Question: Aloha Robin, I want to make a postcard that has the word FUN written, real big, almost edge to edge big, with a collage of pictures inside the letters. How do I do that?
Answer: There are two ways to do it - traditionally and digitally. I will address both ways below:
1.) The easiest way to make your letters would be to use letter stencils the height of the postcard (Postcard size is 3.5-4.25″ in height and must be 5-6 inches in width). I would lay the stencil on top of the photos you have already put in a collage and then cut out the letters and adhere them to the postcard.
**If you do not have letter stencils, just make your own either by drawing them freehand or printing letters (probably a bubble or thicker font) off you computer onto cardstock and cutting them out to use as a stencil.
2.) Another option would be to use a blank postcard and use knife or cutting blade to make your letters on the post card. Then you could just lay the postcard on top of the collage you have already made and adhere it with glue.
3.) If you want to do this digitally (makes it perfect for mailing), there is a great tutorial online for photoshop here. If you don’t have Photoshop, just do a general internet search on the internet using the terms “turning a picture into text” and then type next to it whatever image editting program you have on your computer.
I actually tried it with a few pictures of my son to make sure it works (I didn’t spend too much time on it, but you can see how it might turn out):
