What is cardmaking? Scrapbooking Ideas for Beginners Cardmaking has recently become.

Banal postcards have long gone out of fashion. If you want to surprise with an original and at the same time very budgetary congratulation, then use the new trend - cardmaking. This is a truly amazing type of creativity that originated in the XIV-XV century and was popular until the middle of the XIX century, until progress stepped forward and printed postcards came into fashion. It will seem to many that this art is very troublesome, but in this article we will tell you all the intricacies of cardmaking for beginners and not only.

We select materials

Many people associate this art form with scrapbooking and therefore consider it quite expensive, but this is not entirely true. Unlike scrap, which requires special paper, curly punches, special decorations, etc., everything that everyone has in the house is suitable for creating card making: beads, buttons, cardboard, paints, ribbons.

So, what is needed for this type of art:

paper;

Paper is the main material for creating cardmaking. It can be ordinary cardboard, any wrapping paper, foil or plain colored paper. If you want to make something truly unique, but there is no way to purchase scrap paper, then you can use various methods do-it-yourself paper aging with tea, coffee, or make an interesting color with paint splashes. In this case, your imagination is your main ally, so give yourself completely to it.

instruments;

The most necessary is glue, scissors and double-sided tape, and the rest is at will and possibilities.

decor.

Here you can use everything that is at hand: sequins, beads, various beads, buttons, ribbons, leaves, flowers, lace and even coffee beans or various cereals.

There are also several more common cardmaking techniques.

Basic Techniques

Quilling - creating details from strips of paper twisted in a certain way;

Using this technique, you can create various patterns and ornaments, and only colored paper and glue are needed from the material. Very inexpensive and interesting technique.

Origami - folding paper into various figures;

It is also quite a budget and easy technique, which is accessible even to beginners.

Decoupage - this technique uses various clippings from printed materials: newspapers, old postcards, magazines, decorative napkins, or you can purchase special templates for decoupage;

Embroidery. This is a very interesting technique, it uses elements of cross-stitch or satin stitch embroidery.

And there are still a huge number of such techniques, everything that is at hand, and everything that you know how to do, can be applied in cardmaking.

A simple lesson

In this master class, we suggest you make a postcard from available resources.

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

Lesson objectives:

To acquaint students with the history of scrapbooking and cardmaking (making handmade postcards).
Familiarize yourself with the basic techniques and styles of scrapbooking and cardmaking.
Learn the basic techniques for making greeting cards.

Educational and methodical 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 - 5 min.
implementation of a practical task - 35 min.
express exhibition of students' works, 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;
accuracy;
imagination;
perseverance;
hand motility;
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 model (according to recommendations from books, magazines);
independently choose and put into practice different techniques when creating handmade postcards;

I. Organizational moment

Greeting students, checking readiness for the lesson, reporting the topic, getting to know the lesson plan.

II. Learning new material

The history of scrapbooking (presentation)

Scrapbooking or scrapbooking (scrapbooking) is an English word. Scrap - clipping and book - book. Literally translated, it means "book of clippings". It's kind of a hobby. Its meaning lies in the design and self-production of photo albums. At the same time, the album contains not only photographs, but also all kinds of newspaper clippings, records, drawings and other trifles that are precious as a memory. (slide 4)

The art of scrapbooking has been around since before the advent of photography. In ancient Greece, they used a notebook called "hypomnema". Heard, read, thoughts that I wanted to remember or think out were entered into it. (slide 5)

In England in the 15th century, students and philologists used notebooks in which they wrote down letters, quotations, poems, recipes, prayer texts, etc. They were called "commonplacebooks". Friends' books were popular. (slide 6)

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

Mark Twain was a fan of scrapbooking. The only thing he did not like about scrapbooking was the glue, which, in the process of gluing pictures and clippings, dirty his hands and everything around. Therefore, he invented and patented the so-called self-adhesive scrapbook: his idea to print thin strips of glue on the pages of scrapbooking albums brought him a fortune of 50 thousand dollars. (slide 8)

