We make voluminous postcards with our own hands

It is very pleasant to receive gifts, it is equally pleasant to bring this joy to your loved ones, friends, colleagues. A homemade volumetric postcard is able to express how dear people are to us. Even the simplest applique made by a child's hand speaks of boundless love for mom or dad. Such crafts, timed to a specific date or holiday, will become the most valuable gift, will be stored for many years, leaving pleasant memories. How you can make a beautiful volumetric postcard for a significant date or other celebration will be discussed in the article.

There are various workshops showing how to make a voluminous postcard yourself. Doing the work in stages, using certain schemes, you can make a fairly simple volumetric applique from colored paper. Even a child can cope with such a task.

To create a voluminous craft, you need to prepare:

• colored paper;
• watercolor paper;
• glue;
• scissors;
• stamens in the form of beads.

To create an applique, you should do the work step by step, adhering to the plan.

• You need to take sheets of colored paper, and measure out squares with a side of 10 cm on them. In total, you should get 7 squares.

• Triangles need to be folded from each square; for this, the blanks are folded 3 times.

• A sketch of a petal is drawn on each element, cut out according to the pattern. After expanding the details, flower blanks with petals are obtained.

• Now you need to cut one segment from each flower.Neighboring petals should be glued to each other to make a voluminous flower.

• Then the flowers are folded in half, with the help of double-sided tape or glue, the remaining buds are glued to the blanks, leaving the central petals free.

It's time to tackle the greeting card itself. To do this, you need to take a sheet of watercolor paper and fold it in half.

All that remains is to place the flowers inside the postcard. To do this, you need to take flower blanks and glue them by the middle petal to the card on one side and the other. After the glue is dry, the applique can be folded in half.

You can decorate the cover of the greeting card at your discretion by gluing rhinestones, pearls, pieces of lace, satin ribbon bows.

In the same way, you can make no less interesting volumetric appliqués from colored paper.

More and more people are making crafts using the kirigami technique, which originated in Japan. It consists in cutting paper crafts in the form of figures or postcards. This art is also called paper architecture.

The main material for kirigami is paper. In addition to paper, a clerical knife is also needed; it is used to cut shapes along the contour. After familiarizing yourself with this technique, having mastered the basics, you can start creating various compositions, carving patterns, animal figurines, ornaments, words or various objects.

Master class on making crafts using the kirigami technique.

It is necessary to prepare materials in the form:

• paper or thin cardboard;
• thick cardboard, wooden or plastic board;
• small nail scissors with sharp ends or a clerical knife;
• pencil;
• rulers;
• rubber bands.

You should also take a clip or paper clip and use it to secure the paper backing during the cutting process.

To make a voluminous kirigami-style craft, you need to follow a series of steps.

• Take a piece of paper and fold it in half.

• Apply the selected pattern. In the future, parts will be cut along its contour using a clerical knife or nail scissors.

• Having cut out the parts, the workpiece is unrolled, slightly bending and pulling forward.

Such models, unlike 3D postcards, are made from one sheet of paper. In this technique, objects of architecture, geometric patterns, ornaments look very impressive.

Making voluminous postcards is a fascinating and interesting business. In your free time, you can do this kind of work with your children by making light crafts.

A postcard made by children's hands will become the most important and touching gift. These can be volumetric applications with butterflies or balls, cut models with a peacock, or products made using the scrapbooking technique.

A voluminous postcard will be a great gift for any occasion, such a present will look unusual and cute.

Having at hand sheets of paper, cardboard or fabric, you can make unique author's works. The use of various decorative elements in the form of lace, tulle, beads, stones or rhinestones will allow you to decorate them, creating incredibly spectacular 3D pictures.

The simplest type of craft is an applique made from colored paper.

A vase of flowers made of this popular material will be an excellent gift for any occasion.

It is quite easy to make a voluminous postcard in the form of a vase.

