DIY postcards
DIY postcards
And since the holidays come one after another, we need to prepare for them. Better in advance. Today I looked at postcards. When it’s beautiful, original, with all your heart and with your own hands - it’s still better than the most expensive postcard from the store.
And the children nearby can learn something
The dress is wonderful...
A really killer card called I miss you
And this is already a standing dress postcard... You can decorate it however you like: ribbons, rhinestones, chiffon, lace. And the fabric will give each card a unique character. Girlfriends need to do
Postcard template; print in the right size. Yes, it’s not difficult to draw him. First on paper, then glued to cardboard, and then turn on your imagination and... go ahead
A template for a fun dress with a pleated skirt. The folds are laid, as you understand
My topic: I love typewriters. Ready to glue them everywhere and always
Another one of my favorite machines is a sewing machine. But I guess I'm not the only one who likes it
Card for a lady with rhinestones. The hangers are especially touching. A piece of wallpaper or beautiful paper+ wire hangers (even suitable for champagne) + plus fabric, lace (by the way, you can paint it with silver paint). Did you notice the handbag? I can imagine how delighted such a postcard would cause a lady I know.
As a lesson, here are the shapes of postcards, so you know what they are and how they fold:
butterfly patterns. They are printed, cut out and put to work.
If you can’t print it, then you need to draw it
I like this option even better
Examples of postcards with butterflies
On the first - title page - we cut out the contours of the butterflies, and paste them on the second sheet colored paper, colored by spectrum
Colored paper, butterflies made of several layers so that the wings are voluminous. And we attach it to the card with a button, a bead, a flower - whatever we find in our little boxes
Well, I don’t know about you, but I would paint some spikelets with gold paint, maybe a couple hand stitch embroider, some can be printed on an old letter. Butterflies made of plain paper on which the outline and veins on the wings are drawn with white paint or a felt-tip pen. The braid at the bottom can also be painted in the desired color.
Butterflies in glitter. Glitter goes well with glue. Or, as an option - velvet paper
For Valentine's Day
a postcard with a romantic plot and a hint of eternal love
and a template for it
from-papercutting.blogspot.ru
The two-layer card is wonderful!
Postcard Flower Pot
Postcard template Flower pot. Not for the postcard in the photo above, but still...
Another flower pot so you have plenty to choose from
But cards just for all the upcoming holidays
Apron postcard template
And the Aprons themselves:
for mom or grandma
Male version - for dad or grandfather
And for those who sew
Recently, more and more people are turning their attention to postcards. self made. And this is not surprising: such a gift is available to many, and emotions from just one original do-it-yourself postcard so many.
Have you tried making cards with your own hands? If not, it doesn't matter. Today I will show you how to make such an unusual folding postcard. Believe me, it's easier than you think. We will definitely look at how to make a blank for a folding card, because knowing the basics, you can then make cards with your own hands for any holiday.
So, let's go! We collect materials:
- A4 cardstock (a sheet of paper for watercolors or thin colored cardboard);
- scrap paper;
- glue pencil and universal transparent;
- pencil, ruler, creasing;
- stationery knife;
- a mock-up mat or just a wooden board;
- silicone stamps;
- ink pad;
- double-sided bulk tape;
- curly scissors;
- small figured hole punch;
- decorative elements: flowers, cut-out butterflies, ribbons, etc.
Here is the list that came out. In fact, needlewomen have much more in their stash, but this does not mean at all that in order to make this original postcard with your own hands, you need to urgently buy everything written. The main thing is scrap paper. And the rest will be found. In this work I used Boho Chic (First Edition) paper.
Master class:
Stage 1. Blank for a clamshell postcard
First of all, let's figure out the complex design and make the necessary blank for a folding postcard.
We mark the cardstock sheet as shown in the following figure. Please note that you can vary the dimensions of the workpiece according to your needs. When assembled, this postcard turned out to be an almost standard size of 10x16 cm (usually 10x15 are available).
Using a utility knife, cut two horizontal strips, marked in red in the diagram.
Our template for a folding card is ready. Simple!
Stage 2. Selecting the background for the folding card
Now we need to choose paper for the background of the folding card. For these purposes I used 2 contrasting prints. I have indicated the dimensions of each background detail in the photo below. 
Let's tint the red details around the edges. I also stamped each small square using an ink pad and silicone stamps.
