DIY New Year's cards. New Year's card ideas. Original ideas for simple and beautiful DIY New Year's cards: photos, videos, MK Three-dimensional Christmas tree card for the New Year
Preparations for the New Year have already swept the whole country! It’s not difficult to make DIY New Year’s cards 2018 using photo and video instructions, and giving them is incredibly pleasant! Everyone is in a hurry to think about the decoration of rooms, work areas, menus for the New Year's table, outfits and gifts. As you know, a gift in the form of a handmade postcard is doubly pleasant. After all, this is not some faceless trinket chosen in a hurry, but a targeted gift made with love.
In this article we’ll look at how to make one of your favorite gifts – a postcard. We will look at many options for creating New Year's cards with your own hands for the 2018 meeting. Next will be given tips on creating them, choosing materials and a theme for design, as well as options for signatures and wishes.
Materials for creating a postcard or what may be useful
Experienced handmade craftsmen already know that any material is suitable for a DIY New Year's card for 2018. Use your imagination!
What you might need to work on a postcard:
- The base is thick paper, preferably A4 format folded in half, but any other format can be used.
- Glue. It is better to use PVA produced by Luch, it does not leave yellow marks. For attaching non-paper decor, “Moment Gel” or “Crystal” glue is suitable.
- Decorative elements. These could be clippings from old postcards or magazines.
- Satin ribbons, lace.
- Flowers made of paper or fabric.
- Half beads, cabochons, rhinestones, sequins, pendants.
- Any decorative elements in the form of wooden snowflakes, insects, Christmas trees and so on.
- Paper: crepe, tracing paper, colored, corrugated, any decorative, old postcards or magazine clippings, pages of old books.
- Sisal, thread, foil, jute rope.
- Buttons, snaps, rivets, leather patches and so on.
Everything that remains from any decorations, accessories, old damaged cards can be carefully preserved and used again to create a new masterpiece.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a New Year's card
You need to create any New Year's card following a certain algorithm. The success of a creative endeavor largely depends on this.
Before you start, it is important to think over the idea and size of the postcard, decide on the necessary material, and select everything that is needed in the work from the whole variety of decorative elements and materials.
Now we follow the plan described below:
- Think over the plot of the postcard, what will be depicted on it and the size of the base. Most often this is A5 format, that is, an A4 sheet folded in half, but you can choose any other format at your discretion.
- Next you need to think about the color palette of the postcard. Color and combination of shades plays a huge role in the overall perception of the finished product. Below are options for combining shades and a special New Year's palette in the photo. If you don’t have a special flair or knowledge of color combinations, it’s better to use a palette.
- Next, we think about the composition and arrangement of parts. Special ready-made templates or sketches can help with this, but this will be discussed later in the article. For a successful composition, it is important to choose the center and the main, larger element. Next, think about where the small details will be located; you don’t need to fill the entire area of the postcard with them, let them create a beautiful shape. It is important to unite the entire composition on the postcard with a common color idea and compositional idea.
- When everything is thought out and the idea is clear, you need to prepare all the elements. Cut out and paint the parts. Choose beads, cabochons, ribbons, lace, snowflakes, flowers and so on.
- Now you need to make the background.
- After that we glue the main element.
- Next, we place all the small parts in their places.
- We decorate if necessary.
Templates and sets for postcards, individual materials for realizing your own ideas
To create cards, including New Year's cards, for 2018 with your own hands, you can use various templates and sketches. They help you decide on the composition and idea of the postcard. Below are photos of similar sketches. They can be printed on paper or used for visual purposes by creating your own card based on the template.
Postcards can contain different elements: a Christmas tree, balls, stripes, beautiful background design, snowflakes, glued half-beads, and so on. Of course, each template can be changed to suit your taste, but in general the templates are thought out in terms of composition and color.
The Christmas tree is the main decorative element. Various methods and materials for its image
On New Year's cards you can most often see an image of a Christmas tree. We can make it using various materials:
- Buttons, rhinestones, half beads.
- Ribbons and lace.
- Paper or paper napkins.
- Openwork small snowflakes.
- Felt, old postcards or rolls of colored packaging paper.
Postcard templates:
The Christmas tree can be placed on the front side of the card or inside and open up beautifully.
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Three options for creating a postcard with a Christmas tree
Option #1
For this stylish New Year's card with a Christmas tree you will need:
- Beautiful cardboard and corrugated cardboard in a stylish metallic shade and stripes.
- Colored paper to match the cardboard.
- Decorative cord.
- Adhesive rhinestones.
- Scissors, glue, ruler and a simple pencil.
We make a card like this:
- On white paper we draw templates of all the details (as in the photo);
- Cut out the template and transfer it to cardboard and colored paper, cut it out;
- We carefully place all the parts in the right places and glue on the decor;
- Place the rhinestones, attach a cord and the card is ready.
Step-by-step photo cards Option No. 2
This card is made from rolls of colored paper. The manufacturing technique is somewhat reminiscent of quilling. To work you will need:
- Decorative cardboard with a pattern and white.
- Colored paper with a print in a New Year's theme and color scheme.
- Decorative buttons, rhinestones.
- A smooth round pencil or wooden stick.
- Glue, ruler and scissors.
Let's get creative:
- We cut out squares from colored printed paper of different sizes (as in the photo);
- We roll them into rolls and secure them with glue;
- We glue the rolls together into a triangle-shaped Christmas tree (see photo);
- We make a base out of white cardboard and glue a Christmas tree made of rolls to it;
- We decorate the Christmas tree with rhinestones and buttons.
The card is ready, all that remains is to make a congratulatory inscription inside.
Step by step photos Option No. 3
This version of the 2018 New Year postcard is made on bright cardboard using corrugated paper. To work we need:
- Decorative cardboard in a bright red shade for the base.
- Green corrugated paper.
- Double-sided tape and glue.
- Decorative satin ribbon with New Year's print.
- Beads and small beads or braid, star-shaped cabochon.
