Men's postcard in the form of a shirt

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Always a pleasure to do present family, friends, and it doesn’t matter what the occasion is, maybe some kind of special event, such as a birthday, anniversary, or maybe just some kind of gratitude, for example, on the professional day of a teacher or medical worker or simply thank someone for the specified service. The occasion, in general, is not important, and the most important thing is that there must be a greeting card in which you can write both congratulatory poems and simple words of gratitude. Nowadays, uniqueness, originality and handmade are highly valued. Therefore, it will be quite interesting to master this master class and learn how to make an interesting, and most importantly, unusually shaped postcard, in the form of a shirt, to congratulate a man. Such an unusual postcard can surprise, for example, men such as a boss, director, manager, teacher, doctor, lecturer. It will look both respectable and at the same time very memorable, since it is hand made, and these are valuable gifts these days.
To make a postcard we will need:
• Kraft cardboard size 15*30 cm;
• Paper for scrapbooking in green and brown tones in the form of different male patterns, take three sheets of 15*15 cm;
• Round picture for a clock;
• Cutting out a beige feather;
• Brown suede cord;
• Bronze metal key;
• Black grosgrain ribbon with polka dots;
• “Happy Holidays” stamp and black ink;
• Brown pearl half beads;
• Watercolor paper;
• Curb hole punch;
• Double-sided tape;
• Wooden button;
• Ruler, pencil, scissors;
• Lighter, glue gun.

Kraft cardboard is quite thick, so it is very suitable for the base of a postcard. The sheet is just the right shape, 15*30 cm, we divide it in half along the larger side and fold it.

We get a closed base of 15*15 cm. Place the bend line up, take rulers and measure 3 cm from the top on both sides, put marks.

Starting from the sides and towards the center, measure 5 cm each. We make cuts on the top of the card, leaving the bottom ones alone for now.

We bend both cuts towards the center to form a collar. On the back, draw the necessary cutting lines with a simple pencil and cut off the back of the base.

We unfold it and get this base made of kraft cardboard. Immediately take watercolor paper and cut out a rectangle from it for the inside of the card.

A watercolor rectangle 11.8*14.8 cm, glue it with a strip of tape inside the postcard.

From scrap paper we cut out two different rectangles, also 11.8*14.8 cm.

From the trimming of the back part of the base, the craft cardboard left, we cut out two small rectangles for the pockets. From the third color of scrap paper we also cut out two rectangles and a paper tie. Glue the picture onto one rectangle. Using a stamp, we make a congratulatory inscription on a white sheet and cut it out.

We cut off a piece of the cord, thread the key through, attach the cord to the workpiece, and glue the pocket on top. On the other side we also glue a pocket, a tie in the center at the top, and a round picture of a watch and an inscription on it at the bottom. We also cut off two quadrangles for the collar. We stitch all the pockets, tie, pictures, collar and inscription with the machine.

Now we glue the feather at the bottom, and from the grosgrain tape we cut out two pieces the width of the pocket, burn the edges and glue them to the pockets. We glue the scrap rectangles onto the base and sew each one on. Inside the card, on watercolor paper we glue strips of paper lace strips, which we punch holes from the remnants of scrap paper.