Printing on a Journaling Card

I used to fuss with Microsoft Word and my printer.  I think this was before anyone even made journaling cards. I would figure out what size journaling block I needed and cut it out of cardstock.  Then I would resize my Word document to that size and type in my text.  Then I would send the document to print inserting the often small piece of cardstock into my printer.  Usually this worked although there were sometimes paper jams or I hadn't sized things right and would start over.  Often the printer would rub a little black ink on the edge of my cardstock just to irritate me.

Eventually I learned an easier way.  I believe I learned this from Nichol Magourik videos (Thanks, Nichol!).  Type up my text on regular paper, and then adhere my cardstock or journaling card or tag over the text and reprint.

I've added one more step that makes it easier for me to line things up.  Recently I had a question about how I printed on a tag so I did this video.  I've used a 3" x 4" journaling card but you could work with other sizes and shapes.  The card here is from my last process video for the layout "Spring or Fall?"

Be sure to adhere your card well to your main paper so it doesn't come loose and jam.  This is mostly about learning your printer and what it will handle. My old Epson will handle just about anything.

In the video I also talk about what style of printer works best for this technique.

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I appreciate your questions!  Thanks for watching.