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Postcards in Illustrator are worth designing, especially when you want to go beyond writing a text-driven or lengthy letter to send to anyone. Postcards have more visual appeal as you design them with travel photography, retro stamps, promotional logos, and even beautiful stickers.

Build a Postcard in Illustrator Template – Step-by-Step Instructions

Adobe Illustrator marks a decent vector graphics application to create scalable postcard sizes and design such postcards according to any aesthetic or purpose you’re going for. Rest assured, making postcards in Adobe Illustrator won’t give you a hassle when you apply these simple steps:

Step 1: Open Adobe Illustrator and Create a Postcard from Scratch

Access Adobe Illustrator and you should know that the software itself already houses a free postcard template. When you make a new document, click “Postcard (288 x 560 pt)”, choose your preferred orientation for the postcard, finalize its layout presets, and click “Create” so you’ll have a postcard in Illustrator quickly.

Step 2: Look for a Postcard in Illustrator Template (Option 1)

Besides using Illustrator’s blank postcard template, move to Template.net and you can choose for premade, printable, and customizable postcard templates in Illustrator format. There is a landing page dedicated to postcards that are available in Illustrator and you simply choose from any of those editable examples.

Step 3: Search for a Postcard in Illustrator Template (Option 2)

Easily access the desired postcard template of your choice when you optimize the site’s search box. Found on the topmost part of your screen, write “postcard templates” on the search space and you should be able to see the whole collection of postcard-related templates and similar categories pronto.

Step 4: Pick a Postcard Template to Edit

Once you find the specific postcard template you like, click on it. You may click “Free Download” so that you can open the template in Illustrator shortly; however, you might want to edit it first so that it looks beautifully made once transferred to Illustrator. 

Step 5: Edit the Template in the Editor Tool

Press “Edit This Template FREE” before downloading the template until you’ll notice that you are already in the Editor tool. Familiarize yourself with the entire tool’s interface so that you’ll quickly adjust to its features.

Step 6: Write on the Postcard

One of the basic things you can begin editing is the postcard’s text so be sure to click “Fill” on the left-side menu. As seen on the template’s font, you can type anything onto the text boxes may it be a name, position, contact information, website link, or any other message.

Step 7: Insert Styling Visuals

Tap on the “Graphics” button and you should be able to choose from various creative graphic designs such as illustrations, frames, stickers, and shapes. You can add any graphic to the template as well as resize or reposition each image until it goes exactly as how you want it to look.

Step 8: Design an Excellent Background

Don’t forget to select “Background” and choose from a range of background designs that can help improve the visual appearance of your overall postcard template. Whether you like backgrounds related to old America, a Hawaii vacation, Christmas in Mexico, a wedding, a holiday in Paris, London beach travel, or summer business, opt for a postcard background that relates to your purpose.

Step 9: Save and Download Your Work

Come up with the final edits to your postcard such as incorporating envelope logos, invitation messages, and other uploads until it is ready for download. Just head to the upper right corner, click “Download,” choose the high-quality resolution, press “Download,” and open it on Illustrator so you can continue to design and print it eventually.

Postcard in Illustrator Templates & Examples

There are countless postcard designs to choose from that besides Illustrator, you can also look for other postcards in Adobe Photoshop, PDF, and more formats. Here are some other editable postcard templates that you might want to consider for future use:

Vintage Postcard Template

Embrace retro vibes with a vintage postcard, especially when it has such a classic look that will always be worth appreciating. Often designed with old envelope colors, vintage photography, and classic stamps, you are sure to produce timeless postcards with vintage design.

Small Business Postcard Template

A small business postcard is recommended when you also want to market your small business in the postcard’s design. Expect to shower the small business postcard with the name of your business, your official business logo, and other promotional messages that are appealing to audiences.

Photographer Business Postcard Template

Feature one of the best photographs you actually shot in your own photographer business postcard. With an original sample photo and the name of your photography business, you are sure to build a brand out of your business.

