Create Festive Magic with Easy-to-Make Holiday Cards
The holiday season is the perfect time to add a special, personalized touch to your greetings. With Bella Carta Design's easy-to-make SVG templates for your cutting machine (like Cricut or Silhouette), you can create professional-quality, beautiful cards that your friends and family will cherish. Forget generic store-bought cards—a handmade greeting instantly makes the recipient feel special and adds a memorable touch to your holiday wishes.
Why Choose Bella Carta Design Card Templates?
Our templates are designed to take the guesswork out of crafting, allowing you to focus on the joy of creating:
Interactive & Fun:
Many of our designs feature unique folding or layered elements that spring to life, offering a delightful surprise when opened.
Simple to Customize:
Easily change colors, switch cardstock weights, or add your own personal message to make each card truly unique.
Designed for Success: Our ready-to-cut SVG files and clear instructions simplify the process, whether you're a beginner or an experienced crafter.
Featured Easy-to-Make Holiday Cards
Get started on your holiday crafting with these stunning templates from our collection:
1. Christmas Village Accordion Card
This charming three-sectioned folded card depicts a winter village nestled in the mountains.
Design Highlight:
This is a simple, cut-only card that doesn't require any glue for the card itself. When fully open, it measures 10 by 7 inches.
Best for:
Sending a simple, festive scene that folds flat and fits easily into its custom A7 envelope.
Product Link: Christmas Village Accordion Card
2. Victorian Christmas Village Card
Capture the spirit of a classic holiday with this three-sectioned folded card showing Santa and his reindeer flying over a charming Victorian neighborhood at midnight.
Design Highlight:
Like the Accordion Card, this is a simple, cut-only card that does not require glue for assembly. The finished card fits easily into the included custom A7 envelope.
Best for:
Crafters who want an elegant, layered look without the mess of glue.
Product Link: Victorian Christmas Village Card
3. Winter Forest Tri Fold Card
This four-paneled, folded card features a serene scene of a deer in a birch forest set against a snowy, mountainous night sky.
Design Highlight:
When closed, the card measures 5 by 7 inches, but it unfolds to a stunning 7 by 20 inches when fully open. It comes with a custom A7 envelope that has a Christmas tree decoration closure.
Best for:
An elegant greeting that doubles as a mini display piece.
Product Link: Winter Forest Tri Fold Card
4. Christmas Village Tea Light Décor
This unique template creates a 3D paper holiday tea light decoration—not just a card! It is designed to hold three LED tea light candles.
Design Highlight:
You assemble the village with a series of interlocking slots and folds. For safety, always use
ONLY
battery-operated LED tea lights.
Best for:
Gifting a unique item that serves as both a greeting and a beautiful piece of holiday décor.
Product Link: Christmas Village Tea Light Card
5. City Skyline Holiday Card
This unique template creates a 3D paper holiday tea light decoration—not just a card! It is designed to hold three LED tea light candles.
Design Highlight:
As a tri-folded card, it measures 4 by 7 inches when folded and opens out to an 11-inch wide by 7-inch tall display.
Best for:
Sending modern holiday greetings or a special message to friends in the city.
Product Link: City Skyline Holiday Card
6. Hanukkah Menorah Card
This lovely card features a detailed Menorah, lighted for all the days of Chanukah.
Design Highlight:
It's a layered card designed to be 5" x 7" and can fit in any A7 envelope or the coordinating template provided.
Best for:
Creating a beautiful, personalized card to add a special touch to your Hanukkah gifts.
Product Link: Hanukkah Menorah Card
7. Christmas Reindeer Layered Card
A simple but elegant layered card project featuring a beautiful reindeer design.
Design Highlight:
As a 5" x 7" (A7) tri-folded card, the card base is folded at the score, and the reindeer piece is glued onto the front. The coordinating envelope has a unique closure where the reindeer antlers slip into a slot on the flap.
Best for:
A traditional and classic Christmas greeting.
Product Link: Christmas Reindeer Layered Card
8. Peace Love and Mistletoe Holiday Card
Sometimes simple is best! This easy-to-assemble card is perfect for quick holiday crafting.
Best for:
Batch-creating a large quantity of cards in a hurry.
Product Link: Peace Love and Mistletoe Holiday Card
Tips for Making the Best Cards
For the best results with any card template, remember these crafting basics:
Use Quality Cardstock:
An 80 lb or even a 65 lb cardstock works best for clean cuts and crisp, sturdy folds.
Score Lines are Key:
Always score your fold lines before folding to prevent the cardstock from cracking and ensure your pieces fold neatly.
Fold Both Ways:
A helpful trick is to fold all scored lines a few times in both the mountain and valley directions to make them more flexible, helping the final card lay flat.
Ready to make something extraordinary this holiday season? Find all these templates and more at Bella Carta Design!
Which of these templates are you most excited to try first?