DIY birthday cards

There is an opinion that in modern realities it is no longer fashionable to give postcards. But this is not so - congratulations made with your own hands with love and participation are always pleasant to receive, especially from a loved one. And if we are talking about a child, then through such a picture he can express his feelings, and in addition, demonstrate the presence of artistic talents and abilities.

Making hand-drawn postcards is a snap. First you need to prepare cardboard blanks. If you want to create a postcard like those that people sent to each other by mail in the past, then an A4 sheet must be cut into 4 parts - this will be the base. A second cardboard blank of a slightly smaller length and width is glued into it. So, if the base is 14.8x10.5 cm, then the core should be 13.8x9.5 cm.

Sheets of cardboard are glued together with PVA glue and placed under a press, in this capacity you can use any heavy book. In this form, the base should lie for at least a day. Failure to do this will cause the card to bend and become uneven.

After that, on a sheet of paper, you should sketch the drawing that you want to get.

These sketches are transferred to a cardboard blank. The easiest way to draw a picture is with colored pencils or watercolor paint. Small details and strokes are made with a black gel pen.

Drawings can be anything you want. For example, for a child or a girl, you can portray a touching fox. Here is the simplest master class on making such a postcard.

You will need watercolor paper. A rectangle 20 cm long and 12 cm wide is drawn on it.The resulting workpiece is cut out and folded in half.

A chanterelle's head is outlined with a simple pencil; visually, it should resemble a concave triangle. Then the body and tail are drawn in accordance with the diagram in the photo.

Do not forget to mark the details - ears, eyes, nose, highlight the tip of the tail with color.

Be sure to make a commemorative inscription above the chanterelle's head, for example, For you, my Fox (translated from English, this means: "For you, my Fox"). This inscription can be replaced with any other - I Love you or "For you!".

Add a collar to the chanterelle, paint over the face with orange watercolor. Add some yellow notes in the area of ​​the ears.

The chanterelle's body is painted orange, and the tail is made yellow. Moreover, the brighter and richer the shades are, the more spectacular your postcard will look. Try to keep the transition from one color scheme to another smooth and gradient.

Circle the text in brown.

Wait for the paint to dry and trace the outline of the chanterelle in brown. After that, you can paint the nose and eyes, it is best to use a gel pen for this.

Next, let's work on the inside of the postcard. Here you need to draw an oval and add leaves in a circle. The text of the congratulation will be placed in it.

Circle the oval with brown watercolors, the leaves need to be painted over in green.

Such a cute drawn postcard is ready! You just have to write warm words and hand it to the addressee. You can make a large number of such cards, and give your family and friends for your birthday.

However, you can take a simpler path and draw something symbolic in the picture. It can be a cake with candles, flowers or balloons. Alternatively, you can restrict yourself to a beautiful inscription "Happy birthday".

The most beautiful ones are volumetric postcards made of paper. We offer you several original templates, using which you can easily translate into practice any idea. All of them are not at all complicated, but they will require perseverance, accuracy and the manifestation of imagination.

You always want to please your daughter, mother, grandmother, niece, sister, aunt, godmother or just a friend in a special way. That's why When making a postcard, it is very important for them to choose the right design concept - first of all, these are pastel colors and smooth lines. Usually women are presented with postcards depicting fresh flowers.

To create a cute applique, you need:

• cardboard;
• pink double-sided paper;
• glue;
• white scrap sheet;
• ruler;
• tape of two shades.

First you need to cut the flowers. Use the templates provided.

Using a ruler, bend the petals of the blanks, as shown in the photo.

The craft is almost ready. All that remains is to cut out the vase and collect all the elements into one picture.

A very good version of the postcard can be offered to those who are engaged in quilling or are just planning to master this technique.

Ideas with the image of a lady's dress look very original and creative. To work, you need cardboard, a page of an old unnecessary book and decorative elements (ribbons, rhinestones, beads or lace).

For those who know how to work with a stationery knife, we can recommend a stylish postcard design.

To make such a congratulation, you need to take two-color cardboard. The work is simple, but meticulous. A drawing is applied with a simple pencil, for example, a cake or a candle. After that, with the edge of a clerical knife, the pattern is squeezed out pointwise along the contours.

The picture is ready. You can leave it as it is, or glue a rectangular sheet instead of a background for the holiday lettering - preferably, it should be in a contrasting color.

There is another original idea.In this postcard, cut out elements are combined with floral patterns and inscriptions made in a gel black pen.