1. You should take the necessary materials in the form of cardboard of different shades, scissors and glue. You can use double-sided tape instead of glue.
2. It is necessary to choose cardboard that is suitable for the decoration of the inner and front sides, while the inner sheet should be of a smaller size.
3. A smaller workpiece is folded in half, then lines (7 pieces) are drawn from the fold line. The bottom line should be 2 cm long.
4. The specified size is set aside from the fold and drawn with a pencil.
5. The next line is drawn 1 cm above the first line, it will be equal to 2.5 cm. The next line is increased by 0.5 cm. For all levels, keep a distance of one centimeter.
6. Then the cardboard should be cut along the lines, bend the strips to one side, and press the folds.
7. After the strip is unfolded, a sheet of cardboard is opened. Since the thread turned out to be concave inward, it must be carefully corrected and brought out, curving in the middle.
8. The blank is closed and placed under the load so that the paper can be easily opened.

It remains to bend the title part in half, glue the inner part on one side and the other.

At the end of the work, the vase is filled with flowers by cutting out elements from colored paper.

Lovely original volumetric crafts can be given to a friend just like that or as a birthday present.

One of the main elements of the holiday is a birthday cake, and it is this that can be depicted on a postcard.

A half-open umbrella decorated with flowers will look no less interesting. Considering that the main item on the postcard will be an umbrella, to create this accessory you will need an openwork napkin, colored paper or corrugated paper, a toothpick and wire.

Algorithm of actions.

• It is necessary to take an openwork napkin and cut off a small part from it.

• Divide the napkin into equal parts and bend in a certain way.

• Next, the umbrella is given the desired shape, and they begin to create a cane. It is made from a piece of wire and a toothpick.

• Glue is applied to the ribs of the napkin from the inside out and fixed on the cardboard.

• Insert a toothpick as a pen, or make it out of colored paper.

At the final stage, they begin to decorate the accessory. To do this, use colored paper, pieces of fabric, beads.

Men, just like women, love to receive gifts, although they are often embarrassed to admit it. Dad on February 23rd or grandfather by May 9th will be very pleased to receive a beautiful postcard.

A man can be presented with a quilling craft, or a postcard in the form of a shirt with a tie or a tuxedo.

A lover of technology will love the surprise in the form of an original craft using the kirigami method.

Children can make simple volumetric applications in the form of an airplane.

To do this job, you will need cardboard, colored paper, scissors and glue.

Instructions for performing the work.

1. You need to take cardboard and roll it up in the form of a book.
2. Draw an airplane or cut it out of colored paper.
3. Glue the figure to the base.
4. Cut out blanks for clouds from thin paper, connect them, glue them to cardboard. The result is volumetric clouds.

For Victory Day, you can make a simple but very touching postcard made using the quilling technique and give it to a veteran or your beloved grandfather.

With the approach of the spring holiday on March 8, many are beginning to think about a pleasant surprise for their beloved women. Mom, sister, grandmother or beloved teacher should be given something memorable. Every woman wants to get a little attention from her loved ones on this day. A handmade postcard will allow you to express this love.

Such crafts can not only be drawn or cut out, they can be made using the scrapbooking, quilling or decoupage technique.

In addition, a new direction of cardmaking has appeared, which means "making postcards."

A postcard made using the quilling technique will certainly delight a mother or grandmother.

To make such a postcard, you need to take:

• colored paper;
• cardboard;
• scissors;
• ruler;
• PVA glue;
• awl;
• tweezers;
• comb to create shapes;
• stationery knife.

When creating a product, you should initially decide on the plot, sketching it with strokes on a cardboard base. After that, the required number of elements is made from blanks of different colors. Their size and shape depend on the selected pattern.

To give the elements the necessary shape, they are twisted in the form of rolls, and then the edge of the strip is fixed with glue.

The elements are curled in the form of a tight or free spiral, curl, drop or leaf. And you can also curl them in the shape of a heart, an eye, an arrow, a triangle or a crescent.

The most romantic holiday of the year is Valentine's Day. On this day, it is customary to give everyone a cute valentine in the shape of a heart. Volumetric options will look more impressive.

Your loved one will be pleased to receive such a craft. A heart made with your own hands and beautifully designed will look very impressive. These valentines will be the most beautiful.

Having a workpiece, it is enough to select a template, cut out the details, and then gently push the drawing out.

A heart-shaped valentine decorated with voluminous corrugated paper flowers will look very gentle.

To make it, you need to take thick red paper, draw a sketch on it in the form of a heart and cut it out.

It remains to decorate the base beautifully. For this, details cut from colored paper, beads and pearls, buttons are suitable.

The product made of chocolates in the form of hearts will look original.