Stage 3. We create decorative elements for our unusual postcard with our own hands
Let's start with the main inscription (this time again a birthday card). We cut out a rectangle with a length of about 10 cm from embossed paper, draw an oval on it and cut it out with curly scissors.
I got bored that everything was so simple, and I decided to decorate this blank with shaped holes. These little stars came up.
The next thing I did was to tone this part of the clamshell postcard using stamping ink.
Next, cut out a slightly smaller oval and make an inscription on it. Both a gel pen and acrylic paint are suitable for these purposes. All that remains is to glue the red rectangle and these two parts together. The congratulatory inscription for our original DIY postcard is also ready.
Another decorative element in our work is a delicate frame with a rose. It's easy to do.
Using curly scissors, cut out a rectangle from the same paper as the previous decor. Dimensions (approximately) 7 cm long and 4.5 cm wide.
From beige paper (I use the reverse side of scrap paper) we cut out another rectangle of a slightly smaller size. I stamped it with a silicone stamp from the “Happy Birthday” set, I already mentioned this set. I also recommend tinting the edges.
Now we take a stationery knife and a board or mat and cut out an oval frame.
Oh yes! Under the frame we will place our favorite red print with flowers, for which we cut out a rectangle of the appropriate size.
It's time to decorate our folding card with a flower. This will be a delicate rose, which I borrowed from the same set of scrap paper. Glue a piece of double-sided tape to the back of the bud. This will give our work an interesting effect.
Having removed the protective layer, we attach the bud to the corner of the frame. See how playfully the rose now looks out of the window! And volume appeared.
Now let's glue the frame itself to the base. Again we will use foamed double-sided tape. And here is the result. Here I also glued a dragonfly cut out with a figured hole punch and a couple of beads. There is still room for a flower at the bottom, but we will attach it later.
So, the main decor for our folding card is ready.
Stage 4. Assembling a folding card with your own hands
We glue the stamped squares and a congratulatory inscription, as well as two coffee (by the way, what is the correct name for this color?) rectangles, as shown in the photo.
Before gluing the T-shaped blanks for the clamshell postcard, we will first decorate them. I took a matching satin ribbon and a creamy wave lace in a contrasting cream color. We wrap the edges on the back side of the postcard and securely fix it with universal glue.
Also, before gluing these parts, we need to think about how this will close. original postcard with your own hands. I used the same tape for these purposes. We measure out the length so that you can wrap the ribbon around the card and tie a bow.
We glue the tape itself to the front side (in the diagram this part is on the left). And on top of it we glue our T-pieces. I decided to embellish them a little more by gluing on a pseudo-chain of gold rings.
As promised, we glue a textile flower onto the frame. And since they don’t give 2 flowers on a birthday, we glued a third one - a paper scarlet rose. It fits perfectly on the bottom element of the folding card.
Well, I think it’s better for you to look at everything in more detail yourself (click to enlarge):
Reverse side moons, i.e. folding cards
As a rule, no attention is paid to this point. But the back of a folding card is a great place to write your wishes. And you can put your logo here too. You never know what your imagination will tell you! Therefore, the back of the card should also look presentable.
Of course, ideally both sides should be made in the same style. But what to do if there is no more such paper? But look how we get out of this situation. If you look closely, you can see that this bizarre pattern, this layering, was the result of gluing together scraps of scrap paper. Scrap patchwork right! But in the end it turned out well, you’ll agree.
I left the space for wishes on the right; it will be covered when folded, so the birthday boy has an incentive to open this original card as soon as possible.
This is how the master class turned out. Now you know what it is folding card and how to make it yourself. I hope everything works out for you! Or maybe you have already made such cards before? In any case, I will be very glad if you share your thoughts, ideas or photographs of your work in the comments.
By the way, I think it’s time to start creating a gallery of your, dear readers, works. Leave photos of your creations in the main album in our VKontakte group. I have some ideas regarding this gallery :) But for now these are just thoughts (although they can materialize).