Let's start creating:
- Make a card base from cardboard by carefully folding it in half;
- Apply decorative tape to the top and bottom of the card;
- Mark the outline of the Christmas tree with a pencil and place double-sided tape (see photo);
- Cut strips of different sizes from corrugated paper and, squaring a little, stick them on top of the strips of double-sided tape. So we got a Christmas tree;
- We glue the beads, beads and star into place.
These are variants of New Year's cards with the main character - the Christmas tree. Next, we’ll look at how to make your own postcard with the symbol of the year – a dog.
The dog is the symbol of the year on a postcard
You can make a postcard with a picture of a dog - a symbol of the coming year. There can also be many variations here. Make a postcard in the shape of a dog's face from colored paper. Below are step-by-step photos of the manufacturing process.
In addition, you can make a postcard in the shape of a dachshund. For it you need:
- Colored thick paper in 4 shades: blue and white for the base, golden and brown for the dog. You also need some black paper for the eyes and nose.
- Glue, scissors and ruler.
We make a card like this:
- Cut out a rectangle from blue paper. This is the basis. Fold it in half, then one front part in half again.
- We cut out rectangles from white paper of such sizes that they overlap each part of the folded base, and glue them on top of the base.
- cut out the dachshund. A long oval body so that it fits over the entire unfolded card. Cut out the paws, head, ears, tail, eyes. We duplicate each small detail from brown and gold paper.
- Glue the body onto the entire postcard, followed by the paws and muzzle, and then all the small details.
- so we got a dachshund, whose head is on the front bent half, and the end of the body is on the half of the postcard that is not bent. A closed card comes with a short dog, and an open card with a long dog.
You can paste a congratulatory inscription inside the card on a separate square or flag.
Step-by-step photos of creating a postcard for the New Year 2018 with your own hands in the shape of a dog:
Step-by-step photos of postcards:
Simple cards with a good mood
Today, fashionable and stylish does not mean complicated. You can make an excellent DIY New Year's card 2018 in a couple of minutes, which will have style and a good mood.
Option #1
- Take bright cardboard and fold it in half.
- From white paper, cut out the outlines of Santa Claus's beard and mustache, glasses and a few stars.
- Glue the small details onto the front of the card.
Option No. 2
On white cardboard folded in half, draw a beautiful thin line with curls diagonally. This will be the base of the garland. Then, in some places marked on the garland, draw multi-colored circles - light bulbs.
Option No. 3
Postcard with a funny snowman – top view. To do this, you need to cut out several circles of different diameters and stick them on top of each other; you can line them with thick cardboard. Next, all that remains is to add small details and inscriptions.
Option No. 4
Use buttons. Here you can keep a postcard in minimalism, it will acquire a special style and charm. A couple of white buttons are enough to create a snowman, which we will complement with red braid - a scarf and black braid - a hat. Or several bright buttons that will depict Christmas balls. We will draw a string on it and make a beautiful inscription at the bottom.
Postcards in different techniques
Postcards for the New Year 2018, made with your own hands using the quilling or punching technique, are very interesting and beautiful. In order to create such a miracle with your own hands, you need to make a lot of effort, be careful and attentive. These are quite complex techniques that require extreme accuracy and concentration to achieve a good result.
Postcards using the quilling technique can depict a Christmas tree, a dog, or winter patterns. To perform them, you need strips of colored paper, which are rolled into rolls and given the desired shape. These rolls are then used to lay out intricate designs.
The vytytnanka technique involves cutting out scenes from several layers of paper and placing them on top of each other. These cards fascinate with their grace and beauty.
You can also use threads and thread printing or embroidery techniques to create a New Year's card with your own hands. To do this, the intended design is embroidered with a cross or satin stitch on a separate square of paper, or laid out using the thread printing technique. This square is then glued onto the postcard base.
A design for a postcard can also be made from felt, for example, cut-out deer, a snowman, mistletoe flowers or a Christmas tree, which are then attached to the base for the postcard.
If you are making a card with your child, then a wonderful New Year’s option would be to make a drawing on a 2018 New Year’s card with the baby’s handprint. To do this, you need to paint the child’s palm with white paint. The kid will be delighted with this activity! Immediately you need to print your palm onto the prepared colored base for a cardboard postcard.
If you print it with your fingers down, then you can finish drawing Santa Claus, your fingers will be a beard. And if you print your palm with your fingers up, then the palm itself will be a snowdrift, and we will finish drawing the fingers and turn them into snowmen and Christmas trees.
Did you like our New Year cards, which you can make with your own hands in 2018 using step-by-step photos?
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1. DIY New Year cards (“Christmas tree”)
The New Year tree is an indispensable attribute of the holiday. Therefore, postcards with her image will be especially appropriate. Plus, these cards can be very easy to make.
The New Year's tree applique can be made from plain or multi-colored strips of paper. Even a small child can make this New Year's craft with his own hands.
Strips of paper can be replaced with colored tape or braid. They also make very beautiful New Year's cards.
A more complicated option is a New Year's card "Christmas tree" made from paper tubes.
It’s very easy to make a Christmas tree applique using store-bought stickers. Even a two-year-old can do this craft for the New Year with his own hands.
Simple and effective - homemade New Year's cards "Christmas tree" from ordinary buttons.
You can also embroider a Christmas tree with threads. Only in this case, the New Year's card should be made of high-density paper or cardboard. The holes must first be carefully made with an awl. For the simplest version of a Christmas tree, see the photo below.
A more complex version of a New Year's card with a Christmas tree made of threads. To make this DIY New Year's craft, you will also need sequins.
By the way, you can embroider not only a Christmas tree with threads, but also something else, New Year’s. For example, this cute deer.
You can make an original DIY New Year's card from a fern leaf or any other plant similar to it. For example, cypress branches. Just take the top of the leaf and glue it onto the card. This will be a Christmas tree. All you have to do is decorate it with sequins or confetti made using a hole punch from colored paper. Instead of confetti, you can glue multi-colored pieces of plasticine to the Christmas tree. Even a child can do this part of the work of making a homemade New Year’s card.
