This type of needlework is not yet as well known as Japanese origami (although it is its variety), but it has more and more fans. It is called Pop-Up, or kirigami, and in Russian simply - voluminous postcards. Unlike origami, not only paper folding is allowed here, but also the use of a knife to cut parts. This is a wonderful gift for family and friends for any occasion, especially if you make a voluminous postcard with your own hands.
Master class on making a three-dimensional postcard "Heart"
Tools and materials:
- double-sided colored cardboard of any color (format A 4);
- a sheet of paper of a contrasting color of about the same size;
- clerical (or wallpaper) knife;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- eraser;
- pen with an empty stem.
Step-by-step instruction
Unfortunately, today postcards have lost their significance: postal envelopes have replaced social networks. And yet, it is much more pleasant to receive one real, exclusive voluminous postcard for the New Year than a bunch of virtual messages on the wall. Here is a simple and cute postcard that you can make in 20 minutes.
New Year's surprise in a postcard
Tools and materials:
- beautiful paper for the Christmas tree (any color and texture);
- a sheet of colored double-sided cardboard;
- transparent glue;
- scissors;
- decoration material (ribbon, beads).
Step-by-step instruction
Cut out 4 squares of different sizes, increasing the side by 1 cm each time. These are blanks for the Christmas tree. We fold the largest square diagonally.
The resulting triangle is folded in half again. Expand the workpiece and fold the square in half, but now in the form of a rectangle.
We put the short sides of the rectangle inward along the already marked fold lines.
We fold the edges of the upper plane of the resulting triangle towards the center and down, as in the photo.
We do the same operation with the rest of the squares. We insert one triangle into another in the form of a pyramid, fastening them at the top with glue.
We fold the base of the card in half in the manner described in the first option. We paste the card in the center. You can use an extra sheet of paper if the cardboard is not decorative enough. 
We decorate the Christmas tree with a bow. Glue a bead onto the knot. Do not overdo it with decorations! It remains to beautifully sign and send to the addressee.
Another equally favorite holiday is birthday. Postcard options - for friends and for mothers or grandmothers. A do-it-yourself voluminous postcard for a birthday or Easter can be made in the form of a cute chicken.
Postcard "Chicken" - for birthday and Easter
Tools and materials:
- colored paper;
- wrapping paper;
- thick paper or cardboard;
- stationery knife;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- glue stick;
- scissors.
Step-by-step instruction
For the base, cut out two rectangles. The cover is 15 cm by 15 cm and the inner one is 12 cm by 15 cm. The cover can be decorated with wrapping paper.
Bend a strip 3 cm wide from the lower edge of the smaller rectangle. Step back 3 cm from the two edges and draw stripes - rectangles - 3 cm x 1 cm. Cut the lines with a utility knife.
Repeat the operation two more times - for three parts. Bend the strips forward in the form of a stand.
We cut out ovals from thick colored paper and decorate the eggs with stickers, sequins, appliqué. We fix the eggs on the stand with glue.
An ordinary postcard does not surprise anyone. Therefore, I had the idea to make a 3D postcard with flowers. It is not difficult to make it, but it looks unusual and interesting. This card will be remembered for a long time.
To make a postcard, we need:
- a sheet of double-sided colored cardboard (postcard base) of any color;
- double-sided colored paper (for flowers) of any color;
- pencil glue;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- markers.
Step 1. Cut out 7 squares of 10x10 cm from double-sided colored paper.
Step 2. Fold the square 3 times to make a triangle.
Step 3. Draw a petal.
Step 4. Cut and open.
Step 5. Thus we make all 7 flowers.
Step 7. With a blue and blue felt-tip pen, draw small strokes from the middle, also along the edges of the flower. Set aside two petals unpainted!
Step 8. We also color the rest of all 7 flowers.
Step 9. Cut out one of the unpainted petals. We do the same with the rest of the colors.
Step 10. The remaining unpainted petal is smeared with glue and connected to the adjacent petal. It should be voluminous. We do the same for all other flowers.
