How to make the perfect postcard. Women's hobby for any age: how to make a simple paper card
Handmade gifts and postcards are much more expensive than standard purchased ones. And this is not surprising. After all, all hand made products are unique and created in a single copy. Moreover, a handmade greeting card with warm wishes will pleasantly surprise the birthday person and complement the birthday gift.
Many people think that it is impossible to create a beautiful postcard at home without expensive materials and tools, but this is far from the case. Knowing the basic principles of cardmaking and scrapbooking, you can make original birthday cards with your own hands from improvised materials that are in almost every home.
What do you need to create a happy birthday card?
- First of all, you need to prepare the basis of the postcard. It is best if it is cardboard or whatman paper. Base color - any, preferably plain.
- Scissors will need two types - one large to cut the base of the postcard, others - small manicure. The latter is convenient to cut out miniature applications or pictures.
- A ruler and a pencil are needed to correctly mark the length and width of the postcard on cardboard.
- Colored pens, especially helium ones with sparkles, can make beautiful inscriptions and drawings on postcards.
- The glue stick will help you make beautiful paper applications on postcards without smudges and stains. For fastening fabric, lace, felt, it is better to use PVA glue, and for more “serious” decorations, such as buttons, rhinestones, sequins, etc., using the Moment universal glue or a glue gun will help to avoid the troubles associated with falling off the details of the postcard in the most inopportune moment.
- Anything can become a decoration for postcards: colored paper, felt, pictures from old magazines and newspapers, beads, rhinestones, sequins, beads, coffee, pasta, cereals, old twine, threads and much, much more. In general, anything that is in every home.
The process of making a simple happy birthday card
Making any postcard, even simple, even complex, begins with the preparation of the base. Postcards can be single and double, different formats, configurations and sizes.
The simplest postcard is, of course, a single one, when a square or rectangle of the desired size is cut with scissors. If you need a double postcard, the cardboard is folded in half, the desired size of the postcard is outlined and the part is cut out along the contours.
The base can be of any size. However, if you are going to send the postcard by mail, it is best to make it under the envelope.
Envelope sizes:
The same applies to the configuration of the postcard - it can also be varied: in the form of any shape - round, square, rectangular, oval with smooth or fancy-cut edges.
When the base is prepared, proceed to the preparation of decorations for the postcard. The simplest is, of course, the application, when the details are glued to the base. For example, such a postcard, on which a balloon is glued, is made very simply and quickly, the whole secret is in the selected materials:
You can even not use glue, but sew the necessary elements with a sewing machine:
For universal birthday cards that are suitable for any person, flowers are best suited. Details can be cut according to templates or come up with something of your own.
The edges of the card can be decorated with ribbons, lace, beads, etc. 
And the finishing touch - the inscription. You can sign with a colored pen, a felt-tip pen, or you can use beautiful inscriptions for postcards “Happy Birthday!” and “Congratulations!” Made in the scrapbooking technique, print on a printer:
Creative ideas: how to make original DIY Happy Birthday cards
- Use of various types of unusual bases. For example - watercolor paper for the background. Or drawing a pattern by stamping on tracing paper, and use bright decorative paper as a substrate for it.
- The color scheme, correctly selected, will make the simplest composition original. Three colors are enough - two contrasting and one neutral.
- The use of various options for folding postcards that violate symmetry.
- For inscriptions and signatures of postcards, use calligraphic outlines of letters and apply them with paint with silver or gilding.
- In the technique of scrapbooking. The base of the postcard is made of colored cardboard. Decorative elements and backgrounds for them are selected, matching in texture and color. Each background with decorative elements is glued in layers (using helium-based glue).
- In the technique of quilling. These are voluminous drawings from folded strips of double-sided colored paper. Figures are made (spirals, leaves, flower petals are folded) and glued to the base.
- Decoupage technique. Choose a napkin with the appropriate pattern, remove the top layer and carefully stick with PVA glue diluted with water on the base of the postcard, avoiding the appearance of wrinkled folds.
