A handmade gift always warms the soul and evokes only positive emotions. And if this is a fancy designer postcard, decorated with taste and in a certain style, then it is doubly pleasant. Let's talk about how to make a postcard that is one of a kind and completely inexpensive.
It is necessary
- - Digital camera;
- - Access to the computer;
- - Printer or photo kiosk;
- - Photo paper;
- - Trifle for decoration: beads, sequins, lace, paper, foil, cotton wool, etc.;
- - Scissors;
- - Glue.
Instructions
Step 1
For a designer postcard, absolutely any photo is suitable, it is better if it is an image of nature, stunning views of the city, a photo of strangers, animals, sky, sun, food, etc. One of the options for a postcard is to adapt your or someone else's photo and prepare it in Photoshop for printing.
Step 2
Let's start editing the photo. You can skip this and the next step if the photo or picture, in your opinion, is absolutely printable without preparation. However, with a few clicks in Photoshop or Picasa (or even ordinary Paint), you can enhance the image by aging it, adding contrast, highlighting one color, or applying some kind of texture, for example, "drawing on canvas". With a little effort, your card can look like you got it out of your grandma's chest or ordered it from a professional artist.
Step 3
After applying filters to the photo, you can add a border, margins, as well as a very kind or original congratulatory phrase in the upper or lower corner with a calligraphic oblique font. For example, write: "The most tender and desirable!", "Greetings from Maxim!", "Marry me!", "With love forever!" etc. Save your photo postcard to your computer.
Step 4
Print the picture, preferably in a size of at least 9x13 cm. If you do not have a color printer and photo paper, contact the photo kiosk for an instant printout of your design postcard. Make sure the card is sized to fit so that the border will not be cut off to one side or the other. If this happens, just ask to reduce the print size a little so that you can trim the empty field yourself.
Step 5
Decorate your card using scissors, glue, foil, colored paper, cotton wool, sequins, lace, small beads, small buttons. You can glue everything that is at hand to the postcard in the right places. For example, if the image of a snowman and a Christmas tree is chosen, glue small lumps of cotton wool in the form of snow, and sprinkle the tree (before having smeared it with a paper glue pencil) with sparkles. In the photo with a picture of a puppy, you can glue a lace leash or a rag muff for a dog. If you chose a photo of the Eiffel Tower, cover it with small colored leaves, giving the effect of autumn and leaf fall.
Step 6
It remains to sign the postcard from the back and place it in an envelope, send it to the recipient by mail or solemnly hand it in person.
