A Gold Bordered Cream Panel on Navy With a Star Laurel
A dark navy background carries a cream panel with clipped corners, a double gold border and gold scrollwork in each corner. First Place Award sits above CERTIFICATE in large serif capitals, then This certificate is proudly presented to and MARTHA WILLIAMS in bold. A Lorem ipsum paragraph, Date and Signature lines and a gold star over laurel branches complete the page.
A Landscape Letter Certificate
The page is 11 x 8.5 inches, the standard US letter landscape, and it prints on any office printer. The cream panel stays inside the navy frame, so trim errors are less visible.
Name, Citation and Signature
Replace MARTHA WILLIAMS with the winner and the Lorem ipsum paragraph with the event, the date and the place, such as first place in the regional spelling contest. Add the signer name under the Signature line, and edit the heading if the award is not first place.
Preparing the Gold Award Certificate
- Edit the award heading.
- Type the winner name.
- Rewrite the citation.
- Date and sign.
- Print on cream card.
A Template With a Typo in the Page Name
The page URL spells the word Aaward with two a letters. The certificate itself reads First Place Award, so nothing on the printed sheet needs fixing, and you can rename your own file.
Gold and Navy for Competitions
Gold on navy is the classic colour of trophies and medals. It suits spelling bees, sports days and academic contests, where a first place needs to look special.
A Star and Laurel as the Seal
The gold star with laurel branches stands in for a seal. If you have an embossing stamp, press it beside the star for a tactile finish.
Changing the Place
To award second or third place, change the first words of the title. Keep the same wording across the set, so all winners get a consistent certificate.
Printing Gold Tones at Home
Home printers print gold as a tan or ochre colour. For a metallic look, a print shop can add foil, or you can apply gold stickers on the star.
Presenting the Winner
Hand the certificate over at the prize giving, with the heading facing the audience. A simple folder protects it on the way home.
Making a Set for All Places
Save three copies of the file, one for each place, and keep the names in a list. At prize giving, you only need to type the winner names, which prevents mix ups.
Step by Step Editing of the First Place Award Certificate Navy Gold Star Design
- On the first place award certificate navy gold star design, click the main headline and type your own words, keeping a similar length.
- Retype every name, date and contact line on the first place award certificate navy gold star design, checking each against a trusted source.
- Search the first place award certificate navy gold star design for the words Lorem and Company so that no placeholder remains.
- Click any logo or photo on the first place award certificate navy gold star design, choose Replace Image and resize the new picture to fit.
- Zoom the first place award certificate navy gold star design to full size and read each line aloud before you save it.
- Keep a clean master of the first place award certificate navy gold star design without private details, so later versions start tidy.
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