Sometimes in a handicraft impulse you want to do something beautiful with your own hands, but as luck would have it, nothing comes to mind, and so as not to suffer once again, I decided to collect a selection of examples of how to make a postcard with your own hands. Here different examples postcards and small descriptions of how to make this or that postcard.
I tried to select as many different images as possible, both in style and in subject matter, so that there was plenty to choose from. Of course, each postcard is just an example of how you can make postcards with your own hands.
Mom
How to make a postcard for mom? It is clear that it should be the most beautiful and touching, but I want some specifics, right? First of all, you need to focus on the reason, it can be:- unplanned card for no reason;
- mother's day or March 8;
- New Year's and Christmas;
- birthday or name day;
- professional holidays.
Of course, no one can stop you from making and giving your mother a postcard dedicated to the first snow or even to the release of your favorite series with her, but in general, the main reasons are indicated quite clearly.
A postcard to mom for the new year can be ordinary (from the point of view of New Year's greetings, of course), it is not necessary to somehow emphasize special relationships. But birthday or mother's day are special holidays on which it is worth presenting a personal postcard with the signature "Beloved mother".
How to make a birthday card for mom? Draw a sketch with a simple pencil, add a little color to orient with the color scheme and understand what shades you need in the process. So, you need to buy or find in the bins:
- a blank for your needlework (thick and thin cardboard is suitable);
- background image - it can be scrap paper, colored paper, any sheet that you liked with an ornament, or you can simply artistically splatter paint on a white sheet thick paper or even use the technique of monotype and marbling;
- chipboard for the inscription - it is better to purchase ready-made or use a special stapler to decorate the edge;
- a pair of decorative elements - flowers, butterflies, beads and leaves;
- one or two large decorative elements - flowers or bows;
- decorative tape;
- good glue;
- scalloped ribbon or lace.
First you need to glue the background image to the blank, then place large flowers, and only then add the resulting composition with small decor and lace. Dry the finished work well, decorate with small decorations and sparkles, and then sign it - mom will be happy with such a sign of attention.
Now you know how to make a card for mother's day, and you can easily figure out what a card should be for an anniversary or angel's day.
Another original version: the bottom line is that you need to cut out circles from colored paper, and then cut each circle in a spiral and twist it into a bud, you get cute flowers that you can decorate a postcard with.
dad
Do-it-yourself birthday card for dad is always very touching and cute. It's not easy to choose a particular "papal" theme, but there is a wonderful straw here to grab onto - style. If you make a stylish postcard, then the father will undoubtedly be happy to receive it, even if it does not have the usual symbols of “masculinity”, which we often include cars, weapons and fishing.
Naturally, if the father is celebrating the anniversary of his driving experience, then the little car on the postcard is quite appropriate, but it’s better to present a neutral and beautiful greeting card to dad on his birthday.
What kind of cards do men like:
- not too colorful;
- in a calm, slightly muffled range;
- with clean lines;
- in which a lot of visual effort has been invested.
Men are delighted with the process, so before making a glorious scrapbooking card, think about how you can put your work into the card? It can be work with threads or embroidery, spirography and paper cutting, pyrography and much more.
Incorporate a few hard and loving elements into your work and your dad's birthday card will be great.
So, we make do-it-yourself paper postcards for your beloved dad. Start by choosing a subject - it can be some element of a male portrait - a stylish beard and glasses in the spirit of hipsters, or the silhouette of dad's favorite pipe, you can also make some kind of heraldic flag or symbol.
Choose colors - they should be calm and beautiful, and also look good in harmony with each other.
Make a pattern for a future postcard and get to work - if this is a regular application, then cut out all the elements and carefully lay out the future composition. And in the case of artistic cutting, it is better to devote time to pattern and drawing. By the way, for such work you will need a good breadboard knife.
After all the main elements are cut out, assemble the postcard - if you planned it using the scrapbooking technique, then you can simply glue the composition, and if you are trying to create a thin openwork product from cardboard and paper, then choose shading colors for each layer - in order for the work to look really openwork, you will need to choose shades that emphasize all the cuts.
Make a centerpiece on your postcard, and then put it under a press - this will help to avoid warping the paper from the moisture contained in the glue.
In honor of the wedding
Making beautiful do-it-yourself wedding cards is not an easy task, and here it is better to watch master classes.
A wedding is one of the most important events in the life of a young family, and therefore it’s not enough just to draw a card, you need to carefully arrange and pack it, and it’s also possible to add some other elements.
How to do beautiful postcard for congratulations on your wedding day:
- come up with an idea;
- find out from the bride and groom the main color of the wedding, or the main theme of the celebration;
- see various options for postcards - using the scrapbooking technique, with embroidery, ribbons, and so on;
- choose some interesting lessons;
- make a rough postcard from paper and cardboard (and if you are not sure of your result, then it is better to do this step several times);
- do original postcards with your own hands;
- pick up the packaging and make it a little more unique;
- write an envelope and a postcard.
