15 Christmas Card Ideas to Spread Joy This Season
The Christmas tree is up, the gifts are wrapped, everything looks ready for Santa, but — oh no! You forgot to send out the annual holiday card. Don’t stress, because we have Christmas card ideas to get your greetings out in time for the season.
These options are proof you can send out a totally personalized Christmas card without the cardstock or fancy washi tape. But they still have glitter, sparkles, family photos, and all the other ingredients for a festively nostalgic, customized-at-home Christmas card.
Below, you’ll find 15 Christmas Card ideas to spread a little joy this season. And, unlike most DIY cards that require a craft station, these come together in no time at all.
How to Make This Year’s Christmas Card Extra Special
Anyone can send a festive card to spread some cheer, but you can make yours stand out this holiday season. Here’s how to take your annual holiday card tradition from standard to exceptional, with a few easy tips.
Choose an Eye-Catching Design
While it’s your heartfelt holiday message that’ll bring a tear to your loved ones’ eyes, it’s the design that they’ll notice first. Look for one that’s fun, bold, bright, and unexpected. Go for a design that features a dog dressed in festive attire or one that gives off a retro holiday vibe.
Love to keep things classic? We have plenty of designs that work for that too! Our designers have created a collection of traditional Christmas cards that’ll wow your friends and family with their timeless style and elegance.
Make It Feel Personal
One of the best reasons to choose Greenvelope for your online cards this year is how easy they are to personalize. Every design starts as a template that’s ready to go, but it’s the way you personalize it that can transform it into a card with a bespoke feel. There’s a simple step-by-step process too, so the whole thing is easy peasy!
After you’ve completed the difficult task of choosing your template, you have plenty of customization options. Experiment with the layout by moving elements around. Compare different fonts to change the style of the card completely. Add a family photo to one of our photo card designs. Find a color palette that matches your style, or ask our designers to work their magic on a completely unique color scheme for your annual holiday card.
Add Your Own Wording
What really matters most about your holiday card is the message inside. Whether you prefer to keep it short and sweet or write a long note about how grateful you are for your loved ones at this time of year, there’s always room for your Christmas greeting in one of our digital cards.
Take inspiration from some of our favorite Christmas card sayings, write about your hopes for the year ahead, or have a go at writing your own festive poem. You have plenty of time to experiment with your wording before you hit send!
15 Christmas Card Ideas to Light up Your Holiday
When it’s officially the Christmas season, your to-do list is long. You want to send greetings and well wishes to your friends and family, but you just don’t have time to sign all those cards and address the envelopes. Not to worry — with these festive digital Christmas card ideas, you can have them ready quickly without missing the homemade touch.
1. Express a Little Gratitude: Joy Grid Card
Design: Up Up Creative
All of us can use a little gratitude in our lives, particularly around the holidays. What five things are you most thankful for this Christmas season? Share photos of the top five things that bring you joy with this Joy Grid Card, perfect for sharing snapshots of your family, friends, life partners, pets, or travels.
2. Share in Your Success: Metallic Snowflakes Card
Design: Stacey Meacham Design, LLC
Looking for the perfect business Christmas card idea? This Metallic Snowflakes Card is as sharp as your favorite pant suit, ideal for business partners and clients. Express your thanks for their partnership and your well wishes for another successful year.
3. Capture Those You Love Most: Faith Love Hope Card
Design: Banter & Charm
The countdown to Christmas has officially begun. If you were to express the past year in three photos, which would you choose? Show your friends and family a representation of the three things you loved most about this year with this Faith Love Hope holiday card. To finish off your photo card, write three holiday wishes for your family and friends inside.
4. Show Your Wonderful Life: This Merry Life Card
Design: Kate Ross Design
It certainly is a wonderful life, isn’t it? Who is the person (or people) that makes your heart sing? Share a photo of the person — or group of people — you love most in this world. It could be a group shot from your birthday, an engagement photo, or even a selfie taken with your little brother. No matter who makes your life merry, share a photo of them with this colorful Christmas card design.
5. Build the Holiday Excitement: Christmas Countdown Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Did you grow up with an Advent calendar? There is something so nostalgic about seeing a Christmas countdown, placing an X through each day of December, or uncovering a special surprise beneath each day. Build the excitement for the holiday season with this nostalgic Christmas card, and give your friends and family 24 activities to do as part of their online “countdown.”