As you can see, it is not so difficult to quickly make a simple and creative postcard. If you spend a little more time on making, you can make more original postcards with your own hands.
Original handmade watercolor paper birthday card
It doesn't take long to make a birthday card using watercolor or ink on watercolor paper.
Materials:
- watercolor, ink, ink;
- watercolor paper;
- waterbrush;
- colored cardboard for the base;
- thematic sets of stamps for drawing.
Manufacturing
- If you make a square postcard, then the length of the cardboard should be twice the width. To fold the workpiece in half, you need to combine the upper left corner with the upper right. Do the same with the lower corners, then make an even kink in the middle and cover with a load for a few minutes.
- Watercolor paper should be in the shape of a square, the side of which is commensurate with the width of the cardboard base.
- A pattern is applied to the paper using stamps with the image of flowers. Stamping is done in a circle, with a change in angle. The image is obtained in the form of a wreath of flowers, leaves, directed both inside the circle and out. Then the drawing is painted with watercolor or ink using a waterbrush. On a separate sheet, it is recommended to practice choosing the color scheme for the wreath.
- When the drawing dries, it needs to be trimmed (the sides of the square of the watercolor sheet should become slightly smaller than the sides of the base). Glue must be applied in dots in several places, or use double-sided tape. The picture is placed in the center. If desired, you can make ink the inscription "Happy Birthday!".
More difficult to manufacture, but very beautiful - the next craft.
Volumetric birthday card
An original version can be a voluminous postcard made by oneself on the principle of children's books. When the postcard is opened, three-dimensional compositions are formed with elements on different planes.
You will need:
- thick decorative paper;
- white cardboard;
- curly and ordinary scissors;
- PVA glue or pencil;
- colored paper;
- colored pens.
Manufacturing
- You need to take decorative paper of a rectangular shape, fold in half. This will be the cover for the future postcard.
- For the "stuffing" you should cut out the appropriate size cardboard, and also fold it in half.
- In the center, an outline drawing of the image is made (a stencil or patterns are used). It is enough to draw one large flower or, as an idea, use the following templates for voluminous postcards - from simple to complex:
- On the flower, you can make an application from bright colored paper or leave it white, and raise the details of the image with a colored pen.
- Curly scissors cut the cardboard along the edge.
- Glue cardboard with a flower on the cover and put it under the load.
- Write your congratulations and wishes near the flower.
- On the outside of the card, you can stick palettes, a ribbon, make the inscription "Happy Birthday!"
A beautiful handmade greeting card will delight loved ones for a long time.
Chic voluminous postcards for mom with the inscriptions "Mom" and "I Love You", made using the scrapbooking technique, look amazing! Especially if they are handmade. And here it is not necessary to spend money and lay out a certain amount of money for their acquisition. It is enough to take a few sheets of colored and white paper, print out the templates, spend a little time making them - and the cards are ready!
Tools and materials Time: 1 hour Difficulty: 3/10
- scrap paper plain or with a pattern, for the inscription "I Love You" with dimensions of 14x21.5 cm, for "Mom" - 18x25 cm;
- printed templates, for the inscription "I Love You" - 12.5x19 cm, for "Mom" - 17x22.5 cm;
- scissors or paper cutter;
- glue stick, PVA or double-sided tape.
Congratulate your beloved mother by presenting her with these charming 3D scrapbooking cards with “Mom, I Love You” inscriptions!
Of course, it is not necessary to make such voluminous postcards both, because they can be used separately. And if the first inscription "Mom" is suitable only for congratulating the mother, then the second - "I Love You" will come in handy for all occasions.
You don't need any special tools to make a postcard. It is only necessary to print the templates (presented below), cut and bend the paper along the indicated lines. Ready-made three-dimensional inscriptions then need to be glued onto colored plain or patterned paper.
Templates
Step by step master class
So, let's start making voluminous postcards.
Step 1: cut out patterns
Using scissors or a cutter, carefully make cuts along the solid lines on the templates. Remove unnecessary details. Bend the letters along the dotted lines as shown in the photo. The folds should be neat and precise, such that you can fold the card in half along the center line.
