My very first Christmas card collection is now available! Preparing for the launch of the website had kept me super busy all through summer and autumn so I had to work at lightning speed to get my Christmas designs completed and printed in time - luckily, I just made it! 

This year’s range includes 8 designs - each one requiring different techniques and drawing styles. As with the rest of my cards, the designs are intentionally different so I am able to cater to a wider audience.

 

I don’t know about you but I just love ginger….ginger biscuits, ginger in my tea, ginger cake… you get the drift… so it was a no-brainer to include my love for ginger and spice in the Dear Santa collection. Drawing these gingerbread designs was lots of fun; especially creating the powdered effect over the biscuits. This lovely texture can be seen close-up on the cards.

I find Scandinavian prints really pleasing to the eye - it probably has a lot to do with the symmetry and how ‘organised’ the pattern is… definitely a link to my data background! I found the placement of all the different elements a little tricky - creating a balanced and symmetrical design that is visually pleasing is a lot harder than it looks!

I have been reading a lot about typography recently and wanted to experiment with bringing designs and block-lettering together. The traditional Christmas designs look striking against the thick black lines of the lettering. It has been a customer favourite!

I couldn’t introduce the Christmas range without some cute illustrations! I have kept the colour palette and line style fairly simple for this card to appeal to a younger audience. The design is intended to be playful and cute.

This design is a nod to the annual Christmas Jumper Day. Although the jumpers are usually an eye-sore (hence “Ugly” Christmas Jumper), they are great way to get everyone involved in donating money to charity and have a bit of fun.

Joy at Christmas took some time to draw - the designs are intricate and I needed to be careful that I balanced colour with negative space (white space) carefully. The objective was for the design to be the focus so I opted for a limited and traditional colour palette of red, green and gold.

I like the contrast between the solid fill of the letters and the detailed pattern on the bottom half of the words. Unlike Joy at Christmas I have not stuck with a minimalistic colour palette - there are at least 6 colours in this design! I chose a traditional font for this text to give it that festive feel.

Which card is your favourite? Let me know in the comments below!