I don't know what this weed is called. It grows along the roadsides like a carpet. Very common in central Russia. Snow is depicted with semolina and a little sparkle is added.
The Christmas tree is made of fern, 2-3 branches are glued on top of each other.
There is also a fern here. But I cut off the sharp ends and collected the twig from individual leaves.
2. Do-it-yourself voluminous New Year’s cards “Herringbone”
We offer you several ways to make voluminous Christmas tree cards with your own hands.
Option 1.
You can find instructions for making these cute three-dimensional Christmas trees.
In order to make such a voluminous card for the New Year, you need to print and cut out Christmas tree blanks
The technique for making three-dimensional Christmas trees is similar to the method for making New Year's balls. But you don't have to glue them all together; instead, glue the Christmas trees onto the card.
Option 2.
A very beautiful DIY New Year's craft, accessible in complexity to a preschooler - a voluminous New Year's card "Christmas tree". The Christmas tree is made of rectangular strips of paper folded like an accordion.
Here are two more voluminous cards with a New Year tree made from a triangular-shaped sheet of paper folded like an accordion. Simple and tasteful!
Option 3.
Another voluminous New Year's card. Again, this New Year's craft for children is attractive not only in appearance, but also in its ease of manufacture.
To make such a New Year's card with your own hands, print the templates on two sheets of cardboard or thick paper and use the detailed instructions from the photographs below. It is better if the sheets of cardboard are of different colors.
Finally, decorate the Christmas tree to your liking. The voluminous New Year's card is ready!
Option 4.
Origami Christmas tree. We invite you to make a three-dimensional New Year's card decorated with a Christmas tree made of paper made using the origami technique. To make the card look more elegant and festive, choose more beautiful paper for your New Year tree. Special paper for scrapbooking is well suited for this DIY New Year's craft. By the way, making such an origami Christmas tree is much easier than it seems at first glance.
Option 5.
There is an easier way to make a Christmas tree using the origami technique. Detailed instructions in the photo below.
Option 6.
You can make a voluminous New Year's card with your own hands from corrugated paper.
Option 7.
The elements of the New Year's card in the photo below are made using the quilling technique.
3. DIY New Year cards (“New Year’s balls”)
Do-it-yourself New Year's cards with images of New Year's balls look good. The New Year's applique "Christmas balls" can be made from bright paper and decorated with ribbons.
Beautiful New Year's balls are made from colored strips of paper. Cut an unnecessary glossy magazine (advertising brochure) into thin strips and stick them on a white sheet of paper. After this, cut out circles of different sizes from the resulting striped paper. Decorate your New Year's card with them.
New Year's balls can be made not only from paper, but also from buttons.
Original three-dimensional New Year cards with the image of Christmas balls
To make such a New Year's card with your own hands, print the following template.
Draw a circle on each square using a compass or an object with a round bottom of a suitable size. Cut out all the circles, then use the following instructions to make Christmas balls. Just don't completely glue the balloon together; instead, stick it onto the card.
Another New Year's decoration - a garland of flags - will look impressive on a New Year's card. Flags can be made from paper or fabric and then glued or sewn onto the card.
Even very young children can make their own New Year's card with the image of a multi-colored garland of fingerprints.
And from a handprint you can make a New Year's card with Santa Claus.
1. On any surface that does not absorb paint (for example, a regular sheet pan), make a rectangular frame (the size of your card) from tape or tape.
2. Apply paint to the surface in an even layer. Use a cotton swab to draw a picture on a New Year's theme.
3. Attach a piece of paper. Your DIY New Year's card is ready!
4. Do-it-yourself voluminous New Year’s card “Snowman”
Separately, I would like to talk about this original, voluminous postcard for the New Year. Making such a paper snowman is very simple. Even a preschooler can cope with the task. You need to cut out three circles of different sizes from thick white paper. It is advisable to shade the edges of the circles so that they stand out better against each other. This can be done using crushed pencil lead or eye shadow. Also cut out a scarf, pens, a carrot nose, eyes and buttons from colored paper. Glue all the parts of the snowman sequentially onto the blank of your New Year's card.
Here is the original card made by a scrapbooking artist.
And here are the versions of this voluminous New Year's card made by children.
5. DIY voluminous New Year cards
On the page cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3058/list_15_1.h tml On the CREATIVE PARK website from CANON you can download ready-made paper models of three-dimensional New Year's cards. All you need to do is print them out, cut them out and glue them according to the instructions.
On this site you can also find a large number of templates for making ordinary New Year's cards with your own hands.
Another way to make voluminous New Year cards
Craft "New Year's card 2008"
We invite you to make an original and at the same time very easy-to-make New Year's card with your child. It can serve as the best gift for your beloved grandmother for the holiday.
You will need:
Thick colored paper or colored cardboard
- glue
- scissors
- a simple pencil, a ruler
- optional: colored markers, glitter for decoration
Instructions:
1. Take two sheets of thick colored paper or cardboard of different colors, for example, red and green. One sheet will be the outside of the card, the other will be the inside. The inner sheet should be slightly smaller than the outer one.
2. Fold both sheets in half.
3. On the inner sheet, make 8 shallow cuts parallel to each other as shown in the figure.
4. Bend some of the resulting flaps inside the sheet (see picture).
5. Glue a second sheet of paper on the outside.
6. Cut out the numbers 2, 0, 0, 8 from colored paper. Before gluing them to the inner flaps, make sure that they are inside the card when it is closed. The craft is ready! You can decorate it with glitter and color it with colored markers if you wish.
6. New Year's crafts for children. New Year's applique
Postcards decorated with New Year's appliqué made from grains of rice turn out to be very delicate.
7. DIY New Year cards. New Year cards with snowflakes
Another DIY New Year's card idea is a card decorated with a snowflake cut out of paper.
If you have paper lace doilies at home, you can cut out snowflakes from them.
