Kia ora Koutou
If you’re searching for a handmade Christmas card idea that feels soft, elegant and a non-traditional, this pink, white and glitter-gold design is perfect for your holiday crafting. In this tutorial, I’m sharing how I created a festive card featuring birds, poinsettias, a graceful deer and a hot-foiled sentiment — all combined to create a modern yet classic Christmas look.
Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creation.
The Inspiration
This colour palette — pink, white and glitter gold — adds a fresh, feminine twist to traditional Christmas themes. The warm gold sparkle pairs beautifully with soft pinks and crisp winter whites, making the whole card feel bright, polished and luxurious.
Adding birds and a deer brings in a peaceful woodland touch, while the hot-foiled sentiment delivers that professional, high-end shine.
The Design
I started with a crisp white base and added layers of soft pink and white cardstock for a gentle, wintry glow. Then I added a gorgeous swirled white frame with a shadow of pink to frame the star elements of poinsettias, birdies and a sweet deer and a lovely bow. Add a sparkly hot foiled sentiment in a gorgeous white frame and you have a card that will delight your friends and family and become a family keepsake.
1. Build the Base Layer
Start with a clean white card base. Add layers of soft pink and white cardstocks to create a warm, modern backdrop. For extra sparkle I have added glitter-gold cardstock over the top white layer to add some oomph to the background. Use foam tape to add depth and dimension to the layers for extra interest.
Die cut a decorative white frame shadowed with pink cardstock to the front of the card and then add another elegant hemstitched square frame in white shadowed with glittery gold to the top with foam tape for extra dimension.
2. Hot-Foil the Sentiment
Choose a festive sentiment—“Merry Christmas,” “Season’s Greetings,” or “Peace & Joy.” Here I have used a decorative hot foil plate with flourishes, a sparkly snowflake in the centre, and a Christmas greeting in a framed circle. Hot-foil it in glittering gold for maximum shine. This step elevates the entire card and adds that luxury, boutique-card finish.
3. Create the Poinsettias
Die-cut the poinsettias in pearlised card and colour with soft pink ink, then layer them before adding to the bottom left of the frame. Add pink irridescent gems to the centres of the flowers for extra sparkly accents. Using a pearl card for the flowers adds shine to the card and adds to the luxury feel of the card.
4. Add the Birds and Deer
Arrange two small birds nestled among the poinsettias on an elegant sparkly gold and white flourish to bring charm and movement to the design. And then place a delicate deer silhouette with glittery gold antlers on the other side of the frame. The woodland mix adds balance and a peaceful Christmas feel.
5. Add Finishing Details
A pretty glittery gold bow with a pink iridescent gem in the middle was added to the top of the inner frame to create a festive feel to the card.
Soft pink gems were also added to the centre of the foiled snowflake and around the corners inside the frame.
Pro tip
Stack two die cuts for the birds, deer, antlers and bow together for extra strength when adding around a frame.
This card is soft, festive, elegant—and full of Christmas sparkle. Perfect for anyone who loves a modern yet whimsical holiday aesthetic.
Share the Joy
I’d love to know — do you like doing non-traditional cards for Christmas?
And don’t forget to pin this project for later inspiration — you’ll definitely want to revisit it when the Christmas card-making mood hits! 🎄
✂️ Supplies I Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:
S5-367 Flourished Square
S4-929 Hemstitch Squares
S5-430 Holiday Word Blocks
S5-428 Holly Frame Gala
S5-429 Snowflake Splendor
GLP-97 Filigree Glimmer Wreaths
S4-1239 Holiday Label Motif (sparkly poinsettia centres)
S4-1244 Sugarplum Tweets (flourish for the birds to sit on)
Other Products:
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Pink Sand
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White – 110 Ib cardstock
House of Paper White Cardstock – 300 gsm
Spellbinders Hot Foil – Aura Prism
Altenew Fresh Dye Ink – Cotton Candy
Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold
Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Ballet Slippers
Bearly Art Glue
Foam Tape/strips
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Happy Crafting
Patricia