Making wedding cards with your own hands

The most significant and memorable event for every person is a wedding. Such events are planned in advance, not only brides and grooms, mothers and fathers of the future newlyweds, but also relatives and friends invited to the celebration are carefully prepared for them. For weddings, a lot of different paraphernalia is purchased. One of the simple but important elements is postcards. They are purchased by future newlyweds and guests for invitations and congratulations.

The modern range of printed products is huge, but there are no unique products in them. If you want to emphasize the importance and originality of the celebration with the help of this attribute, you should make wedding cards with your own hands. Consumables for scrapbooking in each city are offered in full. Today's technologies do not limit the choice of types of designs. You can realize the most daring creative idea.

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Types of wedding cards, their features

Several types of printed materials are involved in wedding events. These are postcards:

• inviting guests to a wedding celebration;
• additions to the gift with congratulations;
• congratulations on the wedding with an envelope for money.

Invitations are sent to guests in advance, give relatives and friends the opportunity to prepare, pick up a gift, adjust their schedules taking into account the time of the wedding. By creating such wedding cards with your own hands, you can reflect in them some features of the character, status, theme of the upcoming celebration.

This printing product is usually attached to the main gift, allowing the newlyweds, after a stormy holiday, to understand which of the guests presented this present. An ordinary postcard will probably immediately go to the trash can. If this is a unique handmade product, it has a chance to go to the family archive, wedding album.

Money has become the most popular, universal gift. Many newlyweds prefer them. The tradition of putting banknotes in an envelope, not declaring publicly the amount of donated funds, is firmly rooted. And such a gift can be made original, unforgettable, if you make a postcard according to an exclusive design prepared for a specific event.

Do not forget that not only the newlyweds are congratulated on the wedding. Each anniversary, anniversaries can turn into a wonderful holiday for the family, relatives. It is worth preparing do-it-yourself postcards for wedding anniversaries to parents and friends.These events are important for every person, it is necessary to emphasize their significance.

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Needlework technologies in creating postcards

The main technologies in the manufacture of postcards are scrapbooking and quilling. Scrapbooking is the visual transmission of certain information. It allows you to create unique collages based on:

• curly elements made of colored paper, cardboard;
• photos;
• inscriptions;
• varied decor.

Do-it-yourself wedding day cards can be made using quilling. This type of needlework uses elements made of paper by twisting. The technique is widely used not only for postcards. It is used in creating frames for photos, panels, albums, jewelry.

These needlework technologies can be harmoniously combined. Elements made using the quilling technique fit well into the scrapbooking decor.

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Materials and tools in scrapbooking

The choice of materials in scrapbooking is unlimited. If this is your first time creating a postcard with your own hands for a wedding anniversary or for newlyweds, you can view several master classes on this needlework on YouTube, on sites. But people with good taste, creative abilities, such tips may not be needed.

Regardless of the design features of the future wedding card, you will need:

• A4 cardboard sheets;
• special colored paper for scrapbooking;
• stationery knife;
• curly, straight scissors;
• double-sided tape;
• glue;
• ruler.

An important consumable in the design are various types of decor. Craftsmen making wedding cards with their own hands, textiles, lace and satin ribbons are used in their work. You can add luxury, chic with the help of beads and pearls, rhinestones.

In the original postcards you can see small bunches of flowers. They are in specialized stores, you can make compositions with your own hands. If you want to create a voluminous postcard with the bride, you can take a dress from a doll for her. Volumetric letters made of wood and polystyrene look interesting in scrapbooking. Often in wedding decorations, photos of the newlyweds are used, which become the main focus.

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Materials and tools in quilling

If you decide to make a quilling wedding day card with your own hands, you will also need cardboard for the base. It can be colored or white material. You will also need paper designed for scrapbooking. You can choose options with a pattern, pattern, plain products. It is necessary to prepare special tools and consumables:

• thin paper from which elements will be created;
• scissors, ruler and pencil;
• an object on which paper will be wound to give the desired shape.

Paper rolling uses thin tools. This can be a special device or improvised means: a ballpoint pen, a match, a toothpick, etc.

Quilling also uses various decorative elements. It can be satin ribbons and lace, pearls and colored beads, rhinestones, etc.

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Creating a postcard design project

The quality of the finished result, the sharpness of the impression of a wedding card created by oneself largely depends on the preparatory stage. There are experienced, talented needlewomen who can create a wonderful masterpiece spontaneously, without much preparation. Creative ideas are born in them during the manufacturing process. But beginners should not rely on inspiration. It is necessary to allocate time to develop a design project for a future postcard.

A good help in choosing the general nature of the image, the arrangements and the type of elements can be ready-made examples of hand-made wedding cards. You can find many such options on the Internet. But copying even the most attractive products is not worth it. The main value of such products lies in their uniqueness. You will create greetings, invitations for specific individuals, which can be reflected in a postcard. When choosing shades, style, elements, you should consider:

• recipient's age;
• individual tastes, interests of the addressee;
• status and theme of the wedding;
• special moments.

