I have been wanting to have a go at a One Sheet Wonder for sometime now. For those of you who do not know what this is, it is when you stamp a sheet of plain card stock and cut it up to make various cards. After looking on the Internet trying to find one I liked I decided that I would make up my own, however I have taken inspiration from various people. One site I particularly liked was Mae Collins. She has several One Sheet Wonder Templates both A4 and 12 x 12 on her site you can see it here.
I used the Wild About You Stamp Set as I wanted to make a set of Children’s birthday cards as I never seem to have any on hand when I need them.
The colours that I used to create my cards are:
Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black.
The first thing you do is stamp up your sheet of plain cardstock. In this case I used and A4 sheet of Whisper White:
Then following the cutting guide I made, I cut up the sheet as follows to make 9 individual cards.
After cutting the sheet into pieces you may notice that you have some spaces or blanks, this is where the little red bird came in handy as he was small enough to ink up and fill in the spaces with.
Next I created my cards. I have photographed them in groups of 3.
Cards 1, 2, 3
Cards 4, 5, 6
Cards 7, 8, 9
Finally I made a Card Folder using the Tutorial on Makeesha’s Site under Make it Monday. You can find it here.
It holds all 9 cards and their envelopes.
What a great gift for any busy Mum!
I hope you enjoyed looking at them as I had lots of fun creating them. I dusted off some of my background stamps and used lots of different punches. My desk was a BIG mess by the end of my creating.
Until next time Happy Stamping
July 28th, 2009 at 6:52 am
Man u have been a v v busy lass young linda!! TFS such a wonderful idea I LOVE IT. Wil abt you is one of my all time fave sets (I have just put it away again) and now I have to drag it out!! LOL!! The coloure really kick too. The links you provided were also v v helpful. Thanks again.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:13 am
They look fantastic! I love OSW’s, you did a great job.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:18 am
Wow Linda I love it. I had a lot of fun doing this with Steph one night last year. The card folder is a great addition. Thanks for the links
LOL
Kath
July 29th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hey Linda these look great, love your colour combo! Thanks for giving credit to my blog for some of your inspiration. I must try the card folder next time too! Cheers, Mae
December 14th, 2009 at 12:53 am
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