Women very often face this problem: how to congratulate their man on his birthday, February 23rd or Happy professional holiday. It’s not even a matter of the event, but rather what special thing you can give him. Well, imagine for a moment that this is a man you barely know: a colleague, director or distant relative. How can you surprise him if you don’t know him well? Agree, this is quite difficult and for this you need to think and try very carefully. It’s another matter if this man is a husband, brother, son, and then it’s quite difficult to guess what exactly it is preferable to get right now, so that it would be pleasant, useful, and original. A gift is a gift, but what kind of holiday is it if you don’t leave warm, sincere words with congratulations after it. And you can write such words in greeting card, which will preserve the memory of you and your attitude towards this person. Special problems It won’t cost you money to buy a ready-made card, but it’s better to make it by hand, it will add intrigue and some mystery to the holiday. Right now we’ll look at a couple of options for making small men’s cards using the technique. Beautiful paper, several color pictures and some other scrap materials allow you to create such wonderful cards that will surprise and delight any man.

To make men's cards you need to take:
Brown and gray cardboard;
Scrappaper with masculine motifs in brown and gray tones;
Pictures and die cuts different shapes with men's accessories;
Epoxy stickers;
Stampings “Congratulations” and “Happy Birthday”;
Brown lace;
Brown and white checkered ribbon;
Beige rep ribbon 5 mm wide;
Wooden buttons;
Metal pendants;
Suede lace;
Brown pearl half beads;
Gray and beige feather from cutting;
Creasing cord;
Watercolor paper;
Gold pad with tinting ink;
Ruler, double-sided tape, pencil, glue gun, scissors.

Our cards will be very small, and first of all we will cut out the bases from cardboard. First, we cut out two rectangles 12.5 * 17 cm, then we divide them in half, bend them and fold them, we get the bases 8.5 * 12.5 cm.


From watercolor paper we cut out 8.2*12.2 cm rectangles for the internal inscription. We glue them to the inside of the postcard with double-sided tape.


From scrap paper we cut out two rectangles for each card, 8.2*12.2 cm. We glue one on the back of the cards.


We begin to decorate the front parts. We cut off the ribbons, laces, glue them onto scrap paper, glue inscriptions and pictures of watches at the bottom, and sew all the elements with a machine. Then we glue one more picture at a time and also sew them on.




We also glue the front parts to the card bases.

In this master class I will show you how to easily and simply make a very beautiful men's card!

Men's postcard - master class

To make such a masculine card we will need:

1) A sheet of cardboard 30*15 cm, folded in half

2) Two paper blanks 14*14 cm for the inside and outside

3) Main picture of the postcard (I have a car) + inscription

4) Materials for decoration (key, button and two leaves)

5) Shaped hole punch

6) Thin double-sided tape or glue stick

7) Thermal gun or glue moment

8) Scissors

9) A piece of sandpaper or a nail file.

First, use sandpaper to erase the edges of the inscription.

We do the same with a piece of paper, which will be the background of our postcard.

Using tape or crayon, glue the paper for the background and the inside of the card onto a piece of cardboard.

Using a figured hole punch we make beautiful region on the inscription.

Glue all the elements (picture, button, leaves, key) of the postcard to the background.

And we get a ready-made postcard for the man

My first handmade postcard

On the eve of the holidays and at the request of readers, I present to your attention a master class for beginners. We will make the first postcard with our own hands using the example of a man's postcard.

We will need:

1 sheet of cardboard A4 size

Scrapbooking paper

Scissors or cutter

Pencil

Ruler

ink pad

Twine

Double-sided tape or glue stick

First we need to make a blank for our postcard. Bend A4 cardboard in half and cut it

We get two halves

Now bend each half in half again. Two blanks for postcards are ready

Before you start creating a card, you need to make sure that all the elements in our card are combined

We cut a rectangle from scrapbooking paper slightly smaller than the workpiece, retreating 0.5 cm from each edge. If you have scraps from papers, you can use them, for example, to sew a background from squares or strips suitable friend to a friend by color

We age our pieces of paper (background paper and postcard), to do this we go along the edge with a scissors blade, sandpaper or a special tool for aging the edge

On each side we slightly tear the edges of the paper and bend them (I always separate upper layer with a pattern from the main one and fold it over, and leave the bottom layer as it is or carefully tear it off)

Using a brown ink pad, we tint the edges of our pieces of paper (if you don’t have an ink pad, you can)

Now we bend the postcard in several places and go over the folds with a sponge with an ink pad

Let's move on to the printed picture. First we glue it onto cardboard (for this I use 3 mm cardboard)

Then we go along the edge with sandpaper

Let's tint our picture

Let's move on to the background paper and insert brads for beauty. We slightly bend the corner of the paper and pierce a hole with an awl.

Now we first insert it into the corner itself, and then into the piece of paper

We turn our paper over and spread the two legs of the brads in different directions.

