Nutcracker Christmas - Christmas Card

This playful ‘Nutcracker Christmas’ Christmas greeting card has been hand illustrated using fine liner pens, digitally coloured, and printed in Melbourne by The Nonsense Maker. The highly detailed drawing portrays a neatly wrapped present being guarded by four little nutcracker soldiers. On top of the present sit two cheeky little people. The gift tag on the present says “Do not open until Christmas Day”. Inspired by a dreamlike world where little is what it seems, this traditional but quirky Aussie Christmas card has a simple colour palette, using blues, red, and green.

The Nonsense Maker’s ‘Nutcracker Christmas’ Australian made Christmas cards are hand made in Melbourne using all Australian suppliers.

Beginning with a pencil sketch before moving to pen, a method called crosshatching is used to create the depth and the tone you see in the final design. This fine line art is then scanned into a computer and coloured digitally. All our artist designed Christmas cards are ethically printed on high quality FSC certified recycled paper, and our envelopes are 100% recycled.

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We often have customers let us know they love our Christmas cards but struggle to think of things to write in them, and they are certainly not alone there! Check out our blog page for our top tips on what to write in a Christmas card.

The Nonsense Maker’s unique Christmas card designs are imagined from a fun and whimsical world where dreaming meets reality. Sometimes silly and sometimes sad, inspired by etching techniques used by old time illustrators. While The Nonsense Maker’s art prints often have finer details, the Christmas cards and quirky stationery are usually an easy cheerful expression designed to bring a smile to your face.

Take a look at our original artwork page to see how The Nonsense Maker’s Christmas cards look before they are coloured!