These albums became more and more popular, their covers began to be decorated with leather and wallpaper. Those who craved the inviolability and secrets of their personal lives acquired albums with locks. And since 1880, when cameras became available, the art of scrapbooking has captured literally everyone, since photographs could be added to clippings and colorful records. (slide 9)

The fashion for albums came to Russia from Western Europe. The album of those times had a very solemn appearance: large, 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, girlish albums became popular, where guests, at their own request or at the request of the hostess, wrote down poems they themselves composed or drew something to remember themselves.

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

Of course, you have often seen
County ladies album,
That all the girlfriends got dirty
From the end, from the beginning and around.
Here, to spite the spelling,
Poems without measure, according to legend
Introduced as a sign of true friendship...

Here you will surely find
Two hearts, a torch and flowers;
Here you will read the oaths
In love to the grave;
Some army piit
Here a villainous rhyme waved.
In such an album, my friends,
Frankly, I am glad to write and I ...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, interest in scrapbooking fell and this was due to the First and Second World Wars. The beginning of the scrapbooking revival can be traced back to the end of the 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 approach to design was very thorough and thoughtful. ( slide 12)

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

Basic Techniques

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

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

Stamping allows you to create various effects using ink and stamps, as well as applicators. Many crafters 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 on it. Embroidery, quilling, pop-up, decoupage, Irish folding, origami and other handicraft techniques are also used. (slide 16)

The following can be distinguished base styles :

VintageVintage (False vintage 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 chosen to match the time that the page reflects in vintage style. . (slide 17)

Heritage heritage (Heritage). Used for decorating old photographs. A characteristic feature is the use of color schemes characteristic of those periods from which the photographs are borrowed. (slide 18)

European style European. The main feature is rigor and restraint. The technique used is cutting photos with special tools. Distinctive feature- a significant (usually more than three) number of photos on one page. (slide 19)

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

Shabby chic Shabbychic (Shabby chic). Also known as "false old", with elements of chic. The main difference from other styles is the use of falsely aged, with the effect of prolonged use, elements: ribbons with frayed edges, torn backgrounds, with various scuffs, crumpled. 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 is used. The main difference from other styles is the “squareness” of its elements, the clarity of lines, a simple graphic approach, a single font used (font sizes can be varied to highlight different elements of the page). (slide 22)

Mixed media style. A mixture of 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 incongruous. (slide 23)

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

One of the branches of scrapbooking is the so-called cardmaking - making handmade postcards (from the English word cardmaking, literally “making postcards”). The theme 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 postcards. Each in a single copy, and most importantly, how much imagination, love, attention is invested in them! Wonderful memory for many years ! (slide 25-29)

III. Demonstration of ready-made postcards.

IV. Fizkultminutka.

V. Practical part of the lesson.

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

Hazards at work:

injury to fingers with a needle or pin;
hand injury with scissors;
eye injury.

What to do before starting work:

count the number of needles and pins in the needle bed;
put tools and devices in the place provided for them.

What to do while working:

be attentive to work;
put a thimble on the middle finger of the right hand so as not to prick the finger;
stick needles and pins only into the needle bed;
put the scissors on the right with closed blades pointing away from you;
pass scissors only with closed blades and rings forward.

What to do when finished:

count the number of needles and pins in the needle bed;
remove the workplace.
Making postcards using the cardmaking technique.

1. Materials and decorative elements for making postcards:

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

2. Tools and fixtures:

Scissors simple, manicure and curly;
Stationery knife;
Glue brushes;
Figured and corner punches;
stapler;
Awl, needles, thread, tweezers.

3. Adhesive materials:

PVA glue.
Scrapbooking and fabric glue
Glue gun.
Double-sided adhesive tape is transparent and voluminous.

VI. Exhibition of works, discussion.

Reflection.

