How-to stamp your own full sheet of cardstock to make multiple cards

 Have you heard of a one sheet wonder? What is that anyway?

So many cardmakers talk of doing one sheet wonders. What does that mean anyway? It's simply using a full sheet of cardstock that you stamp yourself or a sheet of patterned paper to make a set of cards. You cut up the sheet in various ways to create multiple card fronts. 

I love making my own stamped patterns on an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock and then cutting it up to make multiple cards. There's many patterns you can follow. In today's samples, I'm stamping along the middle each direction on my cardstock to create a cross shape. Then I'll cut it at 4 1/4" and then at 5 1/2" to get four card fronts. You can then trim them down to either 5 1/4" x 4", 5" x 3 3/4" if you want to mat it or leave it the 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" to fit the entire front of the card base. 

These two were created during my Facebook live video. On Saturday mornings, I do a live video with participants playing along and helping with the creative process. It's a great time to experiment and see what others would choose. I give some basics and provide choices and we chat while I make a card or two. I love doing these stamped sheets. You can do some many themes and make tons of cards. 

For these stamped sheets, I used Very Vanilla and Soft Succulent cardstocks. Then I used Christmas Season stamp set to stamp the images in a cross shape. Some call this the four corners technique because when you cut it apart it's stamped on the corners of two sides.  I used Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Starry Sky classic inks. 

You can check out how this was created on my YouTube video: 

Here's the completed cards. I make one card in the video. I "stepped up" a few by adding in a layer and popping up the greeting and adding ribbon behind it. You can keep these cards are simple as you like or step it up. 

I cut my layers to 5 1/4" x 4". The card with the extra layer is cut to 5"  x 3 3/4" with a mat measuring 5 1/4" x 4". 

I used Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Starry Sky and Very Vanilla Cardstocks for my card bases. On the Starry Sky base there's a Very Vanilla layer.

I used Evening Evergreen, Soft Succulent, Starry Sky and Very Vanilla Cardstocks for my card bases.

I hope you've enjoyed these stamped sheets of cardstock and give it a try. There's many ways to stamp your sheet and cut it up.  Please leave a comment and let me know if you try it. Use whatever stamps and inks you have on hand.

Thanks for stopping by! Visit my online store to get the supplies I used for these cards. 

~ Beth
 

P.S. You can use any light colored cardstock to stamp on and inks and stamps you already have on hand for this technique. It's a great way to make a set of quick cards. Enjoy and have fun with it!