Amusing Christmas card

Funny festive greetings for your loved ones

Fancy adding a touch of humour to your festive greetings this year? Or maybe you simply want to create a little extra Christmas cheer? If so, check out this fun greetings card idea featuring a cat sat in the Christmas tree. We drew our design using edding 1340 glitter brush pens. Available in a range of glittery colours, they’re perfect for adding sparkly touches to your Christmas cards in a matter of moments. Thanks to their flexible brush nib, the pens are ideal for creating both fine and broad brush strokes.

Categories: Christmas
Craft your own cards
Products: Fibre and felt pens
Materials: Paper, carton and cardboard
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Downloads: Images (ZIP)

Step-by-step

Step 1

You can see everything you need for this project in the picture below. In our example, we’ve chosen to use edding glitter brush pens in blue, red, light green, violet and black.

Step 2

Start by downloading and printing a copy of the card design. If the paper you’re using is thin enough, you may be able to trace the design onto your paper. However, most greetings cards are made from thicker card, in which case you’ll need to copy the design onto your card using a pencil. Once your pencil outline is complete, colour in the Christmas-tree branches using your light green glitter pen.

Step 3

Next, bring the tree to life by adding a few dashes of blue that are wider in the middle of the branch and become narrower at the tips. Thanks to their brush nib, the glitter pens are perfect for this.

Step 4

Colour the broken baubles (shown here in red and violet). You can also add finer details using the very tip of the brush nib.

Step 5

Finally, use your black glitter pen to draw round the outline of the cat and add the speech bubble with the words “Ho ho oh”. The tip of the brush nib is ideal for this, too. And that’s it – your greetings card is ready!