About Us and Our Christian Cards
Designing Christian Cards is a labour of love for us - mixing calligraphy with beautiful scripture quotes and symbolic art that we hope provides the card that is just perfect for you. Our focus is on quality of material and design and a Scripture quote that is relevant for the occasion. Whether Birthday Cards or Priest Ordination Cards, you will find the card you are looking for here in our secure UK Christian Cards Store.
This Priest Birthday Card will be well received, full of church symbolism but brimming with bright celebration. A friend or relative going through an illness will be cheered by our Christian Get Well Cards and this bright poppy design will be sure to give them a lift! And with next day delivery with first class post, you are guaranteed a speedy service from us.
For All Clergy Occasions
Symbolic, Celebratory, Quality
We have been trading online since 2010 and have also been selling to Christian bookshops for two decades. We have both contemporary and traditional designs and our clergy cards mix calligraphy with symbolism to provide a fabulous selection of cards for you. From Priest Jubilee Cards to New Deacon Cards, you will find all your cards for priests and nuns celebrations in the clergy cards section of our store.
With almost 40 years experience as professional designers and nearly 30 years in the Christian Market Place, we are most certainly experts in producing the best Christian Cards available.
Cards Designed With Thought
Pastel shades convey sentiments of peace, sympathy and quiet reflection. Professional photographic images are always a popular choice for Christian Sympathy Cards, like this soft feather design with a quote from the Psalms. This white flower bouquet image, with contrasting foliage, is a peaceful image for those preferring a plainer card.
The white candles and pastel roses on this Final Profession Card is such a beautiful image conveying sweet serenity.
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Why not stock up on all your greeting card needs and check out our range of non-Christian cards too? It will save you on postage costs if you usually buy online. We have quite a modern range that can rival any high street shop and many have ribbon detail and diamante embellishments to make them extra special!
This beautiful new baby girl card will melt your heart - what a cutie! We also have a range Pet Sympathy Cards, with many breeds illustrated with sentimental verses within watercolour borders. Those grieving the loss of a beloved pet will be touched by the sentiment of these lovely cards.
From contemporary to traditional designs, you will find a card for everyone in our UK Christian Cards Store, like this lovely watercolour bicycle design in our Christian Retirement Cards section. From bright and cheerful Christian Get Well Cards to Christian Sympathy Cards you will find all the cards you need for all your family and friends.
Ordination Cards With the Spirit of Illuminated Manuscripts
When our first business was set up in 2000, we wanted to add a special range of cards for the clergy that was befitting of such celebratory occasions, from Ordination to the Priesthood Cards to New Canon Appointment Cards, New Bishop Consecration Cards to New Deacon Cards. All of them were such momentous occasions in the life of a priest. The ceremonies, with all the colours and the gold embellishments from the embroidered vestments; the shining chalice and ciborium sparkling on the altar; all these images conveyed a picture of bright, sumptuous Christian celebration. We wanted to make some cards that conveyed that picture to us.
Christian Art has produced some of the most stunning images in art history. The earliest Christian books were known as manuscripts. The term ‘illumination’ comes from the Latin word for ‘lit up’ or ‘enlightened’, a reference to the use of bright ornamentation of gold and jewel-like colours. Many of the pages had embellished initial letters incorporating small paintings that were relevant to the page content.
We wanted to make a modern twist on this for some of our clergy cards, so although they certainly didn't have the finesse or artistic brilliance of those illuminated pages, the spirit of them was intended within the design. We used calligraphy Scripture quotes on painted backgrounds with foil blocking and gold ribbon embellishments. We soon became known as the go-to supplier for Clergy Cards, especially as we had such a large range. By producing such a varied selection, the priest would hopefully receive many different cards in celebration rather than about 20 of the same design!
We still see ourselves as Ordination Cards specialists today, although the worldwide lockdown has meant there have been no major celebrations of this kind taking place in the last 12 months. We have added more modern designs as the years have gone on, as younger priests are entering the church and we will be going 'back to our roots', so to speak, and developing a new range with that same spirit we designed when we set up 21 years ago - how time certainly flies!
As we move forward with some normality, then we hope to see many more clergy celebrations taking place and the individuals being able to mark such special occasions, as they reflect on their continuing journey of faith.
If you are interested in art and the beauty of illuminated manuscripts, The British Library has one of the finest collections in the world. The video below, on The Making of Medieval Manuscripts presented by Dr Sally Dormer of the Victoria and Albert Museum, was presented by Gresham College. Their public lectures are made available for free download from their website. http://www.gresham.ac.uk