What to Write in a Christmas Card for Preschool Parents
Photo: Caroline Arber Styling: Ben Kendrick
Learning how to make your own Christmas cards needn't take as much time or skill as you might think, these simple ideas will be sure to impress friends and family this festive season
Many companies sell sets of boxed, blank cards and envelopes for just this purpose, making the job much easier. And, if you don't think your freehand artistic skills are up to the task, there are some clever ways to produce lovely designs very easily and economically.
For blanks sets of cards, try Paperchase who sell sets of good quality white cards and envelopes or Hobbycraft who have a large selection of plain colours.
Stamps
The easiest cards to make are with pre-cut stamps which you can buy. Try Noolibird who supplied the stamp above. This company supply a variety of appealing folk-style designs along with inks and pads. Stamped cards are really quick and easy to make and using coloured inks on a neutral background, as in the example above, looks particularly professional. Designs cost between £10 and £15. For a wide variety of stamps and materials try The English Stamp Company.
Rollered designs
You can use decorating rollers which are traditionally used for creating designs on walls as an alternative to wallpaper but these work well on other mediums, for printing fabric or stationery. The Painted House do a lovely selection. again these are quick and easy to use on small scale projects and you can use ordinary emulsion paints. See our December issue, on sale 4 November, for more ideas.
Repurposed materials
Source attractive vintage materials to turn into cards. In the above image we used old damaged sheet music and customised it with a fabric ribbon, a little bell and a small window cut through to reveal a tiny image taken from a vintage Christmas card. All the materials were found at charity and car boot fairs. For the matierials, try Hobbycraft.
Paper design
Papercut designs using tissue or coloured papers are quick to make and, again, very inexpensive. The designs above were cut using interesting papers with texture or watery dip-dyed styles, all from Paperchase.
Lino cuts
Finally if you have more time to spend and are feeling creative a custom-made lino cut allows you to easily produce multiple design that you can personalise. Create your design with soft pencil on tracing paper. Fix face-down to an A6 linoblock and transfer the design by rubbing with the back of a spoon. Cut out the design using lino-cutting tools removing the areas you want to keep white. Use a roller and ink to transfer the design as for stamped designs above. A simple design like the stars here is much the easiest.
We'd love to see your own take on how to make your own Christmas cards. Tweet us your designs @countrylivinguk
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What to Write in a Christmas Card for Preschool Parents
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