8. New Year's paper crafts. New Year cards made using the Iris folding technique
The Country of Masters website offers to make original New Year's cards using the Iris folding technique. The name of this technique - iris folding - can be translated as "rainbow folding". The design is filled with thin paper strips, which, overlapping each other at a certain angle, create an interesting twisting spiral effect.
The name of this technique, iris folding, can be translated as “rainbow folding.” The design is filled with thin paper strips, which, overlapping each other at a certain angle, create an interesting twisting spiral effect. To make a Christmas tree you will need a sheet of colored cardboard or thick paper, thin colored paper of three different colors (it can be plain or variegated), iris -a template based on a triangle, which you can build yourself or print a ready-made one. For gluing, use a glue stick.
First, get acquainted with the technique of constructing an iris template. For this work, the template is built on the basis of a triangle with a base of 14 cm and a height of 16 cm. The step is 1 cm. These dimensions can be changed at your discretion.
- Cut strips of paper in three colors. The width of the strip should be twice the pitch, plus an allowance of 2-4 mm. For our step, the width of the strip is 22-24 mm. The very first stripes should be a little wider, because they cover the outer contours of the Christmas tree. It is difficult to immediately calculate how many stripes are needed. It is better to cut them while doing the work.
- Fold each strip in half lengthwise.
- Cut out five strips for the trunk of different shades measuring 35x20 mm. Fold them in half.
- Draw the silhouette of a Christmas tree on cardboard. Carefully cut it out using a utility knife or scissors. Draw or print an iris template.
- Place the cardboard on the template with the wrong side out. The cut silhouette may be slightly larger than the template. Secure the template, for example, with paper clips. All work will be done from the inside out.
- Do the barrel first. Apply a little glue to the area of cardboard around the slot on the right side. Glue the first strip. The fold line on the strip should be located along the line on the template. To glue the second strip, you can coat the top, bottom and previous strip of cardboard with glue. To prevent the strips from opening, they can be slightly glued in some places. Sometimes this technique does not use glue, but small pieces of tape that secure the strips along the edges.
- Fill the entire trunk with stripes.
- Take the longest and widest strip. First, just put it to work. The fold line should be located along the first line of the iris template. If the strip is too long, cut it. Glue the strip by smearing a little glue on the cardboard along the edges of the slot.
- Glue a strip of a different color so that it matches the rightmost line of the template.
- Glue the third strip below along the bottom border of the template.
- Prepare the next strip of the first color. First attach, measure the desired length, cut, then glue. Apply glue not to the strip, but to the gluing areas! Use a little glue, just so that the strip “sticks.”
- Glue the second strip of the second color, aligning it with the next line of the template.
- Glue a second strip of the third color along the next line. Continue gluing in the same order. Strictly clockwise, strictly alternating the selected colors. Each time the stripes will become shorter and shorter. In the end, small scraps cut off at the very beginning will be used. When there is a small empty triangle left at the end, cover it with a piece of paper in one of three colors.
Now you can turn the work over and admire the result. You can glue garlands and decorate the Christmas tree as you wish. We completed these and other Christmas trees at the master class on December 13, 2007 in about one hour. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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1. DIY New Year cards (“Christmas tree”)
The New Year tree is an indispensable attribute of the holiday. Therefore, postcards with her image will be especially appropriate. Plus, these cards can be very easy to make.
The New Year's tree applique can be made from plain or multi-colored strips of paper. Even a small child can make this New Year's craft with his own hands.
Strips of paper can be replaced with colored tape or braid. They also make very beautiful New Year's cards.
A more complicated option is a New Year's card "Christmas tree" made from paper tubes. This original three-dimensional New Year's card "Christmas tree" is made of paper tubes. The Christmas tree is decorated with multi-colored buttons. Its trunk is made from a twig. To make this New Year card, it is advisable to use special scrapbooking paper or corrugated cardboard.
It’s very easy to make a New Year’s tree applique using store-bought stickers. Even a two-year-old can do this craft for the New Year with his own hands.
Simple and effective - homemade New Year's cards "Christmas tree" from ordinary buttons.
You can also embroider a Christmas tree with threads. Only in this case, the New Year's card should be made of high-density paper or cardboard. The holes must first be carefully made with an awl. For the simplest version of a Christmas tree, see the photo below.
For a more complex version of a New Year's card with a Christmas tree made of threads, see here >>>> To make this New Year's craft with your own hands, you will also need sequins or beads.
By the way, you can embroider not only a Christmas tree with threads, but also something else, New Year’s. For example, this cute deer.
You can make an original DIY New Year's card from a fern leaf or any other plant similar to it. For example, cypress branches. Just take the top of the leaf and glue it onto the card. This will be a Christmas tree. All you have to do is decorate it with sequins or confetti made using a hole punch from colored paper. Instead of confetti, you can glue multi-colored pieces of plasticine to the Christmas tree. Even a child can do this part of the work of making a homemade New Year’s card.
You can make a New Year's card either from a whole leaf of fern, or just from its upper part.
The technique for making three-dimensional Christmas trees is similar to the method for making New Year's balls. See the link >>>> But you don’t need to glue them together completely, instead glue the Christmas trees onto the card.
Option 3.
Do-it-yourself voluminous New Year's card. To make such a voluminous card with a Christmas tree for the New Year, you will need three square sheets of green paper: large, medium and small. Also, in order to make a Christmas tree trunk, you will need a rectangular sheet of brown paper.
Fold each square piece of paper in half first (horizontally and vertically) to mark the center lines. Then fold them two more times diagonally. After this, fold each sheet into a pyramid (see photos 3 and 4). Glue a Christmas tree from the resulting pyramids by inserting them into each other. How to make a trunk for a Christmas tree is shown in photos (8, 9 and 10). Finally, glue the Christmas tree to your New Year's card.
Option 4.
