- The possibilities for decorating homemade Christmas cards are almost endless. Depending on your level of artistic ability, you can use watercolors to paint an image on plain white cardstock or cut out a pre-stamped image to attach to your card with double-sided tape or glue. Images appropriate for a Christmas card vary from traditional red, white, and green wreaths, Christmas trees, and boughs of holly to blue and white winter scenes such as a snowy night sky or snowman.
- If you are not particularly artistic, make your family portrait the decoration for your Christmas card. You can have these professionally made at a portrait studio, or simply attach the photo to the front of a blank card with double-sided tape or glue. Write a few lines on the inside of the card about each family member. Your recipients will appreciate the updated news and photo.
- Some websites, such as 123printcards.com and printable-greetings.com, allow you to select a template from a variety of Christmas cards, fill in a greeting, and then print the card to your home printer. The card prints out as a single sheet, which you then fold into a card shape. This is a handy method for making cards at home if you are short on time.
- A creative way to make your card look elegant is to add texture with embellishments. For example, if you are using a Christmas tree as a decoration for the front cover of your card, add some small beads to the tree with a glue gun, or add some real ribbon to a picture of a present. Another way to add elegance is to use textured or embossed paper for the base of the card.