After the New Year, everyone is waiting for the approach of the day of all who are in love and happy. On this day, it is customary to give loved ones Valentines - beautiful cards in the shape of hearts or appropriately decorated souvenirs. It is not difficult to make a postcard, and you do not need to have special skills and knowledge for this, and the result can be impressive.
Paper valentines
This is the first and simplest thing that comes to mind. If you have colored paper or drawing paper, watercolor paints or simple felt-tip pens, you can make wonderful Valentine cards with your own hands from paper, decorating them with what you can find at home - buttons, straps, threads, glass beads and sequins.
A simple valentine
What might be useful:
- paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- a piece of old wallpaper;
- burgundy colored paper;
- white cardboard.
Stages:
Valentine's Day cards can be made even easier.
Envelope with a heart
What not to do without:
- colored paper;
- scissors;
- glue.
Stages:
- Make a small envelope out of colored paper.
- Insert a message into it. Cut out a heart from paper of a different color and stick it on top of the envelope.
- Craft for the holiday is ready.
Volumetric Valentines
There are many types of postcards. Here is a master class on making a Valentine card with your own hands, for which you need:
- colored paper in shades of red;
- cardboard or passe-partout as a base;
- glue.
Stages:
- To get a Valentine card with your own hands from multi-colored paper, you should cut a lot of hearts of different shapes, sizes and shades.
- Cut out a large heart from cardboard.
- Glue hearts in random order to cover the base with them.
Volumetric postcards, as already mentioned, can be decorated with various improvised means, here is an example:
Original valentine cards
Postcards for Valentine's Day will turn out to be unique if you turn on your imagination and use original options and different decor. Quilling cardboard presents are popular.
Candy valentines
To make a Valentine card out of sweets, you can buy a box of chocolates and decorate its outside as you wish, for example, like this: Well, for those who are not looking for easy ways, a Valentine's master class is offered, for which you will need:
- candies. It is better to take round, wrapped in golden foil;
- sponge in the shape of a heart, which can be bought in the departments of floristry. And it can be made from foam rubber, the thickness of which is 1 cm;
- burgundy corrugated paper;
- mesh fabric for decoration;
- adhesive tape with double-sided sticky side;
- beads or any other decor;
- satin ribbon, 3 cm wide;
- glue;
- scissors.
Stages:
- Put a sponge on wrapping paper and circle. Duplicate. On each side of the workpiece, step back 1 cm and cut out. So you will get two blanks from wrapping paper.
- Lubricate both hearts from the wrong side with glue and fix on a floral sponge. From the sides, the paper should be adjacent to the side parts of the foam rubber, and for this it can be cut in several places and fixed with glue.
- Glue double-sided tape around the perimeter of the heart. Corrugated paper, which is covered with a satin ribbon, will help to hide it from the eyes. When fixing it, you need to leave free ends 15-20 cm long. A bow will be tied from them.
- Using glue, fix the sweets on the surface of the heart, decorating them with a special fabric for decoration.
Good afternoon, today I will show you what beautiful voluminous cards you can make with your own hands on Valentine's Day. February 14 is the day when you can give a sign of attention to any person, not necessarily the one you are in love with. A sincere card with hearts will give your loved ones moments of joy. It is so pleasant to look at the elegant fine work done by skillful hands and from the heart. In this article, I have prepared for you the best and most interesting options for postcards for Valentine's Day- and you can find design options for your loved one, as well as for friends and relatives. Here you will find bulk Valentine cards with schemes and templates. Clear descriptions and instructions with hints.
So let's make DIY design postcards from paper and cardboard for Valentine's Day.
I have laid out all the ideas for the design of postcards by thematic groups. That is for every interesting idea there will be several designs for its implementation.
We already have a large article on our site on creating do-it-yourself valentine cards. And this article will further reveal the topic of crafts for Valentine's Day.
Idea Pack #1
DIY postcards
For Valentine's Day.
WITH ENVELOPES.
In the photo below, we see a very original design for a Valentine's Day card - with hairstyles and envelopes. Cut out a background with an openwork edge from white cardboard. We tint the background with a sponge in pink stains. On a separate sheet of white thick paper, draw envelopes with a black felt-tip pen. We also decorate them with a sponge. Cut out with scissors, stepping back 1-2 mm from the edge of the black felt-tip pen (so that each envelope has a white frame-stroke). We also draw birds and cut them out, too, retreating to a white stroke along the edge of each bird. From black paper cut out the application of the mailbox. We fold an envelope from a square of black paper - we hide a note in it. We collect all the details of the application on the surface of the postcard.
