Do-it-yourself cards for a woman's birthday

Do-it-yourselfers have developed many technologies that allow them to make unique gizmos, spending only time and imagination. Do-it-yourself cards for a woman's birthday - such additions to a sincere desire to congratulate a person is now in a special trend. They bring incomparable pleasure to the birthday girl.

The inability to draw or cut is replaced with interesting decorative elements bought in a special store or made from scrap materials. For ugly handwriting, you can cut out the letters using ready-made templates from colored paper or glossy editions.

To create greeting cards, if you have the skills and abilities, use weaving from beads, macrame, lace (made of paper or knitted with your own hands, facing - a special mosaic applique) and much more.

In the decor, it is permissible to use any items that seem appropriate:

• ribbons;
• beads;
• buttons;
• fabric and tree bark;
• straw and dry leaves;
• flowers from the herbarium;
• paper applications.

The most common congratulations are paper cards... Every woman had to receive such gifts from a child, made in kindergarten, school or at home.

The special charm of such a postcard is that it was made by hand. It is not by chance that educators and teachers devote time to such creativity in the classroom.It develops valuable qualities - patience, perseverance, imagination, motor skills.

A common practice is when all the children congratulate their mothers and grandmothers on March 8th.

This goes without much difficulty if there is colored paper, glue and scissors, a ready-made template for cutting and a teacher who can give the right direction. The main thing in this lesson - stimulation of motives. A kid who wants to make a gift with his own hands, observes the work of his peers, learns himself, receives a charge of collective creativity.

A birthday present is best made at home. At the same time, it is necessary to observe the golden mean - not to interfere with the child's fantasies and skillfully direct his independent creativity. The older the child, the more sophisticated techniques can be used in the manufacture of postcards, the more decor options are used.

The thoughtfulness of the idea lies in the selection of color combinations, moderation of decorations, in the use of interesting decorative elements. A beautiful inscription and an expressive background are especially important.

Such options are called flat, because the images on them are without volume. They do not require special manufacturing skills. But this does not mean that elegant and original gizmos cannot be made in a flat format. Children, especially in preschool age, show wonders of imagination, invention and taste when they create their touching masterpieces.

Adults can also make a flat postcard, but usually they already have more advanced hand-made techniques. The joint creativity of an older child, parents and a baby leads to the creation of non-trivial crafts that serve as a weighty addition to a purchased gift, cause delight and emotion.

This laconic definition means any postcards made using special techniques that make it possible to give the image volume and special texture.

• Corrugated paper tubes - a simple technique in which strips of paper are used for different purposes, wound on a pencil or knitting needle and then squeezed.

• Quilling - medallions made of finely twisted paper strips with gilded edges. This is a technique invented by nuns in medieval Europe.

• The most famous of all techniques is origami... It is a volumetric image, folded in a special way. They are glued to the base or the entire structure is used as a congratulation. A variety of origami is considered kirigami, in the manufacture of which scissors and paper cutting are used. If you wish, you can pay attention to other inventions of Japanese masters - modular origami, kusudama (elements cut with scissors do not nest into each other, as in modular ones, but are sewn or glued together).

• Technique papier mache has more than one century. A mass of cardboard or paper allows not only to create original products, but also to paint them with paints, varnish.

• A very interesting solution - embossing or embossing. It can be used on paper, parchment, foil, and even plastic. A postcard made using this technique is easy to make, but it looks impressive, especially when combined with other decorative means.

If we are talking about a significant anniversary in the life of a beloved woman (wife or mother, sister, close relative), you can turn to scrapbooking. This is a separate type of needlework, one of the trends that never go out of fashion. It can be a way to delicately express your feelings, remind you of significant events in life and the importance of what is happening now.

• For 30 years - the choice of the creator is not limited. You can make a classic rectangular shape of congratulations, on cardboard, apply neutral images for the main decor, improvised materials for expressiveness.If this is for your beloved, then the card can be made in the shape of a heart, more flowers and fiction. You can use the attributes of the season (snowflakes in winter, snowdrops or primroses, lilacs in spring).

• 45th anniversary - stylized as an old envelope with a touching inscription or a classic rectangle, inside which is a good photograph of the birthday girl. In the upper half, make a window with a curtain or a lilac bush so that the heroine of the anniversary looks out of it. If you make an elegant bonbonniere out of paper, you can place money or jewelry prepared as a gift inside.

• For 50 years appropriate pastel colors, white beads and lace, beautiful calligraphic inscriptions with affectionate epithets, bouquets and satin ribbons. There must be little things that remind you of a hobby or hobby.

You can find warnings that mention the complexity of technology, the high cost of materials and tools. Creating a book, album or box is indeed time consuming and requires special tools. But an anniversary card will require only thick cardboard and glue. All other tools for manufacturing will probably be found at home - scissors and a ruler, absolutely any decorative tools and photographs.

Appropriate not only for Valentine's Day, although the fantasies of manufacturers and advisers rarely extend beyond a banal heart. Meanwhile, a do-it-yourself card is a great way not only to congratulate your beloved woman, but also to tell about your feelings. A man in love or a loving man can engage in similar creativity for any reason:

• make it pleasant to wake up (bring or leave breakfast with a postcard in the kitchen);
• wish good night;
• congratulate on any holiday;
• present with an offer of heart and hand;
• present for birthday.

The more unusual the creation, the more favorable impression it will make. The classic example is a banal envelope, fastened with wooden clothespins, each of which has a red heart. It is clear that a man has no time to weave beads and sew on beads. A man can arrange a congratulation in the tradition of minimalism, or make a non-trivial variation of a standard rectangle with flowers made of foil, leather, metal wire, small gears from a delicate mechanism.

Every creator wants to create something unusual, non-trivial and original. Do not think that all the original options have already been invented and described. There are only ideas and principles that suggest what you can use to create your own masterpiece.

Each homemade postcard is an expression of imagination, skills and abilities, as well as a reflection of the feelings of its author for the person to whom he addresses the fruit of his creative activity.

Any greeting card can be original:

• with a three-dimensional image inside, unexpectedly opening to the hero of the day;
• flat in a standard form, with flowers on the cover and congratulatory verses inside;
• decorated using the scrapbooking technique and many decorative attributes;
• made by a child, with a simple appliqué and letters cut from a glossy magazine.

Each of them is able to please its addressee, evoke gratitude and pleasant emotions.

Postcard from threads - a simple example of using improvised means with a spectacular design. It is not difficult to make a pom-pom from threads, it is more difficult to come up with its application. It can be the main element of the composition or part of the overall design.The most common option is on the cover ice cream from three balls for the hero of the day... Those who know how to knit in this technique can use homemade lace or miniature items, more often crocheted.

A postcard with unexpected decorative elements always amazes the imagination. Compositions made of multi-colored twine, with hole-punch confetti, with fabric candles or beaded flowers will not take much time, but will delight any woman.

Volumetric, panoramic, made in an unusual technique, minimalistic and glamorous options will appeal to every woman... The main thing is not to overdo it with the decor, not to overload the visualization of the object with an excessive number of elements. After all, you need to focus on congratulating the birthday girl, and not on your own ingenuity. Only your own imagination can add an unforgettable zest to the product.

For information on how you can make a birthday card with your own hands, see the next video.