Step 11. Take 3 flowers. Each flower is folded in half. On one of the flowers we mark crosses. We coat those places that are marked with a cross with glue and glue the other 2 flowers bent in half there.
Step 12. We coat those places that are marked with a cross with glue and glue another flower bent in half.
Step 13. We put crosses again, glue these places with glue and glue 2 more flowers bent in half.
Step 14. Again we put crosses, coat with glue and glue one flower bent in half.
We love holidays and we love gifts. And we all love postcards - to receive and give. Postcards are given for many events - birthday or New Year, March 8 or the birth of a child.
You go to the store - there are a lot of postcards, even the text is already printed inside - everything has already been invented and said for you, only - not from the heart.
Gift with love
Only handmade postcards can convey your feelings towards the gifted person. Buying an ordinary cardboard postcard is easy, but making it yourself means putting a piece of yourself into it. After all, making such a gift, you imagine the person to whom it will be intended.
Remember, we all tried in childhood, in kindergarten or school, made postcards for the holiday for our parents - carefully cut out, folded, glued. Then they were handed over. Remember how carefully mom and dad took the gift, kept it, and many still keep it with your children's drawings and crafts.
Today, handmade products are becoming more and more popular. Embroidered pillows decorate the house, knitted things are worn with pride. He does not sew, does not knit and does not glue, only the completely lazy.
Scrapbooking is gaining more and more fans - photo albums, paper postcards, made with love, made in a single copy - become a unique gift for various festive events.
For someone who has mastered at least the basics of scrapbooking, there is no question - what to give to a loved one, and these gifts are admirable.
The art of giving joy
Making postcards out of paper is called cardmaking. It is based on the use of paper and various additional materials. For an experienced scraper, when making a postcard, everything will be used - ribbons, small paper, fabric flowers, cutting - elements cut out of paper, buttons, lace and much more.
There are many ways to make postcards out of paper.
Experienced craftswomen make multilayer volumetric products, the more layers, the more interesting the postcard looks.
The elements are glued together and even stitched. The styles in which the masters work are also different - shabby chic, steampunk and others.
It is impossible to create two completely identical postcards.
It is impossible to say that card-making is a simple art. After all, in the process of creating just one thing, a composition is created, changed, and formed. A scraper must be an artist - to know the basics and subtleties of creating an ideal composition, selecting materials, and combining colors.
Sometimes this process of selection and application takes more than one hour, or even a day - the artist is a delicate nature, there is no inspiration, and nothing masterpiece will be created. And sometimes everything seems to add up by itself - and now a do-it-yourself postcard for the birth of a child or for the birthday of a loved one is ready.
Look at a variety of photos of postcards - how rich is the imagination of the masters who create harmonious compositions from many small disparate details.
We create a gift ourselves
Experienced scrapers use special scrap paper for work - it is dense, tends not to fade, does not fade over time. This ensures that your gift will keep its beauty for a long time.
Scrap paper comes with various patterns, sold in sets or individual sheets.
Note!
We also need:
- Thick plain paper for the base - watercolor is suitable.
- A utility knife and a metal ruler (if you are into scrapbooking, you can later purchase a special cutter to cut the paper straight - scissors are not the best option for this).
- Scissors for cutting small parts.
- Glue - ordinary PVA, clerical - will not work, it warps the paper, it will turn yellow over time. Take Titan, Moment and the like - scrap shops will advise you on others - see what is available to you.
- Double-sided adhesive tape - they can also connect the elements of a postcard, and with adhesive tape on a porous basis, you can create multi-layer volumetric compositions.
- Decorative elements - flowers, cuttings, ribbons, pieces of lace, elements cut out of scrap paper - butterflies, birds, twigs and others.
Buttons, pendants, buckles and other small items can be used to create a composition.
Stamps are often used - with their help you can create an interesting background for a future postcard, add certain elements, make inscriptions.
An interesting technique when creating voluminous postcards is embossing - a transparent stamp is applied to the base, which is sprinkled with special powder.
The last stage - the powder is dried with a special hair dryer - as a result, a three-dimensional image is obtained: most often this technique is used when creating the contours of a drawing, inscriptions.
