Beautiful "butterfly" card made of paper and cardboard

To create something unique it is not necessary to spend a lot of time and money and you do not need to be a guru of needlework. This instruction is a vivid proof of that.

To make with your own hands a cute and unusual postcard-butterfly, you will need such materials:

• Sheet of white cardboard
• Two sheets of colored cardboard and two sheets of colored paper of the same shades
• Narrow satin ribbon
• Glue stick
• Scissors

Having prepared everything you need, you should decide on the size of the postcard. Experience shows that it will look most favorably in a miniature version. So you can either stick to the recommended parameters or make your own calculations based on them.

Okay, here we go.

The postcard design consists of four parts (as in the photo): a 12×17 cm base, a 10×30 cm unfolding part and two 6.5×9 cm decorative overlays.

The opening part of the card should be neatly rolled up like window sashes and attached to the base with glue, having previously placed a bright satin ribbon along it. Attach decorative elements to the outer part of the "sashes".

The next step is the inner part of the card. For its design you need to cut out two rectangles of colored paper of matching tones 9×14 and 8×13 cm. Glue these elements one by one inside the card.

The apotheosis of decoration is making a butterfly. It will consist of two parts - a larger and a smaller one. The larger one should be made of white cardboard, the smaller one - of colored cardboard. Having drawn a template on paper, first we outline it on white cardboard, and then, having slightly reduced - on colored cardboard. Next, cut each piece lengthwise in half, glue different size and color parts and attach them to the "sashes" of our card.

The last touch is to tie an elegant bow from satin ribbon, which will serve as a kind of lock, opening which, you can read all the warm wishes addressed to the celebrant.