{"id":3086,"date":"2011-08-15T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T16:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T02:12:48","slug":"creating-custom-christmas-cards-holiday-toy-shoppe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/christmas-cards-design-process\/creating-custom-christmas-cards-holiday-toy-shoppe\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Custom Christmas Cards \u2013 Holiday Toy Shoppe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday cards that we offer at the Gallery Collection are more than just cards\u2026they are works of art. Each piece of art goes through a creative process from design to actual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/custom-christmas-cards.htm\"><strong>custom Christmas cards.<\/strong><\/a> These cards are some of the finest, high quality cards available. Below highlights the creative process for the very popular Design 157CW, <em>Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card<\/em>. We\u2019ll show you how this card went from an original design to a beautiful masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>The original sketch for <em>Holiday Toy Shoppe<\/em> is a black and white line drawing of what will eventually become a playful, vibrant, colorful card that brings back fond childhood memories of the holiday toy store.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage1-rendering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3087\" title=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Original Sketch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage1-rendering-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Original Sketch\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage1-rendering-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage1-rendering.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center>The artwork appears framed here, showcasing what the final design may look like after production, encased in a lovely border with a joyful holiday sentiment.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage2-sentiment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3088\" title=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Stage 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage2-sentiment-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Stage 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage2-sentiment-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage2-sentiment.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/product\/holiday-toy-shoppe-christmas-card-300543.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3089\" title=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Final\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage4-final-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"Design 157CW - Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card Final\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage4-final-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/157CW-stage4-final.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center>And here is Design 157CW, <em>Holiday Toy Shoppe Christmas Card<\/em> in the complete and final form. The black and white line sketch has made it\u2019s transformation into a colorful winter wonderland, complete with border and holiday wishes. The Creative Team at the Gallery Collection is responsible for this holiday magic, making sure that all of the artwork we use for our personalized Christmas cards is made to be beautiful enough to hang on your wall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holiday cards that we offer at the Gallery Collection are more than just cards\u2026they are works of&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1308,297],"tags":[89,910],"class_list":{"0":"post-3086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-style-spotlights","7":"category-christmas-cards-design-process","8":"tag-custom-christmas-cards","9":"tag-personalized-christmas-cards","10":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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