Create a card that looks like an old Christmas postcard!
We made it to Day 12… the grand finale!
Today’s challenge is giving pure vintage-holiday vibes. Think old-school charm, soft edges, muted colours, and that sweet nostalgic glow of Christmas cards from decades past.

12 Days of Christmas – Day 12: Postcard from the Past” challenge graphic by The Stamping Lounge. Crafters are prompted to create a vintage Christmas postcard-style card. Teal candy cane background. Hashtag #TSL12daysofChristmas.

🌟 Vintage Postcard Magic

For this challenge, I built up the background with soft ink-blending, distressed edges, and layered “postage stamp” style panels to mimic an old postcard layout.

Then I created a big, dreamy floral cluster using the most gorgeous poinsettias and winter greens. The combo of Pool Party, Real Red and soft greens gives it that old-postcard tint — colourful but slightly faded, like it’s travelled a long way.

A few rustic threads, distressed layers and those sweet little sparkly accents pull the whole postcard illusion together.
It feels sentimental… but still fresh and modern.

💌 Inside the card

I kept the inside clean but still vintage-leaning — a soft wash of colour in the corner, a floral accent, and a sweet sentiment that feels warm, welcoming, and handwritten.

A handmade Christmas card with a soft aqua and warm brown ink-blended background, layered with three postage-stamp-style square panels. A detailed floral cluster featuring red poinsettias, aqua blue flowers, and greenery sits across the center, accented with gold twine loops and pine sprigs. The sentiment “Season’s Greetings” is placed across the floral arrangement. The card has a festive and elegant layered look.

Close-up view of the same handmade Christmas card, highlighting the dimensional floral arrangement of poinsettias, aqua blossoms, and pine sprigs. The background includes stitched postage-style squares in navy and red patterned designs. Gold twine and die-cut pine elements peek from behind the florals, with the “Season's Greetings” sentiment layered on top.

Inside panel of the handmade Christmas card featuring a white insert bordered with light aqua cardstock. The bottom edge has a red poinsettia patterned paper strip and light ink blending with stamped foliage on the lower right corner. The sentiment reads, “From our house to yours.” The design is clean and festive with soft colouring and botanical accents.

🎄 Ready to Play Along?

Create your own vintage holiday postcard today and share it using #TSL12daysofChristmas

Maheswari & Rochelle are also wrapping up Day 12 — go peek at their beautiful makes:
✨ Maheswari’s blog
✨ Rochelle’s blog

💌 Want ALL the tutorials?

Across the 12 days, the three of us have shared THIRTY-SIX projects…
And Stamping Lounge members get the full PDF tutorials for every single one!

Join us inside The Stamping Lounge and keep the inspiration rolling all year long:
👉 https://www.thestampinglounge.com

Thank you SO much for crafting along this year — truly the best part of this challenge is seeing your creativity shine.
See you in the lounge… and in all our 2026 crafty adventures! 🎄✨

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HAPPENING NOW

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Events coming soon

These are two upcoming amazing events with The Stamping Lounge run by myself, Maheswari Rajaguru and Rochelle Laird-Smith. We will be running an online class using the brand new Stampin’ Up! Brushed with Beauty Suite and we also have our 12 Days of Advent calendar class that is coming up and open for registration now featuring the Stampin’ Up! 12 Days of Advent Calendar. Click the images or links to find out more and enrol OR sign up to The Stamping Lounge membership to get access to both are these events which are included in the membership.

supplies for day TWElvE card

Product List

Christmas Greenery Bundle [165873] $88.00	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] $25.00	Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock [147012] $25.00	Secret Sea A4 Cardstock [165296] $25.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] $25.00
Traditions Of Christmas 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [165853] $29.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $14.00	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $15.75	Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $15.75	Pecan Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [161665] $15.75
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090] $15.75	Secret Sea Classic Stampin' Pad [165285] $15.75	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674] $19.25	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $19.25	Old Olive & Sahara Sand Twill Ribbon Combo Pack [158955] $14.00
Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894] $19.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $19.25	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899] $19.25	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $19.25	Darling Duckling Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [165288] $19.25
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $17.50	Traditional Sparkling Sequins [165875] $14.00	Early Espresso & Old Olive Linen Thread Pack [165986] $15.75	Greetings For You Mix & Match Ephemera Pack (English) [166208] $15.00	Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $58.00