Now we glue the postcard to the background paper. We cut off the protruding edges of the postcard, then age the cuts and go over them with an ink pad

We first glue a background piece of paper to the blank, and then a picture; for beauty, you can put a stamp on the bottom or glue a congratulatory inscription, and if you have distress craquelure paint, you can paint the curved corner with it

Now let's decorate the inside a little. For this I use . We put a stamp on this paper at the bottom and glue it to the postcard.

We wrap twine around the card and tie it in one bow.

First DIY postcard ready!

Such a postcard or money envelope can be made as a gift to Men's Day, on February 23, and of course on Birthday. This example was made for Fathers Day, when shirts and ties are traditionally given as gifts. To create such beauty you will need decorative paper (can be from scrap sets).

I want to show you how you can fold a shirt using the origami technique. It turns out to be very entertaining and very easy to do. If you make the “shirt” larger, then the money will fit in there =). 1. Place the rectangular paper face down.Fold the 2 halves in half vertically.

2. Unfold the paper, then fold the corners at the top, centered along the fold line of the two halves. This way you will get 2 folded corners.

3. Then fold these 2 corners in half inward, along the fold line formed at the corners, continue to bend the top of the product. These triangles at the edges will be the sleeves of the shirt in the future.

4. Turn the product over, and also turn it over so that the “sleeves” are at the bottom. Then wrap the other end of the product (in my example, 7-8 mm).

5. Turn the product over again and fold the corners inward - this will be the shirt collar.

6. And now the last step: under the collar, fold the other end in half.

* You can protrude and round the collar a little, stick a thin strip of paper through, imitating a tie.

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Men's frames | Templates for photos

Good day!

I've been wanting to do this for a long time stylish men's frames, i.e. for our wonderful and beloved men. Fortunately, there is an excellent selection of textures and elements for this matter.

I began to draw with special trepidation. After all, the design should be special, different from women's design - elegant and discreet at the same time.


I hope it worked. And men will like my templates.

1. Denim men's frame

The texture is shabby, with metal rivets, there is very little decor - an excellent frame for men. It will be ideal for the composition if the color of the man’s clothes or eyes matches the colors of the template.

2. Sensual frame in red and brown tones

It would be ideal to take a staged photo for this template. Those. conduct a short photo session.

3. Men's frame in brown tones

More likely even in beige tones. Lightweight, casual design. The photo can be converted to sepia.

You don’t have to do color correction if there are gray colors in the photo.

I wish you to choose good photos for these photo frames.

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Sincerely, Olga Anferova.

Every clever man and even more so, a smart man will always appreciate a postcard from his beloved woman, which she made with her own hands. A hand-made card shows that the giver spares neither time nor effort to please the person dear to her. In our age of huge choice and a sophisticated market that can satisfy any needs and desires, postcards and other things have become increasingly valued self made. People began to want more unique and individual, created with love, and not industrially. A homemade card is suitable for any man for any occasion. But the most relevant, of course, is Birthday.

DIY shirt and tie postcard

You can not only please your beloved man, but also surprise him. original postcard in the form of a shirt and tie. It is done using the origami technique in about 10 minutes.

What you will need

  • A4 colored cardboard;
  • beautiful colored ribbon.

Stages

  • 1. The cardboard is placed face down. The vertical edges bend towards the middle.

  • 2. Unfold back, and the upper corners are folded exactly along the created fold line.
  • 3. The same corners are bent in half.
  • 4. The upper part is bent down along the resulting line. There are triangles along the edges - these are the sleeves of the shirt.

  • 5. The paper is turned over to the other side. The sleeves are at the bottom. A strip corresponding to the width of the ribbon is folded at the top.
  • 6. The paper is turned over to the other side and a collar is made by folding the upper corners towards the middle.

  • 7. The collar unfolds and a ribbon is inserted at the fold, then the collar is folded again.
  • 8. The bottom of the paper is folded upward and the tie is tied directly under the collar.

A stunning postcard is ready. Now you can congratulate your beloved birthday boy! Instead of a tie, you can make a shirt with buttons or a bow tie.

The shirt can become a separate card, or it can be glued to the base and written on.

For a shirt, you can choose regular colored paper or paper that imitates the colors of real shirts.

This card looks really original, bright and fun. And it's incredibly easy to do.

What you will need

  • white cardboard A4;
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • threads;
  • colored paper;
  • markers or pens different colors.

Stages

  • 1. Many colorful circles of different sizes are cut out. Threads are glued to them.
  • 2. A sheet of cardboard is folded in half.
  • 3.Flags are cut out from colored paper, one per letter. The congratulatory phrase can be absolutely anything, for example, “I love you,” “Happy Birthday, dear.”


  • 4. The flags are glued to the thread.
  • 5. Some balls are glued directly to the cardboard, others are made voluminous. How this is done can be seen in the figure.