Blank White Index Postcard Template

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Blank Printable Postcard Template

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Vintage Fall Wedding Invitation Postcard Design

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Modern Church Postcard Template

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Political Campaign Postcard Template

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Business Agency Postcard

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Simple Travel Postcard Template

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Holiday Postcard Layout

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Postcard Invitation Template

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Sample Vacation Rental Postcard Template

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Startup Business Postcard Template

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Retro Postcard Template

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Kids Summer Camp Postcard Template

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Adobe Illustrator is a perfect app to quickly create digital and printable greeting cards. 

Before you start 

• Identify the purpose and sketch out the design. It could be for an appreciation note, a thank you note, a seasonal greeting, a birthday wish, anything… 
• Choose the dimensions and orientation of your card for both print and/or web. 

Take your first step 

• Check these sample files: File1, File2, File3 

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Parichay Banerji, a passionate Graphic Designer at Adobe, has designed this beautiful greeting card to wish his friends a happy new year. 

We’ll feature select creations on our social media channels with proper credits, and of course, after your consent. 

Spring has arrived! Let’s greet this amazing season with a
beautiful lettering illustration. Of course, we’ll add some floral
decorations, love, passion, and creativity!

Today, you’ll learn
how to create digital writing in Adobe Illustrator to make some elegant
lettering with floral elements for our gentle, ornamental composition.
Ideally, it would be great to have a pen tablet for this tutorial for
your convenience. We will also use the Width Tool, the Pen Tool, and the
Arc and Line Segment Tool.

If you’re looking for some decorative vectors, you can find many different elements and designs on GraphicRiver.

OK, let’s get started!

1. How to Create Digital Hand Lettering

Step 1

After
opening your Adobe Illustrator, create a new document with 850 x 850 px
Width and Height. Our illustration will be placed on a dark grey
background. So let’s create a dark-grey rectangle with the Rectangle
Tool (M).

Step 2

Now, let’s start writing. Remember that
it doesn’t have to be perfect because we just need to mark where the
real letters will appear.

So that we can write legibly, let’s
get some help: the Rulers. To make them appear, go to View > Rulers > Show Rulers (Control-R). Take
the upper ruler and drag it down to the place where you want to write.
Repeat this action to make another ruler appear, so that you have two
lines between which you can place your letters.

Now that
you’ve prepared where you want to write, let’s begin writing using the
Pencil Tool (N) with no fill color. If you make a mistake, you can
always erase it using the Eraser Tool (Shift-E). It’s easier if you can
see the whole artboard (Control-0), because the smaller the letters you
write, the less your hand will shake.

Step 3

Lower the
Opacity on the Transparency panel of this layer, close it, and create a
new layer. 

On the new layer, take the Pen Tool (P) and outline the word
«Hello». I recommend the Pen Tool because you won’t have a lot of anchor
points which make your file heavier, as you would with the Brush Tool (B).
Write each letter separately, since it will be easier for you to manipulate the letters later. Begin by writing simple letters and then
add some curly decorations later.

Now you can add some curls by
manipulating the handles of the anchor points. If you want to connect
two letters, select the anchor points that you want to connect using the
Direct Selection Tool (A), right-click the mouse, and select Join.

Step 4

Now it’s time for the next word, “Spring”.

Close
the upper layer, where you wrote using the Pen Tool (P), and unlock the
bottom one, where you will write the new text. Make sure that you’re in
the bottom layer and create another couple of rulers below the first two
rulers that you made, where you want the second word to be placed. 

Simply take the upper ruler and drag it down. Do this action twice to
get a pair of rulers as boundaries for your letters. Using the Pencil
Tool (N) with no fill color, write the word “Spring”. 

For better visibility, you can increase the bottom layer Opacity.

Step 5

Similar
to what we did before with the word “Hello”, lock this layer, lower the Opacity, and go to
the upper layer. Next, select the light-cream or yellowish stroke color, and by using the Pen Tool (P), outline the word «Spring». When you are
finished, add some curls to the letters by manipulating the handles of the
anchor points.

This is my result. Feel free to do something similar to this.

