Vintage Christmas Card Design - 2026

Submission created for Twine’s Vintage Christmas Card illustration freelance opportunity 2026.
The brief was to create a bespoke Christmas card in a vintage style inspired by 1950s and 1960s Christmas cards. The artwork needed to feature a romantic couple and a hotel, capturing a traditional, romantic Christmas theme with retro colours and charm.

I created an illustration of a couple embracing in the snow outside a decorated hotel, with falling snow, colourful Christmas lights and a traditional Christmas tree.

The aim was to create a charming, romantic Christmas scene with a classic festive feel, which I achieved by using real photographic references of a couple in love in the 1950s/60s, alongside a cosy winter cabin hotel setting to base my design around. I also used typography and colours to truly capture the spirit of Christmas, bringing together traditional festive reds and greens with snowy blues to create that nostalgic Christmas feel.