DIY birthday card for a man

Even tough men love congratulations, and the first attribute in this matter is the postcard. Made by hand, it must correspond to a certain occasion, take into account the individual tastes of the hero of the occasion. How to make a birthday card for a man on your own, and will be discussed in this article.

When starting to make DIY birthday cards for a man, you need to understand what can be used as materials. No less important is the question of what technique the product is planned to use. Having thought over the theme, composition and choosing the appropriate decor, you can make an original brutal postcard in a masculine style. Such a product can be made in the form of an applique, using scrapbooking or quilling techniques, as well as other techniques.

As the main materials and additional decorative elements, you can use:

• small metal parts;
• parts of wristwatches;
• pieces of rope, twine, laces, threads;
• large and small buttons;
• pieces of skin and tissue;
• various cardboard;
• colored paper.

Huge opportunities for creating postcards are provided by the use of the quilling technique. To maintain the theme in this case, it is advisable to use elements on the male theme. Cars, sailboats, guitars should be present as an image.

To make a postcard using the quilling technique, you need to prepare:

• sets of cardboard;
• sets of colored paper;
• glue stick, PVA glue.

Beautiful postcards can be created as an applique. It is suitable for different age categories of "craftsmen", and the material used (paper) is affordable and has great potential for creativity.

The simplest postcards can be made from paper and cardboard by means of appliqué. Even preschool children are able to perform such products, the main thing is that the parts are carefully cut and glued. However, children's hands are still very weak, so adults need to be ready to help them.

A cute card with daisies will touch even the most serious man.

For work you will need the following materials:

• a set of colored cardboard;
• a set of colored paper;
• white sheet of paper;
• scissors;
• glue stick.

To make an applique, follow a series of steps.

• Take white paper and cut strips 1 cm wide and 5 cm long from it. They are used to create petals.
• The ends of each blank are glued together and shaped into droplets.
• Three circles are cut out of paper. Green blanks are used for the bottom. Petals are glued to it in a circle, placing a thin part in the center of the circle.
• Cut out yellow blank circles and glue them to the middle of the flower. The flowers are ready.
• In the next step, stalks are made. For this, 3 even long strips 0.5 cm wide are cut out of green paper.
• Next, prepare the base of the postcard. It is made of blue cardboard. A sheet of A4 size is folded in half so that the outside of the card is colored.
• All parts are put together. First, the stalks are attached, chamomile is glued to their ends. In the place where the stems cross, you can attach a thin ribbon bow as a decoration, make inscriptions.

Greeting cards for men, made using the scrapbooking technique, will always look spectacular and stylish. Those who have not tried to create such products are convinced that this technique is extremely complex and subject only to experienced craftsmen. In fact, this is not the case. With a little effort, you can create a postcard that will give the impression of being a professional and arouse genuine delight. Young masters will be able to create a postcard-shirt.

The necessary materials should be prepared and used in the work:

• a set of thin colored cardboard;
• a set of colored paper;
• two small buttons;
• glue;
• a needle and thread;
• scissors.

To make a postcard, a number of actions are performed in turn.

• First, the collar of the shirt is made. For this, the selected sheet of cardboard is doubled. A 4 cm cut is made from the top of the paper along the bend and the rear upper part of the sheet is cut to this height. The resulting protrusion on the front will be the collar. To highlight it on the left and right, make horizontal cuts of 4 cm. The resulting edges are folded inward and downward. Buttons are sewn onto the corners of the finished collar.
• Then they move on to creating a tie. It can be made simple or voluminous. In the first case, it is cut out of colored paper and glued under the collar. In the second, it is folded from a piece of paper to add volume. The shirt card is ready. If desired, wishes are written in the inner part of it.

In a similar style, you can create a more complex, layered jacket card.

To create a postcard you will need:

• a set of colored A4 paper;
• two buttons;
• needle and thread;
• scissors;
• glue;
• simple pencil;
• ruler.

Progress.

• You need to take the appropriate sheet, put it horizontally and mark the center of the sheet using a ruler and a simple pencil.
• Further, both edges are bent towards the center. The left side is placed on the center line, and the right side is overlapped. Buttons will be attached to it at the end of the work.
• The top of the cuffs should be bent outward and smoothed.
• They start making a shirt, it is made from a beige sheet. To do this, the sheet is cut to the size of the middle part of the jacket, but 4 cm higher. In the upper part of this elevation, cuts are made on the left and right, leaving straps 4x4 cm.The resulting tails are wrapped towards the center, slightly lowering, forming a collar.
• A tie or bow tie is cut out of a golden leaf and fastened under the collar.
• It remains to attach a lining made of paper of a suitable color inside the jacket and stick on the shirt.
• The front part is decorated with three pockets and two buttons. For greater contrast, the pockets are made in two colors.
• The pockets are fastened with double-sided tape, which will make them empty inside. In such pockets you can put money, various trifles or a leaf with wishes. For more elegance, a yellow handkerchief is put into the top pocket. The product is ready for delivery. To simplify the work, use a ready-made template.

Beautiful, creative cards with an accurate reflection of the festive event can be made for your beloved man from other materials. So, for the 50th anniversary, a homemade greeting card made of multi-colored paper curls, made using the quilling technique, is perfect.

To create it, numbers are applied on the basis of a simple pencil. Then the markings are fixed with glued paper tape, and the inside is filled with patterns of paper curls of different colors.

A simple craft using buttons made by a child for dad will look incredibly touching.

To make it you will need:

• colored cardboard;
• one medium and three small multi-colored buttons;
• ruler;
• felt-tip pens;
• glue.

The instructions for making a postcard are extremely simple.

• Work begins with the manufacture of the base of the product. For this, a sheet of colored cardboard is doubled with a booklet.
• Now they are making a figurine. To the left of the center of the front side of the base, a medium-sized button is glued, it will be the head. From the head with a black felt-tip pen under the ruler, draw the torso, legs and arms. The left hand is set aside.
• Then balls are created. They will be made of small colored buttons. They are attached at the top on the right side. With the help of a felt-tip pen, the threads are drawn from the balls to the outstretched left hand. The postcard is ready, all that remains is to write or paste congratulations.

Products in which buttons are used together with threads look good. For example, depicting a little man, they take a button for the head, and the body is made of thick glued yarn. The balls are made from bright buttons, tying them to the man's hand with the help of threads.

A card in the form of a heart embroidered on cardboard with red threads looks delicate and elegant.

Using a wide variety of materials, you can make a beautiful postcard for a man.

• Buttons made by experienced craftsmen look very interesting and unusual.

• Products made of threads are not inferior to them.

• Postcards made using the scrapbooking technique look professional.

• Products using the quilling technique look no less impressive.

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