Handmade postcards techniques styles. Master class on arts and crafts "Cardmaking - the art of creating postcards"

Have you decided to try your hand at cardmaking, but don’t know where to start? You probably think that cardmaking for beginners is something very difficult and nothing can be done without certain skills. Making a postcard with your own hands is easier than you might think at first glance. Do you remember how, as a child, you glued colored paper figures onto a sheet of cardboard and wrote congratulations to your relatives? Consider that you already have the first skills in cardmaking.

Cardmaking is a technique for making postcards using a variety of elements. When engaging in such creativity, you need to remember that a handmade postcard is not just a decorated sheet of paper, but a piece of the soul of the master who made it. Therefore, when creating it, try to use all your imagination. Such a congratulation will not leave anyone indifferent and will bring a lot of pleasure to your loved ones.

We study the basics of cardmaking techniques for beginners

What is needed for work:

• Decor elements. This is where there is no limit in the choice of materials. As decoration you can use: buttons, beads, rhinestones, sequins, beads, laces, ribbons, lace, braid, scraps of fabric, feathers, dried and artificial flowers and leaves, spikelets, coffee beans, shells, magazine clippings, cereals, spices etc.
• It should be noted that cardmaking kits are currently on sale, which include templates and details, decorative elements, stickers with congratulations, etc. However, you don’t need to purchase special equipment to practice cardmaking. You can use a postcard Paper is the main and most necessary material when doing cardmaking. It can range from a plain white sheet to colored cardboard or wrapping paper and foil. You can use sheets with a glossy finish or with a pattern, or color a sheet of paper using coffee, tea, splashes of paint, etc. Which paper to choose for creativity will depend only on your imagination.
• Tools. You may need: scissors, a utility knife, glue, double-sided tape, stapler, hole punch. You can additionally purchase special tools used in scrapbooking.

Cardmaking has different styles. The style will depend on the purpose of the card. The main styles include:

Vintage style. This style is characterized by the use of artificially aged decorative elements that create the impression of old things. You can use old pictures, photographs, postcards, stamps, jewelry, etc.

Grunge. A distinctive feature of this style is the absence of restrictions. Items may have signs of wear or frayed or torn edges. When working in this style, dark colors are used: brown, black, gray. Postcards created in grunge style are more suitable for men.

American or classic style. What sets it apart from others is the use of a large number of all kinds of decorative elements that harmonize with each other.

European style. The signs of this style are severity and restraint. When working in this style, as a rule, no more than two or three colors and a small number of decorative elements are used. The main features of the European style are the “rectangularity” of the elements, a single font, simplicity and clarity of lines.

Mixed style. Its peculiarity is the mixing of different styles, materials and handicraft techniques. The main thing in this case is not to overdo it with the amount of decorations.

Mini postcard. Postcards of this style are small in size and easy to make. Suitable as an addition to a bouquet of flowers.

The main cardmaking techniques include the following:

Quilling is the making of decorative elements from strips of paper twisted in a certain way. Using this technique you can create a wide variety of elements.

Origami is the folding of paper figures that are glued to a base.

Doodling is the application of a simple drawing on a base, reminiscent of mechanical sketches. With the help of doodling, original inscriptions and numbers are obtained on finished products. The most common elements of this technique are spirals, stitches, flowers, and dots.

Embroidery – it is used as an additional element of decoration. It can be done using any technique (beads, satin stitch, cross stitch, ribbons).

Pop-up are three-dimensional images made of paper, with the help of which three-dimensional postcards are made.

Scrapbooking - this technique allows you to use various elements as in scrap. The difference between a postcard and a scrap page is the absence of personal photographs.

Decoupage is the use of a variety of paper clippings of scenes from ready-made postcards, newspapers, magazines or special cards for decoupage.

Collage is an application of objects of various textures and purposes that are in the same color palette, style or theme.

Cardmaking master class with job description and tools

Try to create your first work using the master class. On your birthday, a handmade card will be an amazing and unique gift for your friend or relative.

You will need tools:

• A sheet of thick paper (color of your choice).
• Sharp knife.
• Glue stick.
• Decorative figures (you can make them yourself or cut them from a magazine, newspaper or old postcard).

