Cardmaking is called the art of creating greeting cards. This is a very popular hobby with limitless possibilities. To create a postcard today, it is not enough to have only paper and scissors available, and the design of the greeting card is not limited solely to the appliqué. Modern cardmakers use a lot of new materials, tools, technologies.
Here is a short list of the main materials and tools used to create postcards:
- blank for a postcard;
- chipboards, that is, figured cuttings from cardboard or paper;
- paper for scrapbooking;
- medium-sized ornaments: brads, clips, flowers, decorative buttons, ribbons;
- various stickers (conventional, 3D);
- punchers are figured;
- scissors are figured and ordinary;
- sets for drawing a picture by embossing;
- stencils, stamps, paints for them;
- various types of glue (for scrapbooking, decorative), double-sided adhesive tape;
- watercolor pencils;
- gouache, watercolor, acrylic, craquelure;
- a knife for cardboard and paper;
- rubber mat as a surface for work.
All listed devices are usually purchased in specialized, so-called, scrap-stores. But no one hinders to use for card-making any handy materials that will give the postcard an individual and even original look.
The first postcard to beginners will help create special sketches - templates of greeting cards. They are easy to find on the web. To begin with, you can view blogs of experienced masters who create postcards themselves. This will help to penetrate the idea, be inspired and begin to create. In addition, it is recommended to master colors, rules for their combination, color palette options, so that the postcard does not turn out to be tasteless.
It is not recommended to start creating complex compositions, since beginners are at risk of failing and leaving the idea of carmaking. Therefore, it is better to start with simple options, they can even beginners. Do not despair if the first attempt is not very successful, to create a good postcard, you should "fill your hand" and gain experience. The art of creating greeting cards requires a great desire to create and a good flight of fantasy.
Methods of creating postcards by own hands
In addition to the usual gluing of various parts on paper or cardboard, card-making involves three popular techniques: paper cutting, air-folding, quilling. What are the features of these techniques?
Cutting out of paper is a painstaking and time-consuming work, during which a picture is cut from a sheet of paper. This technique is also called a Ukrainian vytynanka, Japanese jianzhi.
Iris-folding is the technique of applying strips of paper according to the sketch of the drawing. The result is a very original image, as if twisted in a spiral.
Quilling refers to the twisting of strips of paper in various forms and colors of the curl with the aim of composing a certain composition from them.
Postcard by yourself. Instructions
First you need to decide on the idea of a greeting card. To whom it is intended, on what occasion will be given, what feelings it must convey.
Then think over the composition of the postcard so that it matches the theme of the celebration. Well, if you can draw a sketch of a postcard on a piece of paper. If it did not work out, use the ready-made sketches.
Pay attention to the materials available. Perhaps, they will push you to the idea of a postcard design. Decide on the colors, the color of the scrap paper, choose the decorations for your greeting card. Arrange the elements of the composition on the workpiece postcard, while combining the combination of jewelry and their location in different versions.
Scrap the paper on the base, the edges are tinted. Then you should arrange all the elements, according to the idea, on paper with two-sided adhesive tape or glue. You can decorate the card with glitters, tinting their edges. Do not forget about the congratulatory inscription.