Happy New Year Cards

December 14, 2015 // kristen // 2 replies

More and more people have started sending Happy New Year cards over the past several years, and more people sending cards for ANY occasion is a great thing in my book. Let’s face it. Sometimes, in the holiday season chaos, we simply run out of time to send Christmas cards. It happens. Heck, it’s happened to me on a couple of occasions.

New Year cards are a fantastic alternative if you just aren’t able to squeeze Christmas cards into a tight schedule. You have more wiggle room with the timeline and can send them after the more intense part of the holiday season is over without worrying about your cards being late. Or, maybe you don’t celebrate Christmas but still want to send greetings to friends and family at this time of the year. In this case, New Year cards are the perfect choice.

Thankfully for us, more and more stationers have started adding New Year cards to their lineup, so we have many more beautiful designs to choose from than we did even a few years ago. Today, I’ve put together a little roundup of some of my favorites, and I hope that you’ll spot some designs that strike your fancy in this festive bunch!

1. Forage Paper Co. 2. Hennel Paper Co. 3. 9th Letter Press 4. Egg Press 5. DeLuce Design 6. Jamie Shelman 7. Smock 8. Driscoll Design

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Hand Lettered Holiday Phrase Overlays + Clip Art

November 19, 2014 // kristen // 6 replies

I just released a new set of holiday phrase overlays / clip art over at k.becca and, if you’re looking to easily add a little hand lettered love to your own stationery, stamp, and paper goods products, then this set might be right up your alley!

This festive set includes 14 different holiday words and phrases, which are a mix of hand lettering and clean, sans-serif type, in either high resolution PNG or vector EPS format, and your download will also include BONUS embellished versions of 5 of the phrases, like the Season’s Greetings phrase above, which feature hand drawn, holiday motifs. Woo-to-the-hoo!

These hand lettered digital goodies are available over at k.becca or in my Creative Market shop.

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Rocket Ink Holiday Cards

November 13, 2013 // kristen // 0 replies

Rocket Ink’s holiday card designs are so much fun! I’m totally digging the painterly illustrations and playful hand lettering, and the slightly muted holiday color palette is fantastic.

You can check out all of Rocket Ink’s fall and winter holiday cards right here, and below are a few of my faves:

images from Rocket Ink

A Letterpress Christmas 2013 : Esther Aarts for Hello! Lucky

November 06, 2013 // kristen // 0 replies

I always look forward to seeing the latest from Esther Aarts at Hello! Lucky, and these new letterpress boxed holiday cards are absolutely adorable! The illustrated greetings feature city-centric designs with transportation icons like a San Francisco cable car (above), a London double-decker bus, and a bright yellow New York cab, as well as more general designs like a gift and animal-filled Christmas train.

Check ’em out:

And a shimmery, gold foil stamped Happy New Year card:

images from Hello! Lucky

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New Year Greeting Card Roundup

December 13, 2010 // kristen // 3 replies

I’m always delighted to find Happy New Year greetings in my mailbox after the hustle and bustle of Christmas has passed and we enter into the quiet time after the holidays. These unexpected greetings keep the holiday spirit going strong, and they’re also a great alternative to holiday cards for those who don’t celebrate Christmahanukwanza. Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite new year card designs this year:

Above, clockwise from top left: Hip New Year cards by Annie Clark for Minted; Silly String New Year cards from Egg Press; New and Improved Year cards from A. Favorite; Winter Sky Happy New Year cards from Campbell Raw Press; New Year Toast cards from Snow & Graham; Welcoming in the New Year cards from Wild Ink; Happy New Year cards from Lulu Dee; Happy 2011 cards from Ink & Iron

Cheers Anytime cards from Anemone Letterpress; Oh Dear. Another Year. cards from Sugarcube Press; Y is for Year 2011 cards from Hijirik Studio; New Year Jubilee cards from Deluce Design; Earth Style New Year cards by Louella Press for Tiny Prints; 2011 New Year cards from Jane Hancock Papers; Confetti Happy New Year cards from Campbell Raw Press

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