Do-it-yourself voluminous postcard for the New Year. Making this voluminous paper card is much easier than it might seem at first glance. First you will need to cut out 5 halves of circles of different sizes from green paper: large, smaller, even smaller, etc. Fold each half of the circle in half, then in half again, and in half again. Unfold each piece and form accordion folds (see photo).
Now insert one piece into another and glue them together along the three central folds.
For the trunk, cut out a rectangle from brown paper and also fold it like an accordion.
Glue your paper Christmas tree onto the card base. The easiest way to make snowflakes is from white paper using a hole punch or drawing with a cotton swab.
Option 5.
A very beautiful DIY New Year's craft, accessible in complexity to a preschooler - a voluminous New Year's card "Christmas tree". The Christmas tree is made of rectangular strips of paper folded like an accordion. But there is one nuance here. If you look closely at the photo, you will see that the tiers of the Christmas tree are made of strips of paper of different widths: the ones at the bottom are the widest, the closer to the top the narrower. In addition, the depth of the fold of the accordion is also different. The bottom strips of paper are folded into an accordion with a large "step". The higher you go to the top, the shallower the bend depth.
Here are two more voluminous cards with a New Year tree made from a triangular-shaped sheet of paper folded like an accordion. Simple and tasteful!
Option 6.
Another voluminous New Year's card. Again, this New Year's craft for children is attractive not only in appearance, but also in its ease of manufacture.
To make such a New Year's card with your own hands, print out the templates (template-1 and template-2) on two sheets of cardboard or thick paper and use the detailed instructions from the photographs below. It is better if the sheets of cardboard are of different colors.
Finally, decorate the Christmas tree to your liking. The voluminous New Year's card is ready! 
Option 7.
Origami Christmas tree. We invite you to make a three-dimensional New Year's card decorated with a Christmas tree made of paper made using the origami technique. To make the card look more elegant and festive, choose more beautiful paper for your New Year tree. Special paper for scrapbooking is well suited for this DIY New Year's craft. By the way, making such an origami Christmas tree is much easier than it seems at first glance. For one origami Christmas tree you will need 4-5 square sheets of paper of different sizes.
Option 8.
There is an easier way to make a Christmas tree using the origami technique. Detailed instructions in the photo below.
Option 9.
You can make a voluminous New Year's card with your own hands from corrugated paper.
Option 10.
The elements of the New Year's card in the photo below are made using the quilling technique.
3. DIY New Year cards (“New Year’s balls”)
Do-it-yourself New Year's cards with images of New Year's balls look good. The New Year's applique "Christmas balls" can be made from bright paper and decorated with ribbons.
Beautiful New Year's balls are made from colored strips of paper. Cut an unnecessary glossy magazine (advertising brochure) into thin strips and stick them on a white sheet of paper. After this, cut out circles of different sizes from the resulting striped paper. Decorate your New Year's card with them.
New Year's balls can be made not only from paper, but also from buttons.
Instead of buttons, you can use purchased decorative rhinestones.
The website www.hgtv.com offers to make original three-dimensional New Year cards with images of Christmas tree balls.
To make such a New Year's card with your own hands, print the following template. See link >>>> Draw a circle on each square using a compass or an object with a round bottom of a suitable size. Cut out all the circles, then use the following instructions to make Christmas balls. See link >>>> But you don't need to completely glue the balloon, stick it onto the card instead.
Another New Year's decoration - a garland of flags - will look impressive on a New Year's card. Flags can be made from paper or fabric and then glued or sewn onto the card.
Even very young children can make their own New Year's card with the image of a multi-colored garland of fingerprints.
And from a handprint you can make a New Year's card with Santa Claus or funny snowmen.
1. On any surface that does not absorb paint (for example, a regular sheet pan), make a rectangular frame (the size of your card) from tape or tape.
2. Apply paint to the surface in an even layer. Use a cotton swab to draw a picture on a New Year's theme.
3. Attach a piece of paper. Your DIY New Year's card is ready!
4. Do-it-yourself voluminous New Year’s card “Snowman”
Separately, I would like to talk about this original, voluminous postcard for the New Year. Making such a paper snowman is very simple. Even a preschooler can cope with the task. You need to cut out three circles of different sizes from thick white paper. It is advisable to shade the edges of the circles so that they stand out better against each other. This can be done using crushed pencil lead or eye shadow. Also cut out a scarf, pens, a carrot nose, eyes and buttons from colored paper. Glue all the parts of the snowman sequentially onto the blank of your New Year's card.
Here is the original card made by a scrapbooking artist.
And here are the versions of this voluminous New Year's card made by children.
5. DIY voluminous New Year cards
Another method of making voluminous New Year cards can be found on our website at the link >>>>
6. New Year's crafts for children. New Year's applique
Postcards decorated with New Year's appliqué made from grains of rice turn out to be very delicate.
7. DIY New Year cards. New Year cards with snowflakes
Another DIY New Year's card idea is a card decorated with a snowflake cut out of paper. For information on how to cut out very beautiful, unusual snowflakes from paper, see our special section “DIY New Year’s snowflakes”.
If you have paper lace doilies at home, you can cut out snowflakes from them.
8. New Year's paper crafts. New Year cards made using the Iris folding technique
The Country of Masters website offers to make original New Year's cards using the Iris folding technique. The name of this technique - iris folding - can be translated as "rainbow folding". The design is filled with thin paper strips, which, overlapping each other at a certain angle, create an interesting twisting spiral effect. For a detailed master class on making this New Year's paper craft, see the link >>>>
Here is another New Year's card made using this technique. Instructions at the link >>>>
9. Original do-it-yourself New Year cards. DIY New Year's Eve
We would like to introduce you to another interesting technique for making New Year’s cards with your own hands. The Christmas tree and New Year's ball in the photo below are made using this technique.