Figured hole punchers - they can make an openwork edge, with their help they make voluminous flowers, cuttings.
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In general, there are a lot of professional tools for scrapbooking and card-making, it makes sense to acquire some only when making postcards for sale. But, having mastered the art, you will not only please your friends with original gifts, but also replenish the family budget.
Pick up several sheets of scrap paper that match the style, color, put a background on the base, and decorative elements selected by color on it. The composition should be a coherent whole so that each element has a meaning.
You can use special sketch diagrams, they will tell you how to arrange the elements to create a harmonious composition. Having carefully prepared everything, making sure that each element is thought out, glue.
If something seems to be missing - add a couple of sparkles along the edges of the flowers, rhinestones, half beads. The main thing is the unity and thoughtfulness of the composition so that the postcard does not look like an application.
There are many tricks - how to make a beautiful postcard:
- quilling - curls are twisted from thin strips of paper, then they are given various shapes - these elements are glued to the base, creating a pattern, drawing - voluminous postcards are obtained;
- iris folding - small strips of paper, ribbons, fabrics are folded in a spiral, overlapping each other - an unusual pattern is obtained;
- shaker postcard - a multilayer postcard with a transparent window, inside which small elements move - foil rhinestones, beads;
- postcard-tunnel - a three-dimensional postcard with many layers, the cut out elements of each layer create a common spatial pattern.
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Inside the postcard can also be issued with stamps, paper. You can make an unusual card inside - when you open it, the three-dimensional element straightens out - a heart or a bouquet of paper flowers will undoubtedly surprise the recipient.
Such a postcard made of paper cannot but be liked - it keeps warmth and a piece of your soul. If you want to master the art of card-making, visit the master classes of experienced craftsmen who will tell you all the subtleties - you can make a beautiful card with your own hands.
DIY photo postcards
A pleasant and very sincere gift for a themed celebration can be postcards made of bright unusual colored paper, which were created by hand.
This option is the easiest way to make a person pleasant, to express their warmest feelings. Often a postcard complements the main gift.
You can learn how to make a postcard out of paper with your own hands from the Internet, because it is there that there are a huge number of master classes and templates for various postcards that describe the process of creating such crafts. Postcards are bright and beautiful, unique and inimitable.
The basis of the paper product
Numerous photos of homemade paper postcards show that the main thing in the product is not only a congratulatory speech and decorations, but also the basis. Either thick scrap paper or a thin sheet of cardboard is suitable for it.
As for the color preference, you should choose a neutral light color palette so that against its background all other elements are bright and stand out.
A cardboard sheet with embossed and textured ornament looks very original as a base.
To make a beautiful postcard more solemn and unusual, it is worth rounding off the rectangular ends, or, using curly scissors, give the edges a carved outline.
Postcard with colorful balloons
To create a cute and romantic card that can be presented for a celebration for any occasion, you should take thin beige-colored cardboard and fold it in half, rounding the corners. To decorate the outside of the product, you need to prepare multi-colored paper balls of various shapes: oval and round.
If the card is intended for giving to a girl, then the color of the balloons can be chosen mainly pink, if the boy is blue-blue, neutral shades are suitable for congratulating an adult.
Blanks for future balls will need about 15 pieces. They will be placed both on the front side and inside the product.
Since the shape and size of the elements are different, it is better to prepare cardboard templates in advance and cut them out. After the templates are prepared, you can select the appropriate scrap sheets and cut out the balls.
When the blanks of the balls are cut out, a piece of thick thread is glued to each of them on the reverse side. Now you can start decorating the front side of the card. To do this, balls begin to be glued on top, then subsequent lower layers, until the desired result is obtained.
To get voluminous non-standard paper postcards, you can stick the elements on double-sided tape.
We attach a small piece of adhesive tape to the wrong side of the ball, and then to the front base. The result is a magnificent ornament.
When the balls are glued, you should tie all the threads, tie them with a beautiful ribbon and fasten at the bottom of the balls. Then the edges need to be trimmed.
Several elements are also glued inside the product, leaving a place for writing congratulatory words.
