Need cards in a hurry? Make 16 cards in an hour using this One Sheet Wonder technique.
Supplies: Fun & Fast Notes; Bali Breeze Designer Series Paper; Whisper White, Taken with Teal and Certainly Celery card stock; Whisper White Greeting Cards with Envelopes; Taken with Teal Classic pad; Word Window punch; paper cutter, SNAIL
To get started you will need:
An image/greeting stamp set
One 12″ x 12″ sheet of Designer Series paper
(double-sided gives you more options or you can stamp a design all over a sheet of card stock)
A Classic Ink pad that coordinates with your Designer Series Paper
One 8 1/2″ x 11″ piece of Whisper White card stock
Two 8 1/2″ x 11″ pieces of card stock in the same color as your ink pad
(Card stock A)
Two 8 1/2″ x 11″ pieces of card stock in a second coordinating color
(Card stock B)
16 card bases (5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ pieces of card stock folded in half)
A paper cutter
Adhesive
Begin by cutting your card stock:
Cut a sheet of 8-1/2″ x 11″ Whisper White card stock into sixteen 2-1/8″ x 2-1/2″ pieces.
(Cutting Tip: place the 11″ side of the card stock against the edge of the paper cutter and cut four 2-1/2″ strips. Then cut each strip into four 2-1/8″ pieces.)
Cut sixteen pieces of 2-3/8″ x 2-3/4″ and three pieces of 2-1/4″ x 2-3/8″ Card Stock A.
(Cutting Tip: place the 11″ side of the card stock against the edge of the paper cutter and cut four 2-3/8″ strips from one piece of card stock and three 2-3/8″ strips from the second piece of card stock. Then cut one strip into three 2-1/4″ pieces and the remaining strips into 2-3/4″ pieces. There will be extra scraps left over.)
Cut four 3-3/4″ x 5″ pieces and two 2″ x 5-1/2″ pieces of Card Stock B.
Cut a piece of 12″x12″ Designer Series paper into pieces, following the One Sheet Wonder Template.
(Cutting Tip: Start by making the two vertical cuts: 2″ and 5-1/4″. then make the horizontal cuts on each of those pieces. When you cut the E and small A strips from the 4-3/4″ wide piece, use the ruler on the small edge of the paper cutter to measure the 1/4″ strips before cutting the large rectangles.) As you cut the pieces, you may want to put them in piles according to the letter of card layout that they correspond to.
Stamp Your Images
Stamp an image from Fun & Fast Notes on each of the pieces of Whisper White card stock. (To omit the words on some of the images, I used the Scotch Tape Masking Technique.)
Stamp a few extra images on scraps of card stock. Use the Word Window punch to punch out the words.
Assemble Your Cards
Tape the white images onto the 2-3/8″ x 2-3/4″ pieces of Card Stock A.
Assemble your cards by following the layouts below or be creative!
A cards
Use (almost) squares and strips from the Designer Series Paper plus the three pieces of 2-1/4″ x 2-3/8″ Card Stock A.
B cards
Use two 3-3/4″ x 5″ pieces of Card Stock B.
C cards
Use two 2″ x 5-1/2″ pieces of Card Stock B.
D cards
Use two 3-3/4″ x 5″ pieces of Card Stock B.
E cards
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I love this idea since I make so many cards this is a wonderful way to make them and all of them could be different yet the same. I LOVE IT!!!!!!
Pam
Thanks for the clear directions. I love the technique and that it is so versatile too!
Thanks for sharing this tutorial! Your cards are stunning and I hope you don’t mind that I posted a link to your blog sharing where my inspiration came from!
Wow, it takes me forever to make that many cards. I love this idea and the cards you created are beautiful. Thanks for some wonderful ideas. I have got to play with this soon!!!
For your D and E cards, I can’t see where you used the 3 3/4 x 5 inch cardstock… that would give a layer almost the size of the cardstock… I see some smaller pieces, but not the 3 3/4 x 5 inch. Can you clarify for me please?
“For your D and E cards, I can’t see where you used the 3 3/4 x 5 inch cardstock… that would give a layer almost the size of the cardstock… I see some smaller pieces, but not the 3 3/4 x 5 inch. Can you clarify for me please?”
Karen,
The 3-3/4 x 5 inch card stock pieces were only used on the D cards. They are the light green colored pieces on the cards shown above under D cards.
I just discovered your one sheet wonder cards and they are fabulous! Tx sooo much…..can hardly wait to start making them! angie
Angie,
Glad you like them! I’d love to see what you make. Send photos to me at jessica@inkitupwithjessica.com.
Jessica
I just recently found out about One Sheet Wonders. So glad for this new pattern!! Thank you.
That’s really cool, Jessica. I’d like to try it but I can’t seem to copy and paste the template in Adobe. Is it something I need to buy, or is it just me, lol? My printer is not working, so I’d like to email it to myself on another computer and Adobe isn’t set up for that. Thanks for sharing all the tips that you have. They really help!
Wow! Thank you for sharing these cards today! I am soooo excited. I’ve been looking for a quick way to make some St. Patrick’s Day cards, and I LOVE this. This is also a great way to do Easter cards and a set of all occasion cards to send to someone as a gift. yay!
Oh I just found this!! Going to try it tonight!! 🙂 Thank you for posting this. I need step by step directions w/ measurements like this or I get confused too easily lol
Hi Jessica I am a little confuse on the base card which is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. I am making my own card base which is 8 1/2 x 11 card stock, do I fold this in half and than in half again which makes it 5 1/ 2 x 4 1/4 is that what I should end with. I need help.
Hope
How are these “one sheet wonders” when it takes 6??
Love this technique. Thank you for sharing.
I love your one sheet wonder tutorial! I have been making card sets and really like the coordinated look. I have tried other OSW layouts but I like yours the best. Thanks!
i love these cards because I am the only thing living away from home. So I like to send cards but cards I made not from the store. Like to personalize them.
Thank you for the easy to follow tutorial! Love that you get a lot from one large sheet of printed paper and a little work. I converted the 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 white squares into a circut file and added phrases and some cutouts instead of stamps. My first OSW and print and cut cricut project for breast cancer patients. I will definitely being doing more OSW cards!