Line Color feature. The Adjacent to Fill button lets you control whether or not the outline overlaps the fill of the border. In the example below on the left, the Adjacent to Fill setting is disabled so that the line overlaps the fill. In the example on the right, the Adjacent to Fill setting is enabled so that the line does not overlap the fill but is adjacent to it.

Use the Outline Spacing control to adjust the spacing between the dots, dashes, etc. in the line. In the example below on the left, the Outline Spacing is set to zero. In the example below on the right, the Outline Spacing is set to 8.

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