What you will need

  • glue;
  • scissors;
  • congratulatory insert;
  • cardboard for frame, base, pocket, reverse side;
  • photo or drawing of a car and money;
  • thin lace;
  • halves of beads;
  • scrap paper;
  • stamps of different colors;
  • paper.

Stages

  • 1. The base cardboard is folded in half.
  • 2.The front side is folded in half again.
  • 3. Cardboard for the pocket is glued to scrap paper.


This master class will teach you how to make a happy birthday card for a man with your own hands. We have already created a similar one, in this article, but it was in a slightly different technique.

It’s very nice to give things made by yourself, as they are exclusive. Moreover, you can turn any idea into reality. IN in capable hands, it will take approximately 20-30 minutes to create.

Materials:

- One sheet of colored paper with dark shade A4;
- Glue;
- A sheet of colored paper with a light tint;
- Scissors;
— Satin ribbon of two types;
- Pencil;
- Ruler;
— Helium pen white;
- Bead.

We collected the necessary things in a pile at once and began to create.

Let's start creating. Take blue jacket paper and shorten it so that the height is 18 centimeters. We measure 7.5 and 8.5 centimeters from each edge. And we make bends, one part will overlap the other, this is how it was intended. Then we bend the corners.

Then, we create this blank for the shirt. The top of the collar is off-center. We make exactly according to the dimensions indicated.

We make cuts on the collar in a horizontal direction and bend it.

It's time for decoration. Cut off the blue satin ribbon, slightly longer than halfway down the length of the shirt. We cut one edge into a triangle, and insert the other under the collar.

Glue a large bead onto the tie. The result is the correct shape.

This is what it looks like in full.

Cut out a pocket measuring 2 by 6 centimeters. We squeeze a piece of tape and glue it on the back side.

Glue the pocket with the handkerchief to the side of the jacket that is placed on top.

We put all the parts of the shirt together and draw a dotted line along the edges with a white pen. You can add any decor you want.

We write congratulations inside.

A card for the person you are dating or married to is a great gift that reflects your best feelings for him. And to convey these feelings to at its best, such an item in the form of a gift for a relationship or wedding anniversary, for a birthday or for another holiday must be created with your own hands.

Postcard for a relationship anniversary or wedding with your own hands

If you are already celebrating holidays with your loved one, such as a wedding anniversary or a relationship, you probably have a lot of photographs that capture the most beautiful moments that evoke a storm of positive emotions. All these photo cards can be used to create an incredibly romantic postcard.

The first thing you need is double-sided cardboard. You must determine its color, but it will be better to choose something bright or light. It should be folded in half to form a booklet shape.

The next step is to decorate with photographs suitable for a relationship anniversary or wedding. In order not to spoil the finished photo cards, it is better to print new ones. Important condition– your images should be small so that they can fit on cardboard. It is not necessary to try to cut out your images without a background, because without it they may not look harmonious.

Before pasting a photo over the cover, you need to write in the middle something like the sentence “Happy day, my love!”, and then place the photo around the inscription. Next, we write some congratulatory text on the first page. On the second page we attach a photo with your image cut out in the shape of a heart.

If you feel like there are too many gaps left, you can fill them in with hearts of different colors made from construction paper. And now, the gift for your wedding anniversary or relationship is ready!

DIY birthday card for your loved one

A DIY certificate postcard is an interesting option. Your loved one is unlikely not to be happy with such a gift!

The basis will be double-sided cardboard, which should be folded in the shape of a book. Its color is your choice. On the cover you need to place multi-colored envelopes under numbers. A convenient option is to make nine envelopes, three in a row.

Making envelopes is simple - take a small rectangular piece of paper, put it in a vertical position and make three folds, dividing it into three equal parts. We bend the lower part inward and glue it on the sides to the middle one. Upper part bend it down and use scissors to make a triangle so that the fold line is the base. Attach the resulting envelope.

You need to put hearts in the envelopes to represent certificates. On the first page we write a congratulation, and on the second we indicate the purpose of the certificates by numbers. For example, certificate No. 1 is a kiss, certificate No. 2 is cooking a delicious preferred dish.

Universal DIY voluminous postcard for boyfriend

Such a voluminous card can be given to a guy for his birthday or any other occasion.

Take A4 size cardboard and fold it in half. It is advisable to choose a color that is not dark or red.

The cover can feature you and your loved one from various parts. Clothes are made from colorful pieces of fabric, arms, hair and legs can be created from woolen threads, and other parts of the body are easily made from paper. A suitable background is a huge heart. Don’t forget to write something like the phrase “Happy Birthday, dear!” above.

From red paper you need to cut out a heart that will fit inside the card, draw a face on it and glue handles to it. Palms need to be glued to inside. Volumetric postcard ready!