Christmas & Holiday 2017 Cards & Advent Calendars

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1 Christmas & Holiday 2017 Cards & Advent Calendars Key Trends 2017 Cards, gift tags and advent calendars get fresh updates with a touch of humour and sophisticated design CanigrinShop

Overview Pop music and youth culture inspire clever puns and playful bold graphics on greetings cards this season DIY

gold foil details give Christmas cards a refined and extravagant appearance Katie Leamon Dinosaurs and cacti get a

Exotic animals replace last year's domestic animal designs for a fun summer/winter fusion Retro illustrations of festive

2 Overview Pop music and youth culture inspire clever puns and playful bold graphics on greetings cards this season DIY aesthetics remain a strong influence, with cross-stitch a primary inspiration for handmade looks Minimalist motifs and gold foil details give Christmas cards a refined and extravagant appearance Katie Leamon Dinosaurs and cacti get a festive makeover, as well as chunky knits and decorative lights playfully decorating greetings cards and gift tags. Exotic animals replace last year's domestic animal designs for a fun summer/winter fusion Retro illustrations of festive scenes and Christmas jumpers are updated and modernised, playing with stylised designs and minimalist elements Monster Riot Salder Jones

Santa Claws Charlotte Filshie Hello Dodo

3 Santa Claws Charlotte Filshie Hello Dodo Quill & Fox Papier Quirky and festive dinosaur designs are perfect for both adults and kids, offering naive illustrations or simplified graphic prints for a more grown-up look. Brands give dinosaurs a comical human-like appearance, dressing them up with festive hats and cosy knits. Canigrin Shop's printable dinosaur gift tags add a fun touch to gifts. CanigrinShop

Festive Animals Imogen Owen Ohh Deer Folk and

domestic pet designs are renewed with playful

From jungle to safari creatures, everyone

Chunky Christmas jumpers and woolly hats add

4 Festive Animals Imogen Owen Ohh Deer Folk and Fauna Co Fox and Bear Paper Co Last year's domestic pet designs are renewed with playful exotic animals. From jungle to safari creatures, everyone gets a festive makeover. Chunky Christmas jumpers and woolly hats add a lighthearted seasonal touch to the animal illustrations. Allison Black's card print camouflages the greeting within the tiger's stripes, giving an original twist to the design. Chic + Nawdie

5 Pop Culture Christmas Beygood Co Greet Yo Self Scribbler Margwarg Youth slogans continue to be important across stationery products. The focus is on pop culture songs and musicians, as well as some throwback hits that offer nostalgia to Millennials. Cards are worked in naive illustrations and humorous puns for a fun and modern interpretation of the holiday. Greenwich Letterpress

Merry Cactus Eleni Paper Co Sass & Belle

6 Merry Cactus Eleni Paper Co Sass & Belle Heartswell Co ilootpaperie This season, flamboyant cacti adorn greetings cards and gift tags. The succulents are embellished with Christmas lights, Santa hats and quirky ponchos for an exotic festive look. Meri Meri's card design features a bold pop-up cactus decorated with a soft, colourful pompom garland for an entertaining and visually appealing effect. Meri Meri

7 Graphic Touch SCP SCP Jot Paper Co We All Love Crafts Solid icons and sans-serif fonts make for a modern Christmas card. Stylised cut-ups create a graphic interpretation of classic holly and Christmas trees. Typography goes big, as the scale replaces the need for an image. The traditional red and green colour palette is accented with white, blue and gold for a bold and fresh look. SCP

8 Stylised Calendars Meri Meri Ferm Living Design Letters Cox & Cox La Maison Du Calendrier This year, brands offer a selection of minimalist and graphical advent calendars, including quirky and stylised illustrations for a more playful and childlike look. Advent calendars seen at Design Letters and La Maison du Calendrier are designed to be given importance within the home, as decorative wall decoration and interactive structures for little ones to play with.

New Retro DotBoat Kate Pugsely Peggy & Kate

designs, with simple illustrative strokes and

Alexis Mattox Design brings back the classic

9 New Retro DotBoat Kate Pugsely Peggy & Kate Alexis Mattox Design Fred Aldous Card designs get a playful retro update this winter, combining festive scenes, stylised cosy knits and alpine sports. Brands focus on the hand-drawn aspect of the designs, with simple illustrative strokes and prints on eggshell or crisp white backgrounds. Alexis Mattox Design brings back the classic car-carrying-a Christmas tree die-cut design, taking us back down memory lane, with a touch of originality.

All-Over Prints Shorthand Sugar Paper Kikki K

such as snowflakes and mittens are updated

All-over and placed prints offer a refined

As seen at the National Stationery Show,

10 All-Over Prints Shorthand Sugar Paper Kikki K Ramona & Ruth Traditional wintertime icons such as snowflakes and mittens are updated with a minimalist hand. All-over and placed prints offer a refined Holiday pattern on a neutral background. As seen at the National Stationery Show, icons and shapes are miniature, scattered or neatly arranged across the page. SCP

Gilded Gold SCP Paperchase Red Cap Cards

a precious detail on cards and gift tags.

modernised when applied to the background

11 Gilded Gold SCP Paperchase Red Cap Cards When it Rains Paper Foiled gold makes for a precious detail on cards and gift tags. This luxurious design feature is modernised when applied to the background as a solid colour. A key material for 2017, rich gold is applied with high shine this Christmas season. This colour works for celebrations throughout the year as well, offering a way to spread joy after the Holidays. Kikki K

Handmade crafts and DIY inspire pattern and

Tactile crafts such as cross-stitch give

12 Crafted Christmas Papertree Studio The English Stamp Company Anthropologie Wawomb Handmade crafts and DIY inspire pattern and typographic messages for stationery. Tactile crafts such as cross-stitch give dimension to gift tag and card designs. Festive stamps allow for extreme personalisation, offering users the ability to create their own patterns. Plain and undyed kraft paper is a key material for an unfinished, do-it-yourself look. I Love Cross Stitch

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Key Trends Christmas & Holiday Key Icons Cute, cuddly and quirky, this year's icons offer a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Key Trends Christmas & Holiday Key Icons Cute, cuddly and quirky, this year's icons offer a warm, fuzzy feeling. Christmas & Key Trends 2017 Holiday Key Icons Cute, cuddly and quirky, this year's icons offer a warm, fuzzy feeling Pier 1 Imports Overview What's the next unicorn? Alhough the llama is still holding