Try these brilliant Christmas card ideas with your Cricut machine

cricut christmas cards on a table
Use your Cricut to make these fab Christmas cardsCharlotte Millington - Hearst Owned

Are you looking for unique and creative ways to make your own Christmas cards this year? Look no further than your trusty Cricut machine! Whether you have a Cricut Maker, Cricut Joy, or the new Cricut Joy Xtra, you can use it to create beautiful and personalised Christmas cards.

With its versatile cutting capabilities and endless design options, the Cricut is the perfect tool for crafting one-of-a-kind cards that your loved ones will cherish.

Making your own Christmas cards is a fantastic way to start off your festive crafting, plus it’s an activity that can involve the whole family! Adults can take charge of the cutting (whether with scissors or your Cricut), and the kids can unleash their creativity by arranging and sticking various embellishments to create a one-of-a-kind greetings card masterpiece.

If you’re in need of some Cricut Christmas ideas, look no further than this list of our favourite designs for Cricut Christmas cards. Each design has its own step-by-step tutorial and can be made on any Cricut machine.

You can also use your Cricut to make envelopes for your cards as well as a whole host of Christmas decorations such as cardstock Christmas villages, garlands, tree ornaments and even a DIY Christmas jumper. Trust us, investing in one of these machines will be totally worth it and seriously up your crafting game!

Which Cricut machine should be on your Christmas list this year?

With such a range of Cricut products to choose from, it can be difficult to know which machine to opt for.

Beginner crafter
If you're looking to get crafty in the new year and want a good starter set up then the Cricut Joy, along with a selection of the Cricut Smart materials and an EasyPress mini, will give you everything you need to produce some amazing projects and give you a good taste of what amazing things the Cricut can do.

Crafting pro
If you're a seasoned crafting pro and want a set-up that gives you the most options and could even help you start a new side hustle for 2023, we'd suggest the Cricut Maker 3, as it's the most powerful cutting machine in the range.

If you're looking to work with HTV to make personalised clothing, then one of the larger EasyPress heat presses will be a godsend, and if you want to try out making custom mugs and drinkware, the Cricut Mug press is the perfect companion machine.

Crafty Cricut Christmas card ideas

Here are our step-by-step guides to making your own Christmas cards using your Cricut machine – it couldn't be easier! And they're as much fun to make as they are to send to your friends and family.

3D Christmas tree card

christmas tree card
Charlotte Millington - Hearst Owned

Who said Christmas cards need to be 2D? We've got a brilliant step-by-step guide to making a 3D Christmas tree card on your Cricut machine. We've even got instructions on how to make the Christmas tree collapsible to pop the card in the post.

Which Cricut machine?

You can use any of the Cricut machines to make this card.

MAKE IT!

Stylish snowflake card

snowflake cricut card
Charlotte Millington - Hearst Owned

This lovely snowflake card is built up using multiple layers of card stock, with glittery sheets adding a sparkly finish. It's so much fun to make and perfect to pop in the post to family and friends.

Which Cricut machine?

This card can be made on any model of Cricut machine.

MAKE IT!

Super snowman card

snowman card
Charlotte Millington - Hearst Owned

This snowman card is a super sweet creation – your friends and family will love receiving it! And it's a great card making project to work on with kids, too. Cut out all the pieces on your Cricut machine first, then lay them out for little ones to build their own snowman.

Which Cricut machine?

This project would be possible to do on any model of Cricut machine.

MAKE IT!


If these Cricut Christmas card ideas don't take you fancy, we've got plenty of other festive themed projects to try your hand at:

Do you love crafting? Share your creations with us by tagging @primamag in your pictures on Instagram!

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