Armed with a camera and a sense of humor, you can create fun custom cards for any recipient and every occasion.

You're about to relocate, and you've got a thousand things to do. Get the word out in a quick, cute way: Print the "We're Moving!" clip art, along with your new address, onto adhesive paper. Stick both labels on a box, and pose, print, and send. 

Print the "We're Moving!" Clip Art

A chalkboard valentine allows for countless changes of heart. Make the prop out of foam board covered with chalkboard self-adhesive paper. Write a message for one love, take a picture, and then erase it and write another note. Mail or e-mail the photos.

Print the Heart Template

Create a comic greeting with word bubbles made out of templates and foam board. Write your message directly on the photo: Wish Grandma happy birthday, or say thanks to a special teacher.

Print the Word Bubble Template
Large Word Bubble Template
Print the Thought Bubble Template

A handmade card with photographs depicting different generations shows that the things parents and children have in common transcend the passing styles of the times. 

A touch of glitter on family photos highlights charming elements like a birthday cake or just-blown bubbles.

Make frame-style cards to highlight digital photographs of family or pets during the holidays. Here, Martha shows off her kittens, Sirius and Electra. 

A three-part card delivers a pair of favorite photos, plus a simple greeting. For best results, use color photocopies or computer-paper printouts, which will make for a thinner stack than actual photographs.

Enclose a thoughtful gift -- such as custom stamps, which you can create at zazzle.com using your own pictures -- in a charming heart-shaped envelope that doubles as a card when you write a note inside. 

Valentine's Day need not be about only parties of two. To share the love with 10 (or 50) of your friends, suspend a frame from ceiling hooks with monofilament, or hold it yourself. Pose, and then print and send. Write a message inside each.

Want to inspire your kid to write thank-you notes? Put her on the card. Have your child hold a magnetic board with alphabet magnets that spell out "Thanks for coming to my party." She can write a personalized note on the back of each picture.

Flags tucked into a cupcake can herald any special occasion. Make flags by doubling strips of one-inch-wide paper around wooden skewers; fasten using double-sided tape. Print the picture, and use a stamp to fill in the flags with a message.

Share photos of the kids in a new way: Use a circle cutter to make festive photo-tree cards.