Manufacturing instructions:

• Fold the sheet of paper that will serve as the base for the card in half and carefully cut out the strips with parallel cuts, as in the photo. Be careful not to make too deep cuts, otherwise the folds will be visible when folded. Choose the number and width of stripes at your discretion. It is worth keeping in mind that every two cuts create one fold.
• We put the resulting folds inside so that they stand out forward when opened.
• We decorate the card by applying glue to the bottom of the folds and gluing the prepared figures. Decorative elements can also be used to paste other parts of the product. Remember that glue should only be applied to the base and not to the figures, preventing possible gluing.
• Fold the card in half and check for any remaining glue.
• Let's sign. You can sign it in beautiful handwriting or by cutting out letters from a newspaper or magazine.

Video lessons on the topic of the article

At the end of the article, we invite you to watch a video lesson on cardmaking for beginners, which will become a clear example for you when engaging in this type of creativity.

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The purpose of the lesson: Creating a postcard using scrapbooking and cardmaking techniques.

Lesson objectives:

• To familiarize students with the history of scrapbooking and cardmaking (making handmade cards).
• Introduce basic techniques and styles of scrapbooking and cardmaking.
• Teach basic technological techniques for making greeting cards.

Educational and methodological equipment:

• Presentation
• Multimedia projector
• Postcard samples
• Materials, fixtures and tools

Lesson plan and time resource:

• organizational moment – ​​5 min.
• learning new material – 20 min.
• demonstration of finished products – 15 min
• physical education minute – 5 min.
• completing a practical task – 35 min.
• express exhibition of student work, reflection, summing up – 10 min.

Classes in this type of needlework contribute to the development of students:

• creative activity;
• artistic and aesthetic taste;
• independence;
• self-expression;
• neatness;
• imagination;
• perseverance;
• hand motor skills;
• positive self-esteem;

At the end of the lesson, students should know:

• basic scrapbooking techniques;
• main types of materials and tools;
• rules for safe work with tools;
• properties of materials for making postcards;
• basics of color science;
• techniques for decorating products;

Students should be able to:

• select materials and tools;
• comply with safety regulations;
• perform tasks according to the sample (according to recommendations from books, magazines);
• independently choose and put into practice different techniques when creating handmade cards;

I. Organizational moment

Greeting students, checking readiness for class, communicating the topic, introducing the lesson plan.

II. Learning new material

History of scrapbooking (presentation)

Scrapbooking or scrapbooking is an English word. Scrap - cutting and book - book. Literally translated, “book of scrapbooks.” It's kind of a hobby. Its meaning lies in the design and independent production of photo albums. At the same time, the album contains not only photographs, but also all kinds of newspaper clippings, notes, drawings and other little things that are treasured as a memory. (slide 4)

The art of scrapbooking appeared even before the advent of photography. In Ancient Greece they used a notebook called “hypomnema”. They entered into it what they heard, read, and thoughts that they wanted to remember or think through. (slide 5)

In 15th century England, students and philologists used notebooks in which they wrote down letters, quotes, poems, recipes, prayers, etc. They were called “commonplacebooks”. Books by friends were popular. (slide 6)

At the beginning of the 18th century in the USA, clippings from newspapers and magazines and bright colored labels began to be pasted into such notebooks. (slide 7)

Writer Mark Twain was a fan of scrapbooking. The only thing he didn’t like about scrapbooking was the glue, which in the process of gluing pictures and clippings stained his hands and everything around him. So he invented and patented the so-called self-adhesive album: his idea of ​​​​printing thin strips of glue on the pages of scrapbooking albums made him a fortune of 50 thousand dollars. (slide 8)

These albums became increasingly popular, and their covers began to be decorated with leather and wallpaper. Those who longed for privacy and privacy in their personal lives acquired albums with locks. And from 1880, when cameras became available, the art of scrapbooking captured literally everyone, as photographs could be added to scrapbooks and colorful notes. (slide 9)

The fashion for albums came to Russia from Western Europe. The album of those times had a very solemn appearance: large in size, bound from leather-covered wooden boards, decorated with embossing, with large bronze clasps. Even Catherine the Great had her own album. (slide 10)

In Russia in the 18th century, maiden albums became popular, in which guests, at their own request or at the request of the hostess, wrote down poems they composed themselves or drew something to remember themselves.

Here's what Pushkin wrote about the girl's album:

Of course, you've seen it more than once
District young lady's album,
That all the girlfriends got dirty
From the end, from the beginning and all around.
Here, in spite of the spelling,
Poems without measure, according to legend
As a sign of true friendship...

