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Reader Submissions: Humorous Christmas Card Makeovers

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Browse a collection of Christmas card redesigns based on our Humorous Christmas Card Makeover Project.

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When Santa Has to Go...

I cropped the original photo and edited the lawn chair out. I searched the web until I found the BACK of a Santa suit. That took awhile! I cropped out the legs and resized them to fit. Then I had to …More

Have a Holiday Potty! Christmas Card Makeover

I made a clipping path around the toilet seat in Adobe Photoshop and searched the web for a sheet of toilet paper to add to the roll, also I added a string of lights on the top with the same color in…More

Tasty?

(Guide description) Original photo gets a little photo editing and a "thought-provoking" caption. On the inside is another photo with the punch line that goes with the front caption -- but not quite …More

Too Much Holiday Cheer?

Aside from the color corrections, I took some standard clip art of a santa hat and some cookies and milk and comped them in. I played around with some of the filters (dry brush, pastels, smart blur …More

Tabletop Toilet

(Guide description) This redesign involved a lot of photo editing, isolating the original makeshift toilet and adding a variety of holiday objects. (from Guide's original reply to this makeover when …More

Making It Sparkle

(Guide description) "Nancy dropped out the color, gave it a oval cropping, and added some sparkle to come up with this card. The Martha Stewart elements are references to the photo origins (part of a…More

Prepared to Party

The picture inside was taken from a post of Alinadesign in the Graphic Design forum (I worked on it slightly to adapt it to the design of the card.)In terms of photo retouching... I have simply satu…More

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