Other occasions and recipients
Be sure that handmade birthday cards will delight the recipients - after all, this is not just a do-it-yourself postcard according to the master class, this is a real man-made miracle that keeps a piece of the soul.
You can make postcards for mom and dad with your own hands, or you can make your friends happy before each holiday with an author's congratulation - this will only take your free time, good tutorials and a little patience.
3D postcards look especially impressive. How to make a voluminous postcard? Come up with (or peep from experienced authors) an idea how you can shape it so that you get voluminous postcards. Perhaps you want to use more decorative elements, or you decide to make a simple handmade birthday card with 3D elements.
By the way, if you are thinking about how to make a postcard for your mother or girlfriend with voluminous paper elements, take a closer look at children's books. Surely you have preserved several copies, upon opening of which carriages and castles, trees and horses appeared between the pages.
Take a close look at how these elements are made and glued - you may be able to reproduce this on your sketch.
Or try to do something in the style of shabby chic and scrapbooking with your own hands - it's not as difficult as it seems, all the main volume effect is created by layering elements. By the way, flat postcards are also good. :)
I think now you have enough ideas for creating greeting cards, postcards and tags - needlework for your pleasure and delight your loved ones!
Moving postcard - "Waterfall of Hearts":
A few more ideas for inspiration:
I liked this postcard for its openwork and lightness. A card with leaves, flowers, butterflies is suitable for any holiday. Using winter patterns, snowflakes, a drawing of Santa Claus and the Snow Maiden, you can prepare postcards for Christmas and New Year.
Do-it-yourself postcards are not difficult to make. To do this, you will need: paper 30cm x 15cm, two sheets of design paper 14.5cm x 14.5cm each, additional paper for decorative elements in the form of leaves, flowers, branches and butterflies, a color image in the center of the postcard, ink for touching up flowers.
Divide a sheet of paper 30 cm x 15 cm in half and bend.
Draw a circle on one side of the paper
and carefully cut it out.
Using figured hole punches, we cut out flowers, leaves, butterflies, twigs. If there are no hole punchers, cut out the drawn elements with scissors.
We lay out the blanks to make a beautiful composition. Print this example and draw everything on it necessary elements according to the intended size.
We tint flowers, leaves and butterflies. Cooking designer paper- age the edges with a stiff brush or sandpaper, cut out a circle.
Glue the blanks to the base of the postcard. We glue it so that the main part of the cut out elements is above the cut out circle.
We love holidays and we love gifts. And we all love postcards - to receive and give. Postcards are given for many events - birthday or New Year, March 8 or the birth of a child.
You go to the store - there are a lot of postcards, even the text is already printed inside - everything has already been invented and said for you, only - not from the heart.
Gift with love
Only handmade postcards can convey your feelings towards the gifted person. Buying an ordinary cardboard postcard is easy, but making it yourself means putting a piece of yourself into it. After all, making such a gift, you imagine the person to whom it will be intended.
Remember, we are all in childhood, in kindergarten or at school they tried, they made postcards for the holiday to their parents - carefully cut out, folded, glued. Then they were handed over. Remember how carefully mom and dad took the gift, kept it, and many still keep it with your children's drawings and crafts.
Today, handmade products are becoming more and more popular. Embroidered pillows decorate the house, knitted things are worn with pride. He does not sew, does not knit and does not glue, only the completely lazy.
Scrapbooking is gaining more and more fans - photo albums, paper postcards, made with love, made in a single copy - become a unique gift for various festive events.
For someone who has mastered at least the basics of scrapbooking, there is no question - what to give to a loved one, and these gifts are admirable.
The art of giving joy
Making postcards out of paper is called cardmaking. It is based on the use of paper and various additional materials. For an experienced scraper, when making a postcard, everything will be used - ribbons, small paper, fabric flowers, cutting - elements cut out of paper, buttons, lace and much more.
There are many ways to make postcards out of paper.
Experienced craftswomen make multi-layered bulk products, the more layers, the more interesting the postcard looks.
The elements are glued together and even stitched. The styles in which the masters work are also different - shabby chic, steampunk and others.
It is impossible to create two completely identical postcards.
It is impossible to say that card-making is a simple art. After all, in the process of creating just one thing, a composition is created, changed, and formed. A scraper must be an artist - to know the basics and subtleties of creating an ideal composition, selecting materials, and combining colors.
Sometimes this process of selection and application takes more than one hour, or even a day - the artist is a delicate nature, there is no inspiration, and nothing masterpiece will be created. And sometimes everything seems to add up by itself - and here is a do-it-yourself card for the birth of a child or for a birthday loved one ready.
look various photos postcards - how rich is the imagination of the masters who create harmonious compositions from many small disparate details.