Here you will certainly find
Two hearts, a torch and flowers;
Here you will surely read the vows
In love to the grave;
Some drunk army guy
Here a villainous poem came up.
In such an album, my friends,
Frankly, I’m glad to write too...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, interest in scrapbooking declined due to the First and Second World Wars. The beginning of the scrapbooking revival can be dated back to the late forties.

In the USSR, a striking example of scrapbooking can be called demobilization albums - a story about serving in the valiant troops of the Soviet army. The design approach was very careful and thoughtful. ( slide 12)

The starting point of modern scrapbooking can be considered 1980, when the American Merielen Christensen showed as many as 50 volumes of her family memories at a conference of records. This caused a real public boom. So many people wanted to scrapbook that Merielen opened the first ever scrap shop. By the mid-90s, every third person in America was engaged in this handicraft, and thanks to the Internet, the art spread and gained popularity throughout the world. (slide 13)

Basic techniques

Distress (English distress - disaster). One of the most popular techniques used to age pages. Options for using this technique: creating a torn edge, toning, aging paper, creating abrasions, scratches, and so on. (slide 14)

Embossing (literal meaning - to squeeze out a convex pattern). This technique has two varieties: the embossing method (created by squeezing a design through a stencil onto paper, foil or a thin sheet of metal) and wet embossing (produced by heating and melting special powder). (slide 15)

Stamping allows you to create various effects using ink and stamps, as well as applicators. Many craftsmen sew their scrap pages on a sewing machine, or add fabric to the work, or even make a page out of fabric and sew a photo onto it. Embroidery, quilling, pop-up, decoupage, Irish folding, origami and other handicraft techniques are also used. (slide 16)

The following can be distinguished basic styles :

VintageVintage (False antique style). This style is characterized by the use of old photographs or pictures from aged elements, as well as any “historical” items: old postcards, stamps, jewelry, etc. The color scheme is usually selected to match the time, which the vintage style page reflects . (slide 17)

Heritage Heritage. Used to decorate old photographs. A characteristic feature is the use of color schemes characteristic of the periods from which the photographs were taken. (slide 18)

European style. The main sign is severity and restraint. The technique used is cutting photographs using special tools. A distinctive feature is a significant (usually more than three) number of photographs on one page. (slide 19)

American style American. The American style is classic in scrapbooking; its main difference is a large number of different decorations, which, nevertheless, is balanced for the current page and does not dominate the photograph. (slide 20)

Shabby chic Shabbychic (Shabby chic). Also known as “faux-old,” with elements of chic. The main difference from other styles is the use of falsely aged elements, with the effect of prolonged use: ribbons with frayed edges, torn backgrounds, with various abrasions, crushed. Moderate colors (pale pink, light green, pastel) are most often used as backgrounds. ( slide 21)

Clean and Simple (Clean and Simple). A minimum of simple decorations are used. The main difference from other styles is the “squareness” of its elements, clarity of lines, simple graphic approach, and a single font used (variation of font sizes is possible to highlight different elements of the page). (slide 22)

Mixed style Mixedmedia. Mixing styles, materials and different techniques. The most important and most difficult thing is not to overload the page with an abundance of styles, and also not to try to combine incompatible things. (slide 23)

Freestyle. The main features are a light background, bold color combinations, a title made by hand using pencils or felt-tip pens. (slide 24)

One of the branches of scrapbooking is the so-called cardmaking - the production of handmade postcards (from the English word cardmaking, literally “making postcards”). The subject of postcards can be varied - it depends on the holiday or event for which they are created. Cardmaking is an art that does not imply mass, identical production of cards. Each one is a single copy and most importantly, how much imagination, love, and attention is put into them! A wonderful memory for many years ! (slide 25-29)

III. Demonstration of ready-made postcard samples.

IV. Physical education minute.

V. Practical part of the lesson.

Safety instructions for manual work (using scissors, needles, glue)

Dangers at work:

• damage to fingers from a needle or pin;
• hand injury from scissors;
• eye injury.

What you need to do before you start:

• count the number of needles and pins in the pincushion;
• Place tools and equipment in the designated place.

What to do while working:

• be attentive to work;
• put a thimble on the middle finger of your right hand to avoid pricking your finger;
• stick needles and pins only into the needle bed;
• place the scissors on the right with the blades closed, pointing away from you;
• pass scissors only with closed blades and rings forward.

What to do after finishing work:

• count the number of needles and pins in the pincushion;
• clean the workplace.
• Making postcards using cardmaking technique.