Step 2: Glue the decals
Use glue or double-sided tape to glue the three-dimensional inscriptions into the middle of the colored scrap paper. Make sure that all parts are placed symmetrically and freely.
If you wish, you can take not white, but colored paper for inscriptions. Just make sure that the colors of the cover and the inner inscription are in harmony with each other.
In childhood, a birthday is a special holiday for any child. He is in the center of attention, receives gifts and congratulations. This makes the child feel their importance, individuality and love of loved ones, so the children are looking forward to their birthday and carefully prepare for it. With no less enthusiasm, they go on holidays to their friends and congratulate loved ones on their special day.
The birthday boy most of all likes to receive congratulations, and the child can do this with a postcard. Try to make it yourself. Such an activity for children is of particular importance: they put their skill and effort into crafts, learn patience and work with paper, cardboard, scissors, and glue. He develops not only fine motor skills, but also a sense of beauty.
Here are 10 postcard ideas that a child can make on their own or with a little help from an adult.
Postcard with buttons
Postcard with 3D application
Postcard with balloons
Volumetric flower for a postcard
Butterflies can be cut out of paper or use ready-made stickers
Envelope with confetti
Heart balloons
A teenager can make such a card, but kids can stick ready-made pompoms on paper
Bouquet of paper flowers
For this postcard, you first need to cut out flowers from colored paper, stick them on paper or cardboard and draw a stem.
On the eve of the celebration of a person dear to the heart, I want to make a gift that would impress and leave pleasant memories. We offer to make voluminous postcards with your own hands, they are also called pop-up postcards. What are these wonderful postcards? At first glance, these are ordinary postcards, opening which, suddenly a three-dimensional figure or a whole composition appears in front of you! Such postcards will not leave anyone indifferent! Especially if they are copyrighted and keep the warmth of your hands!
Do-it-yourself cards with flowers inside
Even a child can make a heart-shaped card with a three-dimensional flower inside:
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We do both simple and complex creation technologies.
A lush flower for the inside or outside of a postcard can be made from colored or even plain paper, painted with watercolors or pastel crayons. You can cut flowers according to this pattern:
We print out the flower template, paint it with paints. We fold in accordance with the marked fold lines and glue the resulting flower onto the base of the card.
Undoubtedly, such a lush and bright postcard with flowers inside, made by hand, will surely please the recipient.
How to make it tells in his master class TheJulianaHappy:
The option with gentle, pastel colors, flowers looks very nice. Stamens for flowers are not difficult to make!
The original master class is in English, so for your convenience we offer a short translation of the process of creating this flower card.
Materials and tools are standard: colored paper, cardboard, scissors, glue, plastic to simulate glass in the window.
We take thick colored paper, fold it in half. In one half we cut out a square window.
We make a frame from colored paper of a different color. Glass for the window can be made from a protective film for the phone or transparent plastic. Glue the resulting window frame to the base of the postcard. You can do without "glass" at all.
Glue into the hole
We glue a flower pot out of cardboard, glue it in the middle of the postcard on the fold line. We glue the sides of the resulting pot so that when the postcard is closed, the pot folds up.
Next, cut out green stems and all kinds of bright flowers from colored paper: crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips. Perhaps your bouquet will not be spring, but summer, which means that cornflowers, chamomile, pansies, etc. will appear.
Glue the flowers into the pot
The height of the flowers should be such that they do not stick out of the postcard, but are visible through the window!
The window can be decorated with a cozy curtain.
Master class original
By the same principle, you can make a postcard with flowers from felt or colored cotton pads. Additionally, insert a concise but warm congratulation along with the flowers!
In addition to flowers, balloons, stars, bows can peek out from the card.
How to make a panoramic flower card along with a greeting envelope shows in his master class TheWorkshop:
We take thick paper - the basis for our postcard. Create a rectangle in the center of the card fold line. The width of the rectangle is 3 cm, the length is 7 cm.
