Digital cameras have made it easy for families to create unique Christmas photo cards, usually showing pictures of the kids having fun in the snow or staring longingly at the Christmas tree. Couples without kids can have just as much fun creating dog or cat Christmas photo cards, although it may take a little longer to get the perfect shot!
This article offers some ideas for using your furry friends to make funny cat photo cards that can either be printed or sent digitally online to save time, money and the planet.
Funny Christmas Photo Cards
Cats make great subjects for funny Christmas photo cards as most of the time, they are fast asleep. Try to take pictures throughout the year, whenever you see your cat doing something silly or just laying around looking cute. If you have two or more cats, you will be used to seeing them play, stalking one another in mock-hunting mode, so aim to take as many shots as possible.
When Christmas approaches, choose a few of the best photos and, using a photo editor like Paint Shop, get creative by adding Christmas hats, coloring paws and noses red and adding holly as a picture frame.
Ideas for Cute Cat Photos
Want to shoot a special photo for your Christmas card instead of resorting to trickery with a photo editor? Try these ideas for cute cat photos:
- Place a colored blanket over your cat while asleep; if he looks up while you’re doing it, all the better – see main picture.
- While decorating the Christmas tree, let your cat play with a bauble, preferably round but non-breakable! Try to get a shot of the cat playing with the tree in the background.
- Kittens love to climb, so have the camera at the ready when the tree is fully decorated, but be prepared for potential damage!
- Cats love to sit on something soft so place a soft toy or a knitted Father Christmas, if you have one, and then take a photo.
- Wait for bad weather, either rain or snow, then grab that camera when the cat comes in, shaking one paw at a time to get rid of the water!
Cute Sophisticated Cat Photos
Your cat Christmas photo cards don’t have to be amusing, of course. For cute sophisticated cat photos, try taking shots with a sepia tone to look like an old photo, or use a setting now available on most digital cameras called color accent; this allows you to isolate the color of your cat and make everything around it black and white.
This type of photo is best printed onto glossy paper, then mounted onto plain card for a unique handmade Christmas card.
Funny Cat Quotes
If you want to add an extra sparkle to your cat Christmas photo cards, why not add some funny cat quotes, widely available online from sites like Catquotes or Catsinfo. My particular favorites are:
"Dogs have owners, cats have staff." – Unknown
"Dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you." – Mary Bly.
"No matter how much cats fight, there always seems to be plenty of kittens." – Abraham Lincoln
Cat Photo Cards
Have fun this Holiday season, making cute cat Christmas photo cards. Once your masterpiece is finished, either use a company like Vistaprint for value for money photo card printing, or simply send your cat photo card as an e-mail attachment, not forgetting those funny cat quotes as part of your Christmas greetings.
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