# How to make an Easter card from your dog’s photo > Make the card from one sharp portrait, not a collage of toys. Photograph the dog facing a window. If you need baskets or a meadow, run Egg Hunt or Spring Meadow in Halloween Paws AI. Print a 5×7 with a two-line greeting and space above the head. One credit makes one portrait. - **Product:** Halloween Paws AI by Bryan Ellis - **Holiday:** Easter - **Audience:** People printing a small run of Easter cards at a drugstore counter - **Published:** 2026-03-22 - **Updated:** 2026-08-18 - **HTML:** https://halloweenpaws.com/blog/easter/easter-card-from-your-dog - **App Store:** https://apps.apple.com/us/app/easter-paws-ai/id6756220823 ## The 5×7 on the dining table A black Labrador headshot on a 5×7 card has to survive a stack of mail. That means a face large enough to read from the kitchen doorway and a set that does not fight the type. Sit the Lab on a dining chair at 10 a.m. with the window at your back-left, not behind the dog. Fill the frame with head and a sliver of chest. You do not need the whole room. If the table is already cluttered with napkins, that clutter will print. Clear it. A single blank card mockup cut from printer paper helps you see whether the eyes sit in the upper third once a half-inch border exists. Write the greeting after you know the crop, not before. ## When the table is not a set Most dining rooms are not egg hunts. If you want baskets and decorated eggs on the card, Egg Hunt in Halloween Paws AI is the look. If you want air and wildflowers, use Spring Meadow. Save Easter Bunny for a card whose joke is the ears; those ears will steal space from a long greeting. Start at Medium. Subtle keeps too much of a messy table. Dramatic can crowd a small print. One credit finishes one file. If you have two Labs, budget two credits and do not force both heads into one upload. The app works from one clear face. Photos are processed and not stored. The App Store ID is 6756220823. ## Type, crop, and paper Leave a quiet band under the chest for two lines: the dog’s name and a short line such as “Sunday lunch is at noon.” Do not set white type on a blown-out blaze. Do not set black type on a dark saddle without a pale panel. A drugstore 5×7 on matte paper hides phone noise better than gloss. If you print at home, turn off borderless if the printer clips noses. Keep a copy of the uncropped JPEG. You may need a 4×6 for a neighbor and a square for a family chat. The same portrait can do all three if you shot with room around the skull. Easter Bunny needs extra headroom. Egg Hunt needs space at the paws for the basket read. ## A greeting that fits the photo Match the line to the look. Egg Hunt supports “We hid nothing. We supervised.” Spring Meadow supports “Same dog. New grass.” Easter Bunny supports “Headband declined.” Avoid a paragraph. The portrait is the card. If you mail a set, address the envelopes before you print so you know the count. A 10-credit pack at $14.99 is for portraits, not postage. You only need a second credit if the face drifted or you want a second look for a second household. Compare the original Lab photo with the result before you order twenty prints. A soft eye will look softer on paper. ## Hand-off to the print counter AirDrop the JPEG to the phone you will carry into the store, or put it on a thumb drive. Name the file with the dog’s name and the date so you do not print last year’s Halloween file. Ask for a single proof. Check the nose leather and the catchlights under the store lights. If the store’s machine adds a “vivid” preset, turn it off. You already chose a look. When you get home, keep the digital file in the on-device Halloween Paws gallery and in Photos. You do not need an account. iOS 15.1 or later runs the app on iPhone and iPad. ## Do this in order 1. Shoot a window-lit head-and-shoulders photo with space around the skull. 2. Choose Egg Hunt for baskets, Spring Meadow for flowers, or Easter Bunny for ears. 3. Generate at Medium, then drop to Subtle if the set crowds a 5×7. 4. Crop with a quiet band for two lines of type. 5. Print one proof on matte paper before you order the stack. ## How this maps to Halloween Paws AI Easter looks in the app right now: - **Easter Bunny** — Bunny ears in a spring garden surrounded by colorful eggs and flowers. - **Spring Meadow** — A blooming meadow with butterflies, wildflowers, and hidden eggs. - **Egg Hunt** — Baskets overflowing with decorated eggs and classic spring decorations. Intensity is **Subtle** (light festive touch), **Medium** (balanced portrait), or **Dramatic** (full holiday set). One credit makes one portrait. Packs are $1.99 / $8.99 / $14.99 for 1 / 5 / 10 credits via the App Store. Photos are processed and not kept on our servers. ## Tips that actually change the file - Clear the table behind the dog before you shoot; clutter prints smaller and meaner. - Write the greeting after you know whether the look added ears or baskets. - Matte 5×7 paper hides phone noise better than glossy stock. - Keep the uncropped original so you can make a 4×6 and a square later. - Turn off the print machine’s vivid preset; you already picked a holiday set. ## Mistakes that waste a credit - Uploading two dogs in one frame and hoping both faces stay specific. - Setting a long family letter over Dramatic ears that already fill the card. - Ordering twenty prints before you look at a proof under store lighting. ## FAQ ### Which Easter look belongs on a printed card? Egg Hunt for baskets and eggs, Spring Meadow for a floral portrait, Easter Bunny if the card is about the ears. Start at Medium for a 5×7. ### How many credits do I need for one card design? One credit makes one portrait. Buy a second credit only if you want a second look or a second dog. ### Can I print the file at a drugstore? Yes. Save to Photos and print a matte 5×7. Turn off extra color presets at the kiosk. ## Cite this page How to make an Easter card from your dog’s photo — Halloween Paws AI — https://halloweenpaws.com/blog/easter/easter-card-from-your-dog — updated 2026-08-18.