Please continue the sentence:

I learned...
It was hard for me...
Now I can...
I was surprised...
It was interesting...

Summarizing.

It's always nice to receive gifts. It is doubly pleasant when they are made by hand. They have so much love, warmth, kindness. Such gifts are kept very carefully and for a long time, the most pleasant memories are always associated with them. Today you have learned new technology postcard designs. They showed their imagination, imagination. I see that you really liked the production of postcards and the result really turned out to be very interesting, original.

Information sources and literature.

Needlework, No. 10 (42), 2010 Article. A little about cardmaking.
Scrap-Info magazine No. 3 2010.
Magazine "Scrap-Info" № 2 2009.
Book "Its All About Cards And Tags", 2004.
The book "Scrapbooking. Fundamentals of the Art of Photo Design" by T. Lapteva; Eksmo Series: ABC of needlework, 2010.
Wikipedia. Scrapbooking and cardmaking.
Forums and workshops on cardmaking: www.livemaster.ru.
Official sites for scrapbooking and cardmaking: www.ify.ru; pro-scrapbooking.ru; stranamasterov.ru.

Needlework, called beautiful, but compound word Cardmaking involves the production of author's paper postcards using various decorative elements and techniques.

Cardmaking - the history of occurrence

This art has long roots. It originated in Ancient China. Then it was customary to give each other small handmade cards. They became the prototypes of modern postcards in the style of cardmaking.

At the beginning of the 15th century, this type of creativity conquered Europe, where it became very popular. But at the end of the 19th century began industrial production postcards. They were printed on special devices, and the manual manufacturing method was almost forgotten.

But now handmade such species are again becoming very popular, we suggest you create a unique gift with your own hands. Moreover, the materials can be used those that every needlewoman has. For this you will need this:

paper;
instruments;
decor items.

It is also worth considering the following:

As paper, you can use cardboard, colored paper, packaging. If you are into scrapbooking, then take a special paper designed for this art. But if you do not have one, you can age ordinary white sheets using well-known methods for this. They are dyed with tea, coffee, using paint.
Of the tools and auxiliary items, one can distinguish: glue, scissors, double-sided tape.
As decor items, you can use the most various elements: beads, beads, lace, braid, groats, paper flowers, natural dried feathers, flaps and much more.

Techniques used to make DIY postcards

Various surface decoration techniques can be used for cardmaking. This is:

embroidery;
iris folding;
pop up;
scrapbooking;
decoupage;
quilling;
ornare;
origami;
parchment.

Take a look at each of them briefly. To make a postcard through embroidery, you first need to separately design a fragment in this way, and then fix it on the postcard. You can embroider with what you are used to: beads; ribbons; threads.

If you want to make an iris folding card, then you will need to choose a suitable pattern, cut the picture along the contour and fill it with stripes.

To make pop-up postcards, you will also need patterns. With the help of them you can make beautiful voluminous postcards.

allows you to make a postcard using a variety of materials. In the scrapbooking technique, they mainly make out personal albums, paste photos here. But photographs are not attached to postcards made in the style of cardmaking, but are usually replaced with thematic pictures.

It also creates beautiful postcards. To do this, stick a thin napkin or paper on them, then paint with varnish. You can also use egg shells. It turns out an interesting mosaic.

Quilling will allow you to make flowers and decorative elements from twisted paper strips.

Ornara is a very interesting technique. First, an ornament is drawn on the sheet, then a pattern is applied to this pattern with a needle.

Origami is familiar to many. By folding the paper, you can get different elements, which you can then stick on the postcard. You can make it, for example, in the form of a shirt. The recipient will open this item and be delighted with such an original present.

To create parchment, you can make postcards on tracing paper, on paper, using perforation and embossing.

Now that you already know so much about DIY postcards, we suggest using theory in practice.

Making postcards in the style of cardmaking - a master class

This can be presented for a wedding or as a gift for any other holiday. For work, take:

postcard, which depicts flowers;
white acrylic paint;
glossy;
glue;
Distress vintage photo;
roses with a diameter of 3.5 cm;
stationery knife.