It looks beautiful if you apply a lighter tone to the center of each bird with a sponge (lighten the muzzle of the bird). And in the envelopes, too, add shadows along the seams - walk in a darker tone. It turns out textured coloring - such a postcard for Valentine's Day looks richer and more luxurious.
You can simply arrange the entire postcard as a series of envelopes with Velcro hearts or strings. Inside each envelope we write a message - a wish, or a compliment, or an intimate hint.
You can make only one large envelope on the front side of the postcard from which hearts of different sizes and textures will fly out. Ribbed rough textures can be found in your apartment - yes, even in a trash bag. Embossed papers and cartons from chocolates and sweets. Packing inserts for various products. Crispy pads in a cookie box. Cardboard egg cases, rough to the touch = cut out a heart, paint in gouache, spray with hairspray - and we get a bright textured “scratchy” glossy little thing.
Clever idea and hint. A pile of hearts in an envelope can be made whole and removable- that is, glue all the hearts together - into a common piece-cloud (so that they can be completely inserted into the envelope and removed from the envelope). At the bottom of this heart piece-cloud, cut two holes - insert a gift into them (earrings on the ears of your beloved girlfriend) - and insert this cloud of hearts into an envelope on a postcard. A friend receives a card, takes out a bouquet of hearts and happily notices the earrings. Surprise prize for Valentine's Day. The original way to give a gift.
You can also twist the money with a roll and tie it under a cloud of hearts. fantasize
Idea Pack #2
Postcards for Valentine's Day.
WITH WINDOWS.
And here is the idea of voluminous postcards with a double background. And cut windows. Very beautiful and gentle version of the postcard for Valentine's Day.
We look at the photo below. We see that the front of the postcard has a double background. That is, another postcard is pasted on the cover of the postcard - but not in a dense one, but at a distance of half a centimeter. In this top layer, we cut a hole-window (of any shape). And thanks to the naturalness of the upper layer, we get a DEPTH OF HALF A CENTIMETER in this window.
At the bottom of the window we glue any volumetric element of the craft. For example, a flower like on the postcard below
Olga Klishevskaya, specially for the site
Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day - this is the very holiday that can inspire absolutely everyone to the most incredible romantic deeds, provided that they are madly in love.
It is on this day that, according to statistics, there are most declarations of love, marriage proposals, incredible romantic dates and deeds.
In connection with the approach of such an amazing romantic holiday as Valentine's Day, the website news portal has prepared an article for you on how to easily and simply make a touching Valentine with your own hands, which will surely please your soulmate.
What is the difference between an ordinary holiday greeting card and a romantic Valentine card? Of course, the presence of a burning passionate heart or a multitude of them.
You can cut a neat heart out of decorative paper and decorate it with all sorts of materials: buttons, sequins, beads, beads, colored appliqués, ribbons and delicate confessions.
We want to offer you an amazing and unusual romantic postcard - Love tree . It is made in the application technique. On the paper base of the future postcard, glue the tree trunk with branches on the front side. From soft pink or red paper, cut out small hearts and glue them to the branches so that they resemble leaves. Now attach notes folded into neat tubes to each heart. Notes may contain declarations of love, wishes, compliments, etc. Such a card is sure to be a wonderful sign of attention on Valentine's Day.
If there is no time to invent a Valentine card, then make a cute and charming envelope for a purchased card, which will be closed with ribbons in delicate shades, and a heart decorated with beads or sequins will decorate the clasp.
Do-it-yourself voluminous cards for Valentine's Day
Volumetric cards for Valentine's Day look very impressive, which you can also make with your own hands. When folded, the card looks very ordinary, but once you open it, and here it is ... a romantic miracle ... a flaming heart in love!
We bring to your attention several detailed photos of master classes on making voluminous postcards for Valentine's Day with your own hands.
Volumetric cards for Valentine's Day
For those who appreciate exquisite handwork, these charming voluminous postcards with carved scenes are suitable.
Print ready-made templates, and then arm yourself with a sharp clerical knife or nail scissors and start painstaking work.
Valentine's Day is a great occasion to turn to creativity. And elegant handmade postcards for Valentine's Day will cheer you up and turn an ordinary interior into a festive one. Everything is as it should be. We offer you ideas, simply and quickly.
To create cards for Valentine's Day with your own hands, you will need everything that you can find in handmade bins. Plain cardboard, white and colored, and designer (do not throw away packaging and covers of albums and notebooks with a pleasant pattern, textured surface), glue and adhesive tape, incl. “pillows”, ribbons, buttons ... A sewing machine that can sew 2-3 sheets of thick paper or cardboard will also come in handy. Paints, yarn, music paper, old books... Absolutely everything will be used! Let your imagination run wild - while we inspire you with bright patterns.