New Year homemade cards
For congratulations on the New Year holidays, as a rule, they choose more thematic decorations in the form of Christmas trees, garlands, snowflakes and other paraphernalia. An excellent gift would be a hand-made postcard with a voluminous coniferous beauty in origami technique.
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To make origami blanks, it is better to choose thin paper sheets so that it is convenient to crumple them. You should also give preference to materials with an interesting pattern, then the Christmas tree will turn out to be colorful.
To create a Christmas tree, you need to prepare 5 square blanks from the selected paper. The dimensions of the sides of the squares are as follows: 10; 9; 7.5; 6.5; and 5.5 centimeters, respectively. All squares are added in the same way.
First, the square is folded diagonally, then it returns to its original shape and folds diagonally on the other side. You will get a blank with two diagonal fold lines.
Now the first origami blank is ready. There should be 5 of them in total. A Christmas tree is assembled from the top smallest element.
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Quilling postcards
Simple in execution, but very attractive and original, will be a greeting card made in quilling technique.
To create an owl, which will be placed on the front side of the product, you need to twist several tight spirals of paper of your favorite color.
For the body of an owl, a spiral is selected, which will consist of three different shades in the form of orange, brown and beige shades. The width of the paper strip to create the torso is 5 mm. Each next strip should be glued to the previous one, and the tip is glued to the spiral itself.
For the eyes and wings of an owl, you need to take thinner paper strips. Each wing of a bird consists of three twisted spirals that are glued together. The paws are also represented by three spirals.
When all the elements are twisted, they can be glued to the base, decorating the composition with leaves and tree branches, which are also cut out of paper.
A card with flowers, which is made in quilling technique, looks very beautiful.
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Photo postcards made of paper with your own hands
On the eve of the celebration of a person dear to the heart, I want to make a gift that would impress and leave pleasant memories. We offer to make voluminous postcards with your own hands, they are also called pop-up postcards. What are these wonderful postcards? At first glance, these are ordinary postcards, opening which, suddenly a three-dimensional figure or a whole composition appears in front of you! Such postcards will not leave anyone indifferent! Especially if they are copyrighted and keep the warmth of your hands!
Do-it-yourself cards with flowers inside
Even a child can make a heart-shaped card with a three-dimensional flower inside:
YOU WILL USE
We do both simple and complex creation technologies.
A lush flower for the inside or outside of a postcard can be made from colored or even plain paper, painted with watercolors or pastel crayons. You can cut flowers according to this pattern:
We print out the flower template, paint it with paints. We fold in accordance with the marked fold lines and glue the resulting flower onto the base of the card.
Undoubtedly, such a lush and bright postcard with flowers inside, made by hand, will surely please the recipient.
How to make it tells in his master class TheJulianaHappy:
The option with gentle, pastel colors, flowers looks very nice. Stamens for flowers are not difficult to make!
The original master class is in English, so for your convenience we offer a short translation of the process of creating this flower card.
Materials and tools are standard: colored paper, cardboard, scissors, glue, plastic to simulate glass in the window.
We take thick colored paper, fold it in half. In one half we cut out a square window.
We make a frame from colored paper of a different color. Glass for the window can be made from a protective film for the phone or transparent plastic. Glue the resulting window frame to the base of the postcard. You can do without "glass" at all.
Glue into the hole
We glue a flower pot out of cardboard, glue it in the middle of the postcard on the fold line. We glue the sides of the resulting pot so that when the postcard is closed, the pot folds up.
Next, cut out green stems and all kinds of bright flowers from colored paper: crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils and tulips. Perhaps your bouquet will not be spring, but summer, which means that cornflowers, daisies, pansies, etc. will appear.
Glue the flowers into the pot
The height of the flowers should be such that they do not stick out of the postcard, but are visible through the window!
The window can be decorated with a cozy curtain.
Master class original
By the same principle, you can make a postcard with flowers from felt or colored cotton pads. Additionally, insert a concise but warm congratulation along with the flowers!
In addition to flowers, balloons, stars, bows can peek out from the card.
