How to Make Holiday Cards

I hope you choose to do Holiday cards with us this year. We have a variety of fun sizes and unique ideas. We also have awesome prices!!

Here is an instructional video that will help you. CLICK HERE

Here are some important tips:

1. Get a family photo and upload them to your account (look at your summer photos or pick a fall day in Oct. and have a neighbor or photographer take a few shots of the family). I have yet to do this step!

2. Select a template you like (here are my favorites that aren't on the demo video)

TRI FOLD BROCHURE (see office supplies) this is a heavy paper. Gorgeous!!! This does not direct ship, but it also is it's own custom envelope as you fold it and just add the address. My clients are loving this one!) Click here for the templates available. THey come in packs of 20 and cost 22 publishing points ($14.52-$16.50 for club members)

3 panel Family fold This comes with an envelope but doesn't direct ship. Consider doing cute return labels like these Prices on sheet below.

Brochure used for newsletter that you can just insert with your holiday cards. Very inexpensive and amazing quality. These come in the business supplies and they come in packs of 30 for 20 publishing points or ($13.20-$15 for club members)

3. Direct ship or mail them out yourself. I highly recommend direct ship option, but be aware that a few of our cards do not direct ship (only the panel folds, the square cards, the brochures)

****4. Publish your cards in NOVEMBER for 20% off at checkout!!********

See Novemeber pricelist that breaks down the cost for basic clients, Club HM clients, and consultants. If you are not a Club member you can choose to join by just clicking on the word "modify" in the upper left hand corner of your studio account. You also get a sign up special of 100 publishing points for $50 (let me know if you want this). Joining club at the $30, $50 or $100 level is a 3 month investment. Premier is free to our club members and you are getting amazing savings! You can do holiday cards, calendars and other gifts. The video link above explains Club HM at the end. I am happy to visit with you about it as well.

A few of my favorites

Here are a few of my favorite Heritage Makers projects lately... Hope they inspire you to hit PUBLISH and create some fun things this fall.

This is how I celebrate my Halloween with my family: I get my 4 trick-or-treaters all dress up, trick-or-treat, and then gorge on candy all while I take a LOT of photos. Then, when they are all tucked in I make a digital scrapbook page with my favorite photos and stories from the evening in my Heritage Maker's Studio. It takes about 10 minutes and I hit "publish" and when I am done I feel immediate satisfaction knowing I actually did something with those photos that will be enjoyed and treasured. Lastly, my husband go raid the kid's candy buckets!
I have scrapbook pages from the first year we had a child until now (12 years of Halloween fun).

I just add the page to the custom post-bound album I also created in Heritage Makers.

Not sure what to do with all those soccer photos you took? Poster for his or her room! These are my photos and it is hanging in Teague's room. I am very proud of myself! :)


Invited to someone's home this holiday season? What about a little thank you gift to bring with you? See how to do it using this 12x12 scrapbook page:





This is a newsletter you can create and then mail out with your Christmas card. It costs less than color copies and it is so fun!


This is a 8x20 canvas. I love doing these as gifts. I thought this was a nice design. You can see some cute ideas in the template gallery.


This is a poster you can hang somewhere your kids can see it! You can change anything on it to customize, but I think it's pretty sound advice! Also, can change colors and art to match YOUR decor.



This is similar. It costs more, but I think it is worth it. I think this would make a great gift. It is a 16x20 canvas with the optional frame. Again, you can change anything. Might be nice to put your own family "mission statement" here.

We now have a $0.80 card (see above this 4x8 one sided card option) and it DIRECT SHIPS to everyone on your list. Of course Club members don't pay full price. try $0.53-$0.60 and in November everyone gets an additional 20% off all card publishing!

This is a print I did to put on a tile (or frame). I love this quote and I plan to give as a gift to some special friends and my book-club friends.

If you are one of those people who LOVE to one-up others with your fabulous gift wrapping, here is a tag someone designed. How cute is that? I might become a good gift-wrapper after all. These tags were designed on a 12x12 scrapbook page and then cut out.

How about a 12x12 CANVAS for a gift to a special grandparent? Love it! So easy too!

Check out Club HM on facebook, I get a lot of great ideas there.

Thanks to my wonderful Club HM members. I appreciate you and I am so happy you get projects like these or 25-35% off our retail prices. Always let me know how I can help or share something you created.