Postcard - an indispensable addition of any gift. As a child, each person created special crafts for his relatives and loved ones using the most common material. At the same time, the congratulatory application seemed the most real masterpiece. Today, once solely children's work has become widely used by artists and needlewomen. Volumetric greeting cards composed of several elements will become an ideal component of even a small souvenir. The recipient of the gift will highly appreciate the decorative component of the appliqué, realizing that it is not purchased in the store, but is made independently.
What is scrapbooking?
Scrapbooking is a type of needlework that allows you to arrange books, postcards, photo albums and many other items. The literal translation of the word means "Book of Cut".
The main task of scrapbooking is to provide information through a visual picture. Speaking with simple words, the author of the application can tell on a small sheet format about the bright moments of the whole day and even the week.
Initially, the scrapbooking technique was used to decorate photo albums.
Now this technique enjoy the masters, creating covers, unusual postcards and other things.
Necessary materials
To create a surround postcard, especially a novice master, you need to get Small list of materials.
- Rug for cutting. Alternatively use a piece of thick linoleum.
- Glue . It will require several species - PVA, stationery, glue-pencil, "moment".
- Cardboard or paper.
- Set of color Handles.
- Satin Ribbons.
- Decorative accessories.
- Stamps, brides, chipboard.
The presented list should make explanations regarding some of the materials. Cardboard is purchased in specialized boutiques. Some works are selected sheets with a special pattern. A distinctive feature of such a cardboard lies in strength and elasticity, as well as long-term conservation of the appearance. If it is impossible to choose the desired color of the cardboard, you will have to resort to the help of computer technologies. The program needs to pick up the required shade and print it on a snow-white sheet.
Paper for scrapbooking is sold by sets. It can be monophonic or with overflows of different tones. Such a variety allows you to create an unusual decor of any composition.
Newcomers in scrapbooking are probably interested in what Brads, chipboard and stamps are . Brads is a special element of the decor, in shape resembling carnations. With it, images made of paper, as well as fabric parts are fixed. Chipboards are the volumetric forms of the decor used to transmit the meaning and mood of the decorated page. Stamps - decoration elements with ink effect used in creating images, inscriptions and portraits.
What instruments will be required?
To work in the scrapbooking technique, a huge number of diverse tools are used, ranging from holes and ending with sewing machines. Beginner masters are invited to acquire a standard set of stationery, gradually complementing it with various elements.
- Scissors . It is best to purchase curly in several variations.
- Double sided tape. Used to fix photos or decorative elements of large sizes.
- Hole puncher . Border models of small sizes are used much more often.
- Stationery knife. Beginning to work, it is replaced with specialized cutters.
- Rubber stamps . Alternatively, you can use a silicone element with a stamped insert. Beginner masters undesirable to acquire them in large quantities.
- Rulers . To create compositions in scrapbooking techniques, use exclusively metal samples.
After receiving the initial experience, the master should look at other tools, for example, to a sewing machine, since tissue decorations are often used in the scrapbooking technique.
Types and styles
Each person has an individual creative style. It can be traced in any decorating work, ranging from the paper chosen to work and ending with decorations. Over time, the addictions and tastes of a person are changing, the same applies to creative directions. But whatever changes have happened, each individual style will reflect the individual traits of the wizard.A novice specialist needs to be familiar with the main styles of scrapbooking technology.
Vintage
The style speaks of the old fashionity of things and scenery. Each separate decoration must have a fingerprint of the past. As a scenery, things belonging to great-grandmothers are used, for example, shabby lace, outdated notebook, ancient paper for letters, envelopes, cutting out of newspapers and much more. In the manufacture of a vintage composition, the hobbies and interests of the recipient of the gift are specified. For example, for musical nature, a notebook is chosen, postcards for artists are decorated with easel, brushes and pencils. The color palette of Vintage style is extremely muted, not distinguished by bright shades. Most often, the crafts are performed in pastel colors, beige or coffee.
Heritage
In the title of style, a direct hint of family values and ancestors can be traced. The difference between the style of Vintage and heritage lies in special training of photos. For vintage, modern photographs are made up by computer processing, and the legacy style requires the use of original images from the past. Madely fill out a postcard in the style of heritage by vintage images is not obtained from each wizard. Exit from the situation is the use of computer technologies. The color palette is quite restrained.