For example, if you make wedding anniversary cards for your parents and friends with your own hands, it is not necessary to use the symbols that are typical for newlyweds. In the design of such congratulations, the symbolic meaning of this anniversary is usually emphasized: chintz, leather, porcelain, etc.

Various elements are used in the decor of wedding cards. Traditionally, such products are decorated with flowers and bows, hearts and rings. Lace gives tenderness, satin - aristocracy, pearls - luxury, rhinestones - chic. You can use all these decor items, the main thing is to observe a sense of proportion, to avoid the feeling of piling up, chaos.

If a photo of the newlyweds is used in the design of the postcard, it is the main focus, the decor should be a worthy frame, an addition.

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Create a postcard in scrapbooking

Beginners who want to create a simple DIY wedding card using the scrapbooking technique can focus on the traditional version, modify it as they wish. For this product, you will need cardboard and scrapbooking paper, lace, a satin ribbon in white or a delicate pastel shade and pearl beads that need to be cut in half, a bouquet. You also need to make a printout of the inscription of the corresponding content.

The work steps are as follows:

• creation of a cardboard base;
• background design;
• fixing satin ribbons;
• sticker of lace, pearl beads;
• fixing the base and the inscription;
• gluing the edging;
• fixing the bouquet.

A sheet of cardboard folded in half is given the traditional 10x15 postcard format. It is covered with double-sided tape, on which paper is glued, which acts as a background. The shade can be chosen at your discretion. Pink, beige, blue tones are usually used.

The satin ribbon is located at the bottom, it is also pasted on double-sided tape. In order for the ends not to spill out, you need to singe them a little with a match or a lighter. Lace is fixed with glue. The basis for the inscription is created from cardboard so that it protrudes above the plane and plays the role of an accent. The colored cardboard blank should be slightly larger than the element with the inscription. This edging will make it more effective.

Beads are glued over the inscription in a row, they serve as a frame. The bouquet, as the main element of decor, is placed in the upper left corner. It is with him that the examination of any image begins.

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Quilling technique in creating a wedding card

You can make a card for your wedding anniversary or a congratulation to the newlyweds with your own hands using the quilling technique. This needlework allows you to get gentle, touching images, does not require much experience. The work includes the following steps:

• foundation preparation;
• creating a background;
• twisting rolls;
• the formation of petals, decor;
• fixing elements.

The basis of the postcard is a cardboard sheet 15x20. It is bent in half, it turns out the standard format 10x15. It is covered with double-sided tape and colored scrapbooking paper, which will be the background.

In the creation of rolls, strips of paper are required. The tip is fixed to the tool with glue, the strip is tightly twisted, the free edge is glued. Pointed leaves are formed from round rolls. These are flower petals, the core of which will be beads or rhinestones. For 1 flower, 5 petals are required.

You can decorate the postcard with satin ribbon bows, paper roll spirals, beads, sparkles, etc.

With the help of quilling, you can create more complex compositions. Luxurious bouquets, doves, hearts, etc. are formed from colored rolls.

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Some popular ideas for wedding cards

The main advantage of creating wedding cards with your own hands is the absence of restrictions in choosing a creative idea. The abundance of materials makes it possible to create a unique design that will be able to make the right impression. And yet there is a kind of rating of the popularity of such products, in which postcards are on the first lines:

• voluminous with silhouettes of the newlyweds;
• heart-shaped, lavishly decorated with flowers;
• in a beautiful envelope.

Silhouettes of the bride and groom are easy to create. The main volumetric element in such a composition is the bride's dress. You can take models from a Barbie doll or make your own version. Symbolically, attractively look wedding cards in the shape of a heart, covered with compositions of flowers made using the technique of quilling or scrapbooking. An envelope postcard is ideal if money is presented as a gift to the newlyweds.

When making a wedding anniversary card with your own hands, you must first familiarize yourself with the traditions and meaning of the date. These nuances are reflected in the design of the product.

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Important additional elements in scrapbooking

If you are going to periodically make handmade cards for wedding anniversaries to parents and friends or make this hobby a source of income, you need to carefully study the range of consumables, tools, and accessories for such work.

Learn how to correctly choose cardboard, paper, glue, decorative tape. The work will require a special rug on which it will be convenient to cut materials with a clerical knife. It is good if there are various curly scissors in the arsenal. They will help create original edging, elements. Useful in the work of a hole puncher-border. It will help create beautiful embossed edges.

Scrapbooking uses single-sided and double-sided cardboard. The best option is beer material. Paper can be plain and colored with prints. You can make original materials yourself if you have a printer at hand. Many experienced needlewomen use wallpaper in their work.

In creating do-it-yourself wedding cards, for another celebration you may need:

• chipboards,
• brads,
• stamps.

The use of chipboards allows you to expressively convey the mood, character, meaning of the composition. These are three-dimensional elements that are produced in a huge variety of shapes and themes.

Brads are used in fixing objects. They are equipped with attractive hats, they can themselves serve as decoration elements. With the help of brads, textile and paper products can be fixed.

Creating cards with your own hands on your wedding day, birthday or anniversary, using special stamps, you can apply various symbols, effects, and inscriptions to them.

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