Alternatively, you can stick a lot of hearts. Or even make a bouquet that uses multi-colored hearts instead of flowers.

A good design can be obtained by using a lot of circles and a substrate in contrasting shades. To get perfectly straight circles of the same size, you should use a hole punch.

Another touching and tender idea is butterflies. Postcards like these are invariably beautiful and sensual.

When creating postcards for men, it is better to use calm, even muted shades. Too colorful are only suitable for boys. The same applies to lines - they don't have to be aggressive. And, of course, a postcard for a beloved dad, grandfather, husband or uncle should give the impression of a gift in which a lot of effort, time, materials and, of course, soul has been invested.

Most men prefer minimalism. Therefore, a self-sufficient option would be one in which only a paper sheet and braid are used. Geometric shapes are formed from them. By adding stripes to the card, you will make it elegant, but at the same time strict and concise.

Men prefer versatile prints. In postcards, a minimum of decor is usually used for them.

Laconic design will always be relevant for a real man.

Another original scheme for a text-based holiday composition. It is advisable to print the template in advance, and use it to draw up inscriptions.

This man's postcard, in fact, consists of many multi-colored dots, printed on paper in random order. It would seem that there is nothing special in this design. But he looks very festive and elegant.

Scrapbooking techniques can be more than delicate. It allows you to create brutal volumetric products.

Postcards can be made not only from paper. The applique technique allows the use of fabrics, buttons, cotton pads, foamiran and many other materials. So, if you are sewing, and you have some felt left, you can try to create such an interesting collage.

Little girls and young girls can be presented with a rainbow made of colored buttons. This is a very gentle, touching and non-trivial idea. It is simple in execution, but such a postcard looks very expensive.

The most important attribute of any birthday is balloons. And this applies to any age - be it a small child or an adult. It is not surprising that they are very often present in the design of such cards.

The idea with corrugated balls looks very stylish. To create such circles, packaging cardboard is used. You just need to remove the top layer, get to the stiffening ribs and paint them with gouache or acrylic paints.

Having pasted over cardboard blanks with textured multi-colored fabric, you can make a whole bunch of bright holiday balls for the birthday person.

If you have a lot of glossy magazines at home, you can cut out balls from background images. As a rule, they have a very unusual color and look impressive.

Any festive decor can always be glued to a postcard on a voluminous double-sided tape. This technique produces a version of a 3D postcard with balls.

A postcard can be made from pompons, even very young kids will easily stick them to paper.

Using several different materials, it will turn out to make truly luxurious diorama cards with a surprise. These are 3D paintings that look like a three-dimensional miniature stage where the festive action unfolds. You can put a variety of decor items and fancy figurines inside.

To create a postcard, you will need 4 sheets of solid cardboard in several shades of the same color.You will have to follow several steps in stages.

On the prepared sheets with a simple pencil, outline the contours of the frames and carefully cut them out. The width of the outline should be 1-1.5 cm.

A 10x4 rectangle is cut out of the remaining paper. Each is drawn into four strips of 1 cm each. The corners from the resulting stripes are cut with a triangle. The strips are folded along the lines in such a way that a paper zigzag is formed - it will become the base that supports the elements for the frame. The zigzag is fixed to the frame on both sides.

The frames are aligned. This must be done very carefully.

If everything is done correctly, the top of the zigzag should cover one of the sides of the cardboard frame. Repeat the same actions from the opposite side. In this way, the first scene of the diorama is prepared.

All other personnel are drawn up according to this scheme. Keep in mind that it is better to decorate them ahead of time than trying to fit the decor into an already assembled postcard. The back wall can be solid, or you can make it transparent.

Feathers, ribbons, bows and beads are used as decoration. They will add volume to the card and thereby enhance the 3D effect.

The plot of the postcard can be absolutely anything. Design your theater in accordance with the hobbies, interests and innermost dreams of the birthday person. For example, a young lady can be presented with a waiting Assol.

And to the dreamy creator - a balloon in feather clouds.

Children often give gifts to their classmates and classmates. Usually they make appliqués using cardboard and paper - this is the simplest and most affordable material. In addition, any shapes and forms can be prepared from it.

The simplest master class will require available materials: cardboard, paper in green, yellow and white colors, as well as glue and scissors.

To create daisies, you should prepare paper strips 1 cm wide.

The edges of the strips are glued together so that a small droplet is obtained.

Circles with a diameter of 2-3 cm are formed from yellow paper and fixed on the cores of your droplets.

This is the kind of blank you should get.

