Flat Christmas Cards

Spread holiday cheer this year with gorgeous, flat Christmas cards from Shutterfly. These cards are versatile, durable, and incredible showcases for your favorite family (or pet) photos. Explore our array of card designs and templates and make a card personalized to you and yours.

The Appeal of Flat Christmas Cards

Amongst the myriad folded Christmas card formats, including gatefold and tri-fold designs, flat Christmas cards are undeniably the most popular and for a variety of reasons. For one, they're appealingly simple. With minimalist, front and back design and without any folding parts, these cards are understated marvels of modern design. The front is the workhorse, housing the primary Christmas photo (or photos) and, as well, the holiday greeting. The back of a flat Christmas card is typically reserved for additional photos and messages, while leaving room for handwritten notes for those recipients with whom you'd like to connect in this way.

Flat Christmas Card Templates

When exploring our Christmas card collection, you'll see on display not only our current releases, but also our wealth of experience designing custom holiday cards. Simply put: we know Christmas cards. Every year, we work with the very best independent designers to create styles attuned to current trends and representing, as well, exciting new forays in template design. One particularly appealing design in recent years for flat Christmas cards has been one that displays a single photo printed edge to edge. The one photo in these templates is afforded its full emotional impact and, without a border of any kind, conveys a decidedly modern feel. Going with this theme of simplicity, these flat Christmas cards typically feature a concise greeting like Merry Christmas or Christmas Love and some of them include snowflakes or gold confetti at the edges.

Displaying Flat Christmas Cards

Compared to many folding varieties, flat Christmas cards are known to stack well, display well alongside other cards, and accommodate a number of different display locations. These cards look just as spectacular on the mantel as they do on the corkboard, refrigerator, or clipped to a garland or Christmas tree branch. Part of this is because, regardless of how they're displayed, every important part of the card (essentially, the front) is likely to be visible. The same cannot be said for most other types of holiday cards. With 5x7 being the most commonly-ordered size of flat Christmas cards, there's also a sense of interchangeability with these cards, as recipients can rotate any number in and out of display circulation, knowing, as well, that they'll all look great alongside each other.

Add Foil and Glitter to Your Flat Christmas Cards

There's perhaps no more impactful addition to your holiday cards than that of foil and glitter. When you print your cards with a dash of metallic ink, you're adding an unmatched amount of charm, sophistication, and interest, and your family and friends receiving your cards are sure to sit up and notice. What's more, the addition of gold foil or silver glitter extends to your loved ones an identifiable specialness, telling them through your use of materials alone that they are of exceptional value to you. Make something unique this holiday with gold foil Christmas cards, foil-stamped Christmas cards, and glitter cards.

Holiday Addressing and Mailing

Once you've designed the perfect flat Christmas card, add custom return address labels with a festive holiday theme, or, if you prefer, use our Address Book Service and even our Mail For Me service to simplify your holiday mailings. These are incredible options for those with busy schedules and plenty to plan around Christmas and New Year's.