A postcard decorated with three-dimensional elements looks unusual. It is enough to look at the drawing to appreciate the simplicity of the execution of such a craft.

Volumetric original New Year's cards, presented as a pleasant addition to any gift, will be a pleasant surprise for loved ones, colleagues and friends. They will evoke pleasant memories for a long time. These small presentations can be made independently from various materials.

To create such products, it is not necessary to run to the store for material and accessories. Basic materials and decor can be found at home as well. It is enough to take a sheet of cardboard, find sheets of colored paper, use bright satin ribbons and lace, add buttons, beads, pebbles to make a New Year's card.

A postcard with a voluminous forest beauty inside will look spectacular, it will be a wonderful present for the holiday.

To do it, you need to follow the instructions.

• Prepare material. For work, scrap paper or double-sided colored paper is suitable. The colored leaf will be used as a stencil. The base is cut out of scrap paper, then folded in half.

• Colored paper is folded like an accordion.

• Using a ruler, markings are made on the accordion, marking 7 cm, 13, 18, 22 and 25 cm, as well as 27 and 29 cm.

• With the help of scissors, cuts are made at the marked places to obtain elements for the future Christmas tree with their lengths of 1.5 cm, 2, 3 and 4 cm, 5, 6 and 7 cm.

• Go to the assembly. To do this, open the card, and begin to collect the elements, doing this by gluing the details to the card.

• A similar work is carried out with all the elements of the accordion, smearing the parts with glue and gluing them half a centimeter higher.

It remains to cut an asterisk out of shiny paper and use other decorative elements.

Children in kindergarten can make a three-dimensional model in the form of a funny snowman.

For work you will need:

• sheets of white paper;
• sheets of colored cardboard;
• scissors;
• pieces of foam;
• double sided tape.

Progress.

1. You need to take cardboard, bend it in half.
2. Cut 3 circles out of white paper, the diameter of which is 3, 4 and 5 cm.They will be blanks for the snowman.
3. Draw the edges of the circles with a blue felt-tip pen.
4. Take small pieces of styrofoam, and glue double-sided tape on both sides of it.
5. It's time to start designing the postcard. To do this, you need to take a circle with a diameter of 5 cm and glue it. Next, a circle with a diameter of 4 cm is attached to it, the smallest circle is attached to it. All parts are fastened with pieces of foam with double-sided tape.
6. Then a nose is cut out of colored paper in the form of a carrot, eyes are coals. With a felt-tip pen, paint the mouth of the snowman.
7. Hands in the form of branches are made of colored cardboard or paper.

You can add a scarf for a figurine by making it out of paper or a piece of satin ribbon, add a congratulatory inscription with wishes.

A volumetric model can be made from pompons.

The material is used:

• cardboard;
• yarn;
• scissors;
• glue;
• beads or pearls.

Progress.

1. Prepare the base. To do this, a rectangle of the required size is cut out of the cardboard, which is folded in half.
2. Start winding pom-poms. To do this, take yarn of green or any selected shade, and begin to wind the threads on three folded fingers. The volume of the pompom depends on the amount of yarn.
3. The resulting ring of yarn is removed from the fingers and tied in the middle. Then the yarn is cut and the protruding ends are cut off.

The resulting pom-poms are glued to a cardboard base in the shape of a tree. Decorate with beads or pebbles. And you can also draw snowflakes with pencils, paints or felt-tip pens, write a congratulation.

New Year's crafts made using the scrapbooking technique look very bright, unusual and festive.

This technique involves the use of special scrap paper, that is, paper with patterns and drawings, as well as other materials in the form of felt, cardboard, canvas fabric, braid.

Here's what you need to make a craft.

1. Prepare a solid base. It can be cardboard, plywood or felt.
2. Use hot, rubber glue or "Moment" type glue in the process.

Before starting work, you should think about how the product will look like.

Being engaged in such an exciting activity, you should be careful, because the result depends on it.

Having a piece of lace, satin braid, beads and accessories, you can make a beautiful greeting card.

A variety of elements can be used as decor. Even dried fruits can be used to make an interesting craft. To make it, you only need a cinnamon stick, a slice of dried orange and a piece of suitable cloth.

You will see another way to create a voluminous postcard for February 14 in the next video.