Holiday Card Templates

If you are a portrait photographer, you are knee deep in holiday planning right now.  While most folks start thinking about Christmas around, oh, Thanksgiving - photographers need to start planning WELL in advance. 

There are only so many hours in the day so if you can't get your customers to start thinking about holiday family sessions and gift orders early, you'll be working into the wee hours the week before Christmas trying to get those prints ready.

To help make your holiday season more profitable and more efficient, you might want to consider purchasing some holiday card templates.  There are lots of folks selling them and typically they are layered PSD files to allow you to customize them for your customer.  I already have several customers who have expressed interest in getting their holiday cards from recent portrait sessions and I'm happy to have a bunch of templates to show them.

Of course, I've not been shy about noting that one of my favorite template designers is Jamie Schultz.  Her templates are always fresh and clean and they are VERY easy to work with.   These samples are from her holiday line - I have all three sets!  Check out her holiday card designs here ready for purchase.

Another designer that I've purchased from in the past is Heather McBride.  She has both classic styles and well as fun modern styles including some with animal print.  So check out her holiday card templates too (scroll down on her blog to find the posts about holiday cards).

Haven't found what you want yet.  Don't worry, there's more.  You can check out Diana Hall's fresh modern holiday cards here.  Not ready to invest in a set of cards or just need one or two templates for yourself?  Check out Pink Ink Studio's Holiday Cards.  Super cute!  I also liked Beyond Red and Green's cards, and they have some trifold which would be a great marketing piece for your studio too.  They sell individual templates or get a discount when you buy more! 

Need more?  There are more!!!  Check out Heidi Kruger Creations holiday cards.  And check out Design Aglow for something different!  Okay, that should keep you busy for a little while.  If you've found some great holiday card templates from another source, please leave a comment!

Edited to Add: Thanks Scott for the tip about Swiss Miss Cards.

Edited to Add: Image Garden Design has great vintage styled card templates available too!  Thanks to the Pay it Forward blog for the find.

Edited to Add: Elentari Designs is bound to be a new favorite of mine.  I love the textured look of their templates and know they would print great on the watercolor paper that I prefer to work with.   I think I found the template I want for my Christmas cards. Found via the Pay It Forward website.

Edited to Add: Lisa Reichman Design found on the I Love Photography forum!  And Savvy Designs too.

Comments

[Angela]

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[andie]

thanks for including a link to our store!!
Andie

[scott neumyer]

And don't forget Amy Wenzel's 'Swiss Miss' Templates! They rock! :)

[Patricia]

What about Jonathan Penny? (although not templates beautiful art cards)

[Jamie Schultz]

Thank you so much for the kind words about my cards. I'm so glad to hear you like them! Best wishes to you!

[Rachel Ward]

Hi Jessica. Just happened upon your blog whilst I was viewing stats. Thanks for the kind words! So glad you like the designs.

And will definitely bookmark your blog. Looks like you've got a wealth of info here!

Cheers,
Rachel

[Christine Bentley]

Does anyone know any great links to digital paper that we can use to create our own layouts and cards? All I can find are sites that sell copyrighted digital paper that I wont be able to use to sell clients anything....any suggestions?

[Kim Calakoutis]

Thanks for this! This is exactly what I was looking for

[Christina Kjar]

great links to christmas card templates - found just what I needed! can't wait to explore the rest of your blog!

[JimTexas]

I just saw your post on twitter about feral hogs in the park and couldn't believe my eyes. I saw the same thing last week, WOW was all I could say. I think this post is excellent and I MAY be inspired to do something creative this holiday season. @JimTexas

[Karen]

Hi. I love both of the templates you are showing here - the one at the top with the circles - and also the one with the large letter M. I looked through the links here - but didn't see those templates. Can you tell me where to purchase them both please? Thank you so much.

Karen

[Robin Long]

WOW!! I just came across your site and love it! I just started designing card templates for photographers after selling to the general public for the past 8 years. Once I get going, I plan on making some templates to give back! I luv the whole concept of your blog!

[Sonja Revells]

I've just found your blog. Can you tell me who can print these templates once you buy them? I am a professional photographer that wants to offer these services to my clients just don't know where to get the actual cards printed.

[Jessica]

Hi Sonja! There are many pro labs that will do press printed products. I use White House Custom Color because I LOVE their watercolor paper option. http://www.whcc.com

I'm sure Miller's Lab also provides press printed services.

[Abby]

I also love these two you posted on your site, I couldn't find them in the links. Can you send me in their direction? Thanks

[Nancy]

Did anyone find the cards at the top of this post? I'm looking too. They are soooo cute.

[Jessica]

The cards in this post are from Jaime Schultz but they are from a couple of seasons ago so I don't know if she still offers them.