Take a ready-made postcard that you need to transform so that it looks like you drew it yourself. Before that, with a glossy accent, highlight small details in the picture, such as small flowers, buds and leaves. Let the glossy dry, then tone the surface using a Distress vintage photo. Apply white acrylic paint to the corners of the card, rub it with your fingers.

If you want the postcard to have a touch of antiquity, then apply craquelure varnish to the corners as well. See how the finished product will then look with such a background.

Now you need to count how many flowers are on your template postcard. There are 3 halves and one whole. Glue the paper flower in place of the one drawn, and cut the next whole one in half and glue it in place as well.

Here's what happens.

You can use another, simpler option. Also take artificial roses, but you do not need to glue the whole one, disassemble each into petals. Glue them to the prepared surface of the postcard.

Attach rhinestones or other shiny elements to the middle, finish decorating the card.

You can also use dried flowers to make postcards. To do this, you need to attach them, taking a glue gun. But first, the paper needs to be aged or bought ready for scrapbooking. This product looks like an old one.

Now you can use one of the above techniques to create an extraordinarily beautiful present. Make it after the master.

Do-it-yourself postcard in the style of patchwork craft

The second name of this technique is parchment. Here's what you need to create a postcard using the cardmaking method:

colored paper;
scheme;
tracing paper, the density of which is 150 g / m2;
scissors with thin ends;
mousepad;
tools at the end with balls;
perforation mat;
a tool for punching with one, and the second with two needles;
ballpoint pen with non-writing refill;
colour pencils;
double-sided and masking tape;
transparent glue.

You can download the scheme for postcards from the Internet. Choose the one you like.

Paste this diagram with double sided tape tracing paper. Place this blank on a soft and dense mouse pad and start tracing all the curls with a non-writing ballpoint pen.

When pressed, a white mark will remain on the tracing paper. Just don't press too hard to avoid tearing the paper.

See what happens as a result of such manipulations from the front and from the wrong side.

Now you need to turn the picture over so that the wrong side becomes the front. Make the lines clearer. To do this, first circle them, taking a tool with a ball with a diameter of 1 mm, and then with a ball of 2 mm.

Start with one curl, gradually highlight it.

Now move on to the next piece of work. Style it the same way. Outline the outlines with a smaller ball first, then use a larger one. Here's what you should get.

After completion of this stage of work, cardmaking continues with punching. Place the punching mat in front of you, as well as single and double needle tools.

Putting the workpiece on this rug, first make punctures with a double needle. Then there will be the same distance between the holes, since you will first make two holes, then insert one needle into one of them and make another puncture nearby.

Now, with scissors with narrow ends, you need to cut out the inside of the resulting triangle.

Having trained on one, you can arrange other similar elements of the postcard in the same way.

Now turn the work wrong side up and start coloring with colored pencils. When you turn the sheet face up, you will get beautiful shades.

The first photo is from the inside, the second is from the front.

Continue punching the work to make a frame. Now apply with reverse side a sheet of colored paper, see what shade you would like to see a postcard. In this case, lilac is perfect.

And now you need to cut out the base for the postcard and stick a decorative tracing paper rectangle on it. It is best to attach this element with double-sided tape. Glue is also used. The arrows show where to apply it.

When it dries, you can give such an author's postcard to please a loved one.

Postcards for a newborn

When a joyful event happens in the family, a baby appears, close people congratulate the young parents. Make a postcard that will become a memorable sign that will be stored for many years. For such a product, you can use the remnants of scrap paper. If you are engaged in this craft, you will certainly have them.

Here's what's required:

glue;
scrap paper scraps;
scissors;
buttons;
beer cardboard;
hand-drawn image of a baby;
basis for a postcard;
flowers;
lace;
felling.