How to make a panoramic flower card along with a greeting envelope shows in his master class TheWorkshop:
We take thick paper - the basis for our postcard. Create a rectangle in the center of the card fold line. The width of the rectangle is 3 cm, the length is 7 cm.
We make cuts along the pink lines with a clerical knife. Then we fold the resulting rectangle inside the postcard. We attach the base of the postcard to another sheet, b O larger than the original base.
Then we make a floral design: a flower pot, the flowers themselves, fluttering butterflies and grass. We combine all this and glue it on the front of our postcard.
Masterclass original.
Using the same technique, you can make an original vase postcard. You can also make flowers in such vases with your own hands from paper or other improvised means.
We bring to your attention a master class on making a very delicate voluminous postcard, which will not only congratulate the recipient, but also fit perfectly into the interior, for example, of a children's room.
First, we make a frame-box. To do this, take thick blue paper and cut out a template for the box from it. We fold the edges of the template 4 times 5 mm on each side, thereby forming a frame. We glue the resulting frames.
On top of them we glue colored or scrap paper in a color suitable for your composition.
Next, we will prepare the elements of the future composition. We glue the balloon from paper circles. We fold the circles on the floor and glue them together. Waxed cord is glued to the base of the basket and directly to the mugs that form a ball.
We cut out the clouds from scrap paper, and the sun from yellow paper. Paste the elements of the composition into the frame. We glue the balloon as follows: we glue the base of the balloon on bulk adhesive tape, and the balloon itself on glue. We glue the clouds according to the same principle: one for glue, the second for voluminous adhesive tape.
We make green grass from a simple napkin. First we cut it, then we glue it. On the right side of the box we glue a tree made with a scrapbooking hole punch. The final touch - in the free places we glue the serpentine, butterflies and a congratulatory inscription! Glue a ribbon with embroidery or lace on the bottom of the box. The original voluminous postcard is ready!
Masterclass original.
3D postcards in the Kirigami technique
Kirigami is the art of cutting and folding paper figures and cards. This is the main difference between Kirigami and other paper folding techniques and is emphasized in the name: "kiru" - cut, "kami" - paper. The founder of this direction is the Japanese architect Masahiro Chatani.
For manufacturing, sheets of paper or thin cardboard are used, which are cut and folded. Unlike traditional 3D postcards, these paper models are usually cut and folded from a single sheet of paper. Most often, three-dimensional models of architecture buildings, geometric patterns and various everyday objects, etc. are developed.
It is better to start with a simple do-it-yourself voluminous birthday card. For example, using thick paper in two contrasting colors, you can make a birthday card-cake:
To make it, use this template:
Using various templates, you can make cake cards more complicated:
How to make a kirigami cake tells in his master class OksanaHnativ:
Using this technique, you can cut out various congratulatory inscriptions. The cake can be decorated and painted to your liking.
To create it, take this template:
White embossed paper will also make a spectacular postcard:
By combining two mirror parts of the “cake” cut from different sheets, you can make a whole voluminous cake in a postcard!
Use the following pattern:
There are a lot of options for creating volumetric postcards! Cut and fold your paper masterpieces!
Volumetric postcards in the technique of scrapbooking
Scrapbooking is the art of decorating photo albums, but its techniques are also very popular when creating postcards.
Using the elements of Kirigami, using the Scrapbooking technique, you can also make a voluminous postcard with your own hands. We cut out and fold from scrap paper "steps" for "pop-up" candles on the second half of the postcard. We glue the candles and stick the resulting blank on the base of the postcard.
You can make a simple but original greeting card from scrap or colored paper. We cut out the flame of the candle and decorate it with sparkles, then glue it on 2-sided tape. Glue the second part of the candle with glue. The congratulation itself can be tied or glued to an elegant satin ribbon. Simple and original!
From paper of a different texture, the postcard will look completely different)
By overlaying each element of the card on top of each other, again using double-sided tape, you can create such a voluminous bright cake!
Consider Tatyana Sadomskaya's master class on how easy it is to make a voluminous most delicate postcard using the Scrapbooking technique using ready-made pictures.
