Spring cards “Chocolate Girls”

So you and I have finally waited for spring and ahead, only the freshness of spring mood awaits us, the first favorite woodlands and snowdrops, the first buds on bushes and trees, as well as the long-awaited spring trills of birds awakening after winter hibernation. So everything associated with spring is very tender, fresh and, perhaps, the most valuable. If you think about it, in general, it seems that spring is one of the favorite times of the year, as everything around comes to life, blooms and wakes up after a long winter hibernation. Surely, each of us has relatives and friends who have a birthday in the spring and would also like to present them with something with a piece of spring, so that your gift will emanate freshness and lightness. You can endlessly go through gift options, but you shouldn’t forget about the main thing that the most valuable thing is always a postcard. Especially now, handmade cards are quite popular. You can create cards of varying complexity and different designs. For example, now postcards for chocolates are especially popular; they are also called “Chocolate Postcards.”So now we will look at a master class on making two spring chocolate bowls.
So, for the master class we take:

• Two pieces of marbled cardboard;
  
• Scrappaper in turquoise and lilac colors;
  
• Satin ribbons with polka dots, lilac and turquoise, 12 mm wide;
  
• Pictures on a spring theme, with different inscriptions;
  
• Chocolate bowl template;
  
• Inscriptions “Happy Holidays” and “Happy Birthday”;
  
• Cut out petals, twigs, spikelets, openwork napkins and butterflies;
  
• Hole puncher, if there is a curb;
  
• Chiffon ribbons with purple and mint roses;
  
• Paper flowers and latex roses;
  
• Complex bouquets of stamens;
  
• Half beads;
  
• Ink pads for toning;
  
• Double-sided tape, ruler, scissors, pencil, glue stick.

So, the first thing we need to do is get acquainted with this diagram and transfer the dimensions onto the cardboard so that we have the bases for the postcards.


We measure everything, transfer the dimensions and cut it out. Now, according to the diagram, we still need to draw creasing lines in order to then fold the bases of the chocolate bowls.


Let's add it up and get these basics.


Now we cut off strips of ribbon, glue them on the back and front, so that later the chocolate bowls can be tied.


Now we turn to scrap paper and cut out three figures for each chocolate bowl. Dimensions are indicated. Now we will decorate the two front rectangles with spring pictures, cuttings and inscriptions.


We tint all the elements with pads. We glue and sew everything.


Now we glue the corresponding figure onto each chocolate bowl and stitch each side separately.


Fold and tie with a bow.


Now we just glue the decorations. We collect flowers into bouquets and glue them together with leaves and twigs. Glue the butterflies, half beads and you're done.


This is the result of our joint work.We receive these most delicate postcards. Thank you all and see you again!