My sister was visiting last week and she has been working on One Sheet Wonder cards. She is working on ones for a 6" x 6" piece of decorative paper. She has developed one or two which create 3 cards and was currently working on one that creates four cards. I decide to challenge myself and see what I could design.
Here is what I came up with. I am happy with the results of this effort. Below is the template I used to cut my decorative paper, the supply list for four cards and the instructions on cutting the rest of the supplies for creating the cards. Wanting to add a bit of interest to my card fronts I stamped them with a background stamp (SU -Worn) in coordinating ink before I started assembling my cards. I colour printed my greetings (SU) on white cardstock, cut them apart to be 2" x 3" and layered them to their layers. Each card gets one half inch strip of accent cardstock. The layouts are quite easy and can be modified as you wish.
#1 - glued the three 1.5" decorative pieces across the bottom of my stamped green card front, added two short pieces of .5" red accent strips just above them and used 3D foam tape to adhere my greeting over them.
#2 - Glued my two pieces of decorative paper (3" x 1.5") to diagonally opposite corners of my brown stamped card front, added two short strips of .5 red accent cardstock across the middle and added my layered greeting over them using 3D foam tape.
#3 - Glued my 3" x 4.5 inch piece of decorative paper to my stamped green card front, added two short pieces of .5 red accent cardstock to the top and bottom and adhered my layered greeting overlapping it using 3D foam tape.
#4 - Glued a long strip of .5" red accent cardstock to the left hand side of my stamped brown card front, glued my 1.5" x 4.5" piece of decorative paper next to it and adhered my layered greeting over it using 3D foam tape.
All of my greetings were HAPPY BIRTHDAY but of course you could print or stamp whatever greetings suit you when you are preparing your cards. Consider as well that all of the pieces do not need to be cut up. You could leave the long side whole and just trim off the half inch instead of cutting it in half like I did. The same with the last 1.5" x 4.5" piece - you could use it whole or cut it differently which can also be said for any of the other pieces. I think I will play with the pieces the next time I work with this template and see what I can come up with. You can also consider adding images instead of large greetings to change up the look.
One Sheet Wonders are great for getting cards made fast!! They are also wonderful for making cards for gifts because the four cards coordinate and look pretty as a set. So for both reasons it is worth considering using a One Sheet Wonder template for your next cardmaking session. Have fun!!
Therese
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Supplies for making 4 cards:
6" x 6" decorative paper
2 - 8.5" x 11" coordinating cardstock
1 - 8.5" x 5.5" different coordinating cardstock
4 - 2" x 3" greetings on neutral cardstock
Glue
3Dfoam tape (optional)
- Follow this cutting diagram to get your decorative pieces ready.
- Cut both large cardstock in two to make 4 cards
- Greetings can be stamped or colour printed
- Cut smaller cardstock into four 2.25" x 3.25" pieces for layering and the rest will be trimmed into .5 strips.
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