Take the picture of the baby and glue it on the napkin. Attach beer cardboard to the back.

If your postcard will measure 15 by 10 cm, now prepare the base for it, the size of which is 14.5 by 9.5 cm. Aged the edges with scissors, bending the sides of the paper with them.

Here's how the cardmaking postcard is done next. It is necessary to collect all the parts, glue on the substrate. Do not apply glue to the edges so that you can put lace under them.

Place lace and cutting in the form of flags.

Glue the image of the baby, decorate the card with leaves, flowers, buttons.

Glue to the base, after which you can give a card-making card made in the shabby style to happy parents.

Another interesting gift you can make with your own hands and present it for any holiday or just like that.

How to decorate a card and a fan of desires - a master class

For this job you will need:

scrapbooking paper;
gift envelope;
9 cards from designer paper;
white watercolor paper;
metal ruler;
curly edge hole punch;
double sided tape;
hot gun;
mock knife;
scissors;
curly scissors;
decor items: half beads; lace; tapes; decorative elements "flowers".

Take the envelope and cards. You can buy them or make your own.

Attach a stencil to each card and apply the design using gold acrylic paint.

Cut out a 10 x 14 cm rectangle from watercolor paper and wavy its edges with curly scissors. Then paint these sidewalls with gold paint.

Glue this rectangle inside the envelope using Moment Crystal glue and double-sided tape. Paste a card without a picture on top. Then you write the words "We wish you" here. The card pocket will be located at the bottom. Write your wishes on them.

Glue a piece of double-sided tape to each card. Then they will fit well in your pocket.

You need to decorate the corners with watercolor paper and half beads, and the cards with ribbon and half beads. On the card on which the inscription will be, apply a monogram with a stencil and gold paint. Glue the chipboard monogram on the back of the envelope. Decorate the envelope with flowers.

Now print the wishes strips below on the printer.

They need to be glued to the cards, after cutting the edges with wavy scissors.

To decorate the cards themselves, you need to glue ribbons and lace. Also glue the rest of the scrap paper here.

Here is how such cardmaking is done next. Glue the wishes on the cards you made and put them in an envelope.

Now you can give a charming creation, it will certainly cheer up the owner of such a present.

These are postcards and other paper products in the style of cardmaking you can create with your own hands. If something remains unclear, you can find answers to your questions in the following master classes.

From the first one you will learn how cardmaking postcards are made:

In the second you will also find a lot of useful information:

If you translate the word "cardmaking", then it means "making postcards." While the term is new, the art of making greeting cards has a long history. Cardmaking has become a popular hobby these days. This is not surprising: in contrast to the impersonal printing products with template congratulations, a hand-made postcard is able to fully express our feelings for people dear to us.

History of cardmaking.

Sometimes cardmaking is characterized as one of the areas of scrap. But many master cardmakers do not agree with this. They believe that cardmaking can be considered as a completely independent kind of creativity that has its own history. The appearance of the postcard can be characterized by quite practical needs - this is the exchange of postal communications.

The custom of exchanging greeting cards on the occasion of the holiday is believed to have originated in ancient China. Back then, postcards were made by hand, and they were exquisite and expensive works of art.

The tradition of creating postcards later appeared in Europe, but even there, only relatively few could afford to order the creation of such a gift for a loved one. The situation changed dramatically in the second half of the 19th century with the advent of postcards published in printing houses. Soon, postcards with images familiar to us began to be printed. In Russia open letters were put into circulation on January 1, 1872.

The appearance of postcards produced in mass editions had, on the one hand, a positive significance. The greeting card became cheap and widely available. But, on the other hand, over time, more and more people began to get bored with the same type of printing products. A kind of backlash began to the mass production of postcards, on which even the texts of congratulations began to be printed in advance. Thus, the growing popularity of cardmaking these days can be considered natural in a certain sense.

What materials are needed for cardmaking?