Shebbi-Shik
Pretty sensual, gentle, naive style. Like the vintage is characterized by a pseudostarina, although the loss is applied only at the edges of the composition and decorative elements. The main colors of the style muffled and smoky. As the basis, paper with a floral print is used. Beads, small decorations with platinum elements, old lace are used for decorating.
American style
According to its execution, it is considered classic and most often used beginner scraperas. The main feature is in a huge amount of decorative decorations.
This kind of postcards are considered indispensable in the preparation of a gift for the girl.
European style
When it creates it uses many images and the minimum number of decorations. Paper for the background is a monotonous, not released brightness and multi. The image selected for the scenery should be decorated with a figured frame.
Retro
To create such crafts, you must familiarize yourself with the fashion and design solutions of the 60s and 70s. Special attention should be paid to the polka dot patterns and the cell. When decorative, the focus is on significant things for those years, for example, on sketches of dresses, rims with bows, hats. If you want to use a photo, you should pick up an image taken on Polaroid. In general, retrostil requires the use of any elements that have come down to this day. By the way, to create Easter cards and jewelry, most often the masters are resorted to this style.
Freestyle
This style implies the maximum creativity and complete freedom of the wizard fancy. Quite often, images drawn by hand are used in creating applications. Basics of crafts often have unusual forms. The creativity of free style is expressed in each individual detail of the crafts. It is important to note that the style of freestyle does not have color restrictions and involves the use of any diversity of the palette.
Postcards designed in the presented style are perfectly combined with gifts for children and adolescents.
Mixmedia
Literal translation - "Mixed technique". This style is most often used by professionals, as it is considered the most difficult. Most often, such crafts resemble bulk masterpieces of famous artists. A distinctive feature line is in freedom of self-expression. There are no restrictions in the materials and color palette. As a basis of the crafts, dense paper or cardboard is more often used.
Decorative elements can be buttons, various types of fabrics, metal baubles, threads and even natural materials.
Modern vintage
From all the usual style, Vintage is characterized by brightness, multicolor and saturation. At the same time, the crafts and the presence of the components of the elements are present.
Only one can imagine an old napkin with openwork laces against the background of a bright red base, decorated with additional elements from old buttons and satin ribbons.
General Recommendations for Manufacturing
Before you start creating a craft in the technique of scrapbooking, each person needs to be familiar with the simple advice of experienced masters, allowing to create An unusually beautiful composition and do not make mistakes.
- In each craft, it is necessary to determine and allocate the main focus, The meaning of the composition. On one sheet, sketches of three elements are allowed. For postcard, this is the text, frame and decor.
- You can not overload the craft A huge number of decorative elements. It is best to use a few large and pair of small beads, correctly placing them in the form of the composition.
- When selecting the material, it is necessary to show attentiveness. and make harmonious combinations of colors and decor sizes, crossing each other.
- All elements of the composition laid down on the sides of the craft should be balanced. Otherwise, the postcard will be unstable.
- Novice scraperas are best to create a pencil sketch And pushing off from it, place the prepared elements of the composition.
Master classes for beginners
Postcards made with your own hands can be performed in the classic version or using a non-standard approach. The main form of crafts is a square or a rectangle. Making round and rhombid bases is not always convenient, and the composition itself is then the crumpled.
The design of the greeting card depends on the holiday and gift. For wedding congratulations, a classic version with a square or rectangular base is suitable. The composition of the postcard is step by step decorated with lace and light cloth so as not to climb the craft.
In postcards for children use animated characters and characters of famous fairy tales. For little girls it is appropriate to supplement the gift composition with bows, flowerflowers or a bright pattern.
If the postcard is intended for a man in years, you should resort to the use of strict elements and muffled color palette. It is important to exclude lace and flowers. A greatement composition made in the form of a jacket or tie will look very original.
Handmade postcards, compiled in a vintage style, are most often given by colleagues and boss.
Ideas for creating a postcard in the technique of scrapbooking a lot, most importantly - connect fantasy and turn the idea into reality. But it may seem to make the composition quite difficult, in fact this work is quite simple.
The main thing is to show accuracy and gradually arrange decor elements.
Wedding
Wedding is a holiday for two people who begin to build a joint life. Therefore, most gifts have domestic purposes. And how nice will be newlyweds to get an exclusive postcard made at home! After decades, looking at the composition, the spouses will return on the day of the wedding celebration.
When creating a wedding card, you can use the minimum amount of material and decor.