We make cuts along the pink lines with a clerical knife. Then we fold the resulting rectangle inside the postcard. We attach the base of the postcard to another sheet, b O larger than the original base.
Then we make a floral design: a flower pot, the flowers themselves, fluttering butterflies and grass. We combine all this and glue it on the front of our postcard.
Masterclass original.
Using the same technique, you can make an original vase postcard. You can also make flowers in such vases with your own hands from paper or other improvised means.
We bring to your attention a master class on making a very delicate voluminous postcard, which will not only congratulate the recipient, but also fit perfectly into the interior, for example, of a children's room.
First, we make a frame-box. To do this, take thick blue paper and cut out a template for the box from it. We fold the edges of the template 4 times 5 mm on each side, thereby forming a frame. We glue the resulting frames.
On top of them we glue colored or scrap paper in a color suitable for your composition.
Next, we will prepare the elements of the future composition. We glue the balloon from paper circles. We fold the circles on the floor and glue them together. Waxed cord is glued to the base of the basket and directly to the mugs that form a ball.
We cut out the clouds from scrap paper, and the sun from yellow paper. Paste the elements of the composition into the frame. We glue the balloon as follows: we glue the base of the balloon on bulk adhesive tape, and the balloon itself on glue. We glue the clouds according to the same principle: one for glue, the second for voluminous adhesive tape.
We make green grass from a simple napkin. First we cut it, then we glue it. On the right side of the box we glue a tree made with a scrapbooking hole punch. The final touch - in the free places we glue the serpentine, butterflies and a congratulatory inscription! Glue a ribbon with embroidery or lace on the bottom of the box. The original voluminous postcard is ready!
Masterclass original.
3D postcards in the Kirigami technique
Kirigami is the art of cutting and folding paper figurines and cards. This is the main difference between Kirigami and other paper folding techniques and is emphasized in the name: "kiru" - cut, "kami" - paper. The founder of this direction is the Japanese architect Masahiro Chatani.
For manufacturing, sheets of paper or thin cardboard are used, which are cut and folded. Unlike traditional 3D postcards, these paper models are usually cut and folded from a single sheet of paper. Most often, three-dimensional models of architecture buildings, geometric patterns and various everyday objects, etc. are developed.
It is better to start with a simple do-it-yourself voluminous birthday card. For example, using thick paper in two contrasting colors, you can make a birthday card-cake:
To make it, use this template:
Using various templates, you can make cake cards more complicated:
How to make a kirigami cake tells in his master class OksanaHnativ:
Using this technique, you can cut out various congratulatory inscriptions. The cake can be decorated and painted to your liking.
To create it, take this template:
White embossed paper will also make a spectacular postcard:
By combining two mirror parts of the “cake” cut from different sheets, you can make a whole voluminous cake in a postcard!
Use the following pattern:
There are a lot of options for creating volumetric postcards! Cut and fold your paper masterpieces!
Volumetric postcards in the technique of scrapbooking
Scrapbooking is the art of decorating photo albums, but its techniques are also very popular when creating postcards.
Using the elements of Kirigami, using the Scrapbooking technique, you can also make a voluminous postcard with your own hands. We cut out and fold from scrap paper "steps" for "pop-up" candles on the second half of the postcard. We glue the candles and stick the resulting blank on the base of the postcard.
You can make a simple but original greeting card from scrap or colored paper. We cut out the flame of the candle and decorate it with sparkles, then glue it on 2-sided tape. Glue the second part of the candle with glue. The congratulation itself can be tied or glued to an elegant satin ribbon. Simple and original!
From paper of a different texture, the postcard will look completely different)
By overlaying each element of the card on top of each other, again using double-sided tape, you can create such a voluminous bright cake!
Consider Tatyana Sadomskaya's master class on how easy it is to make a voluminous most delicate postcard using the Scrapbooking technique using ready-made pictures.
To create such a postcard, Tatyana used:
- ScrapBerry’s “Favorite Pet” scrapbook set
- scissors
- thick cardboard
It is better to use scrap paper with a lot of miniatures that can be cut from a single sheet, as well as colored stamp prints and chipboards.
