A handmade card will bring more joy than a store bought one. Anyone will be pleased to receive a gift in which they put their soul, efforts and time. Beloved grandmothers deserve just such a sincere, unique and inimitable gift. Moreover, making a birthday card for your grandmother with your own hands is not at all difficult. You can create any design, decorate the card in any way, but the general principle will be the same.
It is necessary
- • A sheet of paper for the base (you can take cardboard);
- • Colored paper for creating jewelry;
- • Marker or colored pen for signature;
- • Decorative items (beads, ribbons, strasses, etc.);
- • Scissors;
- • Glue;
- • Double sided tape;
- • Hole puncher;
- • Toothpick or awl.
Instructions
Step 1
Choose a base for your postcard. It should be a thick piece of paper. White color will leave more freedom for creativity, such a sheet can be decorated with any pattern. But if you wish, you can take any color, the main thing is that the signature is readable on it and the decorative elements look good. You can take, for example, a sheet of thick cardboard.
Step 2
Think over the text in advance. The location of design elements will depend on its length. Congratulations to your grandmother should be warm and not too formal. It will be pleasant for grandmother to read, for which you are grateful to her, remember all her good deeds and invaluable help. Let your wishes be sincere and attentive, because you probably know exactly what your grandmother wants. And don't forget to remind yourself how much you love her. If there is no inspiration at all, you can turn to the Internet, but it is still better not to resort to this method. Sincere, heartfelt congratulations, not even the best formulated, are always better than standard phrases. Write the text down on a separate piece of paper.
Step 3
Consider the design and composition of the card. You probably know your grandmother's tastes, her favorite color. Make a postcard that suits her preferences. Decide where the text will be, where the decorative elements are. Congratulations can be printed, but handwritten text will look more soulful.
Step 4
Select decorative items to decorate your card. These can be pictures cut from magazines, beads, rhinestones, bows, etc. Those who are good at drawing can create the pattern themselves. You can decorate the card with pictures of your grandmother's favorite things. It is a good idea to use photos from your family archive.
Step 5
When creating a postcard, first write the text and then start creating its design. Attach all decorative elements carefully and securely in accordance with a well-thought-out pattern. Don't forget to subscribe at the end.
Step 6
Alternatively, you can decorate the card with homemade flowers. For such a postcard, it is better to take a white base so that the flowers look bright and noticeable. The petals will be created from bright paper - lilac, pink, purple, red, etc., and the leaves will be from green paper. Flowers will be voluminous. There are several techniques for creating such decorative elements. The first is called the layering technique. Its essence is as follows: the petals are cut out of paper and glued to each other. Another way to achieve a volumetric effect is curdling. Here you need colored double-sided paper. First, the middle is made: a straight strip of paper is cut out and folded into a ring, so that the tip of the strip is hidden. The resulting ring must be glued to the postcard. Then the base for the petals is cut out, which must be rolled into the desired shape and attached to the center of the flower. In this way, the whole flower is made. If you wish, you can add green leaves to it.
Step 7
A more complex option that requires painstaking work and a significant investment of time is a 3D postcard in the form of a basket of flowers. The efforts spent on its creation will be rewarded with a unique and original result of your work. Such a card will greatly delight your grandmother and show that you really tried to make a great gift.
Step 8
Prepare everything you need: thick cardboard in two colors, paper stripes (base for the basket), scissors, double-sided tape, glue, hole punch, awl or toothpick, small sponge, artificial flower sprig, ribbon.
Step 9
Create a base for your postcard by folding a piece of cardboard in half. Cut out a rectangular window on the front of the card. If the size of the entire postcard is 10x15 cm, the window should be approximately 10x6 cm. To decorate, you need to cut out two 2x14 stripes from bright paper and two smaller stripes, 2x5 cm.
Step 10
Fold the cut rectangle in half and then adjust each side by 1 cm. Attach double-sided tape at the edges and glue this rectangle to the bottom of the card. The pre-cut strips must be glued with tape along the sides of the window.
Step 11
Use a hole punch or scissors to cut the flowers. Shape them by pressing into a damp sponge with a toothpick. So the flowers will acquire volume, in the future they will form decorative buds. When the flowers are dry, glue them one by one. As a result, you should get lush bouquets.
Step 12
Pre-prepared 6 strips of paper must be twisted by gluing their ends. The last tip is attached to the resulting circle. From this structure, you need to form a basket, carefully squeezing out the middle. A bouquet is glued into the basket. In conclusion, you need to glue a twig or string on both sides, in the form of a basket handle. It is attached to the postcard window. Optionally, you can decorate it with a ribbon, beads, add an inscription and a suitable drawing.
Step 13
The shape of the postcard can be any - rectangular, square, you can make a postcard in the form of a bouquet of flowers, a box of chocolates, etc. The base material can be any thick paper, glossy or matte, of any color. The greeting text can be handwritten, printed, or you can cut it out of colored paper. All these methods can be combined. And you can put the postcard in a homemade envelope, also decorated to your liking. Do not limit your imagination, decorate the postcard in accordance with your desires, but do not forget about the tastes of your grandmother, because first of all, the postcard should delight her.