See you soon! Your brownie Elena
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– an amazing technique that allows us to create incredible masterpieces for absolutely any occasion. For example, you are going to a colleague or friend’s birthday party and decided to give money. As they say, money is money, spent and forgotten, but nothing will remain of the holiday atmosphere itself. And already give money in a beautiful, gentle, but at the same time bright postcard, which will remain for a long time in memory, and even write some sincere or unforgettable poems or congratulations in it, believe me, this will already be a pleasant and unexpected memory for all my life. Why did we say unexpected? Because it won't be simple card, but handmade, which is done from the heart and with pure and sincere love. And its special feature will be that it will be made in an unusual folding form. We will look at a master class on making such a masterpiece right now.
To make a postcard we take:
- Watercolor paper 22 cm by 40.5 cm;
- Lilac scrap paper, two sheets measuring 30*30 cm from the “Happy Day” collection;
- Pictures with different flower arrangements, butterflies, Eiffel Tower;
- A congratulation poem printed on a lilac background, as well as a personal inscription “Happy Birthday, Lyudmila!”;
- Cut out elements: Butterflies, flowers, leaves, napkin, hearts all in lilac-violet color;
- Curb hole punch;
- 3-D hole punch butterfly;
- Beige and lilac pearl half beads;
- Lilac lace;
- Satin purple ribbons 3 mm and 5 mm wide;
- Stamens in bouquets are lilac;
- Flower lilac fabric cornflower;
- Center with lilac rhinestones;
- Lilac ribbon 25 mm wide made of satin;
- Paper white and lilac rose;
- Lilac paper hydrangea;
- Glue stick;
- Ink pink pad;
- Thermal gun;
- Double-sided tape;
- Simple pencil;
- Ruler and scissors.
Lay out watercolor paper and divide it into appropriate sizes. We leave the height at 22 cm, and at the top and bottom we divide the width into parts of 15 cm, 15 cm and 10.5 cm. On the right side we divide the side in half, 11 cm each.
Now we connect the upper left corner and connect it under the ruler with the right side in the center. We draw a solid line.
We also connect the upper and lower points under the ruler and draw bend lines. Cut off the top wedge.
Fold in half from right to left, and now again from left to right.
Thus, we have this complex folding base. Cut two strips of tape 25 mm wide.
We glue the back of the base with pieces of double-sided tape. So we will then tie it with a bow. Now we smudge the entire base along all edges with a pad.
Now we take scrap paper and cut two such quadrangles for each side of the card.
Use a border hole punch to make strips from leftover paper. We glue these strips to the top of each quadrangle. Now we take the pictures, the cutting, the poems and the inscription and lay them out into five quadrangles. We simply glue the sixth one with double-sided tape to the back of the card base.
We machine sew all our cuttings. Now we glue all the scrap quadrangles onto the base with double-sided tape.
Let's try to move away from boring standard rectangular cards and make a big card unusual shape. It will look great standing on your or your loved ones' shelf
To create an unusual large postcard you will need the following materials and tools:
-watercolor paper for the base of the card (size 15 cm by 30 cm)
-paper for scrapbooking (size 15 cm by 30 cm)
- ink pad of a suitable color
-nylon tape (length 30 cm, width 3 cm)
-decorations (butterflies, flowers, rhinestones, pearls)
- stationery knife
-regular and curly scissors
-ruler
- paper glue
-double-sided tape
-double-sided adhesive squares or tape
Let's take watercolor paper to make a postcard. Draw lines on it as shown in Figure 1. The lines that should be cut with a stationery knife are highlighted in red. Then we bend the workpiece along vertical lines.
Then take a rectangle of scrap paper. We will cut out pieces from it that we will glue onto our workpiece. We need 2 rectangles measuring 14.8 cm by 4.8 cm, 1 rectangle measuring 6.8 cm by 9.8 cm, 4 rectangles measuring 3.8 cm by 4.8 cm, 2 rectangles measuring 6.8 cm by 4 .8 cm, 2 rectangles measuring 9.8 cm by 3.8 cm.
Now we take a stamp pad and use it to tint first the watercolor blank for the postcard, and then all the pieces of scrap paper that we cut.
Next we will glue the scrap paper onto our future postcard. I advise you to start gluing everything on the right side. When all the paper except the first front side is glued, take the nylon tape, fit it to the remaining part and glue the last scrap paper onto it.
(photo No. 7,8,9) – if possible, turn photo No. 7 180 degrees clockwise
Now we simply decorate the card according to your wishes. You can make a window where there will be congratulations. To do this, use curly scissors to cut out a square, paste it onto scrap paper and cut it again with curly scissors. Glue the square onto the card.
