There’s something extra special about handmade Christmas crafting, and LetterPress is a beautiful way to give your festive projects a personal and professional finish. Combining crisp inked designs with delicate debossed detail, LetterPress makes it easy to create Christmas cards and gift tags that look impressive.
From colourful Christmas lights to traditional holly and wintry ice skates, we’ve put together six LetterPress Christmas craft ideas to inspire your festive making. Each design shows a different way to use colour, layout and embellishments, so whether your Christmas style is traditional, contemporary or somewhere in between, there’s plenty of inspiration to get you started.
1. Colourful Christmas Lights Card
Brighten someone's Christmas with a string of colourful festive lights! This fun design uses a repeated Christmas lights to create an all-over background. Instead of keeping every bulb the same colour, alternate between festive reds, blues and softer shades to make the design feel playful.
A simple ‘Happy Holidays’ sentiment positioned in the centre gives the card a clear focal point without taking attention away from the colourful background. Finish with a scattering of gems for just a hint of Christmas sparkle.
2. Driving Home for Christmas Card
Sometimes, less really is more. This clean and simple Christmas card puts one adorable festive image right at the heart of the design. The little red car carrying its Christmas tree creates a wonderfully nostalgic festive scene, while the ‘Season's Greetings’ sentiment underneath keeps the overall design beautifully balanced.
Colouring the car in a bold festive red makes it pop against the white background, while a dark teal layer and kraft card blank add warmth and contrast.
3. Traditional Christmas Bauble Gift Tag
LetterPress isn't just for Christmas cards – it can transform your gift wrapping too!
This layered tag features a classic hanging Christmas bauble pressed onto white cardstock and coloured using soft red and green tones. Small red pearl embellishments add dimension to the decoration and make the bauble feel even more festive.
Layer the finished design onto a larger red tag before adding natural twine and tying it into a bow. The ‘Christmas Wishes’ sentiment makes this a lovely finishing touch for presents, gift bags or even handmade Christmas treats.
4. Winter Snowflake Christmas Gift Tag
For something a little cooler, swap traditional reds and greens for frosty blues. This simple Christmas gift tag combines a blue ombré background with delicate snowflakes, stars and a ‘Merry Christmas’ sentiment. Small gems placed in the centres of the larger snowflakes add a subtle touch of sparkle without overwhelming the design.
Layering the white panel onto navy cardstock gives the tag definition, while metallic ribbon provides the perfect finishing touch.
5. Holly Jolly Christmas Card
Bring traditional Christmas foliage into your LetterPress crafting with a beautifully simple holly and greenery design.
Press your festive foliage vertically down one side of the card panel, leaving plenty of white space around the design. Soft greens and touches of pink or red can then be added to the leaves and berries to bring the image to life.
The ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ sentiment keeps things cheerful, while rich red matting and coordinating ribbon bring traditional Christmas colour into the finished card.
6. Cosy Ice Skates Christmas Card
Embrace frosty winter days with this charming ice skate design. The pressed skates are coloured in soft icy blues, with subtle sparkle adding a magical frosted finish. A simple ‘Cosy Season’ sentiment complements the illustration perfectly.
To add more detail without making the card feel too busy, create a snowflake border along one side of a pale blue card panel. Layer your main LetterPress piece onto darker cardstock and position it slightly off-centre so the snowflakes remain visible.
The combination of pale blue, white and deep navy creates a crisp winter colour palette that's perfect for Christmas cards beyond the traditional red and green.
Get Creative with LetterPress This Christmas
One of the best things about LetterPress Christmas crafting is just how versatile it can be. The same press plate can look completely different depending on your colour palette, cardstock, layout, and finishing touches.
Keep things clean and simple with a single pressed image, create your own repeating backgrounds, experiment with colourful markers or add ribbon, gems and dimensional embellishments for extra festive detail.