To create such a postcard, Tatyana used:
- ScrapBerry’s “Favorite Pet” scrapbook set
- scissors
- thick cardboard
It is better to use scrap paper with a lot of miniatures that can be cut from a single sheet, as well as colored stamp prints and chipboards.
Before creating a postcard, you need to decide on its plot in order to choose the color of the base of the postcard and its "characters". In this case, paper with a calm beige print is taken as the basis, the components of the plot are cut out of it: kittens, a puppy, flowers, a crown on a pillow.
Before starting this work, do not forget to decide what will be in the foreground and what will be behind it!
In our case, we put a larger kitten in the foreground, this will enhance the feeling that he is closer than kittens with a dog.
We make the necessary cuts. It turns out such a design with "steps". On the resulting "steps" we glue leaves of arbitrary size. These leaves imitate a wooden fence.
Next, gradually glue our elements, starting from near to far. We start from the foreground and glue the kitten. We glue it on beer cardboard, because it gives additional volume and casts a shadow. By the same principle, several other elements can be glued, for example, balls and flowers. When the inside is ready, glue it to the base of the postcard.
Outside, we also decorate the card with an elegant floral print.
For more elegance, we decorate the elements of the card with sparkles (we use glitter).
Masterclass original.
Check out this amazing 3D cake card for inspiration:
Volumetric postcards-dioramas
We present to your attention a master class on making a 3D postcard - a small three-dimensional scene. On such a stage, everyone can arrange various bizarre figurines and decorations)
To make a postcard, we take 4 sheets of thick cardboard, in this case we take cardboard of four shades of orange. You can also choose the colors of your choice.
On sheets of cardboard with a pencil, draw the outline of the frames and cut them out. We make the outline of the frame 1 cm wide.
From the remaining fragments of paper we cut out two strips, each of which is 10 by 4 cm in size. We line each one into 4 parts of 1 cm each. We cut off all the corners of the resulting strips. We fold the strips along the lines so that we get a paper zigzag. These zigzag pieces will support the diorama fragments. Glue the zigzags to the frame on both sides.
We glue the second frame clearly along the line on the other side of the zigzag.
The top of the zigzag should cover one side of the frame. The same must be done with the opposite side. Thus, the first scene of the diorama is ready!
By the same principle, we make the rest of the frames of the diorama.
It's better to pre-decorate each of the frames (especially the last one) than to try to squeeze the decor into the finished card.
The back wall does not have to be solid, you can make a transparent diorama without a back wall.
Decorate not only the "wall" of the diorama, but every frame. Use more voluminous decorations such as beads, bows, feathers, ribbons, etc. This will make the card look more voluminous and this will enhance the 3D effect!
Masterclass original.
You can come up with absolutely any plot! Create your own little theatre!
For example, waiting Assol!
Or a balloon in fluffy clouds.
Bright glade with lupins and butterflies!
Birdhouse with birds and flowers:
Postcard-accordion (schemes and templates)
Another type of voluminous postcards is an accordion postcard.
To create such a postcard, you will need: thick scrap paper for the base frame, a scrap-cutting knife or a clerical knife, transparent plastic for the internal parts, stamens, semi-pearls, etc. materials for decoration.
We take a template and make blanks for a postcard. From thick scrap paper we cut out 8 blanks for the base frame and 4 from transparent plastic.
Thick paper...
...and transparent plastic
We glue the plastic blanks to the paper base. In order for the card to fold, we make a double creasing of about 2 mm on the outer folds. We connect the resulting 4 parts - glue them with glue or use 2-sided tape. Glue the remaining 4 frames on the opposite side.
Now you can start the most creative part of creating a postcard - decorating it! We glue fluttering butterflies and twisted greenery to the plastic. Postcard is ready!
Master class original
Various templates for making the bases of such postcards, see below:
Using imagination, you can create all sorts of options for such folding cards. For example, with a predominance of children's topics. The number of components may vary.
Birds, flowers, butterflies - they always look very light and airy on postcards!
Postcards for all occasions
We have already seen that handmade postcards are more original than those that you can just buy.
YOU'LL LIKE IT!
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