Next, you need to cut the stems out of green paper. After that, you can start assembling the flower. The daisy design can be used for a variety of postcards.

Here's another idea: we'll tell you how to make such a craft step by step.

To begin with, a place for a festive inscription is drawn with a felt-tip pen or paints.

Next, 4 daisies are cut out of paper and the core is painted over with yellow paints. Prepare three thin strips of green paper, 4-5 mm wide.

Attach double-sided tape to the back of the daisies and trim the stems slightly to make them a little shorter.

Glue the flowers onto the stem. Make a holiday lettering and decorate with a bow.

The postcard is almost ready. It remains only to glue the edges with colored paper or shade.

For older children, we can recommend making a postcard with a bouquet inside. A lush flower needs to be cut out of plain paper, painted with paints. For work, you can use the proposed templates.

The blanks are cut and folded exactly where they are folded. The resulting flower is glued to the base of the picture.

First graders, children 7-8 years old can try their hand at creating a real flower bed with flowers in the window. Such a postcard will surely please their family and friends.

Thick cardboard is folded in half. A rectangular window is made in one of the halves.

A frame is formed from paper of a different shade. The glasses are made of transparent plastic or a protective film for a smartphone. The window frame is glued to the base of the craft. However, if you don't have anything like this at hand, you can do without glass at all.

The workpiece is carefully glued into the hole.

A flower pot is made of cardboard, it is glued to the center of the postcard. The sides of this pot are glued in such a way that it folds when closed.

The resulting pot is glued to cardboard.

Add the edges.

And decorate around the perimeter. Then, flowers are cut out of any colored paper - daffodils, daisies, roses, cornflowers and any others that you and the birthday boy like.

If everything is done correctly, the postcard will be folded as follows.

Using this technique, you can try to make a postcard in the shape of a vase. Flowers are also made with their own hands from cotton pads, foamiran and other improvised means.

If you wish, you can make a postcard, which will be not only a pleasant gift, but also a stylish decor item.

First, put together a box-frame. To do this, you need to take a cardboard of blue color, and cut a box out of it according to a template. Its edges are folded four times by 5 mm on all sides, and the joints are glued together. Thus, a kind of frame is formed.

Scrap paper is glued on top of the frame. The color scheme is selected so that it fits harmoniously into the overall composition.

Then you can prepare the basic elements for your future postcard. A balloon made of paper circles looks very nice. To make it, the rounded blanks are folded in half and glued in semicircles.

Clouds are formed from scrap paper, the sun is made from ordinary yellow paper. All compositional elements are fixed in a frame. In order for the balloon to hold firmly, it must be put on glue and additionally fixed at the base with double-sided tape. Clouds are glued in a similar way: one is put on double-sided tape, the other on glue, this allows you to achieve a multi-level effect.

The weed can be made from a regular green napkin - it is cut and then glued. All free spaces are decorated with a serpentine, the image of butterflies and a congratulatory inscription. At the bottom of the box, be sure to attach a ribbon with lace or embroidery.

With your own hands, you can make not only a gift card, but also arrange an envelope for money. In this case, you can use a variety of techniques - origami, kirigami, scrapbooking, facing and quilling.

As for the work materials, they can vary depending on what kind of postcard you want to receive.

A very cute postcard can be made from decorative tape. Even a small child can handle this easy job.

A very simple postcard decorated with multi-colored rhinestones. At the same time, it looks very gentle and impressive. You can hardly buy a similar one in stores, so it will be especially dear to your loved one.

Postcards decorated with all kinds of strings look creative. They give her a cheerful and sweet mood.

Postcards with candles are attractive; they can be made from wrapping paper. The result is very beautiful, and the execution does not require much effort.

Continuing the theme of candles, you can create an original black card with a festive print on a fabric base. This craft can be cooked with your child.

Ordinary buttons can be used to make a very cute postcard. For example, to depict on it a man who carries balls of small buttons in his hands.

Laconic, simple, but at the same time stylish and cheerful postcards from craft cardboard look.

Owners of a sewing machine can make a postcard with decorative stitching. The gift is prepared quickly and easily.

One of the most popular themes of any birthday card is cute flowers.

And this postcard can be made from a regular balloon.

All ingenious is simple. From multi-colored circles and an ordinary stick, you can assemble such a creative postcard.The decorative stitching is done with the simplest gel pen.

Ribbons of different colors look restrained and elegant.

If you have a ball plasticine at home, you can make multi-colored ice cream from it. Believe me, no girl will remain indifferent to such a decor.

For how to make a birthday card with your own hands, see the next video.