Christmas balls on pictures and cards Happy New Year. DIY Christmas cards - an original sign of attention and a gift from the heart (51 photos) Postcards in the style of minimalism

Even a modest souvenir, accompanied by a beautiful handmade postcard, will be a great gift. Such a postcard will not only convey warm wishes, but also become an excellent decor for your home. Here's how to make adorable Christmas cards easy and simple.

1. Almost knitted postcard

The leftovers of yarn for knitting can be put into action by making a New Year's card out of them with your own hands. Cut a triangle out of cardboard, which will become a Christmas tree, generously grease it with glue and wrap it with colored threads. The more yarn colors are used, the better. Then glue the Christmas tree onto a regular postcard and add some extra decoration if desired.

2. Contrast textile applique

Pieces of brightly colored fabric will come in handy for creating a postcard. Choose textiles that won't crumble. Cut out simple figurines from fabric - Christmas trees, christmas balls, animals, - and glue on white postcard... A contrasting combination of colors looks most impressive.

3. Balls and ribbons

Using ribbons in decor is a win-win solution for those who want to create a festive mood. Draw outlines on paper christmas ball or lay it out using glued beads, and place a bow tied from a narrow ribbon at the top. Availability volumetric elements makes a decorative postcard very original.

4. Herringbone with voluminous branches

Roll thin tubes out of multi-colored paper. Grease one of the edges with glue so that it does not unfold. Then glue the tubes different lengths on a postcard. The card with a voluminous herringbone is ready.

5. Laconic stripes

Fans of minimalism will appreciate the restrained but effective postcard, where Christmas tree branches are made from strips of paper. The only decoration of such a postcard is a decorative seam on paper branches and a frame around the edges of its front part.

6. Fragrant message

A postcard that not only looks great but smells good - really a pleasant surprise... Use cinnamon or vanilla sticks as a basis for a decorative composition, surrounding them with New Year's tinsel, beads, pictures.

7. Winter lace

Lace white becomes snow-covered Christmas-tree branches, and sequins glued to it become New Year's balls. For the background, use paper of any pastel shade or textured fabric, such as burlap.

8. Simple drawing

Even a simple drawing on a New Year's card can look impressive. To make the postcard look noble, pay special attention to the accuracy of its application. We also recommend using rough craft paper or snow-white glossy paper.

9. Sewing on paper

Easy way to make a postcard voluminous - to sew on any paper figure with one seam running in the center, and bend its edges. You can also use several figures of the same shape, stitching them with a common seam, and sticking one of them as a background. Then the image will be even more voluminous.

10.With quilling elements

Quilling is the art of creating decorative compositions from strips of paper. It will not be possible to fully master it in a couple of days before the New Year, but it is quite possible to apply certain techniques in the decor of the postcard. The circles of twisted narrow strips of paper become Christmas balls, and the Christmas tree is the green curved line drawn on the card.

11. Combination of several different textures

Another easy way to diversify a familiar applique is to use materials with a different texture for it. For instance, knitted fabric, cardboard, plain tissue paper. Then, despite simple form elements, the postcard will look non-trivial.

12. Eye-catching contrasts

It is not at all necessary to use white paper as the basis of the postcard, and to make the appliqué bright. Do the opposite, and the decorative composition will sparkle with new colors.

13. Either an inscription, or a drawing

For lettering and drawing, choose a paint that contrasts with the paper backing. The more intricate and decorative the inscription is, the better. Don't forget to surround her with small ones. simple drawings.

14. Cute landscape

A simple landscape applique will be a real decoration for a New Year's card. Complete it with voluminous elements - cotton wool imitating snow, beads, sequins, and even chains. This DIY New Year card looks very cozy.

15. Elegant brutality

On heavy, saturated paper, make holes along the outline of the triangle. Pull the threads between them in a random order. Don't make too many stitches - our New Year's card is valuable for its laconism.

16. Maximum gloss

Draw a Christmas tree on the paper and grease it liberally with silicone glue. Then add sparkles and beads. After drying, a thick thread can be glued along the contour. Such a New Year's card with your own hands will sparkle with all the colors of the rainbow.

17. Paper snowmen

The basis for the snowman card is white paper folded several times. Lightly grease it with glue to keep the snowman in shape. From the remnants of the fabric, make a hat and a scarf for the snowman, draw his face.

18. Second life of old buttons

In every house there are many buttons that are no longer needed, but it is a pity to throw them away. The day before new year holidays The buttons will come in handy. Glued onto a postcard, they become Christmas balls. Complete the composition with a simple caption. Do-it-yourself New Year card is ready.

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In stores today you can find New Year's cards for every taste. But the editors site believes that homemade is much warmer. After all, when we do a thing for someone with our own hands, we put our love into it.

Below we have collected ideas for beautiful, original and, most importantly, “quick” New Year cards, for the creation of which no rare materials are required - beautiful paper, cardboard, and colorful ribbons and buttons lying around in the house.

Volumetric Christmas trees

Bulky Christmas trees made of white and colored paper are so simple to design that you can make them at the last moment. Read more on the Bog & ide blog.