To make a Christmas tree card, you will need:
Red cardboard sheet
- a sheet of colored origami paper (on one side - dark green,
on the other side - light green)
- scissors or a special knife for cutting paper
- glue
Print a stencil on a piece of green origami paper. Make cuts along the lines on it. Where the trunk of the Christmas tree is located, cut out a piece of paper completely. If you fold a sheet of paper in half before making cuts, you can cut it with scissors. In this case, even a preschooler will be able to make a postcard. If you want to avoid a fold in the center of the card, then it is better to make cuts with a special knife for cutting paper. Now all you have to do is fold the corners back and stick your workpiece onto the cardboard.
The "New Year's Ball" card is made in the same way. The stencil for making this original New Year's card can be downloaded from the link >>>>
The snowflakes from the section were made using the same technique. They can also decorate a New Year's card.
And another do-it-yourself New Year’s card “Christmas tree”, made using this technique.
To make this New Year's card, print the template onto a piece of white cardstock. Glue a thin sheet of green paper on the back side. Using a paper cutter, cut out the corners and fold them over. Now cut out and fold your New Year's card in half. If you want to write New Year's greetings inside, then glue an additional sheet of green paper so that the letters do not show through the holes. For a detailed New Year's master class on making this card, see.
Another idea for a New Year's card that you can make with your child yourself. For a detailed master class, see the photo below.
DIY New Year's card ideas. When making New Year's cards with your own hands, it is appropriate to use colored self-adhesive foil. It can be purchased at craft supply stores.
The last card with which we would like to complete our review of DIY New Year cards is the voluminous “Snow Globe” postcard. In the photo below it is shown on the left side. This Christmas card is made using a clear dairy lid. You will find a master class on how to make such original three-dimensional postcards on Veronica Podgornaya’s website.
These two postcards were made by the author of the blog Naftusina's hand-made art. A snowdrift and a cloud are cut out of felt. Christmas tree and bear - figured buttons. There are white beads sprinkled inside the card. The postcard looks incredible! You shake it and it snows! On this site you will find two more interesting DIY New Year cards. Santa Claus and the Snowman are hurrying through the snowy snowdrifts. The snowdrifts and cloud are cut out of felt, the characters are made from buttons and felt, the tree is a real twig, which is slightly pasted over with pieces of padding polyester, snowflakes are drawn with a helium pen.
Material prepared by: Anna Ponomarenko
New Year is just around the corner, many of us are buying gifts for family and friends, decorating the house and baking festive cakes.
Typically, one thing we remember about at the last minute is sending a New Year's card. As a result, at the last minute we are racking our brains to come up with something like this and where to get a creative idea.
To save you time and energy, here are 50 great New Year card design concepts to inspire your original greetings.
So let's take a look.
01.Don't be predictable
This holiday card is a little unconventional. She doesn't stick to the standard Christmas red and green color palette, but instead uses blue and pink. There is not even a holiday theme here, instead there are only faint hints. Fresh and unexpected.
02. Play with illustrations
An elegant handwritten font along with a cute illustration of children. Children always decorate and enhance holiday wishes.
03. Keep it simple
Cards like these are a good example of breaking the standard pattern of New Year's greetings. The illustrations and handwritten inscriptions are made in the same color palette, making up a series of congratulations. And at the same time, everyone around you can receive a unique postcard. A great way to make people feel like they have a special place in your life.
04. Graphic style
The simple yet unique graphics of this greeting card offer an interesting retro style. The layering of red and blue paint creates contrast and helps break up the repetitiveness of the pattern.
05. Using paper sleeve
Here the postcard is equipped with an interactive element - the use of a paper sleeve with a round hole. When you pick up a card, you see a festive themed design. And as soon as you pull it out of the envelope, the congratulation itself appears in front of you. A fun and unique way to convey a personal greeting.
06. Don't be shy about styling
It would seem like a banal holiday card with a deer. But, the complex textured pattern and subtle white dots reminiscent of snow help balance the illustration and the colored background. Background gradient adds volume
07. Using photos
This card is truly unique. All the figures on it are photographs, but since they are paired, the composition is illustrative in nature. All the characters are the same two people, which adds a special personal touch to the postcard.
08. Elegant to the touch
This design is extremely elegant. The subtle design is used not only on the card, but also on the envelope. The contrast between the black card and the white envelope looks really cool. This greeting is really sensual and exudes extra class.
09. Create simple illustrations
To surprise someone, you don’t need to create elaborate illustrations. With quick and simple graphics you can achieve a cool effect. Take a look: the simple graphic Santa hat stands out from the background, while the strong shadow gives the design a three-dimensional look. The simplicity of the design is juxtaposed with slightly more ornate lettering, which helps achieve balance.
10. Add sparkle
Who doesn't love sparkle during the New Year holidays? This card features pine cones made of beautiful gold foil. The muted background makes the simple yet striking illustration stand out even more.
11. Use metaphors
The holiday card features Santa Claus with his iconic red bag full of gifts. The inscription on the bag – “holiday mood” – conveys the main idea of the design.
12. Use literal imagery
Warm holiday wishes paired with detailed illustrations of cozy knitted pieces are the basis of this card. The use of slightly unusual illustrations along with winter greetings makes us associate warm scarves and sweaters.
13. Holiday looks
This card features George - but not your typical Yeti. He's huge, has antlers, and for some reason loves Christmas.
14. Breaking traditions
At first glance, this card doesn't look like a Christmas card. The color scheme is not red and green, the symbols and images are not festive either. But this is what makes the card unique. Simply adding the message “Merry Christmas” instantly makes the design themed.
15. Use symbols
The graphic circles on this card symbolize Christmas tree decorations. Visually, these elements are not so obvious, but paired with a seasonal greetings banner, you can immediately feel the festive spirit.
16. Retro style
An example of a vintage New Year's classic. The beige color with red trim, subtle textures and font evoke a retro feel. Nostalgia makes congratulations truly deep and sensual, but at the same time light and cheerful.
