Various techniques for making postcards for March 8, master classes on making postcards from paper, using photographs, decorative elements. Traditionally, for March 8, the fair sex is prepared gifts, flowers, cards. Moreover, many people prefer not to bother and buy postcards in stores. But real warmth comes from things made with your own hands. Moreover, making such a homemade present is not at all difficult. It is enough to remember the minimum skills of needlework, known since kindergarten, turn on the maximum of imagination and follow our instructions.
Methods for making postcards for March 8 from paper
Paper is by far the most common and suitable material for making do-it-yourself cards. You can make a postcard-letter with a non-trivial decor from paper with your own hand. The main techniques that are used are quilling, scrapbooking, silhouette cutting and volumetric image.
How to make voluminous postcards
The plot for voluminous postcards can be very diverse. Using the technique of three-dimensional image, you can make a beautiful postcard of surprisingly complex, at first glance, design. But in reality, it is easy to accomplish. We will prepare a postcard with voluminous paper tulips. For work we need: colored paper of different colors - red, green, blue, light blue, white, yellow; a pair of sheets of thick colored paper (cardboard). One leaf is green, the second is pastel; glue stick; scissors.
We carry out work on the manufacture of an original volumetric postcard in the following order:
- Fold a green A4 sheet in the middle. On the side of the fold with scissors we make cuts of different depths.
- We bend the strips resulting from the cuts. And along the edge of the sheet we cut off and give it a wavy arbitrary shape.
- Glue the resulting green sheet to the second A4 sheet of pastel shade. In this case, we leave the cut and curved strips free. And we also bend the second sheet together with the green one in the middle.
- On colored paper we draw flowers, which we like best - poppies, tulips, snowdrops, chamomiles. We cut them out and the leaves to them along the contours.
- On the curved strips of a green sheet glued to another A4 sheet, we glue the resulting flowers and leaves so that in finished form they look like flowers on stems.
- We also glue the flowers onto whole areas of the green paper "field". In addition to flowers, butterflies and berries can be glued to the postcard. When folded, the postcard will be unremarkable. But as soon as you open it, a wonderful flower "meadow" opens up.
In the same technique, you can make other subjects with the sky, clouds, butterflies, houses, trees and others.
We make a postcard for March 8 with our own hands using the scrapbooking technique
Postcards made using the newfangled scrapbooking technique are not just a quick homemade craft. Such interesting postcards, if they are made with high quality, can become a real full-fledged present, because special expensive materials are used, and the finished product is considered part of home decor and can decorate, for example, a shelf.
As a rule, such postcards look elegant and are often made in a retro style. We will make a postcard for March 8 with ribbon frills. You should stock up on tools: scissors, glue, double-sided tape, thread with a needle, stamp pad, hole punch "Leaflets".
To make this delicate postcard, we need a set of materials: watercolor paper for the base (15x30 cm), plain paper for scrapbooking (14, 6x5 cm), scrapbooking paper with a floral pattern (14, 6x10, 6 cm), a couple of cuts of nylon tape 25x3 cm and 7x1.5 cm, inscription on the openwork cutting, rhinestones, halves of beads, decorative flowers.
We work according to the following instructions:
- We make a decoration from a ribbon in the form of flounces. We take a piece of paper, thread, needle and tape, which is wider. We sew the ribbon to the paper so that we get even and beautiful shuttlecocks - before each new stitch, we bend a part of the ribbon.
- We prepare scrap paper with different patterns. On a plain sheet we glue a nylon tape, the one that is thinner.
- We glue the paper with the ribbon onto the watercolor blank of the future postcard.
- Nearby, perpendicular to a thin tape, glue paper with a tape collected by shuttlecocks on double-sided tape.
- We prepare the second piece of scrap paper and carefully glue it onto the glue on top of the shuttlecocks so that their tip remains visible. While the glue is not high, we give the flounces a beautiful shape. We put the workpiece under the press for half an hour.
- Glue halves of beads or rhinestones on the protruding one-color part of the paper.
- We take the finished inscription and tint its edges with a stamp pad of the desired shade.
- Using double-sided tape, cut into squares, we glue the inscription at the bottom center of the postcard.
- We take ready-made flowers and put them on glue near the inscription. In the same way we glue small hole-punching leaves.
In addition to the central inscription, where you can indicate the addressee, you can place warm words of wishes on the day of spring on the back of this postcard.
Do-it-yourself card for March 8 using the quilling technique in stages
The process of creating a postcard using the quilling technique is quite simple, and the result is amazing. The main thing is to carefully follow all the recommendations and follow the instructions. To make a postcard using the quilling technique by March 8, we will need the following tools and materials: quilling paper, one sheet of cardboard, PVA glue, a thin knitting needle, scissors.
The process for creating a personalized greeting card looks like this:
- Cut out thin stripes from colored quilling paper.
- We take a knitting needle and wind the strips on it, make special rolls. So that they do not unfold, we glue the edges with glue.
- We take a sheet of white cardboard and fold it in half in the form of a postcard.