We create a gift ourselves
Experienced scrapers use special scrap paper for work - it is dense, tends not to fade, does not fade over time. This ensures that your gift will keep its beauty for a long time.
Scrap paper comes with various patterns, sold in sets or individual sheets.
Note!
We also need:
- Thick plain paper for the base - watercolor is suitable.
- A utility knife and a metal ruler (if you're into scrapbooking, you can later get a special cutter to cut the paper straight - scissors are not the best option for this).
- Scissors for cutting small parts.
- Glue - ordinary PVA, clerical - will not work, it warps the paper, it will turn yellow over time. Take Titan, Moment and the like - scrap shops will advise you on others - see what is available to you.
- Double-sided adhesive tape - they can also connect the elements of a postcard, and with adhesive tape on a porous basis, you can create multi-layer volumetric compositions.
- Decorative elements - flowers, cuttings, ribbons, pieces of lace, elements cut out of scrap paper - butterflies, birds, twigs and others.
Buttons, pendants, buckles and other small items can be used to create a composition.
Stamps are often used - with their help you can create an interesting background for a future postcard, add certain elements, make inscriptions.
An interesting technique when creating voluminous postcards is embossing - a transparent stamp is applied to the base, which is sprinkled with special powder.
The last stage - the powder is dried with a special hair dryer - as a result, a three-dimensional image is obtained: most often this technique is used when creating the contours of a drawing, inscriptions.
Figured hole punchers - they can make an openwork edge, with their help they make voluminous flowers, cuttings.
Note!
In general, there are a lot of professional tools for scrapbooking and card-making, it makes sense to acquire some only when making postcards for sale. But, having mastered the art, you will not only please your friends with original gifts, but also replenish the family budget.
Pick up several sheets of scrap paper that match the style, color, put a background on the base, and decorative elements selected by color on it. The composition should be a coherent whole so that each element has a meaning.
You can use special sketch diagrams, they will tell you how to arrange the elements to create a harmonious composition. Having carefully prepared everything, making sure that each element is thought out, glue.
If something seems to be missing - add a couple of sparkles along the edges of the flowers, rhinestones, half beads. The main thing is the unity and thoughtfulness of the composition so that the postcard does not look like an application.
There are many tricks - how to make a beautiful postcard:
- quilling - curls are twisted from thin strips of paper, then they are given various shapes - these elements are glued to the base, creating a pattern, drawing - voluminous postcards are obtained;
- iris folding - small strips of paper, ribbons, fabrics are folded in a spiral, overlapping each other - an unusual pattern is obtained;
- shaker postcard - a multilayer postcard with a transparent window, inside which small elements move - foil rhinestones, beads;
- postcard-tunnel - a three-dimensional postcard with many layers, the cut out elements of each layer create a common spatial pattern.
Note!
Inside the postcard can also be issued with stamps, paper. Can do unusual postcard inside - when opening, the three-dimensional element straightens out - a heart or a bouquet paper flowers will undoubtedly surprise the recipient.
Such a postcard made of paper cannot but be liked - it keeps warmth and a piece of your soul. If you want to master the art of card-making, visit the master classes of experienced craftsmen who will tell you all the subtleties - you can make a beautiful card with your own hands.
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While the New Year's bustle has not occupied all your thoughts, why not prepare postcards for loved ones in advance. A handmade card will be a nice addition to a gift, and it will take a maximum of 30 minutes to make. On cold winter evenings, you can pass the time with one of these postcards. "Coping" over crafts will create festive mood, will calm and pacify at the end of a busy day. As you can see, the benefit is not only for those to whom you give, but also for you.
Choose and get started!
1. Postcard with ribbon
Very cute and can be done in just 10 minutes. Materials: ribbon, buttons, cardboard, scissors, glue.
2. Postcard with a Christmas tree made of felt
You will need:
Scrap paper (or any color with a suitable pattern)
Ornamental green felt (or fleece, or velvet paper)
Lace
Halves of beads (beads, buttons)
A piece of beautiful thread
Ruler
Scissors
dummy knife
Glue stick
PVA glue
We cut out the base with a size of 20x15 cm. The card itself will be 10x15 cm.
We measure the middle and use scissors to fold the card along the ruler.
Cut out the background, size 9x14 cm.
On the felt we draw a silhouette of a Christmas tree and cut it out.
We embroider a "garland" with a thread and fix it on the reverse side.
We cut out another Christmas tree from cardboard, only a little less and glue it on felt. So the spruce will turn out more voluminous.
We take a rectangle of white paper and apply the inscription. In this measure, they applied a stamp, but you can also write by hand.
We measure the lace.
On the sewing machine Lay a line around the perimeter of the postcard.
Attach the tree using double-sided tape.
We glue the inscription.
