Easy Diy Christmas Calligraphy Card

Learn how to make this beautiful and Easy DIY Christmas Calligraphy Card with a fun way to draw an awesome banner. This card is perfect to make and give this holiday season.

Holiday time calls for handmade cards, especially this year and the time we’re living. That’s why I decided to make this DIY Christmas calligraphy card.

See exactly how to make your DIY Christmas Calligraphy Card in my tutorial video (or keep scrolling if you prefer a printable step-by-step photo tutorial):

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HOW TO MAKE THIS EASY DIY CHRISTMAS CALLIGRAPHY CARD

STEP 1: Trace a triangle centered on your card.

Trace a triangle in the center of the card with a pencil. This triangle is for you to have an idea of where you’re going to be drawing the banner.

After you sketch the triangle and you’re happy with the placement, slightly erase it. You want a very soft mark on the triangle.

STEP 2: Start drawing the banner by doing a continuous “S”

Now that you know where the banner is going to go, draw a continuous “S” shape to draw the banner. The triangle is going to help us to know the width of the banner.

STEP 3: Repeat the same continuous “S” drawing underneath the previous one.

Leave a space with the width you want your banner to be.

Draw the same continuous S, parallel to the one that you did before.

Before you start drawing the banner, make sure it’s long enough for the holiday phrase you’d want to letter inside the banner.

For this card, I’m going to write “Merry everything and happy always”. So the length of this banner is perfect for that quote.

STEP 4: Connect the ends and sides of your banner

Make any necessary changes you’d like to the banner. I recommend that before you start inking the banner, make sure that you connect the ends and sides of your banner.

Draw a V-shape on both ends of the banner to close it. Then, connect both of the “continuous S” shapes at the end on either side.

STEP 5: Outline the banner

Trace over the banner drawing using your Micron pen 05 or you can use any other monoline black pen of your choosing. Once you’re done outlining the banner doodle, erase the pencil marks.

I used my Micron 08 and went over the ribbon one more time so that it looked a little bit better.

STEP 6: Add details to the banner

To make the banner more beautiful, you can add details to the back part of the banner where the calligraphy writing is not going to be.

I added lines very close to each other. You can choose to draw different details or color in completely as I did for this Father’s Day DIY card.

STEP 7: Write your calligraphy sentiment inside the banner

As I mentioned before, I’m writing “Merry Everything and Happy Always” inside the banner. Feel free to write any holiday quote you’d like on this card.

To write the holiday phrase, I used a Craft Smart paint pen- extra fine.

PRO TIP: Pick the quote you’ll be writing on your DIY card BEFORE you draw the banner. This way you know the length and width of your banner and sketch the quote inside the banner in pencil first.

I’m doing faux calligraphy to write the holiday sentiment.

If you want to learn more about Faux Calligraphy, check out the workbook I created, where I show you everything you need to learn how to create modern calligraphy using your favorite pen.

As you can see, the last word is not centered, so that’s why I added some embellishments at the end. That’s one of the reasons I recommend that you sketch everything first. Sketching with a pencil is going to help you with the spacing of your words within the ribbon.

STEP 8: ADD MORE EMBELLISHMENTS AND DETAILS TO THE CARD

To add little lines inside the ribbon, I used a Micron 01. Drawing lines to the ends of the banner makes it look a bit more realistic.

Draw a star at the top of the banner: For this type of star, you should make diamonds right next to each other until you form the star.

To give it more dimension, add a line in the middle of each diamond shape and color every other space.

If you like, you can leave the card like this. But you can add more details to the card. Use the Gelly Roll pen and add more little stars around the banner. You can use the same Silver paint pen for these details.

Draw little stars and dots around the banner. I think this makes it pop a little bit more and gives it a more festive and Christmasy look.

OPTIONAL: ADD A SHADOW TO THE LETTERING.

This step is not necessary, but I think it adds more pop to the card when you add a shadow to the letters. To add shadows to the lettering, add a line to the right and underneath every part of the letters using your Micron pen.

What ya think? I just love how this card looks. The color pops out of the kraft paper. And I just love the combination of craft paper with the silver, which kind of looks like white in the video and pictures, but it’s silver. The silver lettering goes well with the details that I added with the Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

This is the perfect hand-lettered card to make and give this holiday season!

It doesn’t take a long time, and I think it’s fun for you to try your creative side, and give something meaningful to your loved ones.

Thank you for reading and making this easy DIY Christmas Calligraphy card with me. I’d love to see your handmade cards. This is an easy way to try your creative side and surprise a loved one with a hand-lettered card!

UPDATE: After a lot of requests, I put together this guide with different card templates and Holiday lettering practice worksheets to make your holiday project-making even easier. Grab the Holiday Lettering & Creative Workbook here

Here are other Christmas and hand-lettering card ideas for you:

• Floral Doodles Christmas Calligraphy DIY card
• Watercolor Holiday hand-lettered card
• Ornament Holiday Hand-lettered card
• Happy Holidays Lettering and Ornament card

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