1. Materials and decorative elements for making cards:

• Thick colored printer paper;
• Clippings from magazines and newspapers, thick packaging paper;
• Photo or copy printed on a printer;
• Colored and corrugated cardboard;
• Paper for scrapbooking, velvet, foil, etc.
• Fabric, lace, ribbons, cords, soutache, threads (silk, cotton, wool), sewing;
• Buttons, beads, rhinestones, beads, etc.;
• Small decorative elements (bows, stars, three-dimensional stickers, etc.)
• Artificial flowers and floral elements;
• Cereals, coffee beans, pasta, seeds and sunflower seeds, nut shells;
• Gel pens, paints, colored outlines and glitter gels, markers;

2. Tools and accessories:

• Simple, manicure and curly scissors;
• Stationery knife;
• Glue brushes;
• Curly and corner hole punches;
• Stapler;
• Awl, needles, threads, tweezers.

3. Adhesive materials:

• PVA glue.
• Glue for scrapbooking and fabric
• Glue gun.
• Double-sided tape is transparent and voluminous.

VI. Exhibition of works, discussion.

Reflection.

I ask you to continue the sentence:

• I learned...
• It was difficult for me...
• Now I can...
• I was surprised...
• It was interesting...

Summarizing.

It's always nice to receive gifts. It’s doubly nice when they are made by yourself. There is so much love, warmth, kindness in them. Such gifts are kept very carefully and for a long time; the most pleasant memories are always associated with them. Today you learned a new technique for decorating postcards. Show your imagination. I see that you really enjoyed making postcards and the result really turned out to be very interesting and original.

Information sources and literature.

1. Handicrafts, No. 10 (42), 2010. Article. A little about cardmaking.
2. Magazine “Scrap-Info” No. 3 2010.
3. Magazine “Scrap-Info” No. 2 2009.
4. Book "Its All About Cards And Tags", 2004.
5. The book "Scrapbooking. Basics of the art of photo design" by T. Laptev; Eksmo Series: ABC of needlework, 2010.
6. Wikipedia. Scrapbooking and cardmaking.
7. Forums and master classes on cardmaking: www.livemaster.ru.
8. Official sites for scrapbooking and cardmaking: www.ify.ru; pro-scrapbooking.ru; stranamasterov.ru.

When starting work on a postcard, first of all the master creates sketch of future work. After all, one of the most important “rules” in this type of creativity is to correctly arrange all the elements of the future postcard, so as not to overload it with unnecessary things, so that the lines and arrangement of the elements look harmonious. Drawing a sketch will also help you retain an idea that suddenly pops into your head.
Such a sketch (or outline, sketch) is called a sketch in scrapbooking and cardmaking. Sketch– this is the composition of the work, the layout of the main elements of the postcard on the sheet.

sketch postcard

sketch work

There are a huge number of sketches drawn by masters of this genre. “Ready-made” sketches will be useful for experienced craftsmen to implement a “half-formed idea” or in the absence of inspiration.
And for beginners in making postcards, the sketch will become a lifesaver - it will not allow the beginner to make gross compositional mistakes.
When working with sketches, you must remember that a sketch is just a compositional work plan, you don’t need to blindly follow it.
The most important thing you need to “see” is the presence and location of the main elements. Define:

• symmetric or asymmetrical you sketch;

symmetrical sketch

asymmetrical sketch

• difficult or simple background(the background can be solid, smooth or divided into elements, consist of 2-4 parts);

complex (composite) background

simple background

• find main element, location of the inscription and additional decor. And then act, letting go of your fantasy.

The sketch can be rotated or flipped vertically or horizontally. The main thing is to display the entire composition as a whole, and not just individual elements.

The sketch can be given a different shape, for example, from a square base you can make a circle base. Or a round sketch can be additionally fit into another shape.

changing the shape of the sketch

You can change the shapes and number of decorative elements, for example, the sketch shows 3 flowers, but no one forbids the use of butterflies. Or instead of one large butterfly in the sketch, “launch” a flock of small ones.
You can add some other decor inside a large decorative element.
The inscription in the sketch can be omitted (added if missing), or moved inside some other element.

variability of sketch elements

Some sketches contain squares or stripes of additional elements and this does not mean that you need to strictly follow this instruction. Squares can turn into bows, stripes can also be played out in some other way (replaced with complex stitching or wrapped in ribbon). The location and size ratio of the elements relative to each other is important to maintain balance in the composition.

Works done from one sketch: