Although cards are not quite popular as options for gifts considering the materialistic nature of people nowadays, they can still be at par with their more sophisticated competition especially when you opt to use personalised Christmas cards. When people get greeting cards that look professional, they get impressed. Once they find out that you took time to fashion the greeting cards yourself, they would even be more amazed since you took time and think about how the card would make them feel more special. In this way they would treasure more the gift that they received from you.

The big question, however, is how you could come up with a great design given the limited knowledge that you have. The following tips can help you make Christmas cards that would surely create an impression.

1. Prioritize simplicity and cleanliness. This is a very important piece of advice that you could use especially if you are still learning the ropes of designing. Do not overcrowd your design with images and texts. The simpler it is, the cleaner your card will look. There are cases that graphics become too overpowering that the design becomes too heavy in the eyes. In fact, if you could just tone down the graphics and focus more on the message, that would be better since the most important part of your card is the message that you want to impart to whoever is going to receive it.

2. Borrow card layouts from known printing companies. The most painful and time-consuming part of creating a card design is the layout. If you are not so confident with your skills in coming up with a layout design, then there are a lot of websites from which you could get ideas. One tip when choosing a layout is to make sure that it is easy to use and it is just right for the effect that you want to achieve.

3. Do not try to sell borrowed layouts. Do not ever dare of selling the things that you make especially if you just grabbed the layout from commercial websites. This would cause you trouble in the future. After all, one of your goals why you opted to give a personalised greeting card to your friend is to make sure that your gift is unique.

4. Learn the basics of creating graphics. You do not need to be very good with graphics designs. A simple know-how of the basic tools is already enough. Thus, do not be discouraged if you are not so good with using design software. Remember, it is your idea that counts.

5. Use quality photographs. Make sure that the pictures that you use do not blur when you print the card. People are very quick to criticize. They easily see the faults more than the good side. The last thing that you would need would be a criticism from the person you are going to give the card to. This would surely ruin all of your effort to impress.

6. Look for quality printing. No matter how you carefully thought of the design and no matter how good it looks as a soft copy, if the printed version does not deliver well, then all of your effort will inevitably go to waste.

The very basic idea that you should follow when making your own personalised Christmas cards is to stretch your imagination and creativity. Do not let the notion that you are not born with a creative streak stop you from producing your own designs. Everybody has the potential of creating something and amusing their friends and their loved one with their ideas. It is just a matter of seeking inspiration from your recipient's appreciation and using the recipient's profile to lead you in conceptualizing how you want the card to look like.