17. Use interactivity
A very funny, quirky and unexpected card. The colors are not festive at all, and there is no New Year’s theme either. But, as soon as you pull your tongue, “Happy Holidays” appears, and the card immediately becomes festive. This congratulation is ideal for creative people or teams
18. Use illustrations as backgrounds
The design of this greeting would be great even if it used a simple black background. Adding winter themed illustrations to the background enhances the mood. The texture of branches and snow adds space to the card.
19. Using Negative Space
Here white and blue are used together to create interesting effects with negative space. White snow seeps into the cold blue of the mountains, and at the same time looks like tinsel around the snow-covered trees.
20. Add an industrial feel
This card uses industrial motifs in a very clever way. The design takes a whole phrase and spins it, turning it into a joke at the end. The design has the general shape of a Christmas tree, which is crowned with a printer with a star. Very simple, but incredibly funny and effective.
21. Using silhouettes
The soft and bright colors used in this design focus your attention on the middle of the composition. White soft blurry silhouettes turn into feathers and snowflakes. They work together with beautiful blocks of color to create a deep shape. As a result, the ornament looks three-dimensional.
22. Let others fill in the gaps.
Similar to the previous example, here the colors also create a nice background in the center of the composition. However, in this card, the background color forms the inscription "2016", while simultaneously destroying the "2" and "6", making these numbers illegible. This allows the recipient to come up with the message themselves.
23. Create something from something
Holiday themed icons come together to form the iconic Christmas image - the Reindeer. You can clearly see each icon individually. To balance the rather heavy image from a design point of view, it is surrounded by round snowballs.
24. Symbiosis of typography and illustration
This card features decorative embellishments falling from congratulatory messages. The ornaments, despite their simple form, create a bright, festive spirit. The inclusion of triangular shapes and snowflakes gives the decorations extra charm.
25. Texture mapping
This design uses texture to make the card less flat. A very subtle, but very effective technique.
26. Gather all your holiday paraphernalia together
Do your friends celebrate Hanukkah? Then the idea of collecting a bunch of cute little things in one illustration—the attributes of this holiday—is just for you. And those who do not celebrate this Jewish holiday will still be interested in receiving such a postcard as an informational and educational greeting.
27. Add a sense of humor
A kitten that gets tangled in a holiday garland will make anyone smile. The image itself is funny, but paired with the ironic phrase: “I can explain everything” next to the kitten, it simply sparkles with humor.
28. Use flat icons
Flat Christmas themed icons decorate the background of this holiday greeting. There's everything from a Santa hat to a birthday cake. These cards will show your designer friend where to go creatively in the next year.
29. A little more sparkle
Here the congratulatory text is filled with silver. It is reflected in the light and symbolizes the hope that everything planned will come true. The contrast with the yellowish golden paper offsets the silver of the letters.
30. Write your own greeting
A handwritten message adorns the back of this card. The unique personal touch makes it individual.
31. Handmade cards
A unique hand-drawn technique. Everything from the font to the imagery is handcrafted and truly personalized. Of course, it would be much cooler to make a lot of unique cards with your own hands for all your friends and relatives. But it’s more effective to make one and multiply it. It will still retain that handmade feel, and you won't be up all night drawing cards for countless people you know.
32. Break the stereotypes
The apparent inconsistency of this card's design gives it a mathematical, scientific appearance. However, the letters, which at first glance seem like formulas, add up to a cheerful holiday greeting
33. Manipulate Photo Images
Here, photos of two clinking beer mugs transform beer foam into something festive. Thanks to the manipulation of images, the image of a Christmas tree appears on the card, and the message inside the card adds to the mood.
34. Adding volume to text
A bright and cheerful snowman stands out against a patterned background. If the white text did not have red accents, it would “melt” into the background and would not be so obvious. The color red helps highlight and draw attention to the lettering.
35. Make a joke
This holiday card will be appreciated by many designers. To non-designers, it looks like a simple graphic Christmas tree. For those who are in the know, it’s clear - in fact, this is a pen tool, designed in the shape of a Christmas tree. A great way to send best wishes to a colleague and entertain them at the same time.
36. Push people to be creative
An insert inside this card allows people to create their own deer and tree designs. The card is not only fun, but will also serve as a unique element of New Year's decor in the house.
37. Ditch the postcard.
In today's technological world, paper cards can generally be seen as an anachronism. Instead of sending a physical card, create a custom email greeting. This will not only allow you to send it to many people at the same time and without the cost of postage, but will also save paper.
38. Traditions Illustrated
The card design illustrates the American tradition of Christmas pickles - a cucumber hung on the tree. Anyone who finds pickles hanging from a Christmas tree will have good luck for the coming year. A somewhat unusual and humorous choice of illustration for a greeting card.
39. Combining different fonts
The combination of a thin, italic font with a thick, sans serif font provides good contrast. If this design only used one font, it would dominate the composition. The combination we see in this design always works well, including on greeting cards.
40. Congratulations for everyone
Christmas and New Year are a holiday that is celebrated all over the world. Here is a design that includes traditional greetings in various languages. All of them are collected in the form of a regular stripe, very conveniently interrupted by the image of a deer. Using different types of fonts creates a unique texture.
41. Create your own greeting font
A font consisting of solid stripes and striped parts. By adding something personal to a plain font, we make the recipient feel special.
42. Using geometric shapes
The geometric shapes used in this design form a Christmas tree. Incredibly simple, but truly original. Green stripes also imitate pine needles - an excellent solution.
43. Add functionality
But this design gives a new meaning to warm wishes. The card itself is made of a thin sheet of wood, and you are encouraged to actually burn it, thereby warming yourself up.
44. Get creative with food
This special holiday card uses real cookies and powdered sugar. A fun twist from boring graphics to a themed greeting. Especially if you want to congratulate partners who are somehow related to the products.
45. Congratulations written by hand
Handwritten wishes give cards an organic and joyful feel. The lettering is designed to fill the entire space, making it feel like a full-fledged illustration.
46. Let the message speak for itself
Here, the phrase stands out against the bluish-green background and speaks for itself, while the texture at the bottom of the background grounds and adds dimension to the entire design.
