10 Brilliant Ideas To Make Christmas Cards At Home

Tuesday, December 23, 2014, 12:58 [IST]

No matter how much technology gets advanced, the best way to send season’s greetings is through cards. It is difficult to think about Christmas without cards. With Christmas around the corner, gifts and cards are found all over the place.

It will be interesting if you can make your own cards. This is the best idea to let your near ones know that you really love and care about them. Also, you can save your money to spend on other festive needs. Putting in your effort and time will make your Christmas wishes more adorable.

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There are plenty of ideas that you can use. You and the whole family can work around this, which will help you get more family time. Your kids will also enjoy the fun time. Here are some Christmas card ideas that you can try.

Picture Card

This will be little costly than the completely handmade cards, but it will be cheaper than buying cards. Take copies of your family picture and place them on cards or print them out as post cards.

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Tissue Paper Card

One of the Christmas card designs is using tissue papers for making the card. Fold and cut the tissue paper in a Christmas tree shape. Attach them in such a way that half of the Christmas tree tissues hold in place.

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Postage Stamps

You can also buy cards and then use personalised postage cards. Some websites allow you to print out your picture as a postage stamp. This is one of the Christmas card ideas for a festivity full of fun.

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Cut Out

One of the Christmas card designs is to cut out a tree or a star inside the card. This is quite simple and will not take much of your time. With a simple ‘Merry Christmas' written on the cover, your cards are sure to look great.

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Santa Cards

This will have to be done on the outside of the card. To get the perfect picture of the Santa, you can use stencil paper or simply just print the outline of the Santa image. You can use some red glitter for the cap and some cotton for the beard.

Colourful Felts

This can be one of the Christmas card designs. You can get a better look by layering the card with coloured paper and the felt will give that perfect finishing touch.

Yarn Embellished

This can be something that you can get your kids to do. With the help of crochet or knitting, get your kids to make very simple designs. They can use the Christmas colours of red and green.

Modern Ornaments

There are many printable templates that are available online. This can be used to make cut outs. This can then be pasted on the cards to get a lovely Christmas card design.

3-D Felt

Layers of patterned paper and felt can give a wonderful 3D look. This can make the holiday card stand out. This idea is totally worth it.

Music Sheet

Christmas is all about carols and songs. You can use this to make your card. It will give your card a vintage look. You can place another crib picture above the music sheet giving it that layering effect.

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