As the end of the year approaches, we would like to wish our family, our friends and actually everyone else who has a permanent place in our lives something nice for the coming year and thank you for the great time that has passed. Christmas greeting cards give us the opportunity to express our warm wishes using various motifs. At Christmas we particularly want the greeting card to have that certain something and make its recipient happy. If you would like to make modern Christmas cards yourself that will amaze your loved ones, you will find what you are looking for in this article.
Make your own modern Christmas cards with a Christmas tree motif and other wintery designs
In the following picture gallery we have selected ideas for Christmas greeting cards with modern and abstract Christmas motifs that will serve as inspiration for you. The great designs can of course be modified as desired, easy to implement and require little material and time. Since Christmas traditionally doesn't come without a beautifully decorated Christmas tree, the Christmas symbol shouldn't be missing from the card. An abstract and attractive interpretation of the Christmas tree makes up this simple Christmas card design.
You can create the Christmas tree motif using wool, yarn or sewing thread in the desired color on cardboard. You are welcome to first draw the desired motif with a ruler and pencil and pierce the necessary holes with a needle. For a perfect result, you can erase the drawn motif and only then knit the abstract pattern with needle and thread.
The design possibilities here are endless. You can also create many other winter and Christmas motifs using the same principle. You decide for yourself whether you want to show the respective picture in detail or whether you want to make a Christmas greeting card yourself with just the outline of a figure. Modern Christmas cards are usually characterized by simplicity and minimally depicted figures. Feel free to choose traditional motifs such as a snowflake, various Christmas tree ornaments or stars. An embroidered reindeer also looks very cute. With an interesting interpretation on your part, even the most trivial motifs appear absolutely trendy.
Stylish design suitable for business partners
If you are looking for a Christmas card design that looks elegant and classy and is suitable for business partners, work colleagues and companies, then perhaps the craft idea in the picture above would be an excellent idea. For this interesting Christmas tree, you first have to draw several small triangles and then cut them out with the cutter so that the cut pieces of paper fold down. Cut another card of the same size from plain colored cardboard, the color of which can then be seen through the small openings.
Design with glitter
If you would like to decorate your warmest and most heartfelt wishes for Christmas with glitter and shimmer, there is of course nothing wrong with decorating the selected greeting card motifs with sparkling glitter powder. The easiest way to realize your creative ideas is to use the glue roller. With it you can apply the craft glue precisely and express your ideas. Now you have to cover the beautiful, wintery motifs with glitter powder that will stick to the sticky layer.
Create with fingerprints
Another suggestion for a beautiful Christmas card would be this simple but amazing Christmas tree made with colored fingerprints. If you want to make several cards at the same time, you can also draw the outline of the motif on the computer. You can then personalize the finished template with a nice text and you will immediately have modern Christmas cards to print out. If the card seems too impersonal to you and you have nice handwriting, you can also write your Christmas wishes by hand.
Simple and great Christmas motifs
If you would like to give something unusual and original as a gift, you could use the greeting cards in the picture above as inspiration. As you can see, these great creations actually only require white and red cardboard and, in a sense, abstract thinking. Even if you just portray Santa Claus with his long, fluffy beard andhis obedient helperThanks to his antlers, you can be sure that your homemade Christmas cards will be particularly well received.
For the last minute
If things happen really quickly, then this last-minute idea is particularly suitable. Get a motif punch with the desired winter motif and use it to create great Christmas greeting cards. Glitter stones, glitter powder or various stickers give the self-made card that certain something. You are also spoiled for choice when it comes to the shape and size of the card. Smaller cards can also decorate the gifts and theAdd a festive touch to packaging.
Make your own with trendy colors
Anyone who enjoys painting and wielding a brush with ease and passion could surprise someone they love with a Christmas card they have painted themselves. There can be more sparkle during the Christmas season. In addition to red and white, the colors gold and silver are for theChristmas decorationsparticularly well suited and are also very popular.
If you are not particularly good at the art of painting, you don't have to give up on ideas for an artfully designed Christmas card right away. You can first make a few blots with watercolors on solid cardboard. If the paint has already dried, you can paint the outlines of several Christmas balls with a dark fineliner. Just draw a few lines as a thread. You are welcome to add a few splashes of color between the ornaments. The more imperfect the blobs of color are, the more modern your card will appear.
Design with lettering
If you like, you can decorate your Christmas greeting card with a nice lettering or just choose a card with a beautiful, ornate font. You can create “Merry Christmas” or “Merry Christmas” as a great, colorful chain by drawing little lights. Very simple to imitate and still very beautiful.
Modern design with buttons
You can also make very beautiful, modern Christmas cards yourself using buttons in different colors and very simple lines. Use the black fineliner to draw two little male figures and glue the buttons for the heads. If you want, you can dress the little figures with warm, wintery accessories using fabric, felt or washi tape.
Send modern Christmas greetings
Would you like a true one?Star Wars Fancongratulate you on Christmas who also has a strong sense of humor? You can find a template for the Dart Vader mask online, which you can then print out and cut out. Now your creativity is required. Make the mask more festive by spicing it up with antlers and a red nose, for example.
If you are looking for suggestions for abstract Christmas motifs, then you can use the simplest images to evoke great associations in the recipient and express your wishes in an original way. A festively decorated mug with a hot drink and the short words “Warm Wishes” simply speaks for itself.