Before creating a postcard, you need to decide on its plot in order to choose the color of the base of the postcard and its "characters". In this case, paper with a calm beige print is taken as the basis, the components of the plot are cut out of it: kittens, a puppy, flowers, a crown on a pillow.
Before starting this work, do not forget to decide what will be in the foreground and what will be behind it!
In our case, we put a larger kitten in the foreground, this will enhance the feeling that he is closer than kittens with a dog.
We make the necessary cuts. It turns out such a design with "steps". On the resulting "steps" we glue leaves of arbitrary size. These leaves imitate a wooden fence.
Next, gradually glue our elements, starting from near to far. We start from the foreground and glue the kitten. We glue it on beer cardboard, because it gives additional volume and casts a shadow. By the same principle, several other elements can be glued, for example, balls and flowers. When the inside is ready, glue it to the base of the postcard.
Outside, we also decorate the card with an elegant floral print.
For more elegance, we decorate the elements of the card with sparkles (we use glitter).
Masterclass original.
Check out this amazing 3D cake card for inspiration:
Volumetric postcards-dioramas
We present to your attention a master class on making a 3D postcard - a small three-dimensional scene. On such a stage, everyone can arrange various bizarre figurines and decorations)
To make a postcard, we take 4 sheets of thick cardboard, in this case we take cardboard of four shades of orange. You can also choose the colors of your choice.
On sheets of cardboard with a pencil, draw the outline of the frames and cut them out. We make the outline of the frame 1 cm wide.
From the remaining fragments of paper we cut out two strips, each of which is 10 by 4 cm in size. We line each one into 4 parts of 1 cm each. We cut off all the corners of the resulting strips. We fold the strips along the lines so that we get a paper zigzag. These zigzag pieces will support the diorama fragments. Glue the zigzags to the frame on both sides.
We glue the second frame clearly along the line on the other side of the zigzag.
The top of the zigzag should cover one side of the frame. The same must be done with the opposite side. Thus, the first scene of the diorama is ready!
By the same principle, we make the rest of the frames of the diorama.
It's better to pre-decorate each of the frames (especially the last one) than to try to squeeze the decor into the finished card.
The back wall does not have to be solid, you can make a transparent diorama without a back wall.
Decorate not only the "wall" of the diorama, but every frame. Use more voluminous decorations such as beads, bows, feathers, ribbons, etc. This will make the card look more voluminous and this will enhance the 3D effect!
Masterclass original.
You can come up with absolutely any plot! Create your own little theatre!
For example, waiting Assol!
Or a balloon in fluffy clouds.
Bright glade with lupins and butterflies!
Birdhouse with birds and flowers:
Postcard-accordion (schemes and templates)
Another type of voluminous postcards is an accordion postcard.
To create such a postcard, you will need: thick scrap paper for the base frame, a scrap-cutting knife or a clerical knife, transparent plastic for the internal parts, stamens, semi-pearls, etc. materials for decoration.
We take a template and make blanks for a postcard. From thick scrap paper we cut out 8 blanks for the base frame and 4 from transparent plastic.
Thick paper...
...and transparent plastic
We glue the plastic blanks to the paper base. In order for the card to fold, we make a double creasing of about 2 mm on the outer folds. We connect the resulting 4 parts - glue them with glue or use 2-sided tape. Glue the remaining 4 frames on the opposite side.
Now you can start the most creative part of creating a postcard - decorating it! We glue fluttering butterflies and twisted greenery to the plastic. Postcard is ready!
Master class original
Various templates for making the bases of such postcards, see below:
Using imagination, you can create all sorts of options for such folding cards. For example, with a predominance of children's topics. The number of components may vary.
Birds, flowers, butterflies - they always look very light and airy on postcards!
Postcards for all occasions
We have already seen that handmade postcards are more original than those that you can just buy.
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Let's give, and sometimes for no reason at all! 🙂
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