Step 6

Look
at the Layers panel, take the layer where we drafted the letters (the
non-decorative letter layer), and drag it to the trash icon (Delete Selection). Press
Control-R to hide the Rulers. Select the lines on your artboard (you placed letters between them) and press Delete on the keyboard.

This is what our lettering now looks like:

2. How to Create Floral Details

Step 1

Now we’ll add some spring floral details. Let’s make the first type of leaves.

Set
the stroke color to green with no fill color. Using the Arc Tool, draw
the stem of our leaf. Add a few lines from both sides of the stem by
using the Line Segment Tool (\) or the Arc Tool, if you prefer. Make sure to check Round Cap on the Stroke panel. 

We’ll transform these
lines into leaves by using the Width Tool (Shift-W).
Hit the Width Tool (Shift-W) and place your mouse/pen tablet over the
“prospective” leaf. Stretch where the leaf should be thicker. Repeat
with the rest of the leaves.

Make a few of these leaf branches.
Finally, we need to expand the lines which were transformed. Select
them and go to Object > Expand Appearance, and then Object >
Expand. (The first time you expanded just the leaves, and then the second time the stem).

Step 2

For the second type of leaves, we’ll use
the Arc Tool again to draw lines in two colors: lighter green on the back
and darker green over it. Change the width of these lighter lines with
the Width Tool (Shift-W). Expand all lines (Object > Expand
Appearance, Object > Expand) and make the leaf edges sharper by
moving the handles of the anchor points (use the Direct Selection Tool (A)).

Step 3

Now
we will create a rose. Add a pink circle with no stroke color and pink
fill color (feel free to choose any shade of pink). To make an even
circle, draw an oval using the Ellipse Tool (L) while holding down the
Shift key. 

Now add some outer petals. Remove the fill color and make the
same stroke color (Shift-X) as used for the circle. On the Stroke
panel, increase the Weight of the stroke and check Round Cap. Grab the
Pencil Tool (N) and start drawing curly petals, which will be the
outside of the circle.

To make the inner petals, decrease the
Weight of the stroke, and make the stroke color slightly darker. Using
the Pencil Tool (N), create inner petals as shown in the image below. Add
some lighter petals as well.

Step 4

In this step, we will
create a flower bud. Add a pink circle with no stroke color and pink
fill color. Make two copies of this circle with slightly darker
color and place them behind the first circle (Control-X, Control-B).
Add the fourth copy of the circle behind and make it darkest. Add a few
black lines with the Pencil Tool (N) (just grey stroke color), behind
the first circle as stamens. And finally, create a green oval behind all
petals of the bud as a receptacle.

Expand the stamens. You can select the whole bud, go to Object > Expand, and in the new dialogue window select Stroke and press OK.

Step 5

For the third type
of flowers, let’s use the Line Segment Tool (\) again and draw a few
petals as lines. Use the Width Tool (Shift-W) to change the width of
these lines and create petals. Add a tiny circle inside the flower.
Yellow fill color with no stroke. Isn’t it easy? Finally, expand these
lines. Go to Object > Expand.

Step 6

Create a similar but
smaller, white colored flower using the steps we just took. Use the
Line Segment Tool (\) for the white petals, deform the lines with the Width
Tool (Shift-W), add the yellow circle inside, and finally, expand these
lines (Object > Expand).

Step 7

Here are all the floral
elements that we just created. Before moving on to the next step, make
sure that you have expanded all of them (Object > Expand Appearance,
Object > Expand).

3. How to Arrange the Floral Elements

Step 1

Make a few copies of the dark green leaves and spread them over and under the letters.

Step 2

Select the other leaves that we created, make a few copies, and place them also around the text.

Step 3

Now it is time to place a few copies of our beautiful rose.

Step 4

Add some of the flower buds.

Step 5

Scatter a few small red flowers.

Awesome Work, You’re Done!

And last but not least, let’s not forget to place our tiny white flowers. With this, we will finish our illustration.

Congratulations! Our spring lettering card is ready! Great job! I hope you’ve enjoyed following this inspirational tutorial and discovered some new tips and tricks that will help you to design more lettering designs and floral compositions. Enjoy the spring, and have fun!