6. Relive Your Favorite Snow Day: Snow Day Classics Card
Design: TM Stationery
What was your favorite cold weather activity while growing up? Did you love flying on a sled down the hillside? Did you pick up a pair of ice skates or skis? Or did you love building a snowman in your front yard? Whatever it was, reminisce over these snowy activities with this Snow Day Classics Christmas card idea, and write your three favorite snow day memories on the back.
7. Share an Online Scrapbook: Merry Montage Card
Design: Luckybug Designs
Do you love the idea of preserving memories with a scrapbook? Well, you don’t need scissors, glue, or decorative paper to have a crafty morning with the Merry Montage Card. Simply sort through your iPhone, Instagram, and Facebook photos, and select five of your favorites. Play with the fonts and color palette, or go with a pre-chosen selection, making a virtual montage so fun and cheerful it feels like a handmade Christmas card.
8. Make Christmas Cute with an Ornament Card: Gingerbread Cabin Card
Design: Becky Nimoy Stationery
Love to collect Christmas baubles and snow globes? Is your tree filled with all things bright and whimsical? Bring out all those feel-good vibes and childhood memories with this cute Christmas card inspired by a snow globe. Introduce your loved ones to a taste of your pastel-colored holiday wonderland in their inbox.
9. Say It with Words: Neon Tree Card
Design: Kaydi Bishop
If you’re a big fan of all things bright and bold, the Neon Tree Card could be the ideal pick for your holiday card. This fresh, contemporary take on a traditional Christmas tree card feels playful, sparkly, and joyful — everything you want the holiday season to be.
10. Enjoy a Festive Joke: Latte Art Christmas Card
Design: Kenzie Raposo Illustration
Looking for a funny Christmas card and happen to be a coffee lover? There’s nothing better than this Latte Art Christmas Card. It perfectly blends humor with a gorgeous illustration to give you a snowman card that’s eye-catching and fun.
11. Connect with Those Back Home: City Greetings Card
Design: Signature Greenvelope
Are you away from family this holiday season? Did you leave life back at home for life in the big city? Here’s a fun holiday card idea for the urbanite that you are: Write down a “Top 10 Must-See” list for attractions in the city you now call home, then send it out in this cityscape greeting card. Tell your loved ones your holiday wish is for them to visit you next year and cross things off your sightseeing bucket list.
12. Send a Last-Minute Merry Christmas: New Year Magic Card
Design: Anna K Design
Did the holidays completely fly by this year? Are you really wishing your family and friends a “happy New Year” because you’re sending this out on the 26th of December? No worries! It’s the thought that counts. Try this modern New Year’s greeting card. The fun message and bright colors make it the perfect, last-minute way to wish your friends a happy holiday.
13. Pawfect for Family Photos: By The Fire Card
Design: frau brandt
Want to feature your favorite family photo and a nod to your four-legged friend? Choose the stunning By The Fire Card design. This homemade-feeling Christmas card looks like it was created with watercolor paint, giving you an artsy vibe in just a few clicks.
14. Embrace a New Shape: Jolly Holiday Icons Card
Design: Itsy Belle Studio
Who says Christmas cards have to be rectangular? Ditch tradition and say hello to this adorable Jolly Holiday Icons Card. We adore the whimsical illustrations of Christmas gifts, gingerbread characters, mistletoe, and candy canes. Add your favorite photo on the front and your heartfelt holiday greeting on the reverse side.
15. Share a Message from Santa’s Desk: Letter to Santa Card
Design: Becky Nimoy Stationery
For a Christmas card design that feels completely bespoke, try this Letter to Santa Card. It looks like it’s from the desk of the big man himself, complete with beautiful illustrations and plenty of room to write a personalized message from your family to your loved ones this festive season.
Have a Very Merry Christmas from All of Us at Greenvelope
There’s something so wonderful about the holiday season. It reminds us to count our blessings, remember our wins and successes, and tell our family and friends how much we care about them. Sending a Christmas card made with a personal touch is a sentimental way to wish those you love a Merry Christmas.
Hopefully, these beautiful Christmas card ideas give you a few fun and festive ways to send your season’s greetings. Remember, there are hundreds of designs in our Christmas card collection, so you’re sure to find something you love this year. And, from all of us at Greenvelope, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