Make 3D trees even faster. All you need is a ruler, sharp scissors, and cardboard. This blog shows you how to cut them out.

Penguin

We really liked this penguin, well thought out. You will need black and white cardboard (or white paper), an orange paper triangle and 2 miniature snowflakes that we can all cut out. Eyes are, of course, the highlight of the postcard, and for them you will have to look into a hobby store (or tear them off an unnecessary children's toy, with the consent of the children, of course).

Gifts

This cute and simple card requires 2 sheets of cardboard, a ruler, scissors and glue. And also pieces of wrapping paper that you have left from gift wrapping, ribbons and ribbons. The principle of manufacturing is very simple, but for those who want more details, we advise you to take a look at this blog.

Santa Claus

A friendly Santa Claus (or Santa Claus) can be made in literally half an hour. Red hat and pink face are strips of paper pasted onto a card or gift bag. Fur hats and a beard are obtained like this: you need to take drawing paper and just tear off the strips of the desired shape to get uneven edges. Stick on the card over the red and pink stripes. And then draw two squiggles - a mouth and a nose - and two dots - eyes.

Simple drawings

Irresistible in its grace, the idea is to draw with a black gel pen Christmas balls with patterns. The main thing here is to draw the correct circles and mark the lines for the patterns. Everything else is easy - the stripes and squiggles that you draw when you are bored.

The same principle is behind the postcard with black and white balls. Simple silhouettes painted simple patterns, this time with colored - it is best to do this with felt-tip pens. Warm and very cute.

Many, many different trees

Here you will need paper or cardboard with a pattern left over from children's crafts, or wrapping paper for gifts. Christmas trees are sewn in the center - this is not at all necessary, you can glue them. But if you really want to, then you need to first make holes with a thick needle along the ruler, and then sew with thread in 2 rows - up and down so that there are no gaps. Draw the snow with white gouache.

Laconic and stylish idea- a grove of Christmas trees, one of which is glued to foamed double-sided tape (and therefore rises above the rest) and is decorated with a star.

This card requires 4 or 3 layers of cardboard (you can do without red). As a color layer, you can use not cardboard, but paper. In the top, white, cut out a herringbone (a clerical knife will do well with this) and glue it on double-sided tape for volume.

A round dance of Christmas trees made of various remnants of cardboard, scrapbooking paper, wrapping paper is tied with a simple ribbon and decorated with a button. Try to play with colors and textures - here you can find an incredible number of options using different color ribbons, paper and even cloth.

Wonderful watercolor so in the spirit of New Year and Christmas! A simple watercolor sketch can be done by everyone, even those who last time painted with paints in school years... First you need to outline the patterns with a pencil, paint them, and when it dries up, gently wipe the pencil sketches and add the patterns with a felt-tip pen.

Winter landscape

For this postcard, it is better to use structured cardboard, or you can do with plain, smooth cardboard - it will still work out spectacularly. Cut out the snowy landscape and the moon with sharp scissors and paste onto a black or dark blue background.

Another, white and green, winter landscape option that will take a little more time. If you find velvety cardboard (remember, even at school, crafts were made from this), it will be great, if not, you can just paint the Christmas trees with a felt-tip pen. Snow - polystyrene disassembled into peas. You can also use a hole punch to make circles out of cardboard and glue them to the card.

Hugging snowman

Snowmen looking inquisitively at the starry sky will look more advantageous if they can find a bright ribbon for a scarf.

For the postcard on the left you need unpainted cardboard, white drawing paper, and foam tape to glue the snowman with. Drifts are simple: you need to tear off the drawing paper so that you get a torn wavy edge. Paint over it with a blue pencil and blend with anything, even with your finger or a piece of paper. Also tint the edges of the snowman for volume. For the second you will need buttons, a piece of fabric, eyes, glue and colored markers.

You will want to keep such a postcard for a long time. And all you need is cardboard circles, a nose and twigs of colored paper. All this must be collected using double-sided bulk tape. Paint the eyes and buttons with black paint, and the snowball with white gouache or watercolor.

Balloons

Balls are one of the main symbols of the New Year and Christmas. These are made of velvety colored paper and ribbons. But balls are such a safe bet that you can afford to fantasize here: make balls out of patterned paper, wrapping paper, fabric, lace, cut out of a newspaper or glossy magazine. And you can just draw the strings.

Another option is to glue the printed paper on the inside of the card, and cut it out on the outside with a sharp stationery knife circles.

Volumetric balls

For each of these balls, you will need 3-4 identical circles of different colors. Fold each in half and glue the halves to each other, and the two outer halves to the paper. Another option is colored stars or Christmas trees.

Colorful balloons

Wonderful translucent balls are obtained using a regular pencil eraser. It is worth first sketching out the outline of the ball with a pencil. Then dip the eraser into the ink and leave your prints on the paper. Fun and beautiful.

Postcards with buttons

Bright buttons will add volume to postcards, as well as evoke subtle associations with childhood.

The main thing is to find buttons of interesting colors, but otherwise it's up to you to "hang" them on a Christmas tree, on a twig with cute owls or on newspaper clouds.