New year cards using scrapbooking technique.

Scrapbooking New Year cards are becoming more and more popular every year, as they make it possible to arrange greetings in any style with your own hands, without any special skills. Simple step-by-step instructions for beginners are available to almost everyone. Giving and receiving a gift, unusual and exclusive, for the New Year or Christmas is much nicer than postcards from the mass market. We offer you workshops and ideas for inspiration, which will allow you to realize all your fantasies.

First of all, let's deal with the concept of scrapbooking, which actually translates as a scrapbook. Of course, during its development, skill has reached a completely different level, includes many techniques, methods, and allows the use of a variety of decor. Despite the apparent complexity, almost anyone who has the time and prepared the necessary materials and tools can master scrapbooking.

There are three main types of techniques:

• stamping - The easiest way to create an ensemble of small pictures, drawings, this is done using rubber or silicone dies;
• distressing - allows artificially aging paper materials using craquelure coatings, other special fluids;
• embossing - with its help it is possible to form compositions with volumetric details, convexity can be achieved with special powder or stencils.

The masters brought a lot of information on the design of postcards into several general rules that a beginner should definitely study. This will save him from mistakes and make the process much more pleasant, more comfortable.

• Making a draft. Always starting to create, think over your plan and transfer it to paper. What seems beautiful in the imagination, for verification may require major changes. In order not to have to start all over again in the middle of the work, organize your ideas.
• We think over the composition. Without this, you simply should not start work - after the idea appears in your head, think it over well. When the general concept is formed, you can proceed with the selection of materials.
• Use ready-made templates. If you are taking the first steps in scrapbooking, don't be afraid to use thumbnails.
• Define the center. In any composition there should be a central figure, around which all the rest, additional and accent elements are located. All of them should look organically in color, style, and theme.
• Get inspired. It is impossible to create "from under the stick", or when you do not know what you want at all. Therefore, boldly look for ideas for inspiration in books, magazines, works of other artists, nature.
• Do not forget about quality. The card will then be truly spectacular and original, when it is thought out, the elements are harmonious, everything is selected and aesthetically designed.
• Do not be afraid to experiment. Creativity is impossible without some courage and the ability to look for innovative solutions.

In order for not only the result to please you with an amazing postcard, but also the process itself brings pleasure, It is necessary to take care of the availability of the necessary materials and tools.

The so-called starter kit should include:

• a set of special paper scrap material of different sizes, structures, prints in the selected subject, that is, winter-New Year;
• stationery set, which includes: pencils, rulers, erasers, scissors;
• a hole punch with the ability to create figures - it is he who will make you any number of snowflakes, stars, Christmas trees, flowers, balls, other patterned elements;
• scissors with curly blades for the formation of spectacular slices;
• metal cutter;
• diverse decor, there are no restrictions for imagination: details from felt, stones and rhinestones, half beads, beads, flowers, ribbons and braid, lace and fabric, glitter, feathers.

In order for the card to turn out to be truly unique, beautiful and original, you need to choose a design style. It can be vintage, abstraction, classic compositions - the main thing is that all the elements in it should be harmonious. There are a number of New Year attributes with which we associate the winter holidays. This, of course, is an elegant Christmas tree, deer and sleigh, Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, bells, Christmas balls, snowflakes.

In addition, items that are related to winter fit perfectly into the ensemble: mittens, sledges, snowmen, Christmas wreath. The symbol of the New Year on the eastern calendar is another idea for inspiration. Any of these items can become the central figure of your postcard. In addition to the standard set of decorative elements, feel free to use unusual details: pencils, buttons.

If you want to make it real, create a card with cinnamon aroma that will emphasize the mood of the holiday. To do this, take scrap paper, hold it in coffee with cinnamon and dry it.

We offer you the most original workshops on creating New Year's cards.

An original scrap-mitt is a fairly simple way to present a truly unusual present for the holidays. First of all, create a template: it can play a real hand-drawn mitt or a ready-made template that is not a problem to find on the Internet. The size of the future postcard is up to you. just match it with the decor option that you will use.

After creating the template, you need to transfer it to the selected material, circle and cut. Next, you should fold it if the card is double, and do the decor. It can be stitches with woolen thread, buttons, pendants.

A beautiful design can be created using ordinary buttons, using those that are at home, or purchased in the sewing department of the store. The buttons are matched to the color of the overall composition, they must match the background. Buttons can be arranged randomly, in the form of letters, Christmas trees, snowflakes.

Feel free to combine them with half beads and other rounded decor. Buttons are fixed with glue, the half beads can already be with an adhesive base. The color of the composition, as well as the texture, you choose yourself, the material can be matte, glossy, with gloss / mother of pearl.

Winter composition with snowflakes is one of the most win-win solutions. They can be cut with a special hole punch or manually, from ready-made templates. The decor looks spectacular, where the center is a spruce surrounded by fluttering snowflakes.

Moreover, they can be voluminous or smooth, as you wish. If you created too plain decor and want to revive it, add snowflakes - they are always appropriate in the New Year's ensemble. Do not be afraid to combine various parts, techniques. A mittens card with snowflakes looks very nice.

It is not surprising that the forest beauty is a frequent guest in the New Year's decor. If you want to make a beautiful card with a spectacular Christmas tree, try using this step-by-step algorithm.

You will need:

• cardboard;
• special paper with the selected print;
• office;
• threads
• printed greetings;
• decor;
• hole punch with curly capabilities.

Sequence of execution:

• form a cardboard blank, outline a fold and iron it;
• glue scrap paper on all sides, sew by hand or on a typewriter, forming stitches along the edges;
• cut a cardboard triangle shape according to the size of the conceived Christmas tree;
• wind multi-colored threads of different textures onto a triangle, acting randomly, randomly;
• make sure that the cardboard does not shine through;
• fix the Christmas tree in the center of the card with glue;
• decorate it at will with beads, half beads, stones, rhinestones, sequins, hoist a star on the crown;
• at the bottom, glue the ribbon, ribbon or lace on which to place the inscription with a congratulation;
• Complete the composition with snowflakes swirling around the spruce.

See how to make a Christmas card in the style of scrapbooking with your own hands, see the next video.