For inspiration, browse through this photo gallery of homemade holiday cards, check out the Christmas Reference Photos and list of techniques for cards, then get painting your holiday cards!
Christmas 2010 by John Quinlan
Some years ago I painted a "Chapel in the Moonlight" that my wife really liked. I ended up selling it and she was very mad at me. So I decided to do one for the Christmas card this year. This card is…
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A New Zealand Christmas by Nicky
In New Zealand we have a NZ version of the 12 days of Christmas -- instead of five golden rings we have '5 big fat pigs'... (We have kunekune pigs here that grow enormous.) So that was my inspiration…
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2011: Dragon for Christmas by Natalya Kalugina
The next year will be a year of Black Water Dragon. So my subject was determined by this. I used my imagination and some free elements such as MS Word fonts and free stencil of dragon where from I go…
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2011 Christmas Card by Jbqdgq
My inspiration came from a verse in John 8:12 which is the verse inside of the card. It reads, "He said, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but shall have t…
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Santa Card by Mandylou
Inspiration came from reference photos about Christmas. Three of the cards were pictures of Father Christmas, the fourth one is of candles. I started off without any clear idea of what I wanted to pa…
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Seasonal Cards by Ron Raasch
I send a "Rudolph the Reneck Reindeer" card every year with a different scene. I started doing this about ten years ago. During the year I leave myself open inspiration and if something comes to mind…
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New Forest Pony Card by Rod
Walking in the nearby New Forest. Spotted a pony grazing in a clearing. A heavy morning frost led me to visualise it under really snowy conditions. Which in turn led me to the idea of turning it into…
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Circa 1900s Christmas by Rod
Painted from imagination. The idea of folk attending carol service, along with the snow...seemed apt for the Christmas season. CIRCA 1900s to allow one to incorporate horse and carriage and varied dr…
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Christmas Cardinal 2010 by Kathleen Godshall
The cardinal seemed like a good choice for my card. Besides being one of my favorite birds; cardinals stay in our area all through the cold, often sever winter months. I enjoy feeding the birds and s…
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The Dove by Keki43
I decided on the Peace as my Christmas message and looked up different languages. I planned on this being on the inside of the card but when I printed one that inadvertently printed the words on the …
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3-D Christmas Card by Meenohara
Sorry I haven't painted anything except the fan- olded paper I have used as a floor. The idea was to make surprising card which is folded like any other usual card but a small 3-d Christmas appears o…
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Christmas Card by Eds.Ej
I inspired the guardian angel, because its gift of love and light to our savior. I gathered some Christmas magazine and some material from making of scrapbook that will be my reference to paint the c…
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Winter Christmas by Profdw
I like winter seasonal cards for Christmas and I thought a winter scene with a deer in the woods would be pretty in gold tones. I used a deer picture as reference. To accent the gold tones I added a …
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Winter Sunset by S Haley
Inspiration was our Women Outreach Theme Dinner, the 17th of this month. took me a nine days to paint. We knew how we would decorate and what color theme so it was my job to paint the window scene. W…
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Merry Christmas Penguins by MPGovernale
I wanted to thank a friend who gave me tickets for a big exhibition. She likes singing in a choir. I wanted to make singing penguins, and used images of the supremes for flipper movements and poses. …
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Christmas Baubles by Kammwatercolor
Christmas is not just white, but very colorful instead. Red, Green, Gold, Silver, Brown, ...... So, Christmas decoration is my theme.This is the first year that I painted Christmas cards for my frien…
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Happy Hollydays by Natalya Kalugina
I used to paint in MS Paint before I started to paint on canvas. As I never use usual mail I decided to create this image to be sent to my friends. Happy Christmas! Best wishes for the year of White …
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Shoveling Holiday Greetings Your Way by Shrl
I wanted to paint a winter scene and found a reference photo with two people shoveling snow which appealed to me. I used artistic license to create my own version into what I thought would make be a …
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Christmas 2010 by Victoria
For my 2010 Christmas painting, I used my granddaughters as models. My son sent me a poorly lit cell phone photo that I decided to use for this painting but painted it brighter and painterly, since m…
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Happy Holidays by Gina
I wanted to stay away from the snow-covered trees and snowman clichés. My original idea was a starry night with the stars being produced by salt crystals. At first I mixed up a beautiful indigo …
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Powhatan Barn by Sue Leary
Blue Ridge is a barn in New Hampshire and scenery in the Blue Ridge Mountain in Virginia, USA. I have photos which I used parts of to make the painting.The Powhatan Barn is actually on the road to my…
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Suzanne by SApthorpe
My granddaughter dressed as an angel for a church play. I thought she looked so adorable and would look perfect on a Christmas card.Every year I do one painting that I plan to use for Christmas cards…
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Robin Linocut Christmas Card by Marion Boddy-Evans
Many a Christmas card design has featured a robin, a bird I do love. They hop about so cheerfully, and provide a splash of colour in the garden. When I've been out gardening, one inevitably comes alo…
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My First Christmas Cards by VW
I live in Wisconsin, and for the first time that I can remember, we did NOT have snow for Thanksgiving yet. My four boys were begging me to paint something with snowmen to hang up. This was the first…
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Winter Sunset by Fltangel
My natural love of Christmas and winter scenes was the inspiration for the paintings. Painting landscapes of spirit and consciousness in nature, it is also a way of escape for me. I travel inward, ex…
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Joy to the World by JAlida
Christmas has always been celebrated in my family with a candlelight service in church on Christmas Eve. As a child, rising to go out into the dark, starry or snowy night was like entering a dream wo…
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