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There is no better way to personalise a party invitation than with a photo. This page gives you excellent templates, with full instructions, which you can use to simply add your photo. They are all free to use.
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Free Graduation Party Invitation Templates
To personalise these graduation invitations all you need is a photo and
Microsoft Word.
Click on any of the templates below and you will be directed to a new page with
a larger version of the template and full instructions on how to copy them from
the website and fully personalise them with your own wording and photo.
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Frame Design
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Fireworks
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Stars
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How to Make Your Own Templates for Graduation Invitations
Hopefully the following sections will provide some tips and ideas!
How to Copy Clipart or a Photo into a Microsoft Word document
1) Right-click your mouse over the top of the image you want to choose and
select “copy”.
2) Open up a new Microsoft Word document.
3) Set the document size to whatever you want.
4) Next right-click and select “paste” – the image should
then appear.
Make the Edge of the Photo Fuzzy
Assuming you have managed to copy the photo into MS word. From there just complete the following steps:
1. Click on top of the photo.
2. Next you’ll notice an option called “format” at the top
of the screen.
3. Click on “format” and you’ll see lots of different frames
and shapes appearing.
4. The picture with the blurred edge is the one you are after.
Again, assuming the photo is in an MS Word document, all you have to do is:
1. Right-click over the photo.
2. Select “Text Wrapping”.
3. Select “Behind Text”.
4. Then click on top of the photo and just start typing.
Change the Photo to Black and White
Again, assuming the photo is in an MS Word document, all you have to do is:
1. Rick-click over the photo and select “Format Picture” option
2. This will reveal a pop-up containing a “recolor” option.
3. Select this and the black and white option will be obvious.
Make the Photo a Hazy Background Image
Follow the same steps as above for making the photo black and white. Instead of choosing the “recolor” option though, move the “brightness” bar along to the right until the desired effect is achieved.
A simple text box is required in order to make most of the invitations on this page. They are used to insert photos into and text.
1) Click on the “Insert” tab at the top and you’ll see an
option along to the right for inserting a text box – a simple text box
will do.
2) Next, click on the edge of the text box until the 4 arrow heads appear, then
left-click your mouse and drag you mouse to move the text box to the desired
place.
3) Resize it by placing your cursor over one of the circles in the corner and
again left-click and drag your mouse.
4) To change the color in the text box – click inside the text box and
then select “format” tab at the top of the screen and select “shape
fill” and choose the desired color.
5) To change the color of the outline of the text box - click inside the text
box and then select “format” tab at the top of the screen and select
“shape outline” and choose the desired color. NB. Even if the invitation
background is white I like to change the “shape outline” to white
so this it is invisible.
6) Finally if you click inside the text box you can then either paste a photo
inside it or start typing some text. NB. If you want to add text then you can
change the font type, font size and font color if you highlight the text and
rick-click over it.
Tip! If you want to insert a text box over the top of an image or photo then you have to make sure you click outside the image or photo first, otherwise the image or photo will be replaced by the text box.
Go to the microsoft clipart site and search on the following:
• “graduation”
• “celebration”
• “border”
• “frame”
• “school”
• “pattern”.
If you scroll through the results from the above then you are sure to find something to make fantastic graduation invitations.
Some Completed Examples of Graduation Invitations
Example 1 of Graduation Party Invitations
For this lovely example, the instructions have already been covered above. Here are the sections you need to complete:
1) Copy the photo into Microsoft Word.
2) Make the photo a hazy background image.
3) Add text on top of photo.
Example 2 of Graduation Party Invitations
This was so simple. Start with opening a Microsoft Word document then follow the steps below:
1) I resized the document to size A5 and changed the orientation to landscape.
2) Next I changed the background of the document to purple. The option for “page
color” appears when you click on the “Page layout” tab –
this is the case for my version of MS Word 2007 anyway.
3) Next I created a text box and inserted the photo inside
it. Then, I created another text box for the text. All this is covered in the
section “How to Insert a Text Box”.
4) Finally, I made the outline of the photo fuzzy.
Example 3 of Graduation Party Invitations
1) First of all I opened a new MS Word document.
2) I changed the orientation to landscape and the size to A5.
3) I found the clipart from the microsoft
clipart site by searching on “graduation frame”
4) I then pasted the graduation frame clipart image into it and stretched the
image to almost cover the entire A5 document.
5) Next I created a text box to insert the photo into
and then another to insert the text.
Example 4 of Graduation Party Invitations
1) In order to get the nice pink background I pasted the photo into “Paint”
which I reckon all PC’s have. You will find it under “All Programs”
and “Accessories”.
2) I then used “View” and “Zoom” to enlarge the photo.
3) I selected the “brush” and the largest square and selected the
pink color, which I then used fill in the background.
4) Once complete I copied the image into an MS Word document which I resized
to A5 and changed to “lansdscape”.
5) I then created a text box for the wording on the right.
6) I created another text box and inserted some “Wordart” for the
wording at the bottom.
7) The rounded frame is created by clicking on the “format” tab
and selecting the rounded corner frame.
Example 5 of Graduation Party Invitations
1) First of all I opened a new MS Word document.
2) I changed the orientation to landscape and the size to A5.
3) I found the clipart on the microsoft
clipart site by searching on “frame”.
4) I then pasted the graduation frame clipart image into it and stretched the
image to almost cover the entire A5 document.
5) Next I created a text box to insert the photo into
and then another to insert the text.
6) For the text box for the wording you’ll notice the funny shape –
this is because instead of a “simple text box” I inserted one called
“Braces Quote”.
Example 6 of Graduation Party Invitations
1) First of all I opened a new MS Word document.
2) I changed the orientation to landscape and the size to A5.
3) I found the balloon clipart (the top and bottom strips) on microsoft
clipart site.
4) I just copied and pasted the balloons and dragged them to the desired position
on MS Word.
5) Next I created a text box for the photo to go into
and dragged it into position.
6) Then I created another text box for the wording. I used the “Shape
Fill” option, then “gradient” and “more gradients”
where I selected 2 colors and blended them.
7) The wording title is one of the WordArt options.
Example 7 of Graduation Party Invitations
1) Complete the steps 1 to 5 on example 4.
2) I typed the wording, highlighted it and selected “font”. I then
selected the cambria font, size 18, bold and the engraved effect to get this
particular font type.
3) The fuzzy edge around the frame was created by clicking the “format”
tab and choosing the fuzzy frame.
Graduation Party Invitations - Template to Complete
Click on either of the images below to access the large template and full detailed instructions on how to personalise with your own photo and wording.
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Photo Graduation Invitations - Wording
The Invitation Wording page contains a checklist of all the wording and detail that should and could be included in your graduation invitations, and some type style guidelines. There are also many wording examples and poems for invitations to commencement ceremonies and graduation parties.
Put simply the graduation invitations should have the Graduate’s name, venue, time, date, RSVP details and dress code.
If you are having a themed graduation party then check out Graduation Party Ideas for links to lots of different themes. Each theme page contains invitation wording ideas for that theme.
Photo Graduation Invitations Considerations
There are other considerations for you to decide on if you wish. The
Also you may like to consider some design ideas. Consider the main areas that will influence your design:
Photo Graduation Party Invitations - Envelopes
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Buying envelopes that suit your paper is important. They will be able to be printed on your own computer.
You can add lots of extra touches to decorate the envelope. It is a great touch to add some Black Cap Confetti
and graduation stickers.
Check out the Invitation Etiquette page for details on how to properly address your envelopes including return addresses.
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