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Vintage Christmas Card with Holly and Robin Illustration

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Vintage Christmas Card with Holly and Robin Illustration is an SDXL 1.0 prompt for a 2:3 vintage holiday card. A central holly sprig with red berries, a robin perched on the sprig, a decorative pine branch and ribbon border, a blank greeting banner, in muted red green and cream with a vintage lithograph print style and faded colours produces a vintage Christmas card illustration.

Last tested: August 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more vintage prompts .

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Vintage Christmas card with holly sprig, red robin, pine branch border and blank greeting banner in muted lithograph style
Vintage Christmas Card with Holly and Robin Illustration — Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0, Aspect ratio 2:3
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Prompt 

A vintage Christmas card illustration, a central sprig of holly with red berries and green leaves, a small robin perched on the holly sprig, a decorative border of intertwining pine branches and ribbon, a blank banner across the centre for a holiday greeting, the card in muted reds greens and cream, vintage lithograph print style with visible texture and slightly faded colours, the card shown flat on a cream surface, no people, no text, no letters, no watermark

Negative prompt 

blurry, low quality, text, letters, watermark, signature

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL 1.0
Aspect ratio
2:3
Steps
30
CFG scale
7
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

"Vintage lithograph print style with visible texture and slightly faded colours" is the technique — naming the print medium is what makes the card read as vintage rather than as a modern digital illustration; without the lithograph texture the model renders a clean digital card. "A small robin perched on the holly sprig" is the focal wildlife detail that ties the card to the traditional British Christmas card convention; a holly-only card reads as generic, a robin-and-holly card reads as specifically Christmas. "Blank banner across the centre for a holiday greeting" is the template cue that makes the design functional. The negative prompt blocks photorealistic and 3d to maintain the lithograph aesthetic.

Variations to try

  • Swap the robin for a cardinal for a North American Christmas card variant
  • Change the holly to mistletoe with white berries for an alternative holiday tradition
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Vintage Christmas Card with Holly and Robin Illustration",
  "prompt": "A vintage Christmas card illustration, a central sprig of holly with red berries and green leaves, a small robin perched on the holly sprig, a decorative border of intertwining pine branches and ribbon, a blank banner across the centre for a holiday greeting, the card in muted reds greens and cream, vintage lithograph print style with visible texture and slightly faded colours, the card shown flat on a cream surface, no people, no text, no letters, no watermark",
  "negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, text, letters, watermark, signature",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL 1.0",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "2:3",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 7,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "vintage",
    "cozy"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "invitations",
    "illustration"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/vintage-christmas-card-illustration/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.