- Draw a heart or a bouquet of flowers with stems on the outside of the cardboard. We do this with a simple pencil so that later it can be erased with an eraser.
- We fill the heart or bouquet with rolls of different sizes and colors. To fix them, we use PVA glue.
- After the glue has dried, wipe off the pencil marks with an eraser.
You can sign the finished postcard beautifully, fill it with a warm meaning. In the quilling technique, you can embody a wide variety of subjects. The main thing is not to limit your imagination, and the work process is not difficult.
Postcard for March 8 in the technique of silhouette cutting
For the production of the simplest postcard using the silhouette cutting technique, as a rule, no special and expensive materials are required. Depending on the complexity of the pattern, even a child can make it. We will make a postcard with a spring theme - with a butterfly.
For work we need: a sheet of blue A4 cardboard, a sheet of A4 white paper, a sheet of pink paper for flowers, a bright-colored marker for inscriptions, a simple pencil, nail scissors, a breadboard knife (for cutting cardboard), PVA glue.
We carry out the work in the following order:
- Bend a sheet of cardboard in the middle with blue outward. Then we unbend it back and put it in front of us. Note that the silhouette of the butterfly must necessarily pass along the fold line. The bulk of her wings will be placed on the front side. Basically, you can position the butterfly silhouette however you like. But remember, the more insect will be on the back of the postcard, the higher the butterfly will be above the folded postcard.
- Draw the silhouette of a butterfly on the back of the postcard. We do this with a simple pencil. You can use a ready-made stencil or try to draw it yourself if you have artistic skills. To better imagine what the finished pattern will look like, paint over the places in the silhouette of the butterfly that you want to cut out with a pencil. We also leave a little more space in those places between the curls that will need to be cut.
- We put a wooden board under the paper and proceed to carving the butterfly. For this we use a special designer knife with a short blade or a medical scalpel. You can also use a stationery knife for cutting cardboard.
- Cut out the pattern of the butterfly wings to the edges from the middle. Please note that the abdomen and upper wing should be cut along the contour to the point where it intersects with the fold line. The lower wing, in addition to being cut along the contour, also has a small strip that follows its contour with a width of about 3 mm. It looks like a shadow from a wing. Cut out the contour of the lower winglet on the left side, departing from the bend line by 1 cm.
- We bend the postcard along the line, outward with the front side. Since the main part of the silhouette was cut out on the back of the postcard, a large hole formed in this place, which can be seen from the front side as well. To hide it, we cut out a piece of 21x15 cm from a white sheet of paper.
- Glue the white rectangle inside the postcard. He must hide the hole on the back of the postcard. Part of it will be visible on the front side as well.
- Cut out flowers from pink paper and decorate a card with them in any order. We make a congratulatory inscription with a marker. By the way, it can also be made in the form of glued letters.
When making postcards using the silhouette cutting technique, pay attention to the fact that the thicker the cardboard, the harder it will be to cut small patterns and curls on it. In addition, it can delaminate. If you are not yet a master of this craft, then you should choose ordinary thin cardboard on a paper basis.
How to make a postcard for March 8 to mom from a child
Kids love to do needlework, especially knowing that the result of the work will be a pleasant surprise for their mother. If the child is very small, then the help of adults will be needed when making a postcard for March 8, but in the end everyone will be satisfied.
Master class on making a postcard in the shape of a palm
To make such a creative postcard, you will need colored paper of different colors, scissors, a pencil and glue.
We work in this order:
- On a large sheet of colored paper (pink, beige) draw a circle around the child's pen and cut it out.
- We draw the details - fingers, nails. We do this with a pencil or felt-tip pen.
- Cut out flowers from paper of green and bright (red, yellow, pink) colors. To do this, draw an arbitrary flower shape (the easiest way is a tulip) and a stem of green paper. Cut out the details and glue them, giving the appearance of a flower.
- We put a “bouquet” of flowers (3-5 pieces) into the cut out palm and bend paper fingers so that we get a cam with a bouquet. We glue our fingers to each other.
Such a postcard can be an independent mini-present, or you can attach it to the main postcard as an additional one.
Making postcards with photographs
You can create the most beautiful bouquet in the world for mom with your own hands. After all, for any mother there is nothing more beautiful than her own children. For such a bouquet-postcard, we need photographs of her family members and colored paper. It is easy to make such bouquets.
It is enough to cut flowers from colored paper with a place for a core. And as a core, use miniature photographs - the faces of children (family members), carved in the form of a small circle, suitable for the size of a flower.
It is better to use thick paper as stems, for example, colored cardboard. Glue the flowers to the stems - and the craft is ready.
To give this hand-made postcard shape, the bouquet can be glued onto a sheet of pastel colored cardboard. You can decorate such a present with beads, rhinestones, beautiful ribbons, drawings.
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Making a do-it-yourself greeting card for the holiday is not at all difficult. The main thing is to choose the right materials, take into account the nuances of working with them and follow our instructions. Your exclusive congratulatory message will be appreciated by your beloved women.