47. An ordinary look in an unusual way
Here Santa Claus looks very cheerful and interesting. Instead of showing off the red color of the suit, it blends into the background, causing us to only see bits and pieces. Even if you can't see where things end and begin, your eyes still recognize the image unmistakably.
48. Have fun with a card
There's no need to be serious when sending a New Year's card. This design can bring joy to the recipient. A white sheep is paired with a wish that is written in a way that makes you imitate the bleating of a sheep.
49. Kaleidoscope
There are no inscriptions at all. Yes, they are not needed in this design. The nature of the painted Christmas tree decorations is quite complex and detailed. And subtle silver foil accents add a winter holiday feel.
50. Blurring boundaries
Before us is a wonderful interweaving of letters and illustrations. The words “joy”, “love” and “peace” intertwine to form a Christmas tree. The dot in the 'J' is a star, and the subtle dotted accents act as a garland. All this gives the card something special.
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In stores today you can find New Year's cards for every taste. But the editors website believes that homemade ones are much warmer. After all, when we make something 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’s cards, the creation of which does not require any rare materials - beautiful paper, cardboard, and colorful ribbons and buttons lying around the house.
Volumetric Christmas trees
Volumetric Christmas trees made of white and colored paper are so simple to make that you can make them at the last moment. Read more on the Bog&ide blog.
Making 3D Christmas trees even faster. All you need is a ruler, sharp scissors and cardboard. This blog shows you how to cut them.
Penguin
We really liked this penguin, well thought out. You will need black and white cardstock (or white paper), an orange paper triangle, and 2 miniature snowflakes, which we all know how to cut out. The eyes are, of course, the highlight of the postcard, and you will have to look for them at a hobby store (or tear them off from an unnecessary children's toy, with the consent of the children, of course).
Gifts
This cute and simple card requires 2 sheets of cardstock, a ruler, scissors and glue. And also pieces of wrapping paper that you have left over from gift wrapping, ribbon and ribbon. The manufacturing principle is very simple, but for those who want more details, we recommend taking a look at this blog.
Grandfather Frost
A friendly Father Frost (or Santa Claus) can be made in just half an hour. The red hat and pink face are strips of paper pasted onto a card or gift bag. The fur of the hat and the beard are obtained like this: you need to take drawing paper and simply tear off strips of the desired shape to get uneven edges. Place 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
An irresistible idea in its elegance is to draw Christmas balls with patterns with a black gel pen. The main thing here is to draw the correct circles and mark the lines for the patterns. Everything else won't be difficult - stripes and squiggles that you draw when you're bored.
The same principle that underlies the postcard with black and white balloons. Simple silhouettes, painted with simple patterns, this time in color - best done with felt-tip pens. Warm and very cute.
Many, many different Christmas trees
This is where patterned paper or cardboard left over from children's crafts or wrapping paper for gifts will come in handy. The Christmas trees are sewn in the center - this is not at all necessary, you can glue them on. But if you really want to, you first need to make holes with a thick needle along a ruler, and then sew with thread in 2 rows - up and down, so that there are no gaps left. Draw a snowball with white gouache.
A laconic and stylish idea is a grove of Christmas trees, one of which is glued to foam double-sided tape (and therefore rises above the rest) and decorated with a star.
This card requires 4 or 3 layers of cardboard (you can do without the red one). You can use paper rather than cardboard as a color layer. In the top, white one, cut out a Christmas tree (a stationery knife will do this well) and glue it with double-sided tape for volume.
A round dance of Christmas trees made from various leftover cardboard, scrapbooking paper, and wrapping paper, tied with a simple ribbon and decorated with a button. Try playing with colors and textures - here you can find an incredible number of options using different colored ribbons, paper and even fabric.
Wonderful watercolor so in the spirit of New Year and Christmas! A simple watercolor sketch can be done by anyone, even those who last painted in school. First, you need to outline the patterns with a pencil, color them, and when dry, carefully erase the pencil sketches and complete the patterns with a felt-tip pen.
Winter landscape
For this postcard, it is better to use structured cardboard, but you can get by with regular, smooth cardboard - it will still turn out impressive. Using sharp scissors, cut out the snowy landscape and moon and paste it onto a black or dark blue background.
Another, white-green, option for a winter landscape that will take a little more time. If you find velvety cardboard (remember, back in school they made crafts out of this), it will be great; if not, you can simply color the Christmas trees with a felt-tip pen. Snow - polystyrene foam 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 peering inquisitively into the starry sky will look better if you can find a bright ribbon for a scarf.
For that postcard on the left, You need unpainted cardboard, white drawing paper and foam tape to glue the snowman with. Drifts are made simply: you need to tear off the drawing paper so that you get a ragged wavy edge. Fill it in with a blue pencil and blend it 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 this card for a long time. All you need are circles made of cardboard, a nose and twigs made of colored paper. All this must be assembled using double-sided bulk tape. Draw eyes and buttons with black paint, and a snowball with white gouache or watercolor.
Balls
Balls are one of the main symbols of the New Year and Christmas. These are made from velvety colored paper and ribbon. But balls are such a win-win option that you can allow yourself to fantasize: make balls from patterned paper, wrapping paper, fabric, lace, cut out from a newspaper or a glossy magazine. And you can simply draw the strings.
Another option is to stick paper with a pattern on the inside of the card, and cut out circles on the outside with a sharp stationery knife.
Volumetric balls
For each of these balls you will need 3-4 identical circles of different colors. Fold each one 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.
Multi-colored balls
Wonderful translucent balls are obtained using a regular eraser on a pencil. It’s worth starting with a pencil to outline the outline of the ball. Then dip the eraser into the paint and leave marks on the paper. Fun and beautiful.
Cards with buttons
Bright buttons will add volume to the cards, and will also evoke subtle associations with childhood.
The main thing is to find buttons of interesting colors, but the rest is up to you - to “hang” them on the Christmas tree, on a branch with cute owls, or on newspaper clouds.
