Category Archives: OSW (one sheet wonders)

Hello! I recently made a few sympathy cards with a little spin off from the OSW (One Sheet Wonders). A lady (Connie Trubey) has been making a lot of variations of these and she inspired me to re-visit the OSWs and try it her way. I can’t wait to make more!

Product links: Forever Loved, Spread Your Wings Stamp & Die Bundle, and Leaf Branch Stencil. Spread Your Wings is also available separately… Stamp set and Die Set. Forever Loved also has Dies and is available in a Bundle.

I stamped a full sheet, 8 1/2 x 11, of cardstock and then cut it into four A2 size panels, trimming slightly to allow for layers. This creates four cards in a quick and easy way.

Here’s how I stamped the sheet. I didn’t have good lighting for this photo before it was cut but you can see how it was done. I didn’t worry about getting anything perfect and just “winged” it.

Tip: I VERY LIGHTLY scored the sheet halfway in both directions as a little guide to get started. You will be cutting on these lines later so they won’t show in the final card.

Supplies for making the background…

Have a great day!

stamps- Sweet ‘n Sassy Forever Loved, Spread Your Wings Stamp & Die Bundle; paper- white, SU! Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder; ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Buckaroo Blue, Certainly Celery, and Gumball Green; accessories- MISTI, Scor-Pal, Gemini Jr., Leaf Branch Stencil, Stickles.

Happy Monday!  I hope you are enjoying a relaxing day off!

I am sharing how to make a OSW (One Sheet Wonder) card today on the Sweet ‘n Sassy blog for this week’s Design Diva Demo.

A One Sheet Wonder is basically filling a sheet of cardstock with stamped images to create your own backgrounds.  It’s a fun and easy way to quickly make multiple cards or a set of different, coordinating cards.

To begin, I started with a 1/2 sheet of vanilla cardstock, a few colors of dye-based ink, and the Sweet ‘n Sassy Leaf Silhouettes stamp set.  (I usually use a full sheet of cardstock but I only used 1/2 sheet today).

When using images of various sizes, it is best to stamp your largest image all over the paper first.  Then stamp the next largest, etc. and finish by filling in the empty spaces with your smallest images.  However, the leaves in the set I used today are very close in size so I started by filling in one corner of the cardstock and then worked my way across the sheet.

When I was finished stamping my background, it looked like this.

There are many diagrams and instructions on the internet for cutting your stamped sheet and creating cards, etc.  I have a few OSW templates on my blog and I think my favorite is this one because it is SO easy to cut up and use!  This diagram is for a full sheet but as you can see…with this template it is also very easy to use half a sheet as I did today.  (I cut it into four 2 1/8″ x 5 1/2″ panels)

Once you have your panels cut, stamp a few extra leaves to add to your card.  The Leaf Silhouettes Dies are perfect for cutting them out!

Another thing I love about this OSW template is that it makes 8 cards but I have 16 different layouts to choose from.  You can pick & choose which ones you want to use…make them all the same or create different cards!  You can see the layouts and directions here on my blog where I used the Precious Poppies stamp set.

This time I used my 1/2 sheet and made all 4 of my cards the same (similar to the #2 card on my blog).  Here’s my completed card.  I hand cut the bottom of each panel to a banner shape.  Decorate yours any way you like!  For the words, I stamped the NEW Sweet ‘n Sassy Words of Life- Collection 1 (a new bible journaling set!!) which will be available Friday in the SNSS store!

Thanks for stopping by today… happy stamping!

stamps- Sweet ‘n Sassy Leaf Silhouettes and Words of Life- Collection 1; paper- vanilla, brown, SU! Coastal Cabana and Concord Crush; ink- SU! Coastal Cabana, Gumball Green, Crushed Curry, and Concord Crush; accessories- SNSS Leaf Silhouettes Dies, SU! ribbon and Spiral Punch, foam dots, adhesive rhinestones, Bow-Easy.