Valentine's Day Cards with Buttons
The remains of buttons can be used in a very interesting way - in decorating postcards. Filling the inside of the heart with different buttons in pastel colors is a great idea. Double folded designer cardboard, paper lace for edging; like a "not fitting" heart with an artistic zigzag and buttons - that's the whole postcard. And, of course, a flirty bow.
And here is an extremely simple and cute option. We fold the white cardboard in half, glue or write by hand a congratulatory inscription or a declaration of love, paste a heart made of patterned paper into the center. Glue the buttons on top of the heart - and the card for Valentine's Day is ready!
The next postcard was made in a similar way - a cardboard folded in half, on it - two hearts one on top of the other from red and white cardboard and, finally, buttons and a festive pendant made of yarn tied with a bow.
And here is a whole hotbed of hearts. Very simple and very effective.
How do you like this postcard? Square, ribbon, small heart button. The stylish conciseness of the postcard makes it universal: it can be handed to both your favorite teacher and a strict boss.
DIY Valentine's Day Card: Heart Spiral
Do you know how this postcard is made? The design of the front part does not play a role, it can be extremely modest. The whole secret is in the "stuffing". And making it is much easier than it might seem at first glance. Just cut out two red hearts of the same size from double-sided colored paper (origami paper is suitable). We draw a spiral inside the heart, observing the contour of the heart. Let's cut it. We do the same with the second heart. We glue the middle of both hearts; Glue the outer contour of each heart to opposite sides of the inside of the card. That's all!
Ideas for artists
Without artistic skills, such postcards cannot be made. However, you can use ready-made pictures caught on the Internet. But what an effect!
flying postcards
As if floating elements, and striving to break away from the base of the postcard, always look great. Appreciate the "heart" balloons, fluttering butterflies (and small hearts can fly), mini-postcards ... The original version is a jar of hearts. You can draw the outline of the jar by hand - and involve the child in gluing volumetric heart stickers.
How do you like this miniature?
And finally, some nice ideas. Explanations, I think, are superfluous to them. The above options for creating postcards for Valentine's Day with your own hands are quite simple - create with pleasure!
Zoya Preobrazhenskaya specially for the site Magic Month - February
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How to make beautiful postcards with your own hands
Postcard "With love" with your own hands. Master class with step by step photos
Scissors;
sequins;
Quilling paper;
Bilateral bulk cattle
ruler with circles
Postcard making process
Template for making a postcard
1. Take one quilling strip, toothpick or quilling tool. I have a quilling strip 7 mm wide and 29.5 cm long.
2. We wind the strip tightly onto a toothpick, holding the disk with our fingers so that it does not bloom (we wind a tight roll). When the entire strip is wound, carefully remove the disk ( roll) with a toothpick.
We put this disc into the hole of the ruler, let it bloom to the desired diameter - 20 mm. Glue the end.
Slightly bend the sharp tip.
In total, we should have 16 such droplets.
3. We print out the basis for the postcard.
4. We glue all these droplet blanks sequentially onto the base, arranging them in accordance with the shape in the picture.
We have collected a big heart.
5. Cut out small hearts from the template and take double-sided volumetric tape.
6. We glue double-sided tape on the wrong side of the heart.
Glue the hearts to the base of the card.
7. Take the sequins and decorate them with a voluminous heart in the center of the postcard. Glue them to the center of the highlights.
8. We decorate the back of the postcard as we wish and write a congratulation.
The postcard is ready.
Postcard for loved ones. Master class with step by step photos
To make a postcard you need:
Paper for printing patterns with a density of at least 160 g / m 2;
Scissors;
sequins;
Quilling paper;
Toothpick or quilling tool;
Bilateral bulk cattle;
Ruler with circles;
Beautiful picture or photo;
Braid or lace
Postcard making process
Template for making a postcard
1. Print out the postcard base template and glue the pieces of ribbon.
2. Take a picture or favorite photo.
On the reverse side, glue double-sided tape or pieces of beer cardboard.
3. Glue the picture to the base.
It turned out here is such a volume.
4. We make droplets from quilling paper (see the description above in the previous postcard). We need 4 drops.
5. We glue them in pairs. As a result, we got hearts.
6. Glue these hearts to the base of the card.
7. Take sequins.
Paste them on a postcard.
8. Cut out a suitable inscription.
Glue double-sided tape on the reverse side of the inscription.
Glue this inscription on the postcard.
9. We decorate the back of the postcard as we wish and write a congratulation.
The postcard is ready.
Both postcards together.