Printing Greeting cards

I wish to print my own cards using iPhoto 11 (9.1.1). I have chosen a theme and layout but I cant print the pastel-colored borders and patterns, only the photos and the text actually print.
What am I doing wrong?

You will have a problem aligning the front and back of the cards when printing them manually. To get the front and back in register you need to use a 3rd party editor that handles layers. These tutorials describe how: #8 - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card and #8a - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card to Standard Stock Sizes.
Try the following: Do a Print ➙ PDF ➙ Save PDF to iPhoto. A jpeg image file of each page will be created and imported into iPhoto.
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See if they are correct as far as color, etc. Then you can follow the tutorials to print to your card stock.
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I noticed that you are trying to print greeting cards with your HP Photosmart 3210, and I am happy to look into this for you!
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I found some software that you can download called Easy Card that allows you to make your own cards or use there templates.
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