Paper. It can be thick colored paper or plain cardboard.
Decor elements. Everything can come in handy here: beads, beads, buttons, sequins, lace, braid, dried flowers. Master cardmakers also use such seemingly unexpected elements as feathers, coffee beans, spikelets. You can not limit your imagination, but at the same time know when to stop. If you are making postcards in vintage or shabby style, then shiny elements are not allowed.
Instruments. Scissors, stapler, double-sided tape, glue, brushes, sandpaper Basic materials and tools for creating postcards can be found in any home. In addition, in special stores you can buy various materials and tools used in scrapbooking (special paper, various decorations, figured hole punches, stamps, toning pads).

What techniques are used to make postcards with your own hands?

Collage. This is an application in which objects are used that are different in texture and purpose, but arranged in the same style, in accordance with the same theme.

Scrapbooking. This technique is now the most popular. All the materials and tools that are used in scrapbooking are used, but at the same time, in the overwhelming majority of cases, postcards do not place personal photos, but printed or cut out pictures.
Decoupage. This technique consists in using motifs cut out of paper. Motives can be borrowed not only from magazines, but also from paper napkins, wallpaper, etc.

Iris folding (English iris folding). This is the name of filling a picture cut out along the contour with stripes of different colors.
Pop-up (English pop-up). This is a technique for creating volumetric postcards. In order to simplify the work of cardmakers, there are special ready-made pop-up schemes.

Embroidery. Any embroidered motifs are used. The embroidery technique can also be any - cross stitch, satin stitch, beads. Ready-made motifs are then inserted into the postcard blank.
Quilling. This term refers to the manufacture of decorative elements by twisting paper strips into a spiral.

Origami. This technique is often used when creating postcards. A postcard (or its main element) will be a figure folded from paper, for example, a shirt, a bird, a Christmas tree.

Cardmaking styles

Grunge. This style is characterized by a harsh, somewhat rough negligence, soft, muffled tones. Such postcards are intended mainly for men.

Vintage. In this case, postcards are made "antique", in pastel colors. Both real antiques (photographs, pictures, stamps, jewelry) and artificially aged ones (lace, ribbons, paper) are used. . American modern style. This style is classic in cardmaking. Its distinguishing feature is the use of a large number of accessories, an abundance of decorative materials. This style is the easiest to work with.
European style. Its main feature is restraint, conciseness, strict composition, clarity of lines, and a minimum of scenery.

Do-it-yourself shabby chic card

So we need:

Scrapbooking paper
base paper
Inkpad
Cutter, glue, sandpaper
Accessories matching our style: flowers, half-buds, twigs
Lace ribbon (not satin)
Figured hole punchers
brads

We cut out the base for the postcard, we tint its edges with a stamp pad, we make scrap paper a little less than the base. And we make a border with a figured hole punch.

Via sandpaper we process the edges, make them “aged”

And glued to the base

We take our second piece of paper and artistically tear out a piece.

A little tint with a stamp pad

Then, using a hole punch, cut out the butterflies and glue the lace

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 keep an idea that popped into your head.
Such a sketch (or sketch, 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.

postcard sketch

sketch work

There are a huge number of sketches drawn by the masters of this genre. “Ready-made” sketches are useful for experienced craftsmen to implement an “unfinished idea” or in the absence of inspiration.
And for novice masters in the manufacture of postcards, the sketch will become a lifesaver - it will not allow a beginner to make gross compositional errors.
When working with sketches, you need to 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

asymmetric sketch

complicated or simple background(the background can be solid, even 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 imagination.

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 to make a circle base. Or a round sketch can be additionally entered into another shape.

changing the shape of the sketch

You can change the shape and number of decorative elements, for example, 3 flowers are shown in the sketch, but no one forbids using butterflies. Or instead of one large butterfly on the sketch, “launch” a flock of small ones.
Inside a large decorative element, you can add some more decor.
The inscription in the sketch can be omitted (added if absent), or moved inside some other element.

variability of sketch elements

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