50 Smashing Christmas Card Photoshop Tutorials

It is officially Christmas as the month of December has already started. Since Christmas is the time for remembering friends and families, one of the best thing that we can do to show our love and thank yous for the so many things we receive for the entire year is to send a personalized Christmas card. In designing a Christmas card, we usually include the trademark features of the holiday season such as trees,snow globes, snowflakes, candles, Christmas balls, stockings, gifts, ornaments, snowmen, and of course, Santa Claus.

We tried to pool together in one place all the best 50 Christmas card Photoshop tutorials from around the web to help you create your own unique cards in Photoshop. Some of the tutorials are intended for making wallpapers but of course these wallpaper designs can also be used for a card or even gift tags. You’ll learn how to design Christmas trees, snow globes, snowflakes, Christmas candles, Christmas balls and much more. Some designers go even further, taking the time to draw Christmas illustrations or replace old icons with festive ones. Often, designers will draw Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and friends or create a Christmas theme for their website layout

I hope you will have fun designing your unique cards to impress your friends and family. Have a happy holiday season and marry Christmas!

Decorate with Colored Lights

Create a garland only in Photoshop.

Christmas Candle Bridge

Some candles on a nice stand.

3D Snow Globe

Not only the snowman or the landscape is designed in this tutorial. Even a snow globe.

Christmas Holly tutorial

The traditional decoration in comic style.

Frost

An ice-cold lettering. Frozen letters in Photoshop.

Christmas Ornament

Learn how to make a shiny glass ornament with a snowflake motif for the holidays.

Christmas Glass Ornaments

Shiny balls, which were decorated.

Merry Christmas

Create another Christmas through this tutorial.

Christmas Tree

This tutorial will guide you in creating a Christmas tree.

Christmas or New Year Card

Use Photoshop in creating a card for the holiday season.

Christmas Night Wallpaper Tutorial

Learn how to make Christmas Night wallpaper using Photoshop.

Holiday Card Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to draw up your own festive Christmas holiday card in Photoshop.

Snow Text Photoshop Tutorial

This tutorial teaches you how to create nice looking snow effect on your text, you can use the effect on christmas themed graphics.

Christmas Tree Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to create your own Christmas tree wallpaper in Photoshop.

Christmas Candle Photoshop Tutorial

Create cute Christmas glowing candle from scratch in Photoshop.

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3D Snow Globe Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to make a snow globe in Adobe Photoshop.

Christmas Tree Photoshop Tutorial

Learn how to create an abstract Christmas tree design.

A Glittery Christmas Card in Photoshop

Here is an easy way to create a beautiful Christmas card to send to your friends or clients. This Photoshop tutorial makes use of some icons that you can download (link is provided) and of course some brushes andlayer effects.

Wish You a Merry Christmas Card

Although the Photoshop tutorial is intended for making wallpapers, you can also use the steps to create a beautiful Christmas Card. A very well explained and easy to follow tutorial whioch mainly makes use of the pen tool and the gradient tool in Photoshop.

Merry Christmas Tree Design Tutorial

This Photoshop tutorial teaches you how to create a stylized tree design with stars using custom shapes, gradients and brush tool.

Design Card with Tree Balls in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial teaches you how to design a simple Christmas card in Photoshop. I hope you enjoy this tutorial and that it inspires you to create your own postcard for Christmas!

Create and Decorate Tree in Photoshop

In this tutorial I will give you some tips on how to create and decorate Christmas tree with balls and stars. You will learn how to add a Layer Style, draw Christmas balls with Ellipse Tool, apply brushes, customize brushes etc.

Create a Christmas card in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how a Christmas card can be designed with Photoshop. You will learn, how to create Christmas ball, draw snowflakes, customize brushes etc.

Make a Sketchy Wallpaper

This tutorial will show how we can create a sketchy wallpaper for Christmas this year! We shall cover water coloring, pencil sketching and somesimple lighting effects. It will be good if you are working with a pen and tablet.

Xmas Wrapped Text Effect

In this Photoshop tutorial, you will learn how to wrap up your text like a set of christmas presents. Useful to use when making Christmas cards or gift tags.

Xmas Tree Wallpaper in Photoshop

A short Photoshop tutorial on how to create a christmas tree wallpaper in photoshop. This design can also be used for e-cards or gifttags for your gifts.

Christmas Ornament Balls

In just a few simple steps, you will learn how to create a nice and shiny glass and red ornaments for Christmas themed graphics and designs.

How to Create Xmas Balls in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial lets you create Christmas balls in Photoshop that you can use in designing your Christmas cards, gift tags, wallpapers, etc.

How to Create A Christmas Card in Photoshop

This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to make a Christmas card that you can print out on some nice paper and send to your friend and family. We will be using shapes excessively to draw different shapes like a Santa Claus and Christmas trees therefore this tutorial will start with a short introduction to the different tools used while working with shapes.

Christmas Stars

This tutorial shows you how to design wallpaper, that can we can use on the web, or any other practical use.

New Year or Christmas Card

A short Photoshop tutorial to help you come up with a unique New Year or Christmas card that you can send out to friends.

Create a Christmas design using Photoshop

In this tutorial, you’ll go through easy steps and techniques to design beautiful Christmas wallpaper or even an e-card to send to your friends.

How to Create A Christmas Wreath

Here is an easy way to create a Christmas Wreath in Photoshop that you can use in your christmas themed designs.

Christmas Ornaments Lights Balls

In this tutorial we will learn how to design red with lights Christmas balls wallpaper.

Christmas Color Conceptual Graphic

If you are tired of the tradition Christmas designs, here is how to make a rather abstract Christmas tree and background design you can use for Christmas cards, gift tags, etc.

Create Your Own Snowflakes

Do you like winter and miss this season? In this way this tutorial special for you! We will create snowflakes everywhere.

Night Before Christmas

A Photoshop tutorial to help you create a fun christmas designs for your cards, tags, wallpapers. Kids will enjoy this kind of illustration.

A Great Holiday Wallpaper with Christmas Balls

Learn how to create a great holiday wallpaper with Christmas Balls, snowflakes.

A Very Snowy Tutorial

Use Photoshop and Illustrator in creating a snow-scene in this tutorial.

Christmas Shiny Background

This tutorial will help you create Christmas background.

Merry Christmas Tree Design

Use Photoshop to create a Christmas tree for your design.

Holiday Wreath

Learn to create Christmas wreath in Photoshop through the techniques in this tutorial.

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Create Christmas wallpaper through the above techniques in Photoshop.

Christmas Tree Ornament

In this tutorial, you will be guided to create Christmas tree ornament in Photoshop.

Photoshop Christmas Tree

In this tutorial, you will be given another set of techniques to create a Christmas tree in Photoshop.

Merry Christmas tree design

Again: Stars guarantee for the shape of the tree.

Fresh Christmas Tree

Some ornaments and stars give a Christmas tree.

Christmas Wallpaper

An abstract Christmas tree. As in a dream or underwater.