- First you need to prepare the basis. In this case, it is proposed to use a square form.
- On the cardboard the darker color is cut square with a smaller size of the main part of the postcard. Lace is cut into the corners, after which it is glued on top of the base so that the openwork angles are highlighted on a general background.
- On dense paper, a darker color is cut off with edging. The edges can be made with patterns. On the right side of the heart, the image of the bride and groom is created. You can use a handle or a gold marker. The billet is glued to the surface of the openwork square using bilateral tape.
- From the cardboard, the form for an inscription decorated with an original pattern. Immediately applied congratulatory text. After the ink is dried, the inscription is fixed on the surface of the postcard using the tape.
- After the location of the main elements can be embarked on scenery. In this case, the use of a flower made of several petals, decorated with golden-colored residents. The inner edge of the heart is decorated with rhinestones.
Christmas
Christmas - Family holiday. And who, if not relative and relatives, will appreciate the crafts made by their own hands? In this case, the easiest way to create a Christmas card, in which Feels the modernity and warmth of the holiday.
- For the main background used White cardboard.
- On top of the base is glued Paper red with drawn cells and in advance made figure pattern with the side.
- Decor will serve Images with winter and christmas symbols. In this case, it is proposed to use a picture carved with a gift bag. The decor is fixed in the center of the postcard with the help of bilateral scotch.
- In the center of the main image is laid Festive tape.
- On top of a ribbon Sharp tree.
- Extra decorative elements will be Circles with different images, Printed from the curly side of the red background.
The main thing is that they are different in the drawing, but the same in size.
On February 14th
Preparation for Valentine's Day Most often begins a few weeks before the holiday. Lovers, wanting to give their soul mate with a special gift, think about making a postcard with their own hands. The presented option is most brightly combining the tenderness and beauty of feelings.
- Cardboard is used as the main background imitating a rated cell.
- In textured paper with visible bursts is glued on its surface. . For additional fixation and beauty, crafts are invited to flash paper and cardboard with ordinary thread and needle. So the postcard will acquire a soft frame.
- Closer to the left side of the composition sticks the thread, One half of which will be short, and the second is long. After drying the adhesive, they are tied in a bow. A short lace is chaotic hanging down, and the second wavely parses to the right side of the postcard.
- The right side of the composition is decorated with a heart with a row. The wand will be used to the toothpick, and the heart itself is proposed to cut out of paper with a checkered pattern. In place of connecting toothpicks and hearts should be glued with ribbon or rhinestones.
- Along a long lace on double-sided adhesive flags, flags are glued, Carved from dense cardboard. It is not necessary to make them smooth, allowed to even slightly distort. Over the flags are glued with color letters of the intended word, cut out of the log. It is important to notice that the number of flags must correspond to the number of letters and symbols.
For Mom
Mom is a person who deserves constant attention. To make her a gift, do not look for a reason. They love to receive presents made by the hands of their children, even if the child is over 30 years old. In this case, a composition resembling children's illustration is considered.
- Decorative cardboard is taken as the basis With pastel color pattern.
- An image of a bunny is used as the main decor element, Which is glued closer to the right side of the composition.
- On the left side is a bouquet of flowers. Initially, it is fixed with glue on the cardboard. Out of the assembled openwork napkin attached by adhesive composition. A bouquet is decorated with a bow of tape.
- The oval elongated inscription with the name of the recipient is prepared. In this case, a clipboard is used. As an edging, an additional oval of a larger size is used, which is glued below the inscription. The finished plate is fixed on the postcard with the help of bilateral tape.
As an additional decor, rhinestones are used in the angles of the image with the bunny and the napkin contour in the bouquet.
Successful examples
Scrapbooking - creativity of extraordinary beauty. The first compositions of the novice scraper do not differ in difficulty, but acquiring creative experience, they begin to create masterpieces.
In this case, an option is proposed with the use of natural materials. Flowers dried correctly, thanks to which life is felt. The semblance of brickwork is made of wood.
On the example of the composition presented, you can come up with an individual sketch of artificial colors. As decorative elements, beads of different sizes, white mesh and paper butterflies are used. Such a design can be applied in the postcards for the birthday of a woman and on the mother's day.
The proposed postcard options are considered very relevant to congratulate young parents. After spending a minimum of material and a little time to work, it turns out a gorgeous postcard, reminding the magical day of the appearance of a new life.
About how to make a simple card in the scrapbooking technique, see the next video.