When the holidays are approaching, especially Valentine's Day, everyone begins to rack their brains over what you can give so unusual to your beloved. I would like to please and surprise my soulmate. And the representatives of the stronger sex are completely tight, because it is clear to everyone that the girls are romantic natures. But there is a way! In fact, everything is very simple: there is nothing more valuable than gifts created for a loved one!
Crafts in the technique of card making
Usually in this technique it is customary to make postcards: flat and voluminous, only from paper and cardboard or using natural materials, ribbons, beads, bas-reliefs from salt dough. But there is an option and more original, even creative. After all, you can make gifts for your beloved with your own hands, not only pleasant, such as Valentine's cards, but also useful, practical. For example ... a portrait of a cute darling! It will be an original and romantic gift for a girl. It’s not so difficult to create a creative portrait using card making technique.
- First you need to translate the photo of the lady of the heart into a black and white version, cut out the silhouette and put it on the cardboard.
- The manufacturer shall carefully glue the remaining void with glue and sprinkle with semolina.
- Then carefully you need to remove the template-silhouette.
- After the first layer has dried, a template is applied to the surface free from semolina, in which all the black parts are removed - it will be good if the white template consists of one piece.
- Empty spaces in the template are again coated with glue.
- Now you can use sifted sand, carefully pouring it on a damp surface.
- After the portrait dries, you can decorate the picture with shells, paper butterflies, sea pebbles.
- By inserting a portrait into the frame, you can proudly present it to your lover.
Fixtures
Many people want to present gifts necessary for the beloved in the household. You can make original fixtures with your own hands. For their creation, a variety of objects that have served their age are suitable. For example, a lampshade from a five-liter round plastic water container glued with plastic disposable spoons looks luxurious. Of course, you need to make a hole in the bottom so that the light can pass unhindered, and remove the cuttings from the spoons. Beautiful fixtures can be obtained from old frames of detached chandeliers. They can be decorated with beads, rhinestones. And some even use the luminous New Year's chains, beautifully placing them on the frame - then the resulting nightlight can do without an additional light bulb.
Polymer Clay Crafts
For creative people, it is proposed to make gifts for the beloved with their own hands from
polymer clay. It can be figurines - funny animal figures. A miniature bunch of flowers in a tiny flowerpot or casket studded with transparent pebbles, beads and beads will look luxurious. It will also be pleasant for each charming lady to receive a gift frame for a photograph - it is recommended to decorate it with shells, artificial flowers, semiprecious stones or imitation gems around the perimeter. And you can even make a more chic gift to your beloved girl yourself from polymer clay, if she loves unique creative jewelry. Here the wizard’s fantasies have no obstacles: earrings and beads, necklaces and necklaces, diadems and bracelets - all this will look extravagant if the craftsman applies diligence and his own taste.