This background is glued to the base.
Apply a drop of glue to the place where the bead will be.
3. Layered postcard
Materials:
The basis for a postcard made of thick cardboard 11x16 cm folded
Two pieces of scrap paper sized 10x15 and 8x13cm
Paper cuttings in the form of an openwork oval frame and two snowflakes
Ribbon cut into a strip 14 cm long
Transparent dial
Two golden fabric leaves
Three decorative berries with stems
Chip with the image of Santa Claus
Half a bead.
We sew sheets of scrap paper around the perimeter (but not necessarily).
We cut the end of the tape in the form of a flag.
Glue the sheets on top of each other. We hide the end of one tape under one of the layers.
Glue the frame and clock.
We collect bouquets of leaves and berries. We twist together and cover with a leaf.
4. Volumetric postcard from scrap paper with different ornaments
For work:
Paper of different colors of ornaments for scrapbooking
White postcard without drawings
Decorative carnations or pins
Stationery glue
Double-sided tape
simple pencil
Scissors
Ruler.
Cut out 12 rectangles. The length of each is 12 cm, the width of the first is 9 cm, each next is 6 cm less.
We twist each rectangle into a tube. For convenience, you can use a pencil.
We glue the tubes to each other. Thus, a Christmas tree will turn out.
We take a white postcard (or a rectangular piece of white cardboard that needs to be bent in half) and glue the Christmas tree.
We decorate it with carnations, the "legs" of which are inserted between the tubes. You can also use beads or rhinestones. Also in this example, a bow is used that adorns the top.
5. Minimalistic postcard
We need:
3 sheets of white laminated cardboard (12x20cm)
Wide satin ribbons
Narrow golden ribbon
Green or gold rhinestone
Scissors
Pencil
Ruler
Sewing machine
We put the ribbons on the cardboard and connect them together by stitching them.
On another sheet of cardboard, mark the width of the ribbons with a pencil and draw Christmas trees. Watch the proportions.
Cut out the piece.
We impose the resulting stencil on a layer of tapes and put a third sheet of cardboard under them.
We put the tape around the perimeter and sew. On the one hand through all all three layers.
On one side we form a bow and glue a rhinestone in its middle.
Every time before any holiday we think about what kind of original gift present to your loved ones, family members and friends. As practice shows, our entire flight of fancy ends with the purchase of a banal souvenir or a gizmo useful in everyday life. In fact, make pleasant and incredible creative gift does not amount to any work. You will be able to realize your plans by making handmade postcards.
Making handmade postcards does not require any talent or experience in this matter. You can limit yourself to only a great desire to surprise the person to whom your craft is intended. Do-it-yourself surprises are more important than store-bought souvenirs. Together with the craft, you give a person attention, a sea of positive emotions and aesthetic pleasure. In addition, such an addition to the main gift does not require large cash outlays. You will have to spend a little money only on the materials that you will need to make a postcard.
Before starting work, you need to go in search of original ideas. Naturally, if you yourself are the bearer of interesting, creative ideas, it is not necessary to resort to the help of the Internet. However, be familiar with various techniques handmade doesn't hurt. Perhaps you can combine ideas by combining them and creating your own little masterpiece.
After you find a sample sample, go shopping for tools. In truth, the beauty of handmade lies in the fact that to manufacture and design different crafts can be from improvised means. But in order to skillfully implement the plan, the abilities of a person with design skills are needed. If you are not sure that you can turn improvised materials into art, it is still better to provide yourself with materials from the stationery and accessories department. To make a postcard you will need: scissors, thick cardboard, glue, colored paper. Then you can independently continue this list, because it all depends on the imagination of the author. It can be beads, fabric, sequins, drawings, bows, stickers... anything! Agree, it's great when there is such a wide range, and you yourself regulate the total amount of expenses.
As soon as you get the hang of making simple, but at the same time bright and extraordinary postcards, you can move to a new level and master some interesting technique, for example, the technique of creating three-dimensional postcards. Of course, voluminous postcards look much more spectacular and will surely bring a lot of joy.
In no case do not think that making handmade postcards is beyond your power. After looking at the photos of handmade masters, such thoughts may visit you. However, the truth is that handmade is a very simple way to create a real masterpiece. Even if you have doubts about whether you can do something noteworthy, do not waste time on these thoughts - try it! Only by trying to build something magical, you can be sure that it is not so difficult. In addition, the process itself will surely please you.
As soon as you become a supporter of hand-made, do not forget to involve the younger generation in the process. They will surely appreciate your wonderful hobby and keep you company.
It is worth starting to work on a gift after watching several videos, which describe all the details and nuances of the process. So you will be more confident in your strengths and capabilities, and you will also be able to learn from the experience of the masters. Hurry up to start working on postcards with your own hands